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Old 12th Apr 2012, 20:28
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Monocock

 
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I, as always, find people's carefully planned actions with EFATO's genuinely interesting. There are those who have had one, and those that might, one day.

There is a lot of theory printed above; theory that in the circumstances just won't have the chance to be activated. EFATO's often happen (real ones) at 300 feet or less. There isn't the time to start calculating. By the time you have realised what's happened you have lost 33% of your height already.

A stationary propeller will give an exceptionally poor glide ratio and you can't imagine how poor it is. The silence will scare you. The sound of the yoke rubbing on the panel and the control cables squeaking on their pulleys behind you will make you feel lonely.

You will drop like a brick. Literally. Not like the "idle engined" situation that you practice in your exams or your biennial.

My point is, if you plan too hard, you might end up doing yourself out of time when you need it most. Time that requires you to think about what the air is doing over your airframe, and what you can do to reduce your chances of potentially injurious rapid deceleration on the ground.

Sorry to sound blunt, but when it happens it is completely different to how the theorists describe it to be.

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