FLWOP.

[Chuck Ellsworth]

Let's discuss.

[rudderless]

Essential skill.  Practice it regularly.  Then when you really need it, it's not a huge deal.

[Chuck Ellsworth]

I sort of thought the acronym would be understood by most here.

It is a new one to me, I guess I am really old school because we did not usually use acronyms to describe these things.

Oh well, I figured most of you would know what it meant.

[Colonel]

I thought it was a rather nasty name
for a copulating diminutive Italian.

[Chuck Ellsworth]

The use of acronyms can be a slippery slope.

When used to describe a forced landing practice you sure as hell don't verbalized FLWOP do you?

I look on flying as a serious activity requiring attention to detail and the use of acronyms to me indicates a lazy attitude.

But, hey that is only my old fashioned opinion.  :)

[Chuck Ellsworth]

Speaking of Italian.

Inuendo  is Italian for preparation H.

[Colonel]

Pubic Service Announcement:

We are worse in person.  Much worse  :))

[Chuck Ellsworth]

We are cultured Colonel.

[Capn_Tripps]

What the heck is a FLWOP again?  I must have missed that day in my ground school when they explained it.

[Chuck Ellsworth]

Just to assure the readers of this illustrious forum that I recognize the importance of knowing how to do an engine out forced landing I always sweep my flight path as I fly so as to have the safest forced landing site where possible chosen in case the fuck.r does quit.

That gives me a bit of a time hedge to fine tune the next decision.

Here is an interesting factoid.

In over thirty thousand hours of flying I have only had to do one forced landing due to a complete engine failure.

Mind you that was in a single engine airplane, I have had a few complete shut downs in multi engine airplanes and flew them to airports for the landing.