NW_Pilot

"Dudley Henriques" <dhenriques@rcn.com> wrote in message
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> gatt wrote:
>
>> 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?"
>>
>> Another was, "You're turning final and you enter a cross-control stall.
>> Is it better to be in a slip, or a skid?"
>>
>> -c
>
> These are reasonable questions.
>
> The aircraft would attempt to regain and maintain the trim speed as it
> descends. Whether or not it had the time to do that before ground impact
> however would be dependent on the altitude remaining, so depending on the
> altitude, the airspeed at impact might be short of the trim speed.
>
> (This type of question is typical of FAA orals. They're looking for the
> trim speed answer while completely neglecting the time and altitude
> factors which to be accurate would have to be in the answer equation.
>
> My advice to the person taking the oral would be to give the trim speed
> answer, get the certificate, put it deep in the wallet and in your pocket,
> then politely suggest to the fuzz that the altitude should be included in
> the answer if not in the question itself :-)
>
> A slipped cross control stall as relates to spin entry is FAR less
> pro-spin than a skid entry.
>
> --
> Dudley Henriques

Also need to look at coprs position are you slumped over and placign fwd
control pressure on the yoke? is the auto pilot on? lots of questions....