Poll: Overhead Breaks - good or bad

RV8R999 · #1 08-17-2011, 07:53 AM

This topic for some reason seems to really get peoples gander up...

Out of curiosity I'd like to know who feels the OB is a viable pattern entry procedure (forget that it is legal and a published procedure).

Lets establish a baseline: We are talking about well executed, courteous and thoroughly communicated OB procedures - not the guy who busts into a busy pattern unannounced.

Thanks

RV8R999 · #2 08-17-2011, 07:55 AM

dunno - i was able to vote?

L.Adamson · #3 08-17-2011, 07:59 AM

If I said they're unnecessary except for an airshow, would I be shot?

I do have my opinion though. I live under an uncontrolled airport pattern, in which the 45 degree entry to downwind...........is by far the best, and most excepted. Other airports would vary.

L.Adamson --- next to U42

apkp777 · #4 08-17-2011, 08:01 AM

Seems to me there should be extra options, like, Do you feel that an overhead approach confuses other pilots? or Is the overhead break worth the bad reputation that it gives RV pilots? And if I agreed with LAbamson, would I too be shot? But could you shoot him first and give me a chance to run!

RV8R999 · #5 08-17-2011, 08:02 AM

nope - I'm not interested in that. Feel free to create your own poll though its easy, I just figured it out.

N53LW · #6 08-17-2011, 08:05 AM

The OB is a very efficent way of getting a flight of 3 or more on the ground quickly, when the inital is flown correctly lead can determine where to break in order to not interfere with traffic. Communication with other traffic is the key.

apkp777 · #7 08-17-2011, 08:09 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by N53LW

The OB is a very efficent way of getting a flight of 3 or more on the ground quickly, when the inital is flown correctly lead can determine where to break in order to not interfere with traffic. Communication with other traffic is the key.

Just a thought, why not split up 10 miles from the airport doing an OB then proceed single file on the 45 to the downwind? Seems like that would work pretty well.

apkp777 · #8 08-17-2011, 08:19 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by RV8R999

Out of curiosity I'd like to know who feels the OB is a viable pattern entry procedure (forget that it is legal and a published procedure)...

Where do you find the "OB" listed as a "legal" approach and published?

L.Adamson · #9 08-17-2011, 08:21 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by N53LW

The OB is a very efficent way of getting a flight of 3 or more on the ground quickly, when the inital is flown correctly lead can determine where to break in order to not interfere with traffic. Communication with other traffic is the key.

I'll be honest................with as much traffic as there is around here (when the traffic builds)........considering airplane and helicopter students------------I wouldn't want to see an overhead break, because quite frankly, very few would know what was going on. Instead of efficiency, it could easily create mass confusion & worse.

For airports with little or no additional traffic at certain times of the day, then why not. But no............I wouldn't not agree with an OB at my nearby airport for the excuse of efficiency. I might even have to agree with Dr. Bruce that RV's are showboating.........if they actually pushed an OB on a saturated pattern to begin with.

L.Adamson --- RV6A

Epepperman · #10 08-17-2011, 08:24 AM

This Poll is Silly.

If you don't know what your doing don't do it.

Second, if you don't know what it is, find out.

As for "Why don't you split off 10...20...30... miles out and just blah blah blah
is useless.

All this will succeed in finding is who the Men are.

No Flame suite required.