Author: Vee-OneVee-One
Date: Dec 31, 2006 21:21
"Curt" cox.net> wrote in message
news:d4Nlh.12512$E%%7.2808@newsfe19.lga...>>> It probably varies by engine type but on the GE CF6-50 it was one
>>> takeoff/landing. So one takeoff, three touch & gos and one full stop
>>> would be four cycles.
>>>
>>
>> Standard AF practice is to count a touch & go as one-half a cycle, so in
>> your example it would be 3 cycles (1.5 + 1 and round up). However, we do
>> also track for the airframe the total # of landings, and the # of
>> full-stop landings, so your example would a 4 to the total column and 1
>> to the full-stop column.
>>
>> Vee-One
>
> A half-cycle? Never heard of that. Standard practice on what aircraft?
E-3 and E-8. Sorry, maybe I shoudln't have said standard practice.
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