Mike the Strike wrote, On 1/17/2014 7:12 AM:
4) If in doubt, I use a MacCready setting of 3 - I have never found
zero or 1 to be useful as it has no margin for safety. (I don't think
I could live anywhere where a MacCready setting of 1 is the norm!)

Many of us use two MC settings: for me, the STF vario is set to 1 or 2
(3 on amazing days); the flight computer MC setting is usually set to 4
(5 or 6 as the area between airports gets scarier).

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