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Old 25th May 2009, 21:48
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Shawn Coyle
 
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Bell 427:
You're exactly on the money, like the Flight Manual says. But that's only valid for a no-wind situation.
And sadly, given that you might have put the engineless helicopter into a particular spot, there is no one airspeed that is going to do that for you in all situations. You need to know a lot more than just the 'best glide' or minimum rate of descent airspeed - and that knowing can only be obtained from some experience and practice.
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