Mxsmanic , IFR sensations, and some other stuff
On May 20, 9:55*am, Dudley Henriques wrote:
BOTH might be telling you something so
they should not be ignored.
Exactly my point. Especially the absense of an expected sensation
(see further down).
But BOTH are physical sensations and as such
are NEVER used as a source to make a control change while IFR.
Agree, and I never said to make a control change. I use it to VERIFY
an existing condition. If I am climbing, AI shows normal pitch up and
I feel positive G's life is good. If I add power to capture the glide
slope to to drive it level to capture it, needles move in the
directioin expected and I feel it in the seat of my pants, life is
good. The feeling is CONFIRMING the instrument trends, life is good.
If you feel a physical sensation while on instruments, it is indeed a
cue, but NOT an actionable cue. ALL sensations are simply there. You
NEVER act in ANY way on what ANY sensation is giving you in the way of a
cue.
And this is where I may digress a little, operative word is a little.
It's actionable in the sense of expanding your scan in determining why
something is not right. I am not saying make a control change based
on a sensation, but I am saying start looking elsewhere on your panel
to resolve the discrepancy between what you feel and what you see.
Using my example, pitch up AI, and not feeling G's made me look
elsewhere for discrepancies. If I would have followed the AI, first
instinct would have been push the nose over and rectify the AI WITHOUT
considering other instruments. It was the discrepancy of not feeling
the G's and showing a pitch up that made me ACT to further my scan to
the VSI and airspeed QUICKER then my normal scan process would have
taken. I made NO changes in my airplane configuration until I
furthered my scan to my secondary gauges
If the sensation is expected by something you have done control
wise that's fine.
THIS IS EXACTLY what I am saying. Based on control INPUTS, I should
have a corresponding feeling in the seat of my pants.
If it isn't, don't act on it. Your scan is in progress
at all times.
THIS IS EXACTLY what I am saying. If there is a discrepancy, need to
search further for what is going on, not act on sense.
You control the aircraft based on instrument cues ONLY!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Agree, and what you feel should be what the instrument reads. If
climbing, feel some G's. The feeling CONFIRMS what the instruments
read, not the other way around. This is what I am trying to drive
home.
God.I hope this clears this up!
Hopefully what I say above clears it up. I really think we are on the
same page, just a matter of how I am wording it :-)
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