where do you get this information?
What kind of airplane do you own ?

you have some serious issues with control, have you taken and finished the
instrument course? Do you fly in actual weather in a real airplane (sims and ms
flight simulator is not a real airplanes unless your its one of those that the
airlines use)

the key to flying in VMC and IMC is not to lose control. I have flown in some
really crappy turbulence, under the hood and at night and never lost control.
The kind of turbulence where you dont have much control over the plane and you
would swear the wings were going to break off. And if you do lose control and
end up in an unusual attitude, I feel I have the training to correct for it. Do
you?
Maybe you need a new instructor if your not comfortable flying in the sloppy
goo.



markjen wrote:

I dont agree with fixed gear being safer in IMC, I have a turbo arrow and
putting the gear down is second nature.
By the time you get to your FAF you have it in landing configuration, no
problems..

The issue is not forgetting to put your landing gear down. This is not a
serious safety concern in retracts because leaving the wheels up on landing
is damaging only to the pilot's pocketbook. There are almost never any
injuries.

The safety issue is loss of control, something casual, non-professional
pilots do all too often. Retracts are MUCH more susceptible to loss of
control accidents due to the much quicker speed buildup when control is
lost. (Retract pilots should be trained to lower the landing gear the first
sign of an upset -- gear damage due to excessive speed be damned -- but they
typically don't.)

Retract singles have approximately twice the fatal accident rate of
fixed-gear singles. This trend holds generally and holds for comparable
aircraft which are otherwise identical except for their gear (e.g., C182 vs.
C182RG, Cherokee Six vs. Saratoga, etc.). A retract is much more likely to
kill you.

- Mark