but on the approach & GA (+ in the same configuration Flaps 3) I can fly 12 kts slower than V2.
I might be missing something, but can this be true? I looked thru the numbers and didn't see a Vref posted here, but something seems terribly wrong with a Vref 12 kts less than V2/Vga. Usually, I would expect the numbers to be reversed as Vref is about 10% greater than V2.
J_T Isn't V1 (min) 1.05 x Vmcg by FAR 25? It certainly seems so based on the numbers posted above. I know the spread is about that in our planes.
GF (A Vmcg thread junkie)