Maximising the Glide: How To?

[humble]

Got a chance to put this to the test for 1st time....was over A5 and got a magical puffy ack bullet...killed engine busted oil...went straight for 15 sec to get out toward edge of ack field and hit auto climb...zoomed on auto till about 10k and almost made A10....excellent stuff.

[daMIG]

  Mechanic, very cool avitar sir! (how can I make a liittle movie of ME gettin SHOT UP, cause Everyone has seen ole Miggy go down in flames to be sure... haha

Thanks for the great Glide post!


miggy "

[bozon]

There's nothing like finishing a good sortie with no ammo, no fuel, broken plane and a successful glide home

If you have alt to spare - plan a slight over shoot, then cross controlls (rudder left stick right or the other way around). Pulling out the flaps will also make you drop faster.
This is better than planinng a nice landing and then hitting a tree or falling short.

Ground effect is very much at work in AH. sometimes it will just make the plane hover all the way across the runway. When trying to put it down, increase RPM, and plant that tail wheel into the ground while still pulling the stick (both locks the tail wheel and creates more drag than running tail up).

If the end of the runway is coming at you, zigzag while breaking to make the driving path longer.

Bozon