Timeline for What would be the best alternative during a dead-stick approach?
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| S Aug 26, 2017 at 12:39 | history | suggested | Jimy | CC BY-SA 3.0 |
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| Aug 26, 2017 at 0:43 | history | tweeted | twitter.com/StackAviation/status/901243734142091264 | ||
| Aug 25, 2017 at 20:20 | vote | accept | Russell Borogove | ||
| Aug 25, 2017 at 19:59 | answer | added | Romeo_4808N | timeline score: 7 | |
| Aug 25, 2017 at 19:44 | history | edited | Jamiec♦ | CC BY-SA 3.0 |
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| Aug 25, 2017 at 19:42 | answer | added | Jamiec♦ | timeline score: 19 | |
| Aug 25, 2017 at 18:54 | comment | added | TomMcW | Recipe for stall/spin: Start at low airspeed, add tailwind, reduce altitude to low, make tight 180° turn, bake in fuel fire for 10 min until crispy | |
| Aug 25, 2017 at 18:51 | comment | added | jamesqf | What's wrong with landing with a tailwind? There are a number of back-country strips where that's the only option, or the most practical one unless the wind is really strong. Given the higher landing speeds, tailwinds would seem to be even less relevant in fighter-type aircraft than in single-engine prop planes. | |
| Aug 25, 2017 at 18:06 | comment | added | fooot | Related: Is it even remotely feasible to turnback a single engine aircraft with an engine failure? | |
| Aug 25, 2017 at 17:43 | comment | added | xxavier | I have never flown a fighter-type plane, but there is a number of things common to any type when it comes to an emergency, dead-stick landing. First of all, stabilize the glide, and second, try to find ahead a reasonable place to land or crash-land. And while doing that, make a mayday call. With fast-sinking planes there's usually no time for many choices on how or where to land... | |
| Aug 25, 2017 at 17:28 | comment | added | Pondlife | Even with a tailwind it would almost certainly be best to just land and accept possibly running off the end of the runway under control and at low speed. That's a lot safer than messing up a turn at low altitude and airspeed, and possibly stalling. But there are plenty of variables and what ifs in any scenario like this. | |
| Aug 25, 2017 at 16:41 | comment | added | Thomas Steinke | It probably depends on the strength of the wind and how much altitude there is. My uninformed guess is that pilots would generally prefer the simpler option - i.e. no last-minute turn. | |
| Aug 25, 2017 at 16:20 | history | asked | Russell Borogove | CC BY-SA 3.0 |