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Old 12th Apr 2014, 09:56
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I had presumed that the OP was looking for all engine out gliding performance due to his reference to 12:1.

2nm/1000 is reasonably typical for that situation clean approximating 12:1 .. with quite a bit extra accruing for all engines at idle .. typically 3nm/1000 which approximates 18:1.
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