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Originally Posted by aloft  Is doing this pretty standard? Just a training practice? |
i use it as a tool to teach planning/decision making skills.
myself i know that in the summer the service ceiling is around 4000ft, in the winter maybe upwards of 6000 if it is really cold out. everything else is usually around 5000. same with the accelerate stop, i know how it changes and what it usually calculates out to.
i use that knowledge to apply to in the event of an engine failure in this area of flight these are my options, etc.
make sense?