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Mxsmanic wrote:

Mike Ash writes:

You said:

"I read yesterday that the descent rate of a Cirrus with the parachute
deployed is around 1700 fpm, far more than a competent pilot could
manage by actually flying the aircraft."

In short, you directly said that a competent pilot flying the aircraft
could not come anywhere close to 1700fpm. This is blatantly wrong.

No, I said that 1700 fpm greatly exceeds what a pilot could limit the descent
rate to if he actually flew the aircraft. I thought that would be clear in
context. Why would the pilot want to hit the ground at greater than 1700 fpm?

It was not at all clear. You wouldn't want to hit the ground at greater
than that speed. There are many scenarios, however, where you would want
to descend at greater than that speed BEFORE arriving at the ground.

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Mike Ash
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