by Abid Farooqui 10 hours ago
That's sad. The problem is many people will say 500 feet is plenty high to recover from a spiral. Technically it is if you know what yo...
At first the foot throttle really bothered me. I thought about changing to hand throttle. But scott johnson very quickly showed me the advantages of having foot throttle . Now i dont even use hand throttle unless iam just cruzing at a good altitude.
I remember to Megafauna. All time I use foot throttle and through a flight XC Triker adjusted me hand throttle and I didnt know it. I released throttle and nothing...we didnt decreased altitude. I was surprised and David laughed :) he usually flies with set up hand throttle.
Whenever you turn, you need to be prepared to lose altitude.
All the pil...will pull 2 G's in a steady 60 degree banked turn. It is possible...aintain altitude. As soon as you bank, the vertical component of th...tical direction. But if you are banked...
Thanks guys. Yes, the risk is higher the lower we fly. As they say, speed and altitude are your friend. But as they also say, no risk, no reward. I try to have an "out" as much as possible. I don't consider myself an adrenalin junky but do appreciate the detail you can see up close.
so ken i just dont seem to get what abid is getting at here. is he reffering to our mentioning of lift bans . conv...eping good airspeed, paying attention to pilot in command. not making excessive banked...
To Henry, Ken
I would also pass on how pleased I am that you both are none the worse for wear after this event. And like others very appreciative that along with...