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Posted: Sun Dec 14, 2008 5:27 am Post subject: dead stick landing

i just gotta ask..........in a normal landing my  hand is on the throttle for an emergency go around . with a dead stick landing  do i keep a hand on the ignition switch?

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Lynn Matteson

Joined: 10 Jan 2006
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Posted: Sun Dec 14, 2008 7:08 am Post subject: dead stick landing

Only if ya got another one handy! : )



When I had to land with the engine broken, I had one hand on the  

stick, and the other on my "private parts"...the throttle wasn't  

going to help me any, the ignition switch wasn't going to help me  

any...come to think of it, I'm single, divorced, retired, with no  

immediate future need for those private parts, so why didn't I just  

cover my eyes with that extra hand?  See? That's why we need to  

practice, practice, practice....think, think, think....



Lynn Matteson

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Jabiru 2200, #2062, 596+ hrs

Sensenich 62x46

flying again after rebuild, and new Electroair direct-fire ignition  

system;

also building a new pair of snow skis





On Dec 14, 2008, at 8:26 AM, bob noffs wrote:



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		   i just gotta ask..........in a normal landing my hand is on the  

 throttle for an emergency go around . with a dead stick landing do  

 i keep a hand on the ignition switch?

                                                                        

                 bob noffs

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Roger Lee

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Posted: Sun Dec 14, 2008 9:01 am Post subject: Re: dead stick landing

Once you are close to landing all your attention should be focused on the landing. No distractions. They work out just fine. Don't over think it. Just do what you do on any other landing. Just let it flow and relax. I like the way the plane lands without the engine better than I do with the engine on. It has been that way for a dozen aircraft now.

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Lynn Matteson

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Posted: Sun Dec 14, 2008 10:42 am Post subject: dead stick landing

Ya mean I shouldn't be taking pictures of my landings...the way I did  

here at Wendover Utah? Shucks, Rog, where's the fun in that?

Seriously, I DO understand what you're saying, and for the most part  

I agree, but maybe a bit of relaxing the sphincter might help us make  

better landings?



By the way, I did finally correct for the "off the centerline" runway  

line-up, and put her down pretty good. : )



Lynn Matteson

Kitfox IV Speedster, taildragger

Jabiru 2200, #2062, 596+ hrs

Sensenich 62x46

flying again after rebuild, and new Electroair direct-fire ignition  

system;

also building a new pair of snow skis

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On Dec 14, 2008, at 12:01 PM, Roger Lee wrote:



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 Once you are close to landing all your attention should be focused  

 on the landing. No distractions. They work out just fine. Don't  

 over think it. Just do what you do on any other landing. Just let  

 it flow and relax. I like the way the plane lands without the  

 engine better than I do with the engine on. It has been that way  

 for a dozen aircraft now.



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 Roger Lee

 Tucson, Az.

 Light Sport Repairman - Maintenance Rated

 Rotax Service Center

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Posted: Sun Dec 14, 2008 11:35 am Post subject: Re: dead stick landing

I am just gonna take a shot in the dark here and say it seems that alot of the nay sayers dont get out and fly much.  I put on a few hundred hours a year minimum and dont feel all the stress that is conveyed here.



Heck, the FAA paperwork on mine calls it a motor glider?  



The way I see it is if you are current, proficient, and want to practice deadstick landings, then by all means hone your skills as long as you use a tad bit of common sense.  



Now if you have not flown in years (other than your keyboard) and are on your first flight in a coons age, deadstick practice just may get you an "award"  that I am so fond of "handing out" lol.

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rjdaugh

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Posted: Sun Dec 14, 2008 2:58 pm Post subject: dead stick landing

Leonard,

Your post reminds me of the report a while back of a guy who says landings

are dangerous.  His solution was to not practice them.  Just make the

minimum amount of landings needed.



B-)



Randy



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