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[Entwood]

As the aircraft descends the speed will rise by about 30 knots..

Plenty of drag then? Try that in a glider and you'd be through VNE with about 800 feet to go, and landing in the next county, I reckon.

Do you ever use sideslip? That's pretty effective for dumping height in a glider. Perhaps a little too effective in a herc?

Drag .. gear down, flaps 100% = oodles of drag  .. often used with large amounts of opposing power when dragging in at low level for airdrops.

Sideslip in a herc is verboten ... it can and will kill you exceedingly quickly ... herc can suffer from a thing called "finstall" ...  the fin is a very large vertical aerofoil due to the low speed handling requirements... if you get it sideways and it stalls then you have no way of getting it back, you end up pirouetting very quickly ... not a recognised manouvere in any circumstances ... we used to demonstrate it in the simulator, never saw anyone recover ....

[ngrainqey]

urm while we're on the subject of flying planes, can somebody suggest which flight sim is best to run on windows, ideally with helicopters in 
thanks
alex