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Spoiler/Air Brake Effectiveness

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The spoiler control on my A340 is a bit on the light side.What entry in the aircraft config controls the effectiveness of the spoiler?

>The spoiler control on my A340 is a bit on the light side.>What entry in the aircraft config controls the effectiveness>of the spoiler?..airplane_geometrywing_area=1320.000000wing_span=107.833333wing_root_chord=11.250000wing_dihedral=2.999268wing_incidence=0.000000wing_twist=-0.988770oswald_efficiency_factor=13.688373wing_winglets_flag=0wing_sweep=0.000000wing_pos_apex_lon=0.000000wing_pos_apex_vert=0.000000htail_area=314.000000htail_span=40.000000htail_pos_lon=-69.666667htail_pos_vert=0.000000htail_incidence=0.000000htail_sweep=0.000000vtail_area=168.000000vtail_span=14.778363vtail_sweep=0.000000vtail_pos_lon=-59.583333vtail_pos_vert=0.000000elevator_area=100aileron_area=48.360000rudder_area=56.200000elevator_up_limit=26.000825elevator_down_limit=26.000825aileron_up_limit=30.000070aileron_down_limit=30.000070rudder_limit=30.000070elevator_trim_limit=25.996227:-shy spoiler_limit=59.988681 Angle I should imagine :-shy try 65 then 70 etc :-hmmm spoilerons_available=0aileron_to_spoileron_gain=3.000000min_ailerons_for_spoilerons=9.969466min_flaps_for_spoilerons=0.000000

wow! mine was at 35!!No wonder she wouldn't slow down until level off!I'm raising it 10 up to 45 and go from there.Thanks for directing me!

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