Top Flite TOPA0910 - Manual (Page 35)

In either situation it is impor
tant to k
eep the airspeed
up
.W
ith one engine y
ou will ha
v
e
po
w
e
r enough to fly
and maintain altitude f
o
r a while bef
ore slo
w
ly begin to
lose altitude
.If y
ou lose too m
uch airspeed y
ou will not
be ab
le to reco
v
er the airspeed with just the engine
.
Y
ou will ha
v
e
to point the nose do
wn to
w
a
rds the
g
round to reco
v
e
r airspeed.
Of course if y
ou are close
to the g
round y
ou will not ha
v
e
this option so flat large
tur
ns are the k
e
y to success
.
Once y
ou ha
v
e
deter
mined which engine is r
unning and which engine
is dead, star
t planning y
our landing approach.
Once
y
o
u ha
v
e
guided the plane bac
k to the field and are on
the final leg, cut the engine po
w
er just the same as
y
ou w
ould if e
xecuting a nor
mal approach.
If y
ou use
the flaps on landing, do not deplo
y the flaps until y
o
u
are o
v
er the r
unw
a
y.
O
therwise the
y
ma
y slo
w the
plane too m
uch, resulting in a stall.
Flaps are not
required f
or a single-engine landing.
If y
ou do not f
eel y
ou ha
v
e
the proficiency to fly using
the r
udder and ailerons or are afr
aid y
ou could
become confused e
x
ecuting the procedures just
stated, it w
ould be saf
er to tak
e
the second approach
which is simply to cut the throttle thus
“killing”
the
running engine and treating the model as though it w
as a single-engine aircr
aft in a dead-stic
k
landing.
Whether y
ou land on a single engine or dead-stic
k y
o
u
do not ha
ve
the po
w
er to go around f
o
r a second
landing approach once y
o
u are on final.
On a single
engine approach, if y
ou find y
ou are not aligned
proper
ly with the r
unw
a
y
and if y
ou ha
ve
adequate
altitude
, y
ou can most lik
ely fly around f
o
r a second
approach.
Once y
ou are set up on final y
ou will not ha
ve
adequate po
w
e
r to climb out and go around again.
T
o
put it succinctly
, if an engine quits
, set up f
o
r a landing
as quic
kly as y
ou can.
Mak
e smooth, coordinated
control adjustments and don’t panic.
After y
ou ha
ve
had
your first single engine landing, y
ou should find that the
y
are not as bad as y
ou might ha
ve
thought.
One final note about flying y
our model.
Ha
v
e
a goal or
flight plan in mind f
or e
v
er
y flight.
This can be lear
ning
a ne
w maneuv
er(s), impro
ving a maneuv
er(s) y
o
u
already kno
w
, or lear
ning ho
w the model beha
v
es in
cer
tain conditions (such as on high or lo
w r
ates).
As
par
t of out test flying w
e
set up a condition on the
radio that w
ould allo
w control of the throttles
independently
.If y
ou ha
v
e
this ability with y
our system
y
ou might w
ant to consider setting y
our r
adio up this
w
a
y.
Once the plane is at altitude y
ou can reduce the
throttle to idle on one side or the other to get a f
eel f
o
r
what the engine out perf
or
mance is lik
e
.
Of course
using this set up y
ou can easily po
w
er the engine
bac
k up if y
ou should get in troub
le while flying on one
engine
.
This will impro
v
e
y
our skills and increase the
chances that y
ou will not sur
p
rise y
ourself b
y
impulsiv
ely attempting a maneuv
er and suddenly
finding that y
ou’v
e
r
un out of time
, altitude or
airspeed.
A flight plan g
reatly reduces the chances of
cr
ashing y
our model just because of poor planning
and impulsiv
e mo
v
e
s
.
Remember to think.
Ha
v
e
a ball!
But alw
a
ys sta
y in control and fly in a saf
e manner
.
GOOD LUCK AND GREA
T FL
YING!
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