PPRuNe Forums - View Single Post - B777 Raw data ILS technique
Thread: B777 Raw data ILS technique
View Single Post
Old 18th Jun 2012, 09:14
  #23 (permalink)  
Capn Bloggs
 
Join Date: Mar 2002
Location: Seat 1A
Posts: 8,560
Received 76 Likes on 44 Posts
initial rate of descent is approximately 5 times your groundspeed in knots...Apch groundspeed 140 knots...your initial descent rate 700 fpm...
I find halving your groundspeed (and adding zeros) easier. 140=7(00). If you have the luxury of an "live" GS, a 3° slope is still ½ your GS.
Last edited by Capn Bloggs; 18th Jun 2012 at 09:46.
Capn Bloggs is offline  
Reply