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icubob(at)newnorth.net
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Posted: Sat Dec 20, 2008 7:17 am Post subject: dead stick landings

my 2 cents,

  surely dont want to offend anyone but here is  my 2 cents worth. i definitely support the  practice of engine out  conditions and landings with the engine at idle. in my mind the practice of  picking out the landing spot and managing altitude is the critical part of a  successful emergency landing. the actual touchdown we all practice at   least once for each take off. it seems that the major selling point of the  engine off advocates is that the airplane handles differently. it sinks a little  less i have read. that being the case it still isn't logical in my mind to  practice engine out conditions with engine at idle solo and with 1/4 tanks  rather than at gross wt. because the former performs better. 

   the long and short of this is that the  engine may not restart and you may have put yourself in an  emergency.

    a quick story that has nothing to  do with anything....    a friend who is a cfi with 6000  hrs instructing used to practice minimum controllable airspeed with the  critical engine out in twins with his students. the exercise was over when the  airspeed dropped to a point where the airplane started to yaw and controls lost  effectiveness. one day a little turbulence hit the plane at the end of the  exercise. the airplane was instantly inverted and in a steep dive. he is still  my friend so obviously recovered . he doesnt take that exercise quite as far  since that happened. he doesnt think the benefit is worth the risk

   i have never had an engine quit in flight  but i sure have had then not start when i wanted them to.

            bob  noffs

  

  

  

  

  

  

  

  

  

  

   

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Posted: Sat Dec 27, 2008 5:07 pm Post subject: dead stick landings

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