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Originally Posted by taseal  nice!
question though...
why does a plane lose 80% of perf on single engine? I don't know this because well, i don't have my ME yet lol |
From what I remember from my ATP days it goes something like this.... Remember, they fly Seminoles... so we'll use that as the example....
Light twins only require 1/3 of the total horsepower to fly (at sea level? idk where this info is form). So both engines (180HP/each) equal 360 horsepower. One third of that power is 120HP, leaving 240HP as excess power. If you lose one engine, you lose 180 out of 240HP remaining. 180/240 is 3/4 (75%) of the excess power you had with both engines. So when you lose one engine, you lose 75% of excess power (performance). You add about 5% for pilot error and that equals 80% loss of performance when you lose one engine....
Tah daaahh!!! I'm not sure how much of this is correct, but that's what I learned and that what I answered and the guy was impressed (maybe cause I confused him, haha)
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Originally Posted by Timbuff10 Welcome to the party!!!
Now memorize all the limitations, get all the flows down, hit the memory items in the CFM, and read the profiles and callouts and try to memorize them too.
Congrats! |
Thanks... I'm hitting the flows, limitations, and callouts.... its A LOT of stuff, but I think I'll be alright... I'll see you around...