On twin engined warbirds (bombers) is the conventional landing approach usually "power on" or "power off"?


Al

"old hoodoo" < wrote in message >

On twin engined warbirds (bombers) is the conventional landing approach
usually "power on" or "power off"?
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> Al
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Power on, until you have it made!

"old hoodoo" > wrote:

>On twin engined warbirds (bombers) is the conventional landing approach usually "power on" or "power off"?
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>Al
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In any 'heavies' that I'm familiar with (a mixture of twins and 4
engined) power is ususlly gradually reduced along the final
approach till just before touchdown when it is removed to idle,

Some a/c require more power, some require less power on final
(and different configuration and weight matters) so power
requirements vary quite a lot.
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-Gord.

In article >,
"old hoodoo" > wrote:

> On twin engined warbirds (bombers) is the conventional landing approach
> usually "power on" or "power off"?
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I flew a B-17 and B-24 for a couple of years. We always used power on
the approach....you never want the prop driving the engine. RPM is kept
low (1800-2000) and the MP is kept "oversquare" until in the flare.

--
Dale L. Falk

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as simply messing around with airplanes.

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