Wind shear pop quiz.

Doctor Evil · Post by **Doctor Evil** » Tue Oct 03, 2006 10:46 pm

You are on final in your Be200(or other light twin).Gear and flaps are down.Suddenly you encounter windshear and are heading for the ground like a homesick brick.What do YOU do???

mellow_pilot · Post by **mellow_pilot** » Tue Oct 03, 2006 11:20 pm

power...power...WAVE OFF!!!!

bandit1 · Post by **bandit1** » Wed Oct 04, 2006 6:13 am

1- stick your head between your legs
2- kiss your ass good bye

C-GPFG · Post by **C-GPFG** » Wed Oct 04, 2006 6:22 am

Firewall the power, nose to stall warning, leave gear and flaps down.

Sulako · Post by **Sulako** » Wed Oct 04, 2006 6:24 am

Yeah what he said. Push all the levers full forward and raise the nose to just below the stall. If/when you start climbing, then deal w. your drag.

Out of Control · Post by **Out of Control** » Wed Oct 04, 2006 6:39 am

Whip it out start jackin.

C-GPFG · Post by **C-GPFG** » Wed Oct 04, 2006 9:47 am

Doctor Evil wrote:You are on final in your Be200(or other light twin).Gear and flaps are down.Suddenly you encounter windshear and are heading for the ground like a homesick brick.What do YOU do???

Got that question on an exam or something?

Does it matter if it's a twin or single?

Clodhopper · Post by **Clodhopper** » Wed Oct 04, 2006 10:07 am

No, typically you just want to avoid adding excess drag, or reducing your amount of total lift. Retracting the gear will first make the doors open up, adding drag. Retracting the flaps reduces drag, but also reduces efficiency of the wing at slow speed.

In much larger airliners, the gear can take upwards of 20 seconds to fully retract, which really puts you behind when trying to overcome windshear. Add in the fact that there are huge doors that open up to accept the gear on those aircraft...

C-GPFG · Post by **C-GPFG** » Wed Oct 04, 2006 10:29 am

I agree and would do the same procedure in the 172. Just wondering why "light twin" was specified in the question.

Dusty 3 · Post by **Dusty 3** » Wed Oct 04, 2006 10:42 am

Push the nose over and give up.

Doctor Evil · Post by **Doctor Evil** » Wed Oct 04, 2006 11:27 am

Just wondering why "light twin" was specified in the question.

I only specified "light twin" because I wanted to get info for this general type of aircraft.I wasn't too concerned with either a 172 or a 747.That's all.

xsbank · Post by **xsbank** » Wed Oct 04, 2006 12:25 pm

Call "max thrust" rotate to stick shaker and fly it out - NO cleanup 'til VERY positive VSI (don't overspeed the gear).

(Stick shaker gives you 'about' 7 knots warning depending on type - just tickle it).

If you do contact the ground you are at your lowest speed and a very nose high attitude so you might just survive it...

invertedattitude · Post by **invertedattitude** » Wed Oct 04, 2006 12:54 pm

Clodhopper wrote:No, typically you just want to avoid adding excess drag, or reducing your amount of total lift. Retracting the gear will first make the doors open up, adding drag. Retracting the flaps reduces drag, but also reduces efficiency of the wing at slow speed.

In much larger airliners, the gear can take upwards of 20 seconds to fully retract, which really puts you behind when trying to overcome windshear. Add in the fact that there are huge doors that open up to accept the gear on those aircraft...

what about the 737? No loss in retracting gear on that puppy.

C-GPFG · Post by **C-GPFG** » Wed Oct 04, 2006 1:05 pm

727 is gear down until clear of the shear...is the 737 gear much different?

flyincanuck · Post by **flyincanuck** » Wed Oct 04, 2006 1:12 pm

[Edit]
Disregard.

Blue Side Down · Post by **Blue Side Down** » Wed Oct 04, 2006 5:04 pm

Doctor Evil wrote:...heading for the ground like a homesick brick.What do YOU do???

Flare when the treetops begin to really bother your FO... air can't go down forever- you'll run into 'ground effect' sooner or later.

oldtimer · Post by **oldtimer** » Wed Oct 04, 2006 8:33 pm

Go to max power and on the stick shaker. Leave the gear and flaps as they were. This is what we were taught and practiced in the G159 Gulfstream sim.

Driving Rain · Post by **Driving Rain** » Wed Oct 04, 2006 10:06 pm

Max power nose up until the AOA tickles the barberpole.

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