Originally Posted by
Capn Bloggs
How are you going to convert speed to height if you're already at Best Glide Speed? Surely by slowing down your descent angle will increase (apart from the small yug effect when you pull back; "momentum" in a bug smasher??)? Now, if you were deliberately descending at faster than Best Glide, I could understand adjusting the aim point by slowing down. But if you don't have the capacity to slow down because you're already at Best Glide...
I'd agree that if you're
a bit low on approach, you'll be better off lowering the nose to convert height to speed. You'll then enter ground effect with better chances that the extended hold off will allow you to plant the wheels farther.
Regularly demonstrating the above flying and teaching mandatory dead stick techniques to PPL's.