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Ed wrote:
>>>> pretty hard to fly a
regular pattern that lets you get to the runway NO MATTER WHERE the engine
stops in the pattern.
Jim had reported that he was "on approach to RW 26" when his engine quit. I read that to mean he was making a straight-in approach, not a base leg to final in the landing pattern. If so, he simply ran out of altitude while he was doing everything right. I can't envision a "technique" that would have helped him.
Conversely, Jim might have been flying in the airfield pattern, a different situation - please let us know, Jim (and congrats for your good outcome to a lousy situation).
Don
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> Subject: [COUPERS-TECH] Coupe approach pattern
> Date: Sun, 21 May 2006 09:52:43 -0500
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> Jim,
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> Sure glad you got out without injuries after your fall from the treetops.
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> Everyone,
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> It's always been my worry, flying a Coupe, that it's pretty hard to fly a
> regular pattern that lets you get to the runway NO MATTER WHERE the engine
> stops in the pattern.
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> If you fly an approach high enough or close-in enough to always glide to the
> runway, then you have to waste that extra energy for your normal landings.
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> Two-control Coupes have limited methods to waste energy.
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> Heck, even three-control Coupes have limited ability to waste energy but I
> found a pattern I could fly that would let me get to the runway from
> anywhere in the pattern - as long as I planned a slip into the final
> approach.
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> Let's solicit ideas from everyone on how you fly your approach. How do you
> make SURE you can get to the runway no matter where the engine stops in the
> pattern?
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> Can we collectively come up with a method we can help pass on so others
> won't come up short as Jim did?
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> Ed Burkhead
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