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Old February 12th, 2007, 23:10   #16
tgrayson
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Default Re: Manuevering Speed

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Originally Posted by mhcasey View Post
So, is the published Va, aka, the one in the POH and on checklists, based on max gross, or lighter? Do larger aircraft have several published Va's?
If only one Va is published, it's at max gross, because that's how the FAA defines it.

My King Air Manual only publishes one Va; it doesn't scale it by weight because the FAA definition doesn't require or expect it to.
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