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Old 7th Oct 2010, 09:01
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You can do very very very high rates of descent...
however the autopilot struggles in this config:
LVL change, gear down, F5, speed brake out.. and a speed og 230ish...
But then again, do one really need to do that... you could try it out in the sim
it should give a descent angle close to 12 deg.
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