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Old 7th Aug 2008, 20:50
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Well, I disagree somewhat with the previous poster. All airplanes can (and should, to some extend) be flown by numbers. It is a good idea to know what performace you can expect from a certain pitch and power setting. Unreliable airsped indication is one such example and Boeing have a pitch/power table in the respective checklist. The only Citation I have flown is the 550B which has different engines etc. but if you put N1 at around 55% it would give you a nice decelleration below Vfe in level flight to extend first notch of flap, once on the glide, gear down and landing flap would have you just above Vref at around 0 degrees pitch on a 3 degree glide. I am sure you can find a corrsponding power setting on the 525 that allows you to pretty much leave the power levers alone (in a perfect world).
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