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Old 1st May 2003 | 23:13
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FNG - sounds good, I've PM'd you

SSD -
The '52 also has some idiosyncrasies: ASIs in KPH and metric altimeters are common,
With some amusing consequences. Like all UK-permit ones ours has an Imperial altimeter in the front, but we have the metric one in the back, along with metric VSI and ASI. The 52 is slow for its power and climbs like a dingbat. However, following the adrenaline rush of their first Yak take-off, I find novice passengers often pay more heed to misinterpretation of the instruments than the evidence of their senses. They therefore tend to be unduly in awe of the speed ("Coo, it cruises at 250 and Vne is 420!") and much less impressed by the rate of climb ("It only looks like we're climbing at 1000 feet per minute, and are we really only at 1000 feet yet?)

(for those who have never had to fly metric, 10 metres / sec on the VSI is about 2000 fpm, and 1000 metres is about 3300 feet)
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