Matt Fienberg <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Congratulations! Great feeling, isn't it?
Oh, absolutely ! Thanks to all for the good wishes. You're encouraging me to do the second step. > A 60 degree bank is one *steep* turn. For a PPL in the states, they ask > you to demonstrate steep turns, but at 45 degrees. If I remember > correctly, a 60 deg turn causes a 2G load on the wings. At least I was told this would be 60 degree. The second mark on the artificial horizon. Isn't it ? For me this looks pretty much like 60 degree. In Germany we call it very similar: 'Steilkurve', that's pretty much the direct translation. > I was absolutely mortified when my instructor didn't take the controls on final > approach. He actually expected me to land it! I was under strict voice > control... "Carb heat on, reduce power to 1500 RPM, keep it lined up, add some > power, steady.....steady.... drop the nose a bit, power all the way out.... > No, really, all the way.... keep the nose down.... MATT! LET THE NOSE > DOWN.... That's it.... Yes, we do want to reach the ground.... level out.... > a little more back pressure..... LIFT THE NOSE! [...] In FlightGear it's quite easy to touch down before the beginning of the runway. This feels a bit different when you encounter all the poles and lights below your feet on a real landing :-) > Martin, if you decide to continue on for you PPL, I can recommend a good ground > school program in "Cleared for Takeoff" by King Schools. (Resold by Cessna, > too.) It's something like 26 CDs; you simply watch the video, Thanks. I'll decide how to do my trainig when the Time Has Come and I'll consider your suggestion, 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
