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Old 16th Aug 2010, 16:10
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I totally agree with Duke, I am willing to bet a monthly salary that even in no-wind conditions a vnav descent from FL390 down to minimums (setting flaps according FCTM while letting VNAV decelerate for the approach) will not function properly and will end in a high energy approach.... not entirely reliable What I do is that i usually enter a descent speed 10 knots lower than what I am actually planning to fly in order to compute a lower angle descent.
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