Kenny Keller explains settling with power, a dangerous aerodynamic condition pilots need to recognize. It happens when descent rate hits 300 feet per minute or more, power is between 20 and 100 percent, and airspeed stays below effective translational lift.
300 ft per minute or greater.
20% to 100% power (speaker phrasing: "20 to 100%").
Airspeed less than ETL (effective translational lift).
Hello again everybody. I wanted to shoot a little video outdoors today. After a whole winter of driving down the road and in the trailer and inside here and on and on and on. I want to do a little aerodynamic tip of the day. Been talking about a lot of things and I haven't really hit anything on aerodynamics yet. So I want to do something about settling, real settling with power real quick. You might just leave that in there. The wind just had to blow my camera over. So what I want to talk about is settling with power. All right. This will be for a blooper reel later. We're still recording. This works out really well. I wish the wind would kept blowing my camera over. It's pissing me off. Alright, here we go again. Wind keeps blowing my camera over. I'm gonna shoot this one more time. Settling with power. I haven't talked much about aerodynamics yet, so I thought I'd do a quick tip on aerodynamics and memory items for your private pilot. Commercial pilot, CFI. Doesn't matter. Examiner I've been using for 10 years says the most important thing that you need to know about that will get you into trouble as quick as anything is settling with power. So. I guess I need a tripod. Here we go again. Settling with power. Three things. Rate of descent 300ft per minute or greater. Power 20 to using power, 20 to 100% airspeed less than ETL. Combine those three things together. Guy in the airplane has to just start, doesn't he? Anyway, there goes the camera. Settling with.
