How do pilots calculate their rate of descent so that they’re at ground level when the reach the runway?
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The secret is that you really don’t need to be that precise. After coming in at Mach 1.2 with full afterburners, you just do a 27G barrel roll with full elevator deflection to put yourself in a semi-controlled spin to bleed off speed as you deploy full flaps and airbrakes. Then touch down at around 500km/h, without the landing gear deployed of course, and deploy the brake parachute. You’ll come to a full stop in a few seconds, so then wait for the ground crew to come and repair your mangled aircraft.
Source: I play War Thunder.
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