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Old August 7th 19, 06:03 PM posted to rec.aviation.soaring
Bob Kuykendall
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Default fes ot jet (pros and cons)

On Wednesday, August 7, 2019 at 4:47:45 AM UTC-7, kinsell wrote:

Are you serious about this? You're going down at 1000 fpm and you
really think an FES is going to save you? Wow.


With an old-school motorglider like a DG400, with the motor deployed and windmilling but not running, yes, you're going down at about 1000 FPM.

--Bob K.