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Caveman said:a stabilized approach policy appropriate for the a/c is a good idea.
100 Kts in a 172??!!!uke: Man, you are loading yourself with way to much to do, at a critical time to do it. Don't try this in a complex airplane, at all. 100 knots is what, 20% less than cruise speed?? and 120% more than stall speed!! You got to be nuts to fly approaches at those speeds in a 172.cforst513 said:i shoot ILS approaches at 100kts in a 172. when i intercept the glideslope, i throttle back to around 1800-2000 rpm, which will keep my speed at or around 100kts and follow the glideslope down. once i am 400-500ft above DH, i start to slow myself up by putting in 10 degrees of flaps and pitching back a bit, while reducing power to keep on the glideslope. then, as i see fit, i try to slow down more with flaps and pitch until i either land or go missed.
sky37d said:100 Kts in a 172??!!!uke: Man, you are loading yourself with way to much to do, at a critical time to do it. Don't try this in a complex airplane, at all. 100 knots is what, 20% less than cruise speed?? and 120% more than stall speed!! You got to be nuts to fly approaches at those speeds in a 172.
Pedro said:Pitch should always be used to control path and power for airspeed. But if you change one you will need to change the other.
There are only two situations when you should use pitch for airspeed:
1. When the power is fixed (Full power, no power...).
2. When you are on the back side of the power curve (Slow flight, carrier landing..).
9GClub said:Isn't final approach flown on the back side of the power curve? Don't we pitch for AS and power for ALT in the little stuff?
sky37d said:100 Kts in a 172??!!!uke: Man, you are loading yourself with way to much to do, at a critical time to do it. Don't try this in a complex airplane, at all. 100 knots is what, 20% less than cruise speed?? and 120% more than stall speed!! You got to be nuts to fly approaches at those speeds in a 172.
9GClub said:Isn't final approach flown on the back side of the power curve? Don't we pitch for AS and power for ALT in the little stuff?
Pedro said:Pitch should always be used to control path and power for airspeed. But if you change one you will need to change the other.
There are only two situations when you should use pitch for airspeed:
1. When the power is fixed (Full power, no power...).
2. When you are on the back side of the power curve (Slow flight, carrier landing..).
Don't worry. There's one for the other side also. Pull the power to idle while in the air pull the yoke all the way back and and show me how you pitch up to gain alitiude.TiredOfTeaching said:BTW, I love the, "Pitch for airspeed down the runway." Classic. Wish I had heard it sooner.