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Mike has hit the nail on the head here! Anyone can fly a plane around in the sky. The Coupe is easier than most. I let my 16 year old son take the controls the other day. He flew it for 30 minutes without my touching the yoke. First time ever he'd had control. Yes, we were up and down, and round about quite a bit, but, the ground was waaaay down there. No concern about hitting it. But, if you come in on down wind out of position, you'll be out of position on base, and more than likely each time you turn, you'll be farther out of position. Now, you've got to try and correct all the problems i.e. too low, too slow, 100 ft. to the left of center, etc. etc. It's pretty tough to correct all these things and grease the landing too. If you turn on to final with all things perfect, all you have to worry about is a good flare. Then, you'll hear the individual pebbles hit the wheels just prior to hearing them make contact. All you'll feel is the breaking action as she makes contact. No Yo-yo here. Larry Mike Dean wrote: > ----[Please read http://ercoupers.com/disclaimer.htm before following any advice in this forum.]---- > > Georgia, > > I understand. I had a heck of a time getting my landings down. I bounced > more rubber than Michael Jordan. In fact I was getting so discouraged that > I was thinking of quitting. That was at about 20 hours. > > So I was scheduled to fly after work one day, and I spent the whole day > thinking about it. Flying the pattern in my head. I decided I was going to > spend the whole time shooting touch-and-goes. So when I got to the airport > I told Clare (my CFI) what I wanted to do, and that if after that hour I still > couldn't get it on the ground with out dribbling it I was giving up. > > So guess what happened? I greased every stinking landing that day!!! I mean > every stinking one!!!! Not one or two. Not even half. EVERY STINKING ONE!!! > > I was on downwind for the first one and it's like a mule kicked me in the > head. (which some think happened years ago) It's all begins there. If you > don't get set up right, it won't look pretty. > > After about 10 perfect (Even if I do say so myself) landings Clare looks at > me and says "You know, if you'da taken your written last month like I told > you to, I'd let you solo right now. But because you haven't, you can't. Na, > na, na, na, na." (Gosh, I miss her.) > > Anyway, my point.....don't sweat it. Spend your free time flying though the > maneuvers that are giving you trouble in your head. But not to the point of > analyzing it to death. Just go over the steps, in order, until they become > habit. Just like the aerobatic pilots fly their routines on the ground before > they go up, fly your lessons on the ground until you get familiar with them. > > Get to the point were you can go through the correct procedure almost without > thinking about it. > > Good luck > > Mike > -----Original Message----- > Mike > > Not far enough. 10.2 hours and, as I think I mentioned before, I don't > get this stuff down as fast as many people do. My instructor is always > explaining the concepts as well as "how to". And he's always asking me, > "Do you understand?" As I tell him, I understand the concepts very well. > My problems have to do with learning to get my hands, eyes, hands, and > brain coordinated to carry out what I need to do. I guess it's like with > sports or dancing. Some people are "naturals" and then others can learn > to be skilled at these pursuits with a lot of hard work and determination. > Let me tell you, I envy the "naturals"! > > Georgia > . > > __________________________________________________ > To unsubscribe from this list please send mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > ___________________________________________________________ > T O P I C A http://www.topica.com/t/17 > Newsletters, Tips and Discussions on Your Favorite Topics __________________________________________________ To unsubscribe from this list please send mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] ________________________________________________________________________ Start an Email List For Free at Topica. http://www.topica.com/register
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