The evils of the Touch and Go

[Guest]

7 hours ago, Mooneymite said:

Great story about an "out-of-trim" takeoff....read about how a real pro handled it because he understood the aerodynamics and design of his aircraft.

http://www.tristar500.net/articles/flight1080.pdf

That was quite a read, it shows some execptional flying skills.

Clarence

[Guitarmaster]

Jeesus... I would have had a lot of poo come out.

Bahahahahaha!!! That's funny right there^^^

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[Tommy]

Can we just agree that it's the definition of T&G that causes much of disagreement. For those who support it, their T&G is open throttle as soon as wheels touch the ground. It's the closest thing to training for a Go Around and it's probably the only sensible way of getting some landing practices in a busy towered airport with long runway. For those who are against it, their idea of T&G is to re-configure the plane, let it roll, then take off with only 800 feet left in a non-towered field. Not a good idea. The money saved isn't worth the risk.

From the poll that majority of us practices T&Gs and the benefit of doing them - proficiency in landing, time / money saved, etc - outweighs the risk. 

Done! Everyone is happy!

Edited October 6, 2017 by Tommy

[HRM]

6 minutes ago, Tommy said:

Done! Everyone is happy!

Hardly. "You can make all pilots happy some of the time, and some of the pilots all the time, but you cannot make all pilots happy all the time."

(sorry Abe)

[RobertGary1]

18 hours ago, Tommy said:

Can we just agree that it's the definition of T&G that causes much of disagreement. For those who support it, their T&G is open throttle as soon as wheels touch the ground. It's the closest thing to training for a Go Around and it's probably the only sensible way of getting some practices in landing in a busy towered airport with long runway. For those who are against it, their idea of T&G is to re-configure the plane, let it roll, then take off with only 800 feet left in a non-towered field. Not a good idea. The money saved isn't worth the risk.

The thread is long but this was covered in several posts. (Difference between a T&G vs a go around).

-Robert