Test data for: Power off climb simulation. Date 03/14/2015
Pilot: Desmon Butts
Aircraft MTO Sport 912 IS no passenger. Pilot weight 175. Fuel on board 10 gal.
Airspeed 90 KTS or 103 mph
Elevation 500 ft msl 350 agl
Conditions clear sky gusting 10 kt cross wind
Situation and location KDWH just after take off runway 35L 8015 ft with displaced threshold. 3500 feet runway remaining.
Procedure: Power reduced to idle, instant no hesitation climb initiated.
Altitude gained to best glide 55 kts
Results for three trials up wind: 50-55 feet max gain.
Total gain to 25 kts 70 total feet.
Conclusion: At 90kts one should not expect to gain more then 50 feet and maintain safe airspeed to attempt a landing. A pilot should not attempt to trade altitude for airspeed. This is because to regain the needed speed for safe flair requires more altitude then gained by dropping below best glide.
Further observations would show that in an actual failure the pilot would not have the reaction time to attempt the climb and would not have the same results.
This was done today to verify my point that someone in Idaho seems to think she can climb over 300 feet after total engine failure at 100 mph to land safe on a bluff at high altitude.
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