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Attn Spam Can drivers: Need MS FlightSim reality check...
I was taught to fly with "control altitude with the throtle, and
airspeed with the elevator." It made sense to me as my instructor showed me how to do slow flight. We would get to a slow speed by pulling back on the yoke until we got our desired speed and then would set the throttle to whatever RPM was necessary to maintain our given altitude. Setting up for a landing is basically the same thing...throttle back (and if trim setting is not changed, altitude decreases at some rate), back on the yoke (or stick) to get desired airspeed and then adjust throttle for desired rate of descent (500 FPM seems pretty standard)... Scott Corben Junior Ace Well.... Perhaps some of the CFIs care to speak out... IIRC, the FAA was concerned with departure stall/spin accidents and also with approach and landing accidents. The reasoning went that both classes of accident would be drastically reduced if pilots remembered to stabilize their aircraft the recommended climb speed on departure and at the recommended approach speed for the final aproach. Of course, that also made powered approaches and BIG patterns popular. Peter |
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