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Old 6th March 2008 | 20:25
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Piltdown Man
 
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From: Wor Yerm
Somewhere approaching 10-15% torque will give a zero thrust descent. Any less and you start to create drag with the props and that would be a waste. The planned descent should be in the order of 3nm per thousand feet. Rocket science not required.

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