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Old 7th Feb 2009, 23:04
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framer
 
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Man I take my hat off to some of you smart chaps/chapesses!
I would have said that at the slower speeds you would reach low speed buffet margin earlier and therefore both your max height and your optimum height will be lower. If you selected a slightly higher speed it would give you that minimum margin at a slightly higher altitude, and so both your optimum and maximum heights would increase a bit. Do I need to get a personal tutor or is that about the guts of it?
Regards, Framer
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