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Based on my own one time issue....
If not prepared for glide ration with prop feathered, it can be startling.
It is easy to forget the 337 has something like a 12:1 glide ratio. If you feather the rear prop, (instead of just throttle back), the 337 becomes a sail plane. ---- My one rear out even decades ago was rather ....amusing, and educational. The rear engine started burping just a few miles from Potomac Airfield (home), on a busy Saturday afternoon. I shut it down, feathered prop, and to make room, then declared over unicom, "Potomac traffic, 86121, straight in 24, 2 mile final, engine out'" I throttled the front back, setup to land, and it just kept flying, and flying and flying..... A hushed silence as everyone awaited the fireball. The friend in the airplane with me noted, "This airplane just isn't descending !!!" I realized I was going to overshoot our 2,600 ft runway deep in a ravine and valley surrounded by tall trees. So around 300 ft up, I gave the front full power and said, "N86121, going around." Which I did. Realizing I was just a heavy C182, I planned better, came around again and landed. It was loose screws on the rear mag out of maintenance. Try THAT in another airplane! And THAT is why I like the 337 Skymaster!
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David Wartofsky Potomac Airfield 10300 Glen Way Fort Washington, MD 20744 |