Michel
Joined: 10 Jan 2006
Posts: 966
Location: Norway
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 Posted: Tue Oct 17, 2006 4:47 am Post subject: Super cooling. WAS: sadly a kitfox is down glide.... |
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| Quote: | From: Algate [algate(at)attglobal.net]
The only problem associated with super cooling would be related to a re
start and there is a procedure in the manual for that.
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That has also crossed my mind, Ben and Gary. That's why I only switch off the engine on short final, and never do a touch and go after. It's always on my last full-stop landing. I have tried to install a cowl flap to prevent shock cooling but it didn't seem to affect the temp at all.
What I concentrate on is to do a precision landing with the engine off. I think that's the most important to be prepared for an emergency landing because ... farming fields are tiny, in Norway, as opposed to the plains of Illinois, USA! 
So, I put myself a bit too high on the glide path, keep a constant 55 MPH speed, and adjust my altitude by side-slipping. When everything goes well, I land on the mark, roll down the 1,000 ft to the exitway, and have still a bit of inertia to turn off the active runway before I start again my engine to taxi to the hangar ... in front of the admiring and cheering girls from the nearby nurse school! (... okay, the last sentence was only in my dreams but the rest is true.
Cheers,
Michel
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