Approaches and landings Multi Engine Aircraft
The normal approach and landing phase, doesn't involve any major changes from the single engine approaches and landings.
But normally the multi-engine aircraft is faster and heavier, which means that you have to plan the approach more careful then when you fly a single engine aircraft.
Your instructor should walk you through the different steps of a normal approach and landing at altitude, where you can simulate the approach and landing.
By doing this you get a feel for the aircraft, and what power settings is required to have a certain descent rate.
When you slow down the aircraft to approach speed, and set up the aircraft for this speed at a constant altitude and lower the first increment of flaps, then you can just lower the landing gear, by doing this you will normally enter a descent of 300-500 ft just from the drag the landing gear creates.
After you have a stabilized descent at approach speed, you can continue to lower the flaps to final approach configuration.
When you have get used to the different power settings that are required for different grade of descents, you notice that during a stabilized power descent, the power is nearly constant and the drag created by landing gear and flaps produces the descent that are needed.
It is important that you become familiar with the different configurations and power setting for the stabilized power approaches, because you don't want to come in to the final approach and have to perform a power off approach.
The power off approach will result in excessive rate of descent and airspeed.
When you fly multi-engine it is even more important to plan the descend and approach a head of time.
So that when you enter the traffic pattern you are at the correct airspeed and altitude, then you can start performing the different tasks at the correct altitude and location inside the traffic pattern.
This planning helps you stay a head of things, and fly the traffic pattern as intended.
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