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Old 7th Feb 2015, 01:28
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Ka6crpe
 
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TheInquisitor, OK I see where we are differing. I based my fully stalled comment on the video in post 326, which is in the last few seconds of flight from building height and lower, not from TOD. I thought I had made that clear when I referenced "...in that video", but maybe I did leave too much room for interetation.

To get the angle of descent I took the point at which the top of the cockpit crossed the horizon to where it crossed the building imediately in front (at the 26 second mark). It is not quite square on but is certainly less than 30 degrees of parallax, so the error would not be too great. I allowed a full 30 degrees in my estimate, hence the comment that the actual descent may have been at a greater angle than my estimated 14 degrees.

That video from the dash cam in post #8 appears to pick up the aircraft as it passes that same building and is 5 seconds to impact.
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