Moderators:corethatthermal wrote: ↑Sun Jul 21, 2019 1:11 pm CWE, If you take off at an airport that borders on a lake or ocean, and you are at 7-900 feet, and say maybe 3/4 mile past the end of the runway, Do you do a rate 1 turn at best glide and land in the water OR do you do a modified turn ? Remember, the more time you spend in a turn the more degrees of turn you have to make! If you are teaching that it is better to land straight ahead in the water ( maybe it is winter) than to do a maneuver that may be thought of as out of the norm, fill yer boots !
I have set up MANY students for a sim. forced approach, where the ONLY POSSIBLE SUCCESSFUL reaction to an immediate engine failure is to IMMEDIATELY turn HARD towards the most suitable landing spot and then figure out what the hell is happening! I have NEVER seen a student ( 100 hr or 10000 hr) do the only right thing. When they finally turned, most never "made" the field. MANY have thanked me for the very realistic check-outs I have provided for them. I have had 30,000 B747 pilots sweat cupfuls trying to master a little ( float) plane after stepping off a heavy and they ENJOYED it !!
I have introduced many simulations on check-outs I have given and I never hear that these specifically were being done in other places. I also do not recall that anyone was displeased although some were a little feather ruffled!
Have you practiced blind canyon turns at altitude at 0 flaps and best rate compared to half flaps and best angle speed? What is the difference in the procedure for your plane?
This cracker is going to get someone killed. I don't think that requires any explanation.