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By TopCat
FLYER Club Member  FLYER Club Member
Talking of clearing obstacles, here's an extract from my AA5A's POH.

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Best glide is 72, between Vx and Vy as you'd expect.

So what's the much lower obstacle clearance speed all about?

It's not a misprint, I think... here's a POH for the 180 hp AA5B - a similarly slow obstacle clearance value.

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Thoughts?

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