ATC Vector for landing speeds
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Is there a way to limit the max speed ATC can give you for landing vectors. Shooting around the pattern at 290 knots seems a little excessive. Thanks !
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ATC gives you a landing time slot and calculates the speeds based on that time. You can manage your speed by flying faster or slower which causes the next speed call to be lower or higher. Three hundred is about right for the distance vectors but you want the turn to final at ~230.
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Basically, 250 is already way too slow IMO and 300 would be better to ensure more safety in case on the need of an air-start (for any reasons). But I do not really know for F-16. Probably something we can found in the real -1 (?) … will take a look as soon as possible.
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Thanks for your responses ! You folks have given me some ideas to manage this.
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Always keep in mind airspeed is limited to 250kt in IFR/VFR below 10000ft. So no a/c in the pattern or withing these conditions would exceed 250kt.
Exeptions could be Temporary reserved airpaces, controlled zones, Test flights -
Always keep in mind airspeed is limited to 250kt in IFR/VFR below 10000ft.
Not true for jet fighter a/c (especially single engine). They have wavers.
Edit: I am talking about governmental/military jet fighter a/c … I don’t know if the waver applies to civilian converted jet fighter planes (collection).