Power or pitch?
I know that there has been much discussion in the past about whether stick or throttle controls speed/sink.
Without re-running the old argument, I wonder if there is an an case for using different techniques in an SEP during different flight phases?
e.g. during final approach, use stick for speed, throttle for sink recognising that the a/c is at the back of the power/drag curve and likely needs pitching down (as well as power)to accelerate; but
During a descent at altitude where the configuration is lessy draggy, manage the required sink with the stick and the airspeed with the throttle, recognising that this phase is very much about energy management and that once trimmed correctly the addition/reduction of power is the critical input?
Of course Pitch and Power = Performance, so the argument could be circular, so I guess I am thinking about the way we chunk the overall picture into tasks that we can manage.
I would be very interested in what the guys with the experience think.
[This message has been edited by Final 3 Greens (edited 05 July 2001).]