David Megginson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I'm sure that it went fine. In Canada, even for the instrument > rating, you have to hold enroute altitude only +/-100 feet (with extra > allowance for significant turbulence), though most people try to keep > it much tighter. For the private pilot's license, I think that the > tolerance is +/- 200 feet, but I'll have to check. I'm not saying > that you shouldn't try to hold +/- 10 feet for VFR or IFR, [...]
I found it not to be too difficult. I consider the yoke of a C172 as the major hurdle: You push it but you get only miminal feedback if it really moves of if it's just you wrist that is twisting a few millimeters. I'll try to have plane with stick the next time so I get a feeling for the difference. I sat in a C172 and other planes many times - standing still on the ground. I have the impression the yoke of a C172 is not optimal when you want to realize only small evelator movement. What about your Piper ? They have the same one at the flight school. Still it's embarassing how easy it is to hold the altitude within +/- 20 feet even in a bit 'bumpy' air when you look at the horizon. Every time I looked at the altimeter for more than a few seconds I started flying waveform. After returning to the view out of the screen I managed to stabilize altitute within 5 seconds or so. > For 'playground', we say 'practice area' in North America. Wie sagt > man's auf Deutsch? Oh', I'm shure there is an appropriate translation for 'practice area' in German, but I consider the word 'playground' as well chosen: Nobody out there (except the Tornado's) and lots of space to to everything you like :-) Just like a 'Spielplatz'. You're aiming at 'Übungsgelände'. > Steep turns and stalls in an intro flight? By gawd! Did you ask for > all that especially, or is it standard? I don't think there's a standard. I've been doing a little bit with model airplanes and a helicopter during school and I've got a bit of practice with FlightGear (!!!!). So I made an agreement with the instructor to do those things he feels safe with me controlling the plane and do avoid those he does not agree on. Simple as that :-) In 'real' live the instructor is CEO as a small (12 people) software company. He's running the flight school in his spare time. He's doing this for fun only, not to make money - I consider this as a great deal ! > Forgetting that simple rule probably cost me at least a few hundred $$ > in extra lessons. That's why I wrote this (in case anyone hasn't seen > it already): > http://www.flightgear.org/Docs/Tutorials/circuit/ Oh, I've read this several times. Still it makes quite a big difference reading a tutorial and remembering the contents of the tutorial while you are in air :-) Thanks, Martin. -- Unix _IS_ user friendly - it's just selective about who its friends are ! -------------------------------------------------------------------------- _______________________________________________ Flightgear-devel mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://mail.flightgear.org/mailman/listinfo/flightgear-devel
