gutshotdraw
ZERT Wilson CQB User
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When I first started in Gulfstreams I was flying with a know it all captain who was too busy watching me and not running the checklist, he forget to arm the Ground Spoilers on a similar day, and I didn't catch it. From experience I can tell you in that case, their is no way not to land long, you are going to float.
The ground spoilers deploy before touchdown on the G-IV?
What if you flare high?
They deploy with weight on wheels or wheel speed spin up
BUT if they are not armed (in my case) or you get a red Ground Spoiler message (in his case), then they do not deploy.
Gulfstreams are not like other aircraft, I have flown most Falcon types and I was amazed that you could land with the speed brakes deployed.
The wing is clean and you don't have any other leading edge devices to rely on to help you slow down. You need to get the weight on the wheels as fast as you can, hence the large penalty for spoilers being inop.
On a Falcon you don't even have auto ground spoilers, the plane stops perfectly fine without them. It's apples and oranges and I think that's what's hard for people to get a grip on.
The wing is clean and you don't have any other leading edge devices to rely on to help you slow down. You need to get the weight on the wheels as fast as you can, hence the large penalty for spoilers being inop.
They deploy with weight on wheels or wheel speed spin up
BUT if they are not armed (in my case) or you get a red Ground Spoiler message (in his case), then they do not deploy.