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Old 3rd Feb 2014, 06:52
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Radio altimeter is not working at that altitude
I know this is not too precise
It is so inprecise, that it is basically unusable. The difference between (GPS) groundspeed and airspeed can be much larger than the speed margin between stall and overspeed.
For good reasons we do have an alternative for about 100 Yers, it is called pitch and power. But mayby some people have forgotten it since...
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