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Old 9th January 2003 | 07:42
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Alex Whittingham
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The thrust is usually set to Max Continuous Thrust (MCT) on the remaining engine(s) and the speed is usually the speed for best climb/shallowest descent angle which approximates to min drag speed (VMD) on a jet. For a clean jet, most references indicate VMD is about 1.6Vs, perhaps around 210 to 240 kts indicated.
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