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Old 11th Jul 2001, 06:48
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Speedbrake UP
 
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During Visual Circling, the double tap method works well for an MDA of eg. 730' Setting the MCP to 700' then pressing the the Alt hold firstly to slow the rate of descent and a second time to stop your descent at an altitude of 730'. As Razor stated 10% of your rate of descent seems to work well.
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