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Old 12-28-2007, 06:51 AM   #9 (permalink)
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Thanks for the replies. I guess what I was getting as was more in the line of, "what moves the carot?"
The carot is derived from engineering charts created by Bombardier for "optimal climb thrust". If you can ever get your hands on a factory performance manual (it's huge), it's in volume two of the aircraft operating manual. Essentially they are accounting for SAT changes and pressure altitude.
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