Maintaining altitude
Anthony, in my real Baron, when detecting an updraft, I will immediately
begin a tight circle to stay in the updraft and simultaneously feather both
engines. This saves tremendously on the ever increasing cost of gas.
I can then glide to the next thermal, and am able to accomplish extensive
cross country trips of nearly a thousand miles on just a few gallons of gas.
It is one of the most economical ways of flying multiengine aircraft.
When necessary I can always do a re-start (see unfeathering accumulators).
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