taking off for the first time

Well.. you T/O with full power. If you want to then do an immediate
landing, you will have one hell-ov-a
power-back-flaps-down-establish-glide-flair-land TRANSITION in a very
compressed amount of time. Doesn't sound like a good learning technique to
me.

-Frank

"John Doe" wrote in message
...
I have never piloted an aircraft. I do flight simulation from time to
time. Currently I am messing with radio controlled aircraft. There are
simulators for that also.

Having only simulation experience, but I'm wondering about how piloting
is taught. Getting to the point, why not use a long runway and have the
student take off just enough for the wheels to leave the ground and
then immediately touch down?

Again, inexperienced with the real thing, but isn't landing so
difficult/critical to warrant special treatment like that?

Trainer runways are not long enough?
The wear and tear would be too much?
That maneuver would be too difficult for a beginner to coordinate?

Genuinely curious. Thank you.

You missed trim adjustments & maybe some others too. I've decided not
to do touch and goes on short runways any more in my 172 of 27 years.
It just gets too darn busy & creates a chance to screw up.

I recall doing only a couple of such hops as part of my training, but
that was very late in the course. (Procedural training for powerloss at
take-off, part of the emergency procedures taught here).

/Rolf

On 2005-01-04 01:08, Frankster wrote:
Well.. you T/O with full power. If you want to then do an immediate
landing, you will have one hell-ov-a
power-back-flaps-down-establish-glide-flair-land TRANSITION in a very
compressed amount of time. Doesn't sound like a good learning technique to
me.

-Frank

"John Doe" wrote in message
...

I have never piloted an aircraft. I do flight simulation from time to
time. Currently I am messing with radio controlled aircraft. There are
simulators for that also.

Having only simulation experience, but I'm wondering about how piloting
is taught. Getting to the point, why not use a long runway and have the
student take off just enough for the wheels to leave the ground and
then immediately touch down?

Again, inexperienced with the real thing, but isn't landing so
difficult/critical to warrant special treatment like that?

Trainer runways are not long enough?
The wear and tear would be too much?
That maneuver would be too difficult for a beginner to coordinate?

Genuinely curious. Thank you.