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On Mar 25, 1:48*pm, toad wrote:
Yes, a 500 ft engine out on takeoff in a light plane is more like a 125 ft rope break. *Now do a 180 turn around to land. Try to simulate this emergency some time if you have power license or a friend to fly with. *Just be prepared to see how fast the ground comes up. I have maintained for a long time that power pilot training for engine failure had the priorities wrong. Power pilots are taught to set best glide speed first. All this does is waste time and altitude going away from the landing place if a turn back is the only option. One year, when I was active as an airplane CFI, I trained 3 different pilots in engine out turn back. All were able to turn back, and be in position to land, when power loss was simulated 400ft above the runway at Vy. The aircraft used were a PA28-180 and a Grumman AA5A. The better pilots did it so well they had loads of altitude to burn after getting lined up to land. With the right technique 400agl power loss in these aircraft was similar to 200ft rope break in a glider. The right technique of course was to do just what we teach in gliders. Immediate 45 deg banked turn, into the wind if any. Speed in the turn not best glide speed but the minimum speed that gives a safe stall margin. In most airplanes that is much slower than best glide speed. The initial training was performed about 1500 agl using a road as a simulated runway. Only when the technique was mastered was an actual low altitude turn back performed. Andy |
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