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Old 26th Dec 2012, 19:34
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Spooky 2 ...Heaven and EArth Horatio

spooky2...last time I checked you don't need the landing lights ON to takeoff. while nice to have at any time, landing lights (of the extend/retract type) are drag producers...the philosophy is that anything that slows you down is ...WAIT FOR IT>> LIKE pulling back on the reins of the old fashioned biological horse.

so, anything that slows you down, goes aft (one philosophy)...the flaps go aft..you slow down...the gear pulls out of its dent and then goes down...you slow down etc.

there are all sorts of neat philosophies in flying...the neatest yet wrongest was the way FRENCH PLANES had their throttles back in prehistoric times.. YOU PULLED THE THROTTLE AFT (not like a horse) TO GO TO MAX POWER...WHY?

well, you pull the stick back to go up (yeah right) and you pull the throttle back cuz you need more oomph to go up...therefore to go up...pull everything back.

Maybe that's why France surrendered to the ah crowd (adolf hitler crowd).

And maybe France still wants revenge and those darn airbussess........oh never mind.

so spooky, my philosopy lesson holds true...and you can see if the lights aren't on if you really need them at night...and during IMC, you might not want them on...and extendable ones during max perf takeoffs add drag...hmmmmm, oh those TWA/Howard Hughes types were pretty smart.
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