So when flying and the ATC say to maintain slowest practical speed and you say Unable do you go around or you wait for the ATC to give another command
At times I have been ghosted because I wasn’t at the slowest speed
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go around if you have to
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So I play around with maximum weight which cannot gain altitude at 180 knots Airspeed.
And if I go lower I stall
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If you’re above MLW you shouldn’t even be landing. If you can’t go below 180kts without stalling, you’re WAY to heavy to even land.
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You normally get this command when inbound and on Tower frequency, at which point you shouldn’t really be at max weight.
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Thanks for clearing that up
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There is a reason the command is called “remain slowest practical speed”. Go the slowest speed that is practical and realistic for your situation.
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Go at a speed that will keep you above the stall speed with a reasonable margin. Anything more then that is probably to fast.
I faced a scenario like this on Expert controlling earlier today, two aircraft were way too close to one another, I sent the maintain slowest practical speed command to get the aircraft to slow down, and never happened. Whenever I land and aircraft I always set the weight to right below MLW, and I have basically flown every single aircraft in IF (excluding fighters and GA) this way and have never experienced stalling when going 180kts. I have reached up to 130kts in a 777 with full flaps and almost exactly MLW with no issues. The issue you must be having is your weight is WAY too high or your flaps setting for your speed aren’t correct. Thanks for coming to the community to seek help, and advice. See u in the skys.
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Why on earth would you be unable to maintain your slowest practical speed? That’s just rediculous.
Slowest practical speed 5-10 knots above your stall speed. How are you unable to maintain that to state unable?
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If you’re not hearing your stall horn going off, you’re not going slow enough.🙂
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I won’t ghost if someone doesn’t slow after I tell them maintain slowest practical speed, but you may end up going around! I use this when I’m approach, the aircraft ahead of you is flying slow, and I’ve already sent them to tower.
Similar for tower controllers… expect a go around if you can’t slow.
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Wth are you talking about? Of course it’s based off of what your airplanes speed is. But stating your unable to maintain your slowest practical speed is ridiculous.
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To put what @Brandon_Sandstrom said into even clearer words (if that’s even possible), the term ‘maintain slowest practical speed’ literally translates directly to ‘maintain the slowest speed you are able to’
It is physically impossible in every aspect of the universe to be ‘unable’ to maintain the ‘slowest speed you are able to’
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Like that movie Speed with Keanu Reeves, bus couldn’t go slower than 55 therefore slowest practical speed being 56. There, I totally scienced that one!
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Go around, dump fuel if you’re above MLW go back around land safely.
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Exactly physically impossible to be unable to maintain the slowest speed that you’re able to. As @Robertdiaz123 said if the stall horn isn’t going off you’re not slow enough. Unless we are talking the new ACS standards then be just above the horn. 😂
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I always look at the plane in front of me and go like 59 kts faster than them… am I doing it right @GHamsz and @Brandon_Sandstrom??
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As long as you’re turning a tight base around 270 GS, you’re doing it right.
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You two are terrible 😂
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