Flying_Fin
Registered User
Medway, Maine
Went flying with my instructor yesterday.
I was sorely disappointed in my performance.
Several problems.
So the bottom line is that as an always safe pilot and non ego-challenged willing student, I will spend more time with instructor, until we BOTH feel comfortable with my ability to bring it back in same condition it went up; meanwhile bought 2" HD nylon webbing to remake one seatbelt longer. The beauty of "Experimental" Then see if performance from front seat is any better.
Wish me luck.
P.S. the new 8.50-6 tires are WONDERFUL.
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I was sorely disappointed in my performance.
Several problems.
- Front seatbelt has apparently shrunken, couldn't be my waist has grown, so it was too small for me to fly front seat. Wouldn't think nylon would shrink so much.
- Instructor's big shoulders pretty well masked out the whole instrument panel, most notabley turn/bank, and altimeter. With an effort I could see the airspeed.
- Thus: Flying backseat in a plane I'd never flown, I couldn't "feel" climb/descent or really wings level/slip
- Long time since a taildragger, and taxied too fast at start, and with me in back seat, it got squirrelly on pavement until I realized it and slowed down.
- The rudder dance came back, but I felt not able to raise the nose high enough, though instructor said it was fine for him. He drives one all the time on floats, and I believe him.
So the bottom line is that as an always safe pilot and non ego-challenged willing student, I will spend more time with instructor, until we BOTH feel comfortable with my ability to bring it back in same condition it went up; meanwhile bought 2" HD nylon webbing to remake one seatbelt longer. The beauty of "Experimental" Then see if performance from front seat is any better.
Wish me luck.
P.S. the new 8.50-6 tires are WONDERFUL.
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