Engine out approaches

[Howard Wilson]

sorry I showed the medium panel complexity.

Check out the Schweizer 2-33 minimum panel

Now that's a panel I could keep up with! If I don't lose my reading glasses under the seat.

 

[dillardrg]

Here is a link to an interesting video (and timely to this discussion and the 3 degree approach discussion).

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f6q2VKsvQEQ&fmt=18

 

[dmccormack]

I thought about this on the way to work this morning.

I flew from KWAY to KCKB and while winds were calm on the surface, they were out of the south at 20 knots or so at 1000' AGL.

(While I prefer to fly 500' AGL, I climb to 2300' --1000' AGL -- or so over the larger towns of Fairmont and Clarksburg)

CKB Tower asked me to report a 4 mile final.

Reduced power to 2400 RPM, maintained 80 MPH, slowly descended to 500' AGL...

I finally reached 4 miles out, called in, leveled off, set power to 2500...

VASIs are all white -- but if I was on glide slope out this far, I'd never make the runway.

1 mile final, finally reduced power to 1000, pulled carb heat, trimmed for 60 -- down, down, down.

Decent touchdown about 1000' feet down the runway (intentional -- otherwise it's a looooong taxi to parking!)

I don't know what my final approach angle was, but VASI was all white until I pulled power 1 mile out, then I ignored the VASI.

On a related note -- I topped off with Mogas yesterday afternoon, flew an hour last night, flew 55 minutes this morning, filled up with 100LL when I arrived at CKB -- total fuel burn?

6 gallons.

 

[Capt. Geoffrey Thorpe]

Here is a link to an interesting video (and timely to this discussion and the 3 degree approach discussion).

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f6q2VKsvQEQ&fmt=18

Bingo!!!

Love the stripes.