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Old 9th Sep 2013, 12:10
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MOSTAFA
 
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This is coming from memory before the purists come along with the exact figures and a great many airframes have gone in between for me.

I think it was all fairly relative - But coming from the Gazelle which army instructors threw at the ground at least 6 times most days, in auto the ROD was about 16/1700fpm at 60kts compared to the Scout at 23/2400fpm at 50+kts opened your eyes - the flare did very little to decrease the ROD but would significantly decrease the run on speed. Add to that +34 with a DA of +2000' ish to PA and it took no prisoners - none at all.
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