> > There's another issue I reported earlier, it's probably not a generic
> > Yasim problem though. In the Cub, cut the engine and try to glide and
> > then land. I find it impossible to maintain altitude in the last few
> > 100ft AGL, I always crash into the ground in an uncontrolled way
> > because the plane suddenly loses airspeed very rapidly.
>
> I just tried a deadstick approach at 48 mph, and the Cub landed fine.
> What approach speed are you using?
Approaches around 50mph are fine, but anything lower than that gets
tricky. I would imagine that a windmilling prop doesn't cause much
more drag than an idle one, but this seems to be the case -- try an
approach at 40mph, and you'll find that it's a lot more critical with
the engine off than with the engine idle.
Also, have you observed what happens when you turn the engine off in
flight? If you leave it enough time before touchdown, you can see the
prop slow down, then start rotating the opposite way. This is
certainly not right.
Andras
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