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Old 03-04-2008, 10:43 AM   #14 (permalink)
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Originally Posted by TheBills View Post
Also too, im pretty sure im correct on this, but if you have to use spoilers to get down you stayed up to long and did not save anymore fuel by staying high.
Not sure I follow... you're not adding thrust to overcome the drag from the spoilers, are you? If not, how are you negating the fuel savings by using the spoilers to help you get down? Or, asked another way, where is the extra burn coming from?
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