Do all aircraft...

No, there is something else that helps the plane fly straight called
"trim". We trim the plane so that with hands off (and no turb) the
plane flys straight. Its not as good as an autopilot because it will
drift but it allows you to relax your hands.

-Robert

that's what trim is for.

BT

"Ramapriya" wrote in message
oups.com...
Wow, but isn't that a pain in, say, a 3-hour flight? To not being able
to let go of the control column and stretch the legs can be tiresome,
I'd imagine.
And what if you've to go to the loo?

Ramapriya



Gene Seibel wrote:
Never flew one that did.
--
Gene Seibel
Gene & Sue's Aeroplanes - http://pad39a.com/gene/planes.html
Because I fly, I envy no one.

Ramapriya wrote:

Wow, but isn't that a pain in, say, a 3-hour flight? To not being able
to let go of the control column and stretch the legs can be tiresome,
I'd imagine.

Does your car have an auto-pilot? Do you manage to drive for 3 hours?
Properly trimmed the plane shouldn't require much control input in
steady flight.

And what if you've to go to the loo?

What loo?

"Ramapriya" writes:

[... another basic question ...]

Perhaps members of the newsgroup can toss some dollars together and
air-mail an introductory flight-training book or two to this curious
but apparently library-less poster, so as to save him time in asking a
thousand individual questions. Or perhaps a good set of URLs he can
spend time reading instead of writing on Usenet?

- FChE

Ramapriya wrote:
Wow, but isn't that a pain in, say, a 3-hour flight? To not being
able
to let go of the control column and stretch the legs can be tiresome,
I'd imagine.

Think of it as not much different from driving a car down a highway for
3 hours. You don't have to grasp the controls with clenched fingers,
you know A little nudge here and there is all, and you can move
your legs around too.

And what if you've to go to the loo?

Same as with a car. You find someplace to stop. Otherwise, use a
bottle

Kev

Ramapriya wrote:

And what if you've to go to the loo?

Why, you just turn roll to inverted, so as not to mess the floor or
anything, and let 'er rip!

:-)

-Dave Russell
8KCAB / N2 S-3

On 7 Jan 2005 05:57:05 -0800, "Ramapriya" wrote:

... necessarily have Autopilot?

Mine doesn't.

It doesn't have a transponder, directional gyro, turn indicator, or
vertical speed indicator either.

Nor a starter, for that matter


-- all the best, Dan Ford

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On 7 Jan 2005 07:32:46 -0800, "Ramapriya" wrote:

And what if you've to go to the loo?

A friend of mine got caught short in the Cub, which he likes to fly
because, as he says, its endurance is about the same as his: two
hours.

He peed in the gas sample tube, which holds what, two ounces? He
thought it was quite funny, but I have never felt the same about the
gas sampler since.


-- all the best, Dan Ford

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Warbird's Forum: www.warbirdforum.com
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And what if you've to go to the loo?

Same as with a car. You find someplace to stop.
Otherwise, use a bottle

Kev

Uh... about that bottle... don't ever forget to empty it during a stop and
decide to pour it out of the window at the run-up area prior to the next
t/o... bad for the side of the plane! Not to mention the side of your face
when some gets blown back in by the prop! A friend of mine did that once!
LOL!

-Frank

I think you really need to start taking flight lessons. I am willing to
offer you a free lesson if it will put all your questions to rest :-)



"Ramapriya" wrote in news:1105106225.672103.166460
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... necessarily have Autopilot?

Ramapriya