REFLECTOR: Abstract versus Hands On

[Al Gietzen]

Thank you for sharing all you have with us.  On the immediate topic you
raise, and with regards to landing distance, I can add that I have a lot of
slop in my trottle cable dispite efforts to fix it, and if I just ease the
throttle to idle on landing I still have 1100 RPM  or more

Terry;

Thanks for sharing your experience.  Getting that prop speed down is
important.  I don't think it's much of an issue for me - my engine idle
speed gets the prop down to about 500 rpm. Of course any firing of engine
reduces the prop drag.

I haven't considered Vance's suggestion of shutting down the engine.  That
could make more drag as long as the prop would windmill; but if it stops, it
has less drag than if windmilling.

Al

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