Re: Engine Failure
Posted: Thu Jul 22, 2021 10:53 pm
It's not terribly important, but you if want to, practice cutting the throttle
to idle on downwind abeam the runway threshold, and do a continuous,
gentle left-hand turn (a descending U) aiming to touch down a third of
the way down the runway. Angle of bank does not need to exceed 30
degrees.
As Peter suggests, stay slightly - but not ridiculously - high and sideslip
to get rid of excess energy.
It's actually an item on the Cdn CPL flight test. At least, it used to be?
The trick about it, is to learn to compensate for a strong wind, right
down the runway.
I don't recommend that people try to teach themselves heroics in
a hurry, down low. That's not going to end well.
Peter might remember Tim Leslie (?) who had an engine failure in
a Harvard after takeoff at Gatineau, and was able to make the Magic
Turnback and land on the runway. Most people would not have survived
that, but he was a retired military fighter test pilot and worked full time
at the NRC as a civilian test pilot and for fun was Chief Pilot for Mikey at
Vintage Wings. Pilots like that with a lifetime of stick & rudder flying are
as rare as hen's teeth in Canada. Odds are that you probably aren't one of
them. Pretending to be one could be painful.
So. Wings level. Close your eyes and tighten your shoulder harness. It
would be nice if you turned off the master and the fuel, but ...
to idle on downwind abeam the runway threshold, and do a continuous,
gentle left-hand turn (a descending U) aiming to touch down a third of
the way down the runway. Angle of bank does not need to exceed 30
degrees.
As Peter suggests, stay slightly - but not ridiculously - high and sideslip
to get rid of excess energy.
It's actually an item on the Cdn CPL flight test. At least, it used to be?
The trick about it, is to learn to compensate for a strong wind, right
down the runway.
I don't recommend that people try to teach themselves heroics in
a hurry, down low. That's not going to end well.
Peter might remember Tim Leslie (?) who had an engine failure in
a Harvard after takeoff at Gatineau, and was able to make the Magic
Turnback and land on the runway. Most people would not have survived
that, but he was a retired military fighter test pilot and worked full time
at the NRC as a civilian test pilot and for fun was Chief Pilot for Mikey at
Vintage Wings. Pilots like that with a lifetime of stick & rudder flying are
as rare as hen's teeth in Canada. Odds are that you probably aren't one of
them. Pretending to be one could be painful.
So. Wings level. Close your eyes and tighten your shoulder harness. It
would be nice if you turned off the master and the fuel, but ...