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Click to check out these discussion items: "Blue Airplane Downwind" What's wrong with using standard callsigns? (reply comments posted 7 April) "What's Legal?" Fancy flying around airports is fun, but... An old subject, but still valid "Auto Gas & Old Wives" Why do so many folks freak out about this?
New Subject: How come there are so many deaths from impact to terrain following departure? See http://www.ntsb.gov/ntsb/query.asp. Look at the fatal accidents. I thought that airplanes glide if their engines stops. A hard controlled landing should not kill you? That’s what seat belts are for I thought? Why are so many experienced pilots and their passengers being killed (by) this why? I have been told that if the engine stops on takeoff, first push the stick forward then worry about starting the engine again or where you are going to crash. Is it a case of panic or just an attempt to save the plane? From you guys with experience what should a low time guy do? N72NJ Red and Sliver RV --- Leadoff reply from your webmaster: I guess the primary reason is the initial and overwhelmingly powerful reaction that "this can't be happening". It keeps the brain from being totally engaged, which allows our natural instinct to pull back and keep altitude to continue so long a stall results...with fatal outcome. Developing an automatic "push the stick" reaction instead of the reverse is for sure the safer course while the brain recovers! I think the best prescription would be actual practice. Chop the throttle under various conditions, see what the plane wants to do and what you in turn have to do to stay in control. I know many pilots who fly higher performance aircraft NEVER practice a fully power-off glide to landing, which puts them at an extreme disadvantage when the fan stops. ....John W. Let's hear some more opinions or comments! |
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