Engine failure after takeoff - turn back?
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As this forum is sub-headed LAA/BMAA/BGA/BPA it seems reasonable to suppose that most people here are not packing out in Lears and Citations but in more prosaic machines. Perhaps then we might improve the odds of making a successful turn-back if, on take off and having established the climb, we turn out sooner rather than later. That's not going to improve the odds in the early stage where landing ahead is probably the only survivable option but having turned out any turn back is now significantly reduced to maybe a 135° followed by a 45°.
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IF you are at home field...look around for landing spots...note them...make a map, share the info with others who may have info to share with you.,
note places off straight ahead in case you do turn back and then can't make it. not advocating either choice.
When I first learned to fly, I looked into 3 airfields to train (back in 1975). One had a really good looking girl working the desk...great ham standards...another was cheaper and slightly closer, but the one I chose had a nice golf course nearby where a forced landing would be pretty survivable (FORE).
think...imagination is the key to safe flying
note places off straight ahead in case you do turn back and then can't make it. not advocating either choice.
When I first learned to fly, I looked into 3 airfields to train (back in 1975). One had a really good looking girl working the desk...great ham standards...another was cheaper and slightly closer, but the one I chose had a nice golf course nearby where a forced landing would be pretty survivable (FORE).
think...imagination is the key to safe flying
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At first glance I thought you might be into something especially with a climb out over built up areas where a turn back maybe the only option.
Then I scribbled it out on paper and it is basically a tear drop departure with a turn back onto the inbound of the reciprical runway!
Holding runway heading in the climb out could follow the same pattern in reverse ie coming back to the reciprical runway on the same angle you would take off.
Sadly it will not work
At first glance I thought you might be into something especially with a climb out over built up areas where a turn back maybe the only option.
Then I scribbled it out on paper and it is basically a tear drop departure with a turn back onto the inbound of the reciprical runway!
Holding runway heading in the climb out could follow the same pattern in reverse ie coming back to the reciprical runway on the same angle you would take off.
Sadly it will not work
