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Hi i want to know what does Auto Speed mean and how can i use it and every time i use a 767 777 or A330 A320 i get it to 30,000 feet the aircraft stalls..please help me...cheers....

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Hi, you can translate it with cruise control :-)Basically, you dial or program your desired speed in either knots or MACH numbers, arm the autothrottle (A/T) and hit SPD. The stalls you experience are probably caused by your realism settings, make sure you select "indicated airspeed". Roughly said, the speed in an aircraft is determined by measuring the force (the pressure) of the flowing air against a detector (in the pitot tube). This pressure depends not only on speed, but on altitude as well (as the air gets thinner the higher you fly, the pressure measured at a given speed gets lower the higher you fly). If you select a speed of let

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So which one will i use for a Boeing aircraft and Airbus indicated speed or true speed?and i mean that when i use a A330 and get to 30,000 feet the speed is at 125 knots then it stalls why is that and i have it on a indicated speed so you think it should be true speed...cheers....

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