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Old 25th June 2007 | 06:52
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IO540
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From: EuroGA.org
Not sure I would always immediately trim for best glide.

At say FL150 I have something like 20 mins of glide at Vbg, but anywhere more than 20-odd nm from land I will ditch anyway (assuming nil wind) so I would immediately

pull alternate air (fuel injected engine, note)
fuel pump on
change tanks

and then trim for Vbg (95kt).

One can do the above 3 within a few seconds; the speed will barely have time to decay, so trimming for Vbg will be pointless.

The only time I would go for a landing without trying anything else first is in case of an obvious catastrophic mechanical failure: a big bang and the prop flies off, or the prop suddenly stops, or I see a conrod sticking up through the cowling, or there is massive vibration (e.g. a blade gone partially or wholly missing) and I have to shut off fast.
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