SixPapaCharlie
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So yesterday I got a chance to fly.
After reading the impossible turn thread, I decided to try it.
4200 feet aligned with 17
Wind was direct down the runway around 8 kts
1/2 flaps, slow to ~Vr, full throttle, pitch to Vy
4500 feet, cut the throttle (alt. didn't matter just needed a starting reference)
I inserted a 3 to 4 second delay to simulate confusion
First instinct was to pitch to best glide 86 kts but that didn't feel right. I was going down to fast. I didn't want that much nose down pitch so I flattened up a bit to around 70 kts while banking to the left
by 600 foot loss I had gone about 135 degrees and was in the vicinity of the airfield where I could have made an off field landing
a little over 800 feet gone and I hit the 180
So I am essentially down wind, I need to turn left to get back to the runway and then turn tight to be lined up with it again.
I lost nearly 1500 feet total to do that.
I bet I can practice it more and change pitches, banks, and flap settings and get that to a lower number but as I sit here I have essentially given myself a ~1800 AGL min for the full turn or ~1000 to turn back to the general area of the field if it has a lot of surrounding flat areas.
I am going to do this more and see what I can consistently get.
I would have expected the number to be a lot lower.
Maybe it will be after some practice.
If you have tried this, what were your results?
After reading the impossible turn thread, I decided to try it.
4200 feet aligned with 17
Wind was direct down the runway around 8 kts
1/2 flaps, slow to ~Vr, full throttle, pitch to Vy
4500 feet, cut the throttle (alt. didn't matter just needed a starting reference)
I inserted a 3 to 4 second delay to simulate confusion
First instinct was to pitch to best glide 86 kts but that didn't feel right. I was going down to fast. I didn't want that much nose down pitch so I flattened up a bit to around 70 kts while banking to the left
by 600 foot loss I had gone about 135 degrees and was in the vicinity of the airfield where I could have made an off field landing
a little over 800 feet gone and I hit the 180
So I am essentially down wind, I need to turn left to get back to the runway and then turn tight to be lined up with it again.
I lost nearly 1500 feet total to do that.
I bet I can practice it more and change pitches, banks, and flap settings and get that to a lower number but as I sit here I have essentially given myself a ~1800 AGL min for the full turn or ~1000 to turn back to the general area of the field if it has a lot of surrounding flat areas.
I am going to do this more and see what I can consistently get.
I would have expected the number to be a lot lower.
Maybe it will be after some practice.
If you have tried this, what were your results?