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Old 2nd Nov 2013, 13:25
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Courtney Mil
 
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Yes, I can see that now.

As for TR. yes, 200kts at idle, 150 kts at max dry, 85% RPM max to select, weight on wheels and TR (and LD White for pre-arm) captios out, down to reinjest audio = idle again. What else was there?

Losing the speed down to 200kts. The worst case landing speed was 217 kts plus 10 kts for the realy big tanks - 5 for the smaller ones. We could decide to jetison the tanks. Allowncw for fuel weight with wings swept was 6 kts per 1000kgs, but tht was above 16,000 kg. So we could dump a lot of weight and obtain a reasonable (comparatively) touchdown speed in the F3. With stick fully back on the runway we could be at idle TR speed with plenty of runway to spare. Select TR at 200kts (and move the stick forward again or else) which was very effective at that speed. 150kts, full chat. With brakes as well, it could, as we have seen, be done. If you need the overrun, so be it. That's one of the reasons it's there.
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