Flight Instructor for Airplane Category › XIII. Multiengine Operations › Task C. Demonstration of Effects of Various Airspeeds and Configurations during Engine Inoperative Performance (AMEL and AMES)

AI.XIII.C.K5c

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Effects on performance of various configurations including:

Landing gear and wing flaps extended

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Airplane Flying Handbook p. 13-34
Chapter 13: Transition to Multiengine Airplanes › Engine Inoperative Approach and Landing
performance, the landing gear can still be extended on the downwind leg. In which case it should be confirmed DOWN no later than abeam the intended point of landing. Performance permitting, initial extension of wing flaps (typically…
Airplane Flying Handbook p. 5-11
Chapter 5: Maintaining Aircraft Control: Upset Prevention and Recovery Training › Slow Flight › Maneuvering in Slow Flight
maintain altitude. Maintain coordinated flight, level the wings as necessary, and return to the desired flightpath. As airspeed increases, clean up the airplane by retracting flaps and landing gear, if they were extended, and adjust trim as needed. A pilot…
Airplane Flying Handbook p. 13-24
Chapter 13: Transition to Multiengine Airplanes › Engine Inoperative Flight Principles › ⦁ All propeller controls in the recommended takeoff position throughout VMC determination
increases when the landing gear is retracted. Extended landing gear aids directional stability, which tends to decrease VMC. ⦁ Flaps in the takeoff position (section 23.149(b)(3)). This normally includes wing flaps and cowl flaps. For most twins, this will…
Airplane Flying Handbook p. 5-17
Chapter 5: Maintaining Aircraft Control: Upset Prevention and Recovery Training › Stalls › Full Stalls, Power-Off
entry for a straight-ahead power-off stall, airplanes equipped with flaps or retractable landing gear should be in the landing configuration. After extending the landing gear, applying carburetor heat (if applicable), and retarding the throttle sufficiently, the pilot holds ... airplane should then be smoothly pitched down to a normal approach attitude to maintain that airspeed. Wing flaps should be extended and pitch attitude adjusted to maintain the airspeed. Once in a normal approach, the pilot sets the power…
Airplane Flying Handbook p. 13-33
Chapter 13: Transition to Multiengine Airplanes › Low Altitude Engine Failure Scenarios › Checklist
landing gear and flaps would likely be extended when the failure occurred. The three preceding takeoff scenarios all include the landing gear as a key element in the decision to land or continue. With the landing gear selector ... landing gear the moment the airplane lifts off the surface on takeoff as a normal procedure. The landing gear should remain selected down as long as there is usable runway or overrun available to land on. The use of wing…
Pilot's Handbook of Aeronautical Knowledge p. 11-18
Chapter 11: Aircraft Performance › Performance Speeds
landing gear can be safely extended or retracted. This is a problem involving the air loads imposed on the operating mechanism during extension or retraction of the gear. VFE—the highest speed permissible with the wing flaps in a prescribed…