Originally Posted by GSPOT
9% more lift energy to go somewhere, where is it eventually going to go? Brakes?? Runway ??
- I know nothing of the way your a/c landing performance is calculated, but NORMALLY limiting landing weights are predicated on a given touchdown speed. This should be determined in the manufacturer's publications and this is what you should fly. If the 'Hawker' manuals tell you to fly at or below Vref at 50' then that is what you should do, on the basis that the runway has been calculated to be long enough. If you choose to fly slower than the recommended speeds that is up to you, of course, but I would have expected someone to complain. I have not experienced an a/c in my time where I am expected to fly the approach below Vref.