Tecman
I am not at all against Pilots being made aware of any variable sources of drag and in extreme situations i.e. a forced landing being of the mindset to quickly eliminate that drag if needs be.
I am questioning why pilots would take that final application of mostly drag until they really need to and are assured that they will reach their selected landing point?
Too many times under normal circumstances we see pilots dragging in with full flap from way out when full flap IMO should only be taken when assured of a landing and the correct profile for that landing.
Addendum engine out you are limited in still air to the potential energy in the airframe and the various sources of drag more important in that situation that the drag is only added when required as part of your energy management otherwise you are using more of that potential energy to combat needless or ill advised drag
Pace
Last edited by Pace; 14th May 2015 at 10:47.