Return-Path: Sender: (Marvin Kaye) To: lml Date: Wed, 13 Nov 2002 14:18:15 -0500 Message-ID: X-Original-Return-Path: Received: from imo-m08.mx.aol.com ([64.12.136.163] verified) by logan.com (CommuniGate Pro SMTP 4.0.1) with ESMTP id 1862344 for lml@lancaironline.net; Wed, 13 Nov 2002 14:10:40 -0500 Received: from Sky2high@aol.com by imo-m08.mx.aol.com (mail_out_v34.13.) id q.7d.30b91917 (14374) for ; Wed, 13 Nov 2002 14:10:14 -0500 (EST) From: Sky2high@aol.com X-Original-Message-ID: <7d.30b91917.2b03fd95@aol.com> X-Original-Date: Wed, 13 Nov 2002 14:10:13 EST Subject: Flying the Lancair LNC2, Gliding in a Brick with a Constant Speed Prop X-Original-To: lml@lancaironline.net MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/alternative; boundary="part1_7d.30b91917.2b03fd95_boundary" X-Mailer: AOL 8.0 for Windows US sub 75 --part1_7d.30b91917.2b03fd95_boundary Content-Type: text/plain; charset="US-ASCII" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Once, when flying straight and level in my 320 with Don Goetz as a passenger (now I can get you to believe anything), he asked "Have you done any engine out work?" "Negatory Fluegenmeister," I replied, clicking my heels. Then, following his instructions, the engine power was slowly reduced to idle as we pulled up to knock the airspeed down to 110 KIAS. He said, "Hold the 110 Kts (average best glide speed) and note the descent rate." After a period of stabilization I exclaimed, "She's a brick going down at 1600 feet per minute!" "We're doomed Kapitan, unless I re-engage the warp speed lever," I added, fearing we would end up in a cheese pond here in WI. "Not to worry, just pull the prop all the way back to coarse pitch," he calmly stated. Doing that and holding the 110 Kts, I noted, "Holy Fromage Du Lac! We're gliding at a mere 400 to 500 foot per minute drop Herr Professor Doktor Don. "We can easily go from here to East Chemung (that's in IL for the geographically challenged) or further, even." "Whatever." He drawled as his eyelids closed - probably dreaming up another lesson for the unwashed. Later, bored, he said "Wanna do some rolls?" Notes: 1. Don's call of 110 Kts was pretty good since the AOA indicated 108 as the best L/D for our weight and OAT. 2. This exercise altered my thinking about power failures on takeoff or approach - First, pull back the prop, establish best glide speed .........etc. Scott Krueger N92EX --part1_7d.30b91917.2b03fd95_boundary Content-Type: text/html; charset="US-ASCII" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Once, when flying straight and level in my 320 with Don Goetz as a passenger (now I can get you to believe anything), he asked "Have you done any engine out work?"  "Negatory Fluegenmeister," I replied, clicking my heels.  Then, following his instructions, the engine power was slowly reduced to idle as we pulled up to knock the airspeed down to 110 KIAS.  He said, "Hold the 110 Kts (average best glide speed) and note the descent rate."  

After a period of stabilization I exclaimed, "She's a brick going down at 1600 feet per minute!"  "We're doomed Kapitan, unless I re-engage the warp speed lever," I added, fearing we would end up in a cheese pond here in WI.

"Not to worry, just pull the prop all the way back to coarse pitch," he calmly stated. 

Doing that and holding the 110 Kts, I noted, "Holy Fromage Du Lac!   We're gliding at a mere 400 to 500 foot per minute drop Herr Professor Doktor Don.  "We can easily go from here to East Chemung (that's in IL for the geographically challenged) or further, even."

"Whatever."  He drawled as his eyelids closed - probably dreaming up another lesson for the unwashed.  Later, bored, he said "Wanna do some rolls?"

Notes:
1. Don's call of 110 Kts was pretty good since the AOA indicated 108 as the best L/D for our weight and OAT.

2. This exercise altered my thinking about power failures on takeoff or approach - First, pull back the prop, establish best glide speed .........etc.

Scott Krueger
N92EX


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