How Low to Spin??

On Fri, 27 Aug 2004 18:02:44 UTC, (Kirk Stant)
wrote:

: But you
: shouldn't be jerking your head around while flying!

Except to scan for other aircraft.

Ian


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"Ian Johnston" wrote in message news:cCUlhtvFIYkV-pn2-BdEMqrRprN20@localhost...
On Fri, 27 Aug 2004 18:02:44 UTC, (Kirk Stant)
wrote:

: But you
: shouldn't be jerking your head around while flying!

Except to scan for other aircraft.

Ian

It's tough to see other aircraft by rapidly moving your head - you
need to stop and methodically scan areas of the sky.

No disagreement about the need to keep looking around at all times.
But scanning, like just about everything else in flying, is a skill
that needs to be taught, learned, and practiced to be effective.

Kirk

On Mon, 30 Aug 2004 15:55:11 UTC, (Kirk Stant)
wrote:

: "Ian Johnston" wrote in message news:cCUlhtvFIYkV-pn2-BdEMqrRprN20@localhost...
: On Fri, 27 Aug 2004 18:02:44 UTC, (Kirk Stant)
: wrote:
:
: : But you
: : shouldn't be jerking your head around while flying!
:
: Except to scan for other aircraft.

: It's tough to see other aircraft by rapidly moving your head - you
: need to stop and methodically scan areas of the sky.

Exactly. It's done with rapid movements and pauses rather than a
smooth motion. Which for many of us is the best way of inducing
nausea. I suspect that this is why so many people thermal with their
heads rigidly held in position. I find that rotating my head around a
true vertical axis, rather than the local one, works to reduce this -
ie scan across the hosiron, not across the wings.

Ian