And the engine quit....
Posted: Mon Jun 29, 2020 7:20 am.....Paul Bertorelli at his best.
Great video. The part about instinctively lowering the nose on an engine failure reminded me of my flight testing where I cut and restarted the engine. When I reviewed my video footage, I noticed that when my propeller stopped (which was to be expected but was still a surprise when it actually happened), I immediately lowered the nose without thinking about it. When I was in the cockpit, the thought of lowering the nose never even crossed my mind, and it wasn't until watching the video that I even knew I had done it. Interestingly, the power drop had already occurred as expected when I pulled the mixture, power had been off for 5 seconds or so and I actually had LESS drag when the prop stopped, but in that instant that it stopped my somewhat startled reaction was to immediately lower the nose without thinking.
https://youtu.be/CmnEc_UprfM?t=100
I'm not saying all of this to brag or anything, just that I believe I have been taught right and this should be an instinct that all pilots have.