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11-04-2006, 08:19 PM

#11

WhiteH2O

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Position: Sitting down and facing front. Why would you want to know that?

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Originally Posted by Laxrox43

What are you doing yours in? Let us know what kind...just in case you need any good rules of thumb...

Is that offer good for other people as well? I will be doing mine in a 1971 Seneca in a month or so. I have 40 hours in it already, and know the plane fairly well, but I would never turn down a chance to learn something!

11-04-2006, 08:52 PM

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Laxrox43

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Is it a straight Seneca I? I have quite a bit of time in a Seneca II. What kind of q's do you have?

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11-05-2006, 07:47 AM

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ToiletDuck

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It's been awhile since I've messed with multi training. Can someone spit the acronyms out to me. CDWFLOP and CASTBOW right? I can't remember which one means what though lol.

I haven't flown a piston twin since I've graduated. Only a turbine and the Full, Full, Full, flaps up, gear up, identify, verify, fix or feather doesn't seem to be as much of a rush. However I only have about 35hrs twin turbin at the moment.

11-05-2006, 10:01 AM

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Laxrox43

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CASTBOW are the conditions that the Feds use to determine Vmc. CDWFLOP...Never heard that one - anyone care to enlighten us

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11-05-2006, 03:57 PM

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ToiletDuck

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If CASTBOW is how the fed defines Vmc then CDWFLOP would be how the manufacturer calculates it. I knew the acronyms but not which stood for which. Let me take a stab at it.

Critical engine windmilling
DG ball half out
Weight max gross
Flaps up???
Landing gear down(keel affect)
Operating engine full power?
Prop feathered

I could be completely wrong. But I think I'm close.

11-05-2006, 05:33 PM

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Laxrox43

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CASTBOW

Critical engine, prop windmilling
Aft CG
STP
Take-off config. (flaps/gear up)
Ball split, bank 5 degrees into operating engine
Operating engine @ Max continuous
Weight most unfavorable - Max. Gross

That's the one that I teach...

Lax

11-05-2006, 05:56 PM

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RedGuy

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It's been a few years, but I could have swore it was gear down. Not that it really matters because in reallity you'll pull the gear up unless your already down hill ready to land.

11-05-2006, 05:58 PM

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Laxrox43

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You don't want the gear to be down, because the gear door's provide a "keel effect" - kind of like the keel on a sail boat. It makes the ship more stable to have the keel all the way out - likewise with the gear hanging out.

They want to test the airplane in its most unstable configuration. That's all...

Lax