Originally posted by Wolfala
And yes, pretty much. Plays stupid pilot - with the usual incidence of killing the engine. Only bad moment was the plane didn't have unfeathering accumliators, and the SOB engine he failed wouldn't restart for 3 minutes.
Wolf
Since you posted about the Apache a while back...were you in an Apache?
Two squirts of prime (nice slow squirts, pop the primer, two fingers after 5 seconds to pussh it back in) throttle to idle and prop full fwd. Tick the starter she should relight in 2 turns of the prop. Keep the throttle at idle while she wants to buck herself off the engine mounts for a few seconds. Bring it to 1000rpm and when the CHT is back in the green you're good to throttle up smoothly.
Works every single time.
DO:
Make sure the primer is locked...you will get engine coughs and some black smoke if it is not.
Make sure the throttle is at idle...your students will not want to for some reason.
Make sure you get your hand down on the throttle quadrant when your students are doing their Mixture/Props/Throttles/Flaps/Gear/ID/Verify/Feather routine when low...it's not a big deal but thats just darn low to have a prop feathered.
Lastly...Make sure you do a landing with a prop feathered with someone who's done (more than?) one before. It's different than with a simulated engine out and when you're comfortable with yourself and your student, I say have your students do one to so long as you're comfortable doing it.
Don't let people tease you about the Apache. If they do, simply smile and bask in the fact that they are talking out their rear, don't know what they're talking about and wait for them to come to you to spend some money. The CFI's at the flight school at my home airport would dog this airplane left and right, brutal with the rumors and BS they've heard or created. When I'd bring the airplane down for 2-3 weeks and knock out a bunch of students they'd all come begging for my time to fly so they could get a few more hours of multiengine time. "It's good to be the king" - Mel Brooks.
