Aces High Bulletin Board
General Forums => Aces High General Discussion => Topic started by: koda76 on March 28, 2005, 04:16:54 PM
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I was flyin a 205 saturday morning and took an oil hit, I headed back to the nearest zero alt base about 15 miles away. I was at 7k before I could glide forever from 7k now it seems to fall like a rock...acts like a seafire...Has the model changed on the 205?
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Did you remember to turn the prop RPMs all the way down?
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I did after I fell about 4k.. didn't seem to make much difference I had all of my flaps just an oil hit (which is way too common in a 205) and it still was not gliding right. One of the reasons I fly the 205 is that it will glide forever and even at stall a person can hit a notch or two of flaps and set it down gently....saturday it just fell out of the sky...hit flaps and it really fell....lol
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planes glide better with rpm's down??
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Yeah frank.
In the case of imminent engine bust, you should pull back the RPM to lowest possible. High RPM causes more drag, and thus plane will glide worse.
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Wow never knew that! Thanks!
(explains my gliding capabilities of a rock)
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205 mistakingly had a feathering props a few versions ago, so when the engine quit the prop autofeathered and did not windmill. It was fixed.
Bozon