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stiknruda
Of course one cannot do an engine-out landing off a 3deg glideslope, but if one had to cater for that, there would be no instrument approaches for anything but airliners.
To cover that angle (no pun intended) I would need to come in at about 7 degrees (clean config, gear up, a minimum £30,000 landing fee
), or around 10-15 degrees in the proper landing config. I've done the latter and it's no problem but it's not a normal choice, partly because if landing in a free-for-all field somebody else could come in underneath me.
If one had to allow for an engine failure anywhere, there would be no trips over water, over forested areas, no takeoffs over anything but clear fields, etc.
It's not an N-reg but will be soon...
I would suggest one is more likely to have a prang flying a tight circuit in an effort to facilitate a no-engine landing from any point in the circuit, than to have an engine failure, particularly at the low power settings in the circuit (<50%). Unless you've been taught to do it properly, and I never have.
Of course one cannot do an engine-out landing off a 3deg glideslope, but if one had to cater for that, there would be no instrument approaches for anything but airliners.
To cover that angle (no pun intended) I would need to come in at about 7 degrees (clean config, gear up, a minimum £30,000 landing fee
), or around 10-15 degrees in the proper landing config. I've done the latter and it's no problem but it's not a normal choice, partly because if landing in a free-for-all field somebody else could come in underneath me.If one had to allow for an engine failure anywhere, there would be no trips over water, over forested areas, no takeoffs over anything but clear fields, etc.
It's not an N-reg but will be soon...
I would suggest one is more likely to have a prang flying a tight circuit in an effort to facilitate a no-engine landing from any point in the circuit, than to have an engine failure, particularly at the low power settings in the circuit (<50%). Unless you've been taught to do it properly, and I never have.
