Learn from a master.

On Tuesday, March 5, 2013 2:12:33 PM UTC-7, Bill D wrote:
If your head is in line with your spine in a turn, how do you

comfortably look in the direction you are turning?

If you can keep your head level with the horizon while thermalling, you are thermalling WAY to shallow! I flew yesterday and tried it - at my normal 40-45 degree of bank there is no way to keep my head level and inside the cockpit, and it would be extremely uncomfortable. Add the fact that I'm looking around, usually into the turn, and the answer is you move your head to the best postition that allows your eyes to see where you want to see.

When doing acro, you have to start with your head aligned to the aircraft axis. Then you move it as needed to pick up your pitch and roll cues.

This should be completely automatic!

Kirk
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On 3/6/2013 6:57 AM, kirk.stant wrote:
On Tuesday, March 5, 2013 2:12:33 PM UTC-7, Bill D wrote:
If your head is in line with your spine in a turn, how do you

comfortably look in the direction you are turning?

If you can keep your head level with the horizon while thermalling,
you are thermalling WAY to shallow! I flew yesterday and tried it -
at my normal 40-45 degree of bank there is no way to keep my head
level and inside the cockpit, and it would be extremely
uncomfortable. Add the fact that I'm looking around, usually into
the turn, and the answer is you move your head to the best postition
that allows your eyes to see where you want to see.

I routinely thermal at 40-45 degrees, as measured by the instrument
screws. I know I'm not keeping my head in line with my spine, but I
can't be certain it's vertical, either. Maybe it's in between - I'll
take a picture or two next time I fly to see what's happening.

--
Eric Greenwell - Washington State, USA (change ".netto" to ".us" to
email me)

Let us all remember that an albatross, though a great soaring bird,
has an engine.

I've got to believe that somewhere along the 3km flight mentioned
above that he flapped his wings. My $0.02.

No landouts for him!

- John