Wed Apr 23, 2014 9:24 am
#1274197
On my trip to guernsey at the weekend, I coasted out over the Isle of Wight, east of the airway, to join onto the French mainland before routing to Guernsey. I was at 7800ft, and counted the time in the "dead zone" when I was out of glide range according to sky demon. It times out at 11 mins.
Question is: what factors affect the accuracy, and how is it calculated? I had a 35kt tail wind, and I suspect my aircraft glides pretty well wheels up, and I don't recall telling the software any glide ratio stats.
If you were to suffer an engine failure midway-ish, how would you determine whether to glide on or turn back?
Question is: what factors affect the accuracy, and how is it calculated? I had a 35kt tail wind, and I suspect my aircraft glides pretty well wheels up, and I don't recall telling the software any glide ratio stats.
If you were to suffer an engine failure midway-ish, how would you determine whether to glide on or turn back?
Gazelle AH.1, RV-10, RV-8 & Cessna 172S.