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OK Gang,
Here's my 2 cents worth on the subject......I turn from base to final
at 65mph, once I'm on final
and lined up I pick the spot I plan on touching down. From that point on
my eyes are 'outside', not
looking at anything on the panel. I can judge speed, sink rate, and
distance out by keeping my eyes
'outside' much better than if I was coming in as if I was on on ILS and
all of a sudden the ground is
right in front of me. No surprises this way, just old fashioned 'seat of
the pants' flying.
This may not work for everyone else but it's good for me. Since I've
been seeing so many different
airspeed readings listed here, I think about 75% of us had better have our
ASI calibrated.
Like I said, that's my 2 cents worth and maybe that's all it's worth
to the most of you, but the
more time you look out the windows the fewer surprises you're likey to
encounter.
An altimeter is an interesting instrument too, but remember, it
changes with the
weather......literally!
Bob Saville
N3396H 415C
Eugene, OR
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> At 01:55 PM 12/5/02 -0700, MAGIC VAC wrote:
> >How can you not look at the airspeed indicator on final.
>
> Easy. Just don't. If I glance at it it always says what I expect
> anyway. But I fly a lot. A whole lot. In the same plane. And
> I'm trimmed. And 70MPH and 75 and 80 and 85 and 90 all
> look and feel vastly different to me in N99387.
>
> >I don't believe you pretty much know how fast you're going.
>
> I flew with a CFI once who made me learn what speed I was
> going or what RPM I was turning in the pattern using the
> sound of the plane and the 'sight picture.' That was in an
> Aeronca. Good exercise.
>
> Airplanes, like horses, have different 'gaits.'
>
> I used to keep my nose on the instruments constantly. Hardly
> ever saw what happened outside. Flew like crap, too.
>
> >Call me old fashioned, but I
> >keep one eye glued on the air speed indicator, one on the altimeter,
and
> >the third one on the runway.
>
> Okay, you're old-fashioned :-)
>
> I hope you get to fly your Coupe so much that you find yourself looking
> outside to see how the approach is developing :-)
>
> Greg
>
>
>
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