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Old 9th Jul 2015, 04:52
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CISTRS
 
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Energy Management

It's not only faster and higher. It's also much heavier. Heavier and faster vastly increases the kinetic energy to be managed.
The energy is proportional to the mass and the square of the speed.

Gimli and Hudson were examples of finely tuned energy management, as well as basic stick and rudder skills.

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