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Old 7th Jul 2015, 07:53
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Originally Posted by Genghis the Engineer
Also a part 25 aeroplane like a 146 has a lot of inertia, and a high approach speed. The first creates windshear risk, and the second makes say 10kn speed increment a relatively small percentage change.


A light aircraft with a lower approach speed, and without the susceptibility to windshear doesn't want the same magnitude of speed change, if any at all.

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Yes, its a relatively small percentage increase and it is sometimes/often silly if not dangerous to use heavy aeroplane techniques for light aeroplanes.
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