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One of the folks around the hangar took his CFI practical last week. He had his AGI so they threw out all of the Fundamentals of Instruction stuff entirely during the oral. A question the examiner asked him: "You're flying cross-country and trimmed at 110 knots. You die, and the engine quits. At what airspeed will the aircraft strike the ground?" Another was, "You're turning final and you enter a cross-control stall. Is it better to be in a slip, or a skid?" -c |
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On Thu, 29 May 2008 07:21:20 -0700, gatt wrote:
One of the folks around the hangar took his CFI practical last week. He had his AGI so they threw out all of the Fundamentals of Instruction stuff entirely during the oral. A question the examiner asked him: "You're flying cross-country and trimmed at 110 knots. You die, and the engine quits. At what airspeed will the aircraft strike the ground? That's easy, gatt. I wouldn't know. Or care. |
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Gezellig wrote:
On Thu, 29 May 2008 07:21:20 -0700, gatt wrote: A question the examiner asked him: "You're flying cross-country and trimmed at 110 knots. You die, and the engine quits. At what airspeed will the aircraft strike the ground? That's easy, gatt. I wouldn't know. Or care. Ha! That was my thought: If I'm dead, what difference does it make? |
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gatt wrote in
: One of the folks around the hangar took his CFI practical last week. He had his AGI so they threw out all of the Fundamentals of Instruction stuff entirely during the oral. A question the examiner asked him: "You're flying cross-country and trimmed at 110 knots. You die, and the engine quits. At what airspeed will the aircraft strike the ground?" He's obviously looking at getting an answer that it will be the same speed, but that's not correct. It probably wouldn;'t be far off it, but the thrust line and any up or down thrust will play a big part in what the airplane settles at after the engine dies. Another was, "You're turning final and you enter a cross-control stall. Is it better to be in a slip, or a skid?" If you're asking, Slip. Bertie |
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Bertie the Bunyip wrote:
gatt wrote in A question the examiner asked him: "You're flying cross-country and trimmed at 110 knots. You die, and the engine quits. At what airspeed will the aircraft strike the ground?" He's obviously looking at getting an answer that it will be the same speed, but that's not correct. It probably wouldn;'t be far off it The answer he apparently wanted was 110 knots, but I would have told him -around- 110 knots. Another was, "You're turning final and you enter a cross-control stall. Is it better to be in a slip, or a skid?" If you're asking, Slip. That's what I'd have told him. (If you're in a 30-degree bank and your outboard wing stalls you'll roll through wings-level but if your inboard wing drops you're increasing your bank even further.) I don't know what the examiner wanted to hear, but, that's the answer I'd have given him. -c |
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gatt wrote in
: Bertie the Bunyip wrote: gatt wrote in A question the examiner asked him: "You're flying cross-country and trimmed at 110 knots. You die, and the engine quits. At what airspeed will the aircraft strike the ground?" He's obviously looking at getting an answer that it will be the same speed, but that's not correct. It probably wouldn;'t be far off it The answer he apparently wanted was 110 knots, but I would have told him -around- 110 knots. Another was, "You're turning final and you enter a cross-control stall. Is it better to be in a slip, or a skid?" If you're asking, Slip. That's what I'd have told him. (If you're in a 30-degree bank and your outboard wing stalls you'll roll through wings-level but if your inboard wing drops you're increasing your bank even further.) I don't know what the examiner wanted to hear, but, that's the answer I'd have given him. -c Well, you're much more likely to spin out of a skid than a slip is what he was getting at.. Bertie |
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gatt wrote:
A question the examiner asked him: "You're flying cross-country and trimmed at 110 knots. You die, and the engine quits. At what airspeed will the aircraft strike the ground?" Another was, "You're turning final and you enter a cross-control stall. Is it better to be in a slip, or a skid?" -c These are reasonable questions. The aircraft would attempt to regain and maintain the trim speed as it descends. Whether or not it had the time to do that before ground impact however would be dependent on the altitude remaining, so depending on the altitude, the airspeed at impact might be short of the trim speed. (This type of question is typical of FAA orals. They're looking for the trim speed answer while completely neglecting the time and altitude factors which to be accurate would have to be in the answer equation. My advice to the person taking the oral would be to give the trim speed answer, get the certificate, put it deep in the wallet and in your pocket, then politely suggest to the fuzz that the altitude should be included in the answer if not in the question itself :-) A slipped cross control stall as relates to spin entry is FAR less pro-spin than a skid entry. -- Dudley Henriques |
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On May 29, 7:21*am, gatt wrote:
One of the folks around the hangar took his CFI practical last week. *He had his AGI so they threw out all of the Fundamentals of Instruction stuff entirely during the oral. Huh, that's not right. There is nothing in the PTS that says you get to skip the FOI stuff just because you have an AGI. The only thing you get to skip is showing your FOI exam results. I had my AGI and probably spent 5 hours of my CFI oral on FOI stuff. -Robert, CFII, AGI |
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On May 29, 8:19*am, Dudley Henriques wrote:
gatt wrote: The aircraft would attempt to regain and maintain the trim speed as it descends. Whether or not it had the time to do that before ground impact however would be dependent on the altitude remaining, so depending on the altitude, the airspeed at impact might be short of the trim speed. When I was a student pilot my instructor always said the plane will seek its trim speed regardless of what you do with power settings. I've actually never found that to be totally true in any plane I've flown but it is grossly true. -Robert |
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On Thu, 29 May 2008 07:21:20 -0700, gatt
wrote: One of the folks around the hangar took his CFI practical last week. He had his AGI so they threw out all of the Fundamentals of Instruction stuff entirely during the oral. A question the examiner asked him: "You're flying cross-country and trimmed at 110 knots. You die, and the engine quits. At what airspeed will the aircraft strike the ground?" Another was, "You're turning final and you enter a cross-control stall. Is it better to be in a slip, or a skid?" -c Wow. I'm glad I have not been asked the first question. I think I would have given an answer different from that given by the more experienced folks here. On the chance the plane went into a spiral dive, which I understand can happen, I would have thought the plane would attempt to maintain its trim AOA, but not its trim airspeed. I would likely have said the plane would strike the ground -- if it had the necessary altitude, as others have pointed out -- at approximately its trim AOA but at an airspeed that might be a lot higher than its trim airspeed -- if the wings did not come off before that. Jim |
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