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Originally Posted by CFIse  This is just a technique thing - we've seen a number of descriptions of the point of staying at 3,000 until intercept - smoother, not so much descent and level off etc.
What's the point of descending to 2,400 when you can?
Seriously - you might change my flying technique. |
Well for me, when you're coming in to high density airports in a chieftan you need to stay as fast as possible to mix with jet traffic, but also cool the engine down by pulling the power at 1" per min. So, if you drop down to 2,400 when you can, you get 600' more downhill to keep your speed up at a low powersetting.
When I was CFIing I'd just intercept at the 3,000.