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30th October 2007 | 10:01

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212man

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From: Den Haag

Will, RTFQ: Super is mixing his percents with his degrees!

Ballpark figure 1 degree = 1.7%, so 3 deg = 5%.

multiply gradient in % times G/S in kts to get RoD (so yes, for 3 degrees, that equals GS*10/2)

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