Barry:

You're right.  And a good topic to continue upon however, my point was to loose significant altitude (say 5000 feet) in a controlled and predictable manor after arriving above a suitable landing site.  Clearly there are MANY ways of loosing 5000 I just picked this one because it kept me, at best glide, pretty close over head.

Ed McCauley


>>  On May 13, 2005, at 7:49 AM, Ed McCauley wrote:

>>  >  I even had the altitude lost per standard rate turn at best glide >>  > memorized so I could cognizantly bleed off any extra if I was really >>  > high (the goal).

>>  Someone on this list surely knows better than I, so please speak up, >>  but I do believe that a standard rate turn will result in a greater >>  loss of altitude per degree of turn than a steeper bank turn.  For >>  example, in my Yak or CJ-6, the most effective bank angle for a power >>  out turn back is 45 degrees of bank....

>>  Anyone?

>>  Barry


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