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On 2005-07-10 21:01:33 -0400, Big John said:
Could this have been a factor in this accident since he had a fair amount of 'heavy' time??? He had a ton of light GA time including about five years of cropdusting in the seventies. -- cheers -=K=- Rule #1: Don't hit anything big. |
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Kevin
I may well stand corrected????????????? I've never flown a duster, either loaded or empty. 'Heavy Iron' normally is operated well above the best glide air speed. If you lose an engine(s), the inertia allows you to trade air speed for altitude until your airspeed is reduced to best glide speed or hold altitude until A/S bleeds off. In either cae you have a period of time until you have to do anything to transition to the emergency condition. In GA aircraft you see, as a standard procedure, to imediately push over to maintain best glide speed as the available excess inertia is small and if you don't, then you can approach a stall condition with fatal results. My SIL had a UL that was so draggy it required using power on final approach to maintain best glide air speed vs diving toward the end of the R/W. He ended up donating the aircraft to Arlington and it is displayed each year as an example of UL construction, etc. Those who attended Arlington this year may have seen the bird and talked to Robert? Through my many years of flying I have see good guys who flew safely not survive and don't have an answer to that phenomena ( Best to all and fly conservatively and safe. Big John `````````````````````````````````````````````````` `````````````````````````````````````````````````` ``````````````` On Tue, 12 Jul 2005 00:21:36 -0400, Kevin O'Brien kevin@org-header-is-my-domain-name wrote: On 2005-07-10 21:01:33 -0400, Big John said: Could this have been a factor in this accident since he had a fair amount of 'heavy' time??? He had a ton of light GA time including about five years of cropdusting in the seventies. |
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