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Old 1st Apr 2019, 12:58
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The student should close the throttle at the point at which they judge the aeroplane, based on it's height, angle and distance from the runway, in the prevailing conditions can glide to a safe touch-down point and when to shorten the glide once assured to maximise the LDA.
Read the context where I wrote most instructors still erroneously teach it as just that and get the student to cut the throttle either abeam the downwind end of the runway or on the turn to base leg.
I did not recommend that technique
Anecdotal experience indicates that there are instructors out there that close the throttle on the student in the circuit just before turning base and announce "engine failure - now get in from here" It is the instructor that does the throttle chop - not the student.who chooses the moment to close his own throttle
Scavenger. Your profile history displays a tendency for sarcastic replies. Any chance of changing your tune to encourage others to engage in well mannered sensible discourse?
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