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Old 15th Sep 2015, 03:50
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RatherBeFlying
 
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Air Brakes and Airspeed

Once you have full air brake out, you can let the nose down to increase speed and drag (by the square of the speed).

Once you level out the speed drops rapidly with full air brake – same applies to Cessnas with 40 flap.

Not to be done until you reliably flare at the correct height lest something get bent.
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