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!! --- Sydney Cohen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > ----[Please read http://ercoupers.com/disclaimer.htm > before following any advice in this forum.]---- > > > DON'T drop into the low lift/high drag airspeeds. > Any CFI should be > alarmed by that technique to lose altitude. If you > encounter even the > slightest amount of wind shear you are in big > trouble. There are two > approved methods to lose altitude if you find you > are too high on final: > > 1. Do slight S turns on final while keeping the > power at idle. The > turning forces bleed off lots of altitude while the > airspeed still stays > high enough to get you out of trouble. > 2. Lower your side windows and hold your left arm > out with the palm of > your hand flat against the airflow. Have your > passenger do the same > with his/her right arm.>" can I have 30 degrees of forearm please "TRY THAT ON YOUR BIANNUAL The extra drag reduces your > airspeed so you > lower the nose enough to keep the airspeed up (I use > 75 mph on final) > and then you lose altitude quickly without getting > fast. Bring your > arms back in when you are around 50' above the > runway. You may look > funny to folks watching, but it really works. Your > arms act as flaps. > > Syd Cohen > > > Greg Bullough wrote: > > > > > But Ercoupes need flaps. They just don't have > them. So if we're high > > and hot and don't want > > to go around, we intentionally drop into the low > lift/high drag > > airspeeds, and sink a ways. That > > will work in a Cessna, also. Alarms the hell out > of the kid CFI doing > > your BFR though :-) > > > > > > Greg > > > > > > > ========================================================================== ==== > > To leave this forum go to: > http://ercoupers.com/lists.htm > > > > > > > > > > . > > > > > ========================================================================== ==== > To leave this forum go to: > http://ercoupers.com/lists.htm > > > __________________________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? Yahoo! Mail Plus - Powerful. Affordable. Sign up now. http://mailplus.yahoo.com ========================================================================== ==== To leave this forum go to: http://ercoupers.com/lists.htm
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