I've been ignoring the both of you for some time here. You are clearly
both very experienced pilots, you've both been flying for a very long
time and are both very much alive. Therefore, you both know what you're
doing even it it didn't always come across.
It was clear to me all along that it had to be a misunderstanding. It
happens, you know. But I do believe Mr. Trask should apologize for his
rudeness. That part wasn't called for.
Chuck Norcutt
On 9/19/2011 5:35 PM, Chris Trask wrote:
>>
>> Yebbut, I thought you were talking about level flight.
>>
>> I did think that I had misunderstood you, and you me.
>>
>
> Ah, a very clever backstep there. At the very beginning of this heated
> discussion I clearly stated that pitch controls airpeed, and that power
> controls climb and descent, which you took issue with. I even described how
> you perform a descent at a 3:1 profile by simply disconnecting the altitude
> hold (trim untouched) and reduce the power by 500º on a C-130. You then
> claimed it was a technique for autopilots only. Now you are repeating
> almost exactly what I had said back then, that pitch (atttitude) controls
> speed and power (throttle) controls climb and descent.
>
> Nice try. I wonder how many times I've seen this in the past. Hmmm...
> Darn, ran out of fingers already. Fortunately, the abacus is within easy
> reach.
>
> Chris
>
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