This is all very interesting and a very different approach to powered flying.
One question I have is concerning air brakes!
Are those speed limited or are they good to VNE and beyond. In the Citation I fly the speed brakes are good throughout the speed range.
Is that the same in a glider and would use of speedbrakes be more comfortable for the pilot rather than using high G pulls to slow down.
That of course also depends on how effective the speed brakes are?
On the Citation they are effective and brakes out huge descent rates can be achieved while remaining within the speed constraints.
Even a Citation with fairly straight wings is slippery and takes a long time to slow down. Flying STARS with speed requests means they are a useful tool for bleeding speed off quickly.
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