Bertie the Bunyip

gatt <admin@livefromtheclocktower.us> wrote in
news:XaWdnRG6zM6NVaPVnZ2dnUVZ_rbinZ2d@fishnet.com:

> Bertie the Bunyip wrote:
>> gatt <admin@livefromtheclocktower.us> wrote in
>
>>> A question the examiner asked him: "You're flying cross-country and
>>> trimmed at 110 knots. You die, and the engine quits. At what
airspeed
>>> will the aircraft strike the ground?"
>>
>>
>> He's obviously looking at getting an answer that it will be the same
>> speed, but that's not correct. It probably wouldn;'t be far off it
>
>
> The answer he apparently wanted was 110 knots, but I would have told
him
> -around- 110 knots.
>
>
>>> Another was, "You're turning final and you enter a cross-control
>> stall. Is it better to be in a slip, or a skid?"
>>
>> If you're asking, Slip.
>
> That's what I'd have told him. (If you're in a 30-degree bank and
your
> outboard wing stalls you'll roll through wings-level but if your
inboard
> wing drops you're increasing your bank even further.)
>
> I don't know what the examiner wanted to hear, but, that's the answer
> I'd have given him.
>
> -c
>

Well, you're much more likely to spin out of a skid than a slip is what
he was getting at..



Bertie