Originally Posted by
Piltdown Man
If the speed brakes are popped at high levels the Vma bar rapidly shoots up to (and if used too agressively, beyond) your current airspeed, without a corresponding reduction in speed. Thus they do little to reduce an overspeed but rapidly give you another one. It's not until you get down to 360 or so you can use them with relative impunity. Therefore, short of a climb (above the certified ceiling) there is little you can do apart other than closing the thrust levers to reduce your airspeed.
So would closing the thrust levers and then adding thrust well before the airspeed comes back down to the target speed make any sense?
Last edited by JammedStab; 4th May 2014 at 02:42.