On 12/06/2008 04:02 PM, Martin Spott wrote:
> In a case like this one I prefer the 'pragmatic' approach of reading a
> manual (if available), determining what its authors consider as being
> "at level" (if they do in some way) and finally to evaluate if we're
> able to make use of it.
> It doesn't serve anyone if you define your own fancy idea of the term
> "at level" if you don't get any reference for it,
Sometimes facts are facts, whether or not they appear in an
authoritative reference manual.
The only authoritative notion of "level" that I know of for
the C172 is part of the empirical weight-and-balance measurement
procedure. It has no specified relationship to the pitch
attitude during parking, taxiing, or flying at any particular
airspeed.
If anybody knows of another authoritative, or even conventional,
or even unambiguous notion of "level" pitch attitude, I'd be very
interested to learn about it.
As the saying goes:
Q: How long does it take a student pilot
to properly level off a C-172?
A: About 35 hours.
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