Sundance Aviation in Moriarity N M has sail plane rides and lessons and they do not even get real mad if u accidentally deploy the spoilers when they tell u to release the tow cable
Sent from my iPhone > On Apr 3, 2020, at 2:03 PM, Patrick Panzera via KRnet <krnet@list.krnet.org> > wrote: > > Adding to what Mark said, while you continue with your flight training Dr. > Hsu, you will be taught how to land an aircraft without an engine, and how > important it is to continually have a landing site picked out throughout > every phase of every flight. > > You are going to actually land the plane, multiple times, with the throttle > reduced to idle during your training, AND you are going to have the > throttle pulled at a time when you least expect it, even when you go for > your check ride. > > Once this training is under your belt - and hopefully burned into your > brain - you shouldn't be considering a BRS, but instead hopefully you'll > continue to practice engine-out landings - so that WHEN it happens (not if) > you'll be read, and you'll get to use your plane again. > > Also consider getting some glider time. EVERY glider landing is > engine-out. :) > > Pat > >> On Fri, Apr 3, 2020 at 10:44 AM Mark Langford via KRnet < >> krnet@list.krnet.org> wrote: >> >> Dr. Hsu wrote: >> >>> Also, I asked f anyone have tired or already installed BRS on your KR2? >> I >>> can't believe no one has done that at all, considering so many safety >> risk >>> factors associated with the design concept (competing design >> objectives or >>> requirements...)? >> >> I think most KR folks would answer "too heavy, too expensive, and I'd >> rather glide it to the ground". Having done more than my share of >> dead-stick landings in a KR, I can tell you that it normally works out >> pretty well....at least you are in control of the plane. When you pull >> the handle on a chute, you have no idea where or what you will land on, >> and your plane will probably die in the process. If you fly it all the >> way to the ground, chances are good that you can land on a runway, a >> road, or a field, and the plane lives to fly another day. Structural >> failures are almost unheard of in KRs.....it's usually the engine. Why >> kill an airplane when it's the engine's fault? >> >> Mark Langford >> m...@n56ml.com >> http://www.n56ml.com >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Search the KRnet Archives at >> https://www.mail-archive.com/krnet@list.krnet.org/. >> Please see LIST RULES and KRnet info at http://www.krnet.org/info.html. >> see http://list.krnet.org/mailman/listinfo/krnet_list.krnet.org to change >> options. >> To UNsubscribe from KRnet, send a message to krnet-le...@list.krnet.org >> > _______________________________________________ > Search the KRnet Archives at > https://www.mail-archive.com/krnet@list.krnet.org/. > Please see LIST RULES and KRnet info at http://www.krnet.org/info.html. > see http://list.krnet.org/mailman/listinfo/krnet_list.krnet.org to change > options. > To UNsubscribe from KRnet, send a message to krnet-le...@list.krnet.org _______________________________________________ Search the KRnet Archives at https://www.mail-archive.com/krnet@list.krnet.org/. Please see LIST RULES and KRnet info at http://www.krnet.org/info.html. see http://list.krnet.org/mailman/listinfo/krnet_list.krnet.org to change options. To UNsubscribe from KRnet, send a message to krnet-le...@list.krnet.org
