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At 13:00 31 October 2004, an aspiring private pilot
outlined the like-a-lawn-dart method of using slips to a landing, and asked: 1. Is this the common interpretation of the task... No drag devices, all the way to the ground? Nope. (This from a DE who's administered over 350 private, commercial & CFI-G flight tests in 25 years.) I don't ask any applicant to perform any maneuver I haven't done recently in the same model aircraft, in the same conditions and preferably at the same airport used for the flight test. On a light- or no-wind day, I doubt I could land most gliders as you describe without having set up a ridiculously low final approach in the first place. (Geez, Louise, I'd flunk myself for that!) 2. Have you experienced/how would you deal with what seems to be a rather low drag ratio even with a full-rudder slip? If you mean slipping like crazy on final with minimal effect on the glideslope, Yup. And in my case, I quickly discovered the joys of situational awareness, well-timed S-turns and strict attention to speed control. (eg: get past 'Uh-Oh!' and get on with solving the problem.) The first three rules of flying are and will ever be' Fly the aircraft! Fly the aircraft! and Fly the aircraft! (With the implied assumption that you know what's possible/safe FOR the aircraft in question IN the extant situation.) Ask your CFI to have a heart-to-heart with the DE. If he/she is 'hard over' on slipping all the way to the ground irrespective of aircraft and airport concerns, find another DE. Judy |
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