X-Virus-Scanned: clean according to Sophos on Logan.com Return-Path: Sender: To: lml@lancaironline.net Date: Fri, 13 May 2005 10:49:04 -0400 Message-ID: X-Original-Return-Path: Received: from [66.109.229.7] (HELO relay-2.smtp1.dejazzd.com) by logan.com (CommuniGate Pro SMTP 4.3c5) with ESMTP id 942502 for lml@lancaironline.net; Fri, 13 May 2005 08:40:01 -0400 Received-SPF: none receiver=logan.com; client-ip=66.109.229.7; envelope-from=ed.mccauley@bltinc.com Received: from zd7000 ([66.216.160.77]) by relay-2.smtp1.dejazzd.com with SMTP id <20050513123912.FEIH5241.relay-2.smtp1.dejazzd.com@zd7000> for ; Fri, 13 May 2005 08:39:12 -0400 X-Original-Date: Fri, 13 May 2005 08:39:01 -0400 From: Ed McCauley Subject: [LML] Re: Emergency Landings X-Original-To: LML X-Original-Message-ID: In-Reply-To: Mime-Version: 1.0 Organization: Bottom Line Technologies Inc. X-Mailer: GoldMine [6.00.30503] Content-Type: text/plain Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable My 2 cents... I too flew to work. My take offs conducted short-field (often they really were!) and frequent engine out practice. I even had = the altitude lost per standard rate turn at best glide memorized so I could cognizantly bleed off any extra if I was really high = (the goal). Then it happened... a REAL engine out. So, I too went in "Done this before" mode. To my surprise, the plane sank MUCH faster = than with the engine at idle (as in practice). I felt betrayed... LIED to by my instructors. Anyway, as soon as I realized what = was happening, I made a bee line for the numbers and all turned out fine. Subsequently, I learned about the flat plate drag of a = windmilling prop and ever since, I never get too far from the runway in the pattern and I'll always be sure to have a height = buffer if/when it happens again. I figure I'd rather make the runway and land too fast than the alternative. Ed McCauley Lancair IV-P 10.564% (+/- 20%)