Fear of Landing
JANUARY 17, 2025
The 737 does not use Weight on Wheels (WoW) to enable the thrust reversers. This was done early in the program (737-100/200) because it was discovered the 737 was prone to float in ground effect enough that it could prevent WoW from going true after touchdown – same with wheel speed.
Pilot Institute
MARCH 28, 2025
The exhaust coming out of aircraft engines looks pretty dangerous, generating huge amounts of thrust and pushing back tons of hot air. Vortex size is also affected by proximity to the ground. If youre flying low enough to be in ground effect, the vortex isnt able to fully develop. This phenomenon is called Ground Effect.
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Flight Training Central
MAY 6, 2024
Short field landings can be shorter because the drag robbing ground effect is lessened by the greater distance between the wing and ground. Both low wing and high wing aircraft will be affected by lift, weight, thrust and drag.
Fear of Landing
MAY 3, 2024
Once stable in ground effect, the pilot shut down EPU1 (left-side outboard) to simulate the performance in the case of an engine failure. As a result, there was no longer enough vertical thrust, although, to be fair, the prototype remained level as it descended towards the ground. A vertical descent rate of 19.5
Flight Training Central
MARCH 29, 2024
What is likely to occur if you lift off the runway before reaching rotation speed due to ground effect? Inability to climb Increase in stability Decrease in thrust required to maintain flight Correct! Aileron down on the upwind wing Aileron up on the upwind wing Aileron up on the downwind wing Correct!
Pilot Institute
MARCH 29, 2024
Thrust : The force generated by the engine that propels the aircraft forward. Pilots must counteract the additional drag with more thrust to maintain altitude. Gradually reduce thrust from cruise power. You’ll have to accelerate to V x while staying within ground effect. Don’t go all the way back to idle.
Plane and Pilot
OCTOBER 3, 2024
The only thing to remember with the reversed props is you still push the throttle forward to increase thrust, so it takes a lot of mental transformation—and slow maneuvering—to make sure you go in the right direction. Resist pulling back, instead letting it accelerate in ground effect (or should we say water effect) for a few seconds.
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