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Old 5th Apr 2007, 13:06
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Delta_7
 
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I too am not a fan of huge circuits, however in response to drshmoo, the non-existant circuit size encouraged by one KU operator (I'm sure many know who) is not only unsafe but encourages pilots to compete with each other. When I was there it was a gear up/stall during turn onto final/unable to land on remaining runway after EFATO waiting to happen.

One day I decided to have a chat to one of these guys to make a suggestion about not doing steep (ie 45 degrees angle of bank) gliding turns from really close downwind straight onto the numbers. He set me straight by confidently telling me how in a steep gliding turn the aircraft has to generate much, much less lift than in level flight and that reduced the chance of a stall, particularly in a fully loaded Cessna single.

I thanked him for setting me straight and went on my way, tail between my legs.

Jedi, maybe it is because they don't understand your aircraft performance is so good? Maybe a little time to get familiar with the aircraft types and performances operating around them will eventually sort it out?
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