PAPI descent rate tutorial

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Here’s a really quick and easy rule of thumb to get an approximate descent rate once established on the PAPI approach lighting system. Here’s how it’s done:

(This should work on most IF Aircraft fairly well)

Just X your Groundspeed (GS) by 5!

Yep, that’s it. It’s that easy!

There’s also another (more accurate) way that I know of where you use the actual 3% gradient, but by the time you’ve finished calculating, you’re on the ground already. So this is far more practical!

Hope you all found this useful✈️

Let me know if I missed anything.

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Hey, uhm, I think you have to be TL2 (member) to post in #tutorials, so keep being active and interacting with others and you’ll be there eventually!

But on another note I didn’t know that, I’ll have to try that out! Or stick with VNAV and APPR because I’m boring…

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Hi there!
as said from the guy above
you must be that TL to post there

i recomend you save this, and repost it in #tutorials when you get there!

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