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Re:Piper Announces First GA Aircraft with Autoland Capability by guidoism on Thursday October 31, 2019 @03:26PM (#21412640)
I'm not sure 20mph is correct. The POH says it's the equivalent of being dropped from 10 feet. It's not something I want to experience but it doesn't really sound that bad.
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Re:Piper Announces First GA Aircraft with Autoland Capability by ceejayoz on Thursday October 31, 2019 @04:33PM (#21413436)
> The POH says it's the equivalent of being dropped from 10 feet.

A fall of 10 feet puts you at ~17 mph when you hit. 20mph is a good approximation.

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Re:Piper Announces First GA Aircraft with Autoland Capability by pc86 on Friday November 01, 2019 @09:16AM (#21418390)
Post-CAPS deployment descent is about 1700fpm which is 19.3-ish mph.
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Re:Piper Announces First GA Aircraft with Autoland Capability by guidoism on Saturday November 02, 2019 @01:37PM (#21428915)
Ok. I was wrong.
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