90 Degree turn while slipping

Derrick Steed skrev den 13 Feb
2004 08:12:31 GMT:

As a bit of light relief to this e-mail tennis, I thought
I'd add an 'interesting' idea that did the rounds in
the UK a few years ago. Basically, the BGA instructors'
committee (or the national coach, can't remember exactly
now) suggested that if you were high on finals, pulling
full brake/spoiler and diving at the ground would burn
off more energy than other options. We had great fun
trying this out one weekend until our CFI decided his
aircraft were in mortal danger and stopped the experiment.

Er, that is indeed the way to do it. Every bit of drag possible and Vne is
the quickest way to loose all that excess energy associated with too high
altitude. You might not want to take it down to ground effect though, for
several reasons.

Not dangerous at all. Just keep ahead of the aircraft, but that applies
all the time.

Cheers,
Fred