Post by LOU on Sep 4th, 2012 at 6:16pm
747 into Paro
Well, on the approach to RW 15 I tried several different methods.
I did a straight in over the hill to RW 15. Got the plane all set-up for landing way out.
I flew at Bug to Bug +5 to keep the energy as low as possible.
I cleared the hill like the beach at St. Martin. As soon as I got past the hill I pushed the nose over
to about 1,500 FPM to get into the slot.
GPWS is not happy with that as you can imagine. :o
In order not to gain too much speed I made a small reduction in thrust.
Since these large planes have a lot of inertia it is dangerous to have a high sink rate close to the ground
even with some extra speed, since you still have to reduce the sink to near 500 FPM as you cross the threshold and start the flare.
Although I was able to land, it was a pretty wild maneuver since you will have to bring the nose up smartly
while adding a bit of power so you have enough energy to make the flare.
Next I tried the around the hill method.
If I flew completely left of the hill the turns were pretty steep so I modified the track a bit
so I ended about half way up the hill with a offset heading then I only needed a sharp
left turn to final instead of the S turn. This allows an almost normal rate of descent
and better speed control. As I past the Temple on the hill I was just about level with it.
My wake as I flew by got all the prayer wheels spinning, maybe the reason for my success? ;)
The Boeing report is very good reading. I would not like to loose an engine on a warm day - PERIOD
Add to that a bit of weather and it would be 85 P.S.I on the sphincter - at least!
A-320 or B-737 is a nice plane for this place. CS C-130 is also fun! :)
Lou
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Well, on the approach to RW 15 I tried several different methods.
I did a straight in over the hill to RW 15. Got the plane all set-up for landing way out.
I flew at Bug to Bug +5 to keep the energy as low as possible.
I cleared the hill like the beach at St. Martin. As soon as I got past the hill I pushed the nose over
to about 1,500 FPM to get into the slot.
GPWS is not happy with that as you can imagine. :o
In order not to gain too much speed I made a small reduction in thrust.
Since these large planes have a lot of inertia it is dangerous to have a high sink rate close to the ground
even with some extra speed, since you still have to reduce the sink to near 500 FPM as you cross the threshold and start the flare.
Although I was able to land, it was a pretty wild maneuver since you will have to bring the nose up smartly
while adding a bit of power so you have enough energy to make the flare.
Next I tried the around the hill method.
If I flew completely left of the hill the turns were pretty steep so I modified the track a bit
so I ended about half way up the hill with a offset heading then I only needed a sharp
left turn to final instead of the S turn. This allows an almost normal rate of descent
and better speed control. As I past the Temple on the hill I was just about level with it.
My wake as I flew by got all the prayer wheels spinning, maybe the reason for my success? ;)
The Boeing report is very good reading. I would not like to loose an engine on a warm day - PERIOD
Add to that a bit of weather and it would be 85 P.S.I on the sphincter - at least!
A-320 or B-737 is a nice plane for this place. CS C-130 is also fun! :)
Lou
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