Author Topic: I'm curious about this one... (Read 1042 times)

RTHolmes · « **Reply #15 on:** February 08, 2008, 01:19:22 PM »

it feels like it slows you a bit quicker by killing engine, but surely the payoff is too big - no throttle control when u need it most...

Getback · « **Reply #16 on:** February 08, 2008, 01:35:20 PM »

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Originally posted by B@tfinkV
i have never even thought dropping gear is a good method, let alone turning off engine.

imo, throttle work should be considered early enough so that these desperate tactics dont even come into your thoughts.

Yep, at this point you have probably already made the error that leads to your demise.

SlapShot · « **Reply #17 on:** February 08, 2008, 04:13:56 PM »

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Originally posted by Coronado
Chopping throttle with someone on my close six has saved my *** more than once and got them killed in the process,how do you get someone off your six?? make sure he's going faster than you.

I specifically said ... shut their engine off ... that is not the same as chopping throttle.

I chop throttle all the time when trying to create an overshoot ... but I NEVER shut my engine off.

I have seen this engine on/off gameyness used over the years and it appears that it works nicely for some aircraft, slowing them down very fast, and others it doesn't have the slowing effect that they would hope for.

The Fugitive · « **Reply #18 on:** February 08, 2008, 08:13:31 PM »

hows this for a thought..... when "backing up" on a CV do you do it with the engine off, of with the throttle bummed up just a tad off of completely chopped?

Using that logic I would think a "chopped throttle" would slow you quicker than a stopping blade.

Hazard69 · « **Reply #19 on:** February 08, 2008, 09:45:47 PM »

Fugitive, on a CV i believe you need to bump throttle, as per game modeling, because at idle the landing cables will hold you. If ur just above idle, the cables are ineffective now and u roll back under the 50kts headwind and the CV motion.
Thats what I think anyway.

B@tfinkV · « **Reply #20 on:** February 08, 2008, 11:45:01 PM »

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Originally posted by Getback
Yep, at this point you have probably already made the error that leads to your demise.

definitely, but then desperate situation do occour without your choice involved. at these times the gear trick can be a god send and pilots like sirloin have it mastered in the f4us. but on the whole using gear or engine off to slow down is certainly less effective and reliable than calculating relative closure speeds in time and managing your energy correctly for the move you intend.