High Speed Approaches in a Sling TSi

If ATC asks you to keep your best forward speed as long as practical on approach, how fast can you go and a what point do you need to start slowing in order to get configured for a stabilized landing? Since I plan on flying my plane into some busy airports soon, this is the question I wanted to answer for the Sling TSi.


I'm used to flying jets, in which the rule of thumb is that it takes 1 mile to slow 10 knots. So, if you wanted to slow 60 knots, it would take 6 miles. And that's in level flight. Slowing while descending is even more difficult. The expression goes, "You can go down or you can slow down, but you can't do both."

So, I'm amazed that in the Sling TSi I can slow 60 knots in less than a mile, while descending on the glidepath!