Single Engine Go Around
10-15-2011, 06:50 AM
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Where are you flying? Open fields or crowded houses? Flatland or mountains?
Very few exceptions I can think of issuing a go around, mainly LLWS. Even then, get it on the ground and if there is some damage to the plane, let the insurance company write a check. No sense in trying to 'save' a crippled underpowered plane if the trucks are ready to roll.
Very few exceptions I can think of issuing a go around, mainly LLWS. Even then, get it on the ground and if there is some damage to the plane, let the insurance company write a check. No sense in trying to 'save' a crippled underpowered plane if the trucks are ready to roll.
10-15-2011, 07:36 AM
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Originally Posted by skypimp92
Hey Guys,
On a single engine approach in a Piper Seminole. If you had to do a go around and full flaps and gear were down. Airplane was at max gross weight on a standard day. What would you retract first and why?
Best Regards,
-Ken
On a single engine approach in a Piper Seminole. If you had to do a go around and full flaps and gear were down. Airplane was at max gross weight on a standard day. What would you retract first and why?
Best Regards,
-Ken
10-15-2011, 07:37 AM
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If you retract all of your flaps at once (assuming they were full), your little butt is gonna fall out of the sky pretty fast.
Agree with a few of the others...follow the checklist, but generally: mixtures/props/throttles, flaps to intermediate setting, positive rate gear up, as speed and altitude increase, flaps up in climb...of course, this all assumes that you WILL climb. Consult your single-engine climb chart.
Agree with a few of the others...follow the checklist, but generally: mixtures/props/throttles, flaps to intermediate setting, positive rate gear up, as speed and altitude increase, flaps up in climb...of course, this all assumes that you WILL climb. Consult your single-engine climb chart.
10-15-2011, 07:44 AM
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Originally Posted by hc0fitted
If you are a student and your instructor is actually teaching the practice of a Single Engine Go Around in a light twin. I suggest you find a new instructor ASAP.
10-15-2011, 07:44 AM
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Originally Posted by hc0fitted
If you are a student and your instructor is actually teaching the practice of a Single Engine Go Around in a light twin. I suggest you find a new instructor ASAP.
10-15-2011, 07:52 AM
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For all you saying to find a new CFI, perhaps the OP is asking because they are training for the ATP. An actual or (preferred) simulated single engine go around is required as per the PTS. I agree, SE go around is a very rare decision due to the hazards, but required for the practical!
Also, I agree with the advice: use full flaps ONLY when landing is assured. At that point, you aren't going around for anything. But up until you decide to go full flaps, the go around I would execute is mixture, props, throttles, flaps up, positive rate-gear up.
Also, I agree with the advice: use full flaps ONLY when landing is assured. At that point, you aren't going around for anything. But up until you decide to go full flaps, the go around I would execute is mixture, props, throttles, flaps up, positive rate-gear up.
10-15-2011, 07:55 AM
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Originally Posted by DirectTo
In a Seminole I would agree, but I've done probably a hundred go-arounds during training in a C310, a "light twin". It will do them fine. Not every case is the same.
When I say light twin I'm thinking 180 a side.
10-15-2011, 09:32 AM
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Probably the best piece of knowledge I ever got about flying a light twin is, if it is certificated for a GW of 6,000lbs or less, and a Vso of 61 knots or less, it doesn't have to demonstrate a climb single engine for certification.
10-15-2011, 10:31 AM
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Originally Posted by pokey9554
Probably the best piece of knowledge I ever got about flying a light twin is, if it is certificated for a GW of 6,000lbs or less, and a Vso of 61 knots or less, it doesn't have to demonstrate a climb single engine for certification.
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