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Old 12th June 2001 | 12:06
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Assuming you manage to make the doors the perfect speedbrake... you'd reach stall speed faster and that would be it. At Vs, down you go. Speedbrakes just add drag, make you bleed energy faster and move your touch down point closer.

Perhaps if you find yourself headed for a treeline...

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