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Old 13th October 2010 | 23:28
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Originally Posted by FlyingStone
A little off-topic, but I know you have flight testing experience: if you would like to fly at low speeds (below 1.3 Vs for example) 5 knots slower, you should "convert" your IAS to CAS, reduce it by 5 knots and "convert" it back to IAS. Is my understanding correct?

That's right. Not sure why you'd wish to outside of flight testing, but yes.

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