I dont think it is a good idea to be limiting controls with your foot, or any other means. Why not? You prefer getting into a spin while conducting VMC training? I train new pilots on jets and frequently block the controls - that doesn't mean touch them. The only time they touch my hands or feet is...

I really can't think of a good reason to demo VMC, and at $5/minute there are much more actually useful things you can be doing in the airplane than discrediting all the respect you've built up for avoiding VMC as Job 1for a piston-twin pilot.

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A less experienced instructor, who in the interest of safety climbs to a higher altitude for a VMC demonstration, may find that he/she has entered a situation where VMC has decreased to below the stall speed and ends up demonstrating a full-power single-engine stall and spin. Sound familiar? That i...

Safety concerns 1) Have lots of altitude. I won't do any low airspeed ME practice exercises without at being at or above 4000 ft AGL. 2) Many of the popular trainers have a VMC that is not that much higher than the stall speed. Thrust decreases with altitude which lowers the VMC. The possibility is...

I have a question, how much do you charge your customer for your services?

wrenchturnin wrote:Hey guys. I have a customer wanting to put his 0-320 on condition. He also wants a top overhaul done. I imagine there are regulations related, 25hr compression checks etc.. or is all of this covered in the engine manual?

nuff said..

Cat,

Have you ever had to feather an engine because you shut off the fuel, and it wouldnt light again once you turned it back on?


This seems to be a new phenomenon.

I think sellers might have to rethink their USD pricing if they want Canadian buyers to consider buying their planes. The Canadian market is somewhat insulated from the US market, due to the PITA factor in importing. I have imported several aircraft, and in fact, most aircraft in Canada were at one...

While we're on the subject, what is your total instructional experience on the exact model of aircraft being instructed on? That's an instructional question, not a ME question. Just curious.

On that specific model of 310? zero. On 300 series cessnas in general. Lots.

You've chosen, and I've only questioned, your choice to inappropriately change it to a attack on BPF's situation, (from long ago) instead of accepting the spotlight on your actions with your student. You opened that door, and I sure can comment on that aspect. Unlike referencing BPF, you started th...

Rookie,

Can you answer my question regarding your experience with ME aircraft?

Thx.

What I do is climb to 5000 agl and slow down to Vr, and then simulate a TO with Gear and Flaps down, Once positive rate is achieved again (throttles wide open but only making about 60% power at the altitude around here) I cut the fuel. You want to see someone scramble... if you know what you are do...

Rookie50 wrote:

Strega wrote:cpn crunch and rookie..

Have either of you had an engine failure on a ME airplane in flight or after take off?

Y/N please.

Thx

Zero ME experience. (As I believe I indicated).

Do you think it is appropriate for you to be posting in a thread about ME training and failures?

Y/N

Different rules for different people.

Strega wrote: I was turning off the fuel moments after a take off in the air.. :shock: Surely not. Tell me I'm misunderstanding this statement and you didn't really turn off the fuel on one engine moments after takeoff. Do you mean you brought the throttle back to idle? What I do is climb to 5000 a...

cpn crunch and rookie..

Have either of you had an engine failure on a ME airplane in flight or after take off?

Y/N please.

Thx

Maybe learn how your engines work, and you wont have any issues re starting them Who said I had trouble starting engines? In terms of how engines work: what temperature was your fuel pump, and what temperature does avgas vaporise at, and how does your fuel system handle vapour lock? Was fuel shut-o...

This is why you should train for events that hopefully will never happen, it the most realistic means possible. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YqmomTUVsAw FYI this is basically how big pistons wound up inverted, luckily for his students sake, he had some altitude under him. Aviation kills kids. Wh...

This is why you should train for events that hopefully will never happen, it the most realistic means possible.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YqmomTUVsAw

Aviation kills kids.

after 1 engine shut down during a multi training flight do you use the electric fuel pump when firing the starter or do you do a hot start untill it fires ? Interesting thread capn crunch.... Maybe learn how your engines work, and you wont have any issues re starting them.... Do you even have a me ...

"Concentrate on the accuracy of the checks rather than the speed at which they are performed" I disagree with this...time is of the essence when dealing with an engine failure -especially moments after take off. I made the assumption that you turned off the fuel while the aircraft was in cruise fli...

Continental engines also has published guidance recommending that their fuel injected engines should not be fuel starved in flight as they may not promptly restart when fuel flow is resumed. They also indicate that the engine may be impossible to restart under certain conditions due to a fuel syste...

CpnCrunch wrote:So, was it a fuel-injected engine or not Strega?

Why?

From the Transport Canada Multi Engine Rating Instructor Guide Simulate the engine failure by reducing the throttle to idle, while calling out "simulated". Complete the engine failure drill in accordance with the POH or the procedures outlined on the previous page. When these checks have been compl...

If I were an owner I would sh1t can anyone who did this to an engine in the cold wx and operating piston engine a/c there would be no winter training allowed at all. Its clear you are not and owner, and is also clear you do not understand shock cooling.. I have always tried to muster up the balls t...