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Gary,
I concur with your thoughts on using
flaps as a drag management tool in the event of a power out
condition.
Most ES's don't have speed brakes, so
it's really the only tool we have to effectively alter the glide ratio
at any given speed. My own plan in such a situation is to glide clean
for as long as possible around 105 knots (again, this is an ES speed) and
attempt to set myself up to land at least 1,000' down the runway (length
permitting). Flaps would only come out judiciously once the
runway appears to be made, but I'd have no compunction whatsoever to
partially retract them to arrest a too-high sink rate on approach. The
alterative is not good!
Skip Slater
N540ES
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