Fxed Reserve Use.
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When the means of propulsion suddenly become absent, be it by a more air than fuel ratio in a tank, or a lost propeller, the end result is the same. The means of prevention is to mitigate the possibility. Or one should at least consider the possibility of that end result by say a torque wrench or a credit card. Does one really need a regulatory authority to tell us this? Instead of pulling engines at low level in Metros, (for example), CAsA could investigate the practical issues with loose bolts on a wooden prop in an Auster. (While the examiner of airmen is present of course).
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If you clowns can't figure out when an engine is no longer getting fuel without resorting to looking at the instrument panel then you shouldn't be flying!
Some engines will continue to show similar revs, others will stop.
At least most times I stop the engine I secure it and thermal away!
Some engines will continue to show similar revs, others will stop.
At least most times I stop the engine I secure it and thermal away!
Folks,
As is SOP for pprune, this has strayed far from the original topic, with the usual picking of nits, that almost invariably add nothing to the topic.
For my money, I always want to maintain the option of a landing (whether a powered or glide approach) at a place of my choice.
That being the case, the principle of fixed final reserve has everything going for it,especially accident reports and nothing rational against it. For about the last 30 years or so, I haven't needed a book of rules to tell me so, to that extent, the present rule changes will not make the slightest difference to how I handle fuel.
Tootle pip!!
As is SOP for pprune, this has strayed far from the original topic, with the usual picking of nits, that almost invariably add nothing to the topic.
For my money, I always want to maintain the option of a landing (whether a powered or glide approach) at a place of my choice.
That being the case, the principle of fixed final reserve has everything going for it,especially accident reports and nothing rational against it. For about the last 30 years or so, I haven't needed a book of rules to tell me so, to that extent, the present rule changes will not make the slightest difference to how I handle fuel.
Tootle pip!!
[T]he principle of fixed final reserve has everything going for it,especially accident reports and nothing rational against it. For about the last 30 years or so, I haven't needed a book of rules to tell me so, to that extent, the present rule changes will not make the slightest difference to how I handle fuel.
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"Yet pilots still have to make engine out landings into the ocean at the dark of night"
and a few thousand more pages of strict liability offences will not alter that one iota.
Perhaps adopting the US model of educating and mentoring before the event rather than wielding a big stick after it may produce better results.
But then again what would the Yanks know, only ex Australian military types know anything about aviation.
and a few thousand more pages of strict liability offences will not alter that one iota.
Perhaps adopting the US model of educating and mentoring before the event rather than wielding a big stick after it may produce better results.
But then again what would the Yanks know, only ex Australian military types know anything about aviation.
