STOPPING A BOEING 747 BEFORE DAMAGING ANYTHING OR ANYONE
One of the first lessons you receive when first flying at ab-initio (basic) stage is recognising an engine failure & following through correctly.This may include your instructor pulling the throttle just before 80 knots (if a Piper) & asking for your vital actions. Usually you had enough runway to stop, pull of, call the tower advising your intentions, go through another run-up to check for engine & other faults, before doing the take-off procedure successfully.
But what if it is a Boeing 747? Do you have enough distance to stop?
What other actions should you take.Training file 702 called Take-off B .situ in Aerowinx does just that; you can see the failed engine up on the right hand side but it`s messy. The failure occurs just before V1 Take-off speed.
Yes there is enough room to stop (just) if I close the throttle immediately, but in real life I would have hit reverse thrust for all its worth AND stood on the Brakes, leading to overheating & a possible brake fire in a real life situation.
But that`s the benefit of Aerowinx we get to do the training & attempt to transfer it without harming wither machine or others.
Till next time,
Neil
One of the first lessons you receive when first flying at ab-initio (basic) stage is recognising an engine failure & following through correctly.This may include your instructor pulling the throttle just before 80 knots (if a Piper) & asking for your vital actions. Usually you had enough runway to stop, pull of, call the tower advising your intentions, go through another run-up to check for engine & other faults, before doing the take-off procedure successfully.
But what if it is a Boeing 747? Do you have enough distance to stop?
What other actions should you take.Training file 702 called Take-off B .situ in Aerowinx does just that; you can see the failed engine up on the right hand side but it`s messy. The failure occurs just before V1 Take-off speed.
Yes there is enough room to stop (just) if I close the throttle immediately, but in real life I would have hit reverse thrust for all its worth AND stood on the Brakes, leading to overheating & a possible brake fire in a real life situation.
But that`s the benefit of Aerowinx we get to do the training & attempt to transfer it without harming wither machine or others.
Till next time,
Neil
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