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Another useful idea from Bob Kromer at Summit

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Here is a movie of KSMooniac flying a back-to-back Vy versus Vz profile.

 

Using Vz we got to the 19 mile point about 13 knots faster than Vy on about the same gas.

 

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Good for you.  I had a loss of oil pressure incident on the way to a Mooney PPP and had to make an emergency descent to landing (which I have written about here).  When I got there they wanted to teac

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Really do you get free speed, but in case of Testwest’s Vz climb profile,  you do.  

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