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Re: One Engine approach

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Yes. You will need to actively control the ailerons and rudder to keep the approach stable. You want to come in with a slightly higher approach speed. Throttles back to idle over the threshold will allow you to straighten the airplane out and touch down on the runway heading but you need yaw control to do it.
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I did it with my joystick's "twist" yaw control.
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When I passed my checkride I was using buttons on my joystick to control the rudder. Now that I've got pedals it is so much easier.
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dial in extra rudder with the trim....most of my a/c fly nicely with the aid of rudder trim.....just keep in mind that changing airspeed requires a change in rudder trim. what worked at cruise/descent speeds/thrust will be different then departure or approach speeds and thrust. It should keep you straightened out crossing the fence and into the flare
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Miguel Mendez wrote:I just saw this in Vatsim"s page on Facebook...why did I never thought of that!!!?

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One should shave one's feet prior to photographing and posting to the world.
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Michael Blakely wrote:One should shave one's feet prior to photographing and posting to the world.
It would help to wash them also.... :mrgreen:
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Michael Blakely wrote:One should shave one's feet prior to photographing and posting to the world.
It would help to wash them also.... :mrgreen:
Neither would any ingenious self-respecting Hobbit do!
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