At 5000 I was going to intercept the GS very shortly. I was going too fast
to put the gear down. Instead of incercepting the glideslope at 5,000 and
following it down 700 feet a minute where it would be very difficult to get
under gear speed, you can haul down to 4,000 feet (at 1000 - 1500fpm), then
start slowing down. Then when you hit HAIGS, you step down to the next fix
and then configure the airplane for GS intercept.

It was in a C402 which can be difficult to slow down, without shock cooling
the engines. if you intercept the glideslope high, it would be tough to get
within gear speed without bringing the engines way back (shock cooling).

"Steven P. McNicoll" wrote in message
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"Chris Brooks" wrote in message
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Because it would be much harder to get slowed down going down the
glideslope, trying to get below gear speed.


Well, why is that necessarily harder? Why do you want to go so slow so
far
out? Even if you do, why is it harder to slow down at 5000 than it is at
4000?