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Old 24th May 2013, 08:15
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Originally Posted by woodja51
Should I technically be disconnecting A/T if I really wanted max endurance? No one has ever been able to,answer this question..
I would think the idea is to keep the airplane on the stable part of the drag curve to avoid the engine constantly spooling up and down. Disconnecting A/T doesn't help because you would have to work the engines even harder.
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