EAA Engine Loss Webinar *Free*

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Hey guys, just a heads up that the EAA asked me to present a webinar on Engine Loss in your GA single. This presentation mirrors my new book, and is free!

I'll be discussing:

Glide ratios and calculations, Emergency procedures and critical procedures, sight pictures, glide estimations, energy management, landing site selection, the gear up/down debate, and more.

You can register at the below link. It's on 26 October. All you have to do is log in and check it out! https://www.eaa.org/en/eaa/aviation...ation-videos-and-aviation-photos/eaa-webinars

I hope you can attend! Thanks!

Buster
 

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Thanks for the support! I guarantee you'll learn some new stuff and be a better and safer pilot!
 
Buster1 said:
...the EAA asked me to present a webinar on Engine Loss in your GA single...
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Could we have the failure in your piston single instead?


All jokes aside, I'll check it out, thanks!
 
Thanks for the tip. The webinar happens at an awkward time during the Alaskan work day so I bought the book. It looks very interesting and I look forward to reading it.
 
Thanks guys!

So you have to register with the EAA for the webinar. It's free and open to anyone with a modern computer. There are some software requirements, but have a look at that first link in my first post and on their site there are some more links for checking and verifying your computer setup.

That's a long answer, sorry. It is open to everybody. But you will need to register and set up something with the EAA...bout all I know.
 
Reminder: the webinar is just a week away!
 
The webinar is tomorrow! Hope you can make it!
 
Hey Buster,

Lots of great info in your webinar. Thanks for hosting it! I'll be taking some measurements of the wing and dusting off the high-school trig to figure out that six degrees off the wingtip, for sure. :)

One suggestion: On the slide where you talk about 3 degree vs. 6 degree glide slope, and show the normal 3 degree sight picture of the runway, it'd be great to have a second slide of the same runway at 6 degrees.

I appreciate the work that went into it.
 
Thanks for the support! Okay, I will look into a 6 wire pic, good idea.

Forget the trig, just use the hand method to find 6 degrees!
 
Should be up on the EAA Videos section soon! Thanks for following and for the support!
 
Thanks for the Webinar. I've decided to spend my next few flights practicing EOPs.

I stepped away when the term 'wire' was defined. Could someone post it?
 
MadseasoN said:
I stepped away when the term 'wire' was defined. Could someone post it?
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"Wire" is just thinking about your glide slope as if you're sliding down a wire stretched to the ground at that angle. A good visualization technique!
 
Every time I see this thread's title I think, "Why would EAA want to give me engine loss for free? I can already get that!" LOL
 
SoCal RV Flyer said:
"Wire" is just thinking about your glide slope as if you're sliding down a wire stretched to the ground at that angle. A good visualization technique!
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So is that wire strong enough to support the whole weight of the plane, so we just slide on in to a smooth landing? What if it sags? And where do we find the end of the wire to make sure we're on it?

I kid, of course. The webinar was pretty good, although I do find the use of Navy and Air Force diagrams and procedures of somewhat limited use when we're typically not flying F-18s or T-34s.
 
Thanks guys.

Dale, I see your point. But the really old T-34A and B ARE indeed Bonanzas, same weights, same wing, same gear system, same engine...everything. (These are NOT the bigger turbine T-34s). So it stands to reason that their diagrams would work for certainly a modern Bonanza, and most definitely other GA planes. Or be close.

Sure, some adjustments might be needed for each individual aircraft or type, but I bet you'll be pretty close to a 6 wire if you do the math for your bird...and that's what the T-34 diagram is built on!

Good luck and thanks for watching!
 
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The real link to the recording: http://www.eaavideo.org/video.aspx?v=5187374867001

Buster, thank you for the webinar, I am already asking my favorite CFI if he would want to fly to a lunch and get a few power-off landings in. You inspired me to practice and improve my skills. :)
Especially since I fly a complex retract now and it handles differently with the gear out. (an unbelievable speedbrake, as one can imagine)
And sorry to hear how they butcher your name but it seems they don't know better. Or don't care. Ignorance is bliss. :D

Again, thanks for the informative webinar.
 
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