Return-Path: Sender: (Marvin Kaye) To: lml@lancaironline.net Date: Fri, 06 Aug 2004 12:15:39 -0400 Message-ID: X-Original-Return-Path: Received: from web60402.mail.yahoo.com ([216.109.118.185] verified) by logan.com (CommuniGate Pro SMTP 4.2) with SMTP id 354752 for lml@lancaironline.net; Fri, 06 Aug 2004 12:10:26 -0400 Received-SPF: none receiver=logan.com; client-ip=216.109.118.185; envelope-from=rkaplan@flyimc.com X-Original-Message-ID: <20040806160954.79301.qmail@web60402.mail.yahoo.com> Received: from [24.197.33.136] by web60402.mail.yahoo.com via HTTP; Fri, 06 Aug 2004 09:09:54 PDT X-RocketYMMF: richardkaplan2 X-Original-Date: Fri, 6 Aug 2004 09:09:54 -0700 (PDT) From: Richard Kaplan Reply-To: rkaplan@flyimc.com Subject: Re: Shannon Knoepflein's Legacy Accident X-Original-To: lml@lancaironline.net MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii When I do engine out practice in my simulator, I would guess that at most 10% of pilots adjust the prop for best glide. In the heat of the moment it is extremely easy to forget this and the POH of the airplanes in which most of us learned to fly complex airplanes rarely mentions or emphasizes the increased gliding distance that can be obtained by adjusting the prop. On the other hand, with low oil pressure it may not be possible to adjust the prop and/or the prop may go into the default high RPM/low pitch configuation with a prop governor malfunction. -- Richard Kaplan, CFII rkaplan@flyimc.com www.flyimc.com ===== Richard Kaplan rkaplan@flyimc.com www.flyimc.com