Typical 737 Vertical Speed?

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Gregory wrote:
> Marcel..
>
> Here's the situation.. miscalculated the begin-descent point by almost
> 20nm, step-climbed higher than planned. So here.. we're out of flight
> level 390 thru 310 descending at ~3900 fpm. Throttles almost cut but
> not quite.. and speed is still well under control.
>
> http://home.comcast.net/~flightsim/hard_descent_I.jpg (91k)
>
>
> Looks exaggerated due to the camera angle.. and right turn.
> It's TurkMun 1191. { chuckle } Cargo doesn't complain much.
>
>
> -Gregory

Whoah! I'll never fly on your airline!



John

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[GREGORY]

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On Wed, 07 Sep 2005 22:55:16 GMT, The Man Behind The Curtain
<johngrabowski@earthblink.net> brought the following to our attention:

>Gregory wrote:
>> Marcel..
>>
>> Here's the situation.. miscalculated the begin-descent point by almost
>> 20nm, step-climbed higher than planned. So here.. we're out of flight
>> level 390 thru 310 descending at ~3900 fpm. Throttles almost cut but
>> not quite.. and speed is still well under control.
>>
>> http://home.comcast.net/~flightsim/hard_descent_I.jpg (91k)
>>
>>
>> Looks exaggerated due to the camera angle.. and right turn.
>> It's TurkMun 1191. { chuckle } Cargo doesn't complain much.
>>
>>
>> -Gregory
>
>Whoah! I'll never fly on your airline!
>
>
>
>John


thank you.. ALL feedback is appreciated.


-G

 

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DANNY wrote:
> With FSpassenger running during a -3900 fpm descent, you would probably hear
> passengers screaming! I did a steep dive the other day (okay, it was a
> stall. NEW RULE. No more phone calls to the cockpit crew). Anyway, after
> the screaming ended, passenger satisfaction went to 0%, "Passengers
> terrified with your 'death dive'". Satisfaction level eventually came back
> up to 52% before end of flight but the dive was reported and pilot
> penalized.

I'm curious, do you get messages like "Need to clean up passenger pee on
the cushions"?




John

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