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![]() "Dylan Smith" wrote in message ... In article , C J Campbell wrote: I have always been told that it is impossible to pitch down if your engine comes off. You will pitch up, stall, and die. This was something we often discussed in our hangar lying sessions at SPX. There was quite a bit of speculation that if you immediately prevented the stall by pushing forward, you'd be able to survive the loss of the engine. I guess this has been proven, at least for the C170B. off, you don't lose your nose gear!) At the same time, losing all that weight might improve your glide significantly. It would be balanced by the fact the aerodynamically-shaped cowling has gone, and has been replaced by a decidedly un-aerodynamic flat firewall. The aerodynamic shaped cowling means little in a Cessna. You have that prop that is still spinning and creating as much drag as disk that size. |
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