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Head orientation in turns--how is it taught for aviation?



 
 
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Old June 12th 07, 04:52 PM posted to rec.aviation.student,rec.aviation.piloting
Bob Crawford
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Default Head orientation in turns--how is it taught for aviation?

On Jun 10, 11:07 am, Mxsmanic wrote:
When you make a coordinated turn in an aircraft, are you taught to let your
head tilt with the bank angle of the aircraft, or are you taught to keep your
head normal to the horizon?


A couple of things to ponder.

If (contray to what real life pilots and CFIs have said here) pilots
were taught to generally lean/tilt their heads to keep it normal to
the horizon, wouldn't a fine simulator such as MSFS ("as real as it
gets") be designed to keep the horizon always horizonal across your
monitor and have the cockpit artwork rotate/tilt (since that would
present the same sight picture to a sim-pilot as a real pilot would
encounter)?

Have you ever felt the need to lean/tilt your head during coordinated
turns in a commercial airliner? If you forced yourself to lean in
such a situation you chances are you'd feel much more disorientated.

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Old June 12th 07, 06:05 PM posted to rec.aviation.student,rec.aviation.piloting
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Default Head orientation in turns--how is it taught for aviation?

On Jun 12, 11:52 am, Bob Crawford wrote:
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Have you ever felt the need to lean/tilt your head during coordinated
turns in a commercial airliner?


I don't recall ever sensing an airliner was in a bank while in solid
cloud. Like where I know they'd have to hang some healthy turns to
swing back to join the LOC on the ILS. Can't feel nuthin. The
carriers need to consult MX to see what they're doing wrong.

F--

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Old June 13th 07, 06:05 AM posted to rec.aviation.student,rec.aviation.piloting
Mxsmanic
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Default Head orientation in turns--how is it taught for aviation?

Bob Crawford writes:

A couple of things to ponder.

If (contray to what real life pilots and CFIs have said here) pilots
were taught to generally lean/tilt their heads to keep it normal to
the horizon, wouldn't a fine simulator such as MSFS ("as real as it
gets") be designed to keep the horizon always horizonal across your
monitor and have the cockpit artwork rotate/tilt (since that would
present the same sight picture to a sim-pilot as a real pilot would
encounter)?


No. Sim pilots can turn their heads, too.

Have you ever felt the need to lean/tilt your head during coordinated
turns in a commercial airliner? If you forced yourself to lean in
such a situation you chances are you'd feel much more disorientated.


I'm rarely aware of turns in an airliner, as I'm not flying the plane and
don't have to worry about where it is going.
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Old June 13th 07, 06:40 AM posted to rec.aviation.piloting
Bertie the Bunyip[_2_]
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Default Head orientation in turns--how is it taught for aviation?

Mxsmanic wrote in :

Bob Crawford writes:

A couple of things to ponder.

If (contray to what real life pilots and CFIs have said here) pilots
were taught to generally lean/tilt their heads to keep it normal to
the horizon, wouldn't a fine simulator such as MSFS ("as real as it
gets") be designed to keep the horizon always horizonal across your
monitor and have the cockpit artwork rotate/tilt (since that would
present the same sight picture to a sim-pilot as a real pilot would
encounter)?


No. Sim pilots can turn their heads, too.


Must be hard when it's up yo ass.



Have you ever felt the need to lean/tilt your head during coordinated
turns in a commercial airliner? If you forced yourself to lean in
such a situation you chances are you'd feel much more disorientated.


I'm rarely aware of turns in an airliner, as I'm not flying the plane and
don't have to worry about where it is going.




So you just board them higgedly piggedly, do you?
Doesn't matter where it goes?


Bertie
 




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