I have practice first at altitude and then actually in the circuit, at 300ft I can get back on the strip with then engine at idle. Nose down, turn into wind, maintain 75kts, into ground effect at 140 degrees through the turn over the neighbouring paddock and "S" on to the strip down wind, side slip to wash off speed and touch down. I would need another 50ft to clear obstacles if there were any.
I have also got into ground effect at about 1km from the boundry at 100kts and cross the fence at 65 kts. Down over a paddock balloon over a road an a fence (check for traffic left and right), back into ground effect over the next paddock till the boundry fence at 70kts, balloon over the fence and back to ground effect on the strip. Too much fun :-) I've done this lots :-) Started at 140kts and could not slow down enough to land :-D yeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeehaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa regards Barry Kruyssen Cairns, Australia RAA 19-3873 k...@bigpond.com http://www.users.bigpond.com/kr2/kr2.htm ----- Original Message ----- From: Brian Kraut To: KRnet Sent: Monday, July 18, 2005 1:32 PM Subject: RE: KR> To turn back or not? Good article. In gliders we practice a rope break at 200'. The instructor pulls the release and you immediately roll into a 45 degree turn to do a 180 and land downwind. An important lesson you learn is that before you take off you determine what altitude you will do a 180 and you verbally call it out as you climb through it. You also determine before you take off which direction you will turn which is into the direction the cross wind is coming from if there is one to keep you closer to the runway after you complete the turn. It is a very good idea to practice departure engine failures in your powered plane at a safe altitude to determine how much altitude you loose in a 180 degree turn.
