October 8, 201114 yr The flap maneuvering speed is not a true "minimum", as I understand it. At the maneuvering speed, you are guaranteed up to 30 deg of bank. Below that, don't you still have a guaranteed 20 degrees of bank? I'm traveling and don't have access to my FCOMs.Hey, yes you are of course correct. It's not a minimum as the minimum maneuvering speed, for instance (top of amber band). But I think they point is just as you say it, the maneuvering speed guarantees a certain safetly margin. 40° to be exact or ~1.3G. To quote some manual: During flap retraction, selection of the next flap position is initiated when reaching the maneuver speed for the existing flap position. Therefore, when the new flap position is selected, the airspeed is below the maneuver speed for that flap position. For this reason, the airspeed should be increasing when selecting the next flap position. During flap retraction, at least adequate maneuver capability or 30° of bank (15° angle of bank and 15° overshoot) to stick shaker is provided at the flap retraction speed. Full maneuvering capability or at least 40° of bank (25° of bank and 15° overshoot) is provided when the airplane has accelerated to the recommended maneuver speed for the selected flap position.
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