Flight Instructor for Airplane Category › XIII. Multiengine Operations › Task B. VMC Demonstration (AMEL, AMES)

AI.XIII.B.S1g

Skill

Configure the airplane in accordance with the manufacturer’s recommendations, in the absence of the manufacturer’s recommendations, then at safe single-engine speed (VSSE/VYSE), as appropriate, and:

Power on operating engine set to takeoff or maximum available power

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Get a short, cited explanation of this element written from the FAA handbooks: the core idea, the numbers that matter, common test traps, and a quick self-check.

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Airplane Flying Handbook p. 13-24
Chapter 13: Transition to Multiengine Airplanes › Engine Inoperative Flight Principles › Derivation of VMC
been determined under the following conditions outlined in historical 14 CFR part 23, section 23.149: ⦁ Maximum available takeoff power initially on each engine (section 23.149(b)(1)). VMC increases as power is increased on the operating engine. With…
Pilot's Handbook of Aeronautical Knowledge p. 11-11
Chapter 11: Aircraft Performance › Climb Performance Factors › Region of Reversed Command
accompanied by an increased power setting in order to maintain steady flight. Figure 11-14 shows the maximum power available as a curved line. Lower power settings, such as cruise power, would also appear…
Airplane Flying Handbook p. 13-27
Chapter 13: Transition to Multiengine Airplanes › Engine Inoperative Flight Principles › OEI Climb Performance
Climb Performance Best OEI climb performance is obtained at VYSE with maximum available power and minimum drag. After the flaps and landing gear have been retracted and the propeller of the failed engine feathered, a key element in best…
Airplane Flying Handbook p. 18-20
Chapter 18: Emergency Procedures › Inadvertent VFR Flight Into IMC › Climbs
increments of 100 rpm or 1 inch of manifold pressure until the desired rate of climb is attained. Maximum available power is seldom necessary. The more power that is used, the more the airplane wants to bank…
Pilot's Handbook of Aeronautical Knowledge p. 11-5
Chapter 11: Aircraft Performance › Performance › Straight-and-Level Flight
level flight speed for the aircraft is obtained when the power or thrust required equals the maximum power or thrust available from the powerplant. [Figure 11-6] The minimum level flight airspeed is not usually defined by thrust…
Airplane Flying Handbook p. 15-2
Chapter 15: Transition to Turbopropeller-Powered Airplanes › Turboprop Engines
similar terminology. All turbine engines have a similarity to normally aspirated (non supercharged) reciprocating engines in that maximum available power decreases almost as a direct function of increased altitude. Although power decreases as the airplane climbs to higher…