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endspeed(at)yahoo.com
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 Posted: Wed Jun 14, 2006 5:37 pm Post subject: [SPAM] Re: Re: IFR Requirements (required vs. good to ha |
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Hi Charlie, How's it going? I think the reason light
twins are so dangerous is the very slim performance
margin afforded by the power of the remaining engine.
Twin engine jets are a whole different animal. I also
agree that pilot proficiency is a huge factor in the
light twin fatality rate. Professional pilots train
all the time for V1 cuts and other types of engine
outs. They are challenging and I'll bet just about
every pilot goons one in the simulator now and again
but for the most part they become a known quantity. I
have landed twice at airports with one engine running
and one dead on the wing/tail and I never claimed to
be Lindbergh. Both times the training was invaluable
and the real deal was a nonevent. It really was just
like the simulator! If pilots in nonprofessional (not
forced to undergo recurrent training)environments
don't train for engine outs, they become very
dangerous when an engine fails. It has been
documented that some pilots cannot get back to an
airport with an enroute engine failure. I believe
that is due to lack of practice. How well would you
land if you never did it until you had to? Safe
flying, Bob Sultzbach
P.S. Are you going to Oshkosh this year?
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Dan.Beadle(at)hq.inclines
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| Posted: Wed Jun 14, 2006 7:46 pm Post subject: [SPAM] Re: Re: IFR Requirements (required vs. good to ha |
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Insurance companies are forcing recurrent training on almost all insured twin drivers. I know, I have been going to Flight Safety several times a year for the past 5 years. I have been lucky enough to never lose control in the simulator during the 6-10 simulated failures per session. I agree that training is everything.
Like you, I have had more than my share of issues in flight - a precautionary engine shutdown IMC at night (try that in a single) over mountainous terrain (Mt. Whitney). I have had failures of pressurization system, alternators, vacuum, landing gear, and more I can't remember. And this is in a very well maintained airplane. (if it might be broken, fix it)
That said, I really think I am far safer in my twin than in a single, especially IFR, at night, in the ice. Part is dual everything: engine, vacuum, alternators, etc. Part is the fact that the systems are more sophisticated: deice, RADAR, pressurization, etc. And part is the training.
Still, I am building an RV as a SPORT airplane - fun to fly into smaller airports in better conditions.
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brinker(at)cox-internet.c
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| Posted: Wed Jun 14, 2006 11:44 pm Post subject: [SPAM] Re: Re: IFR Requirements (required vs. good to ha |
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Very interesting that you equate the similator to real time. I
have never flown a faa approved similator and have wondered about it's
ability to do so. Thanks for the acknowlgment of experience.
Randy
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