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"PilotCFI" wrote in message 4... "Dudley Henriques" dhenriques@noware .net wrote in ink.net: wrote in message oups.com... Ok, so say you are post-solo and approved to perform stalls OR you are a private pilot. Is it smart to go out and practice stalls on a normal basis? For proficiency and for fun? Or are stalls something you should only being doing for training? I would like to hear from both pilots and instructors on your thinking of this topic. Also what percentage of you out there do practice them on your own? Thanks You can consider yourself safe to perform solo stalls if you have had proper training in stalls not only entered from normally anticipated flight attitudes but also from abnormal entries such as accelerated and crossed controlled entries. Competent instructors will make sure you have had this training. EXTREMELY competent instructors will exceed the book requirement in stall training and make sure you have had basic spin entry and recovery as well. With this training in your tool kit, you should be perfectly safe in practicing stalls solo. Dudley Henriques I agree Dudley. My students get this kind of training. I would only add that to stay safe, keep practicing and get at least an annual eval. I know every two years is the requirement, but remember the requirments are minimum standards. Pilot/CFI/CFII I'm a great fan of "practicing". I've always advocated to the pilots I've trained, the adoption of what I call a "never ending training mode" that treats every flight, no matter how trivial a flight, as a training flight requiring a serious self appraisal, adjustment in technique, and/or correction as an ongoing result. This requires a professional approach to everyday flying that uses a highly developed habit patterns where a pilot engages in a constant self evaluation and correction pattern geared toward maximizing his/her performance on a constant basis. I like a habit pattern in a pilot that causes him/her to come off a perfectly executed flight thinking about how he could have made it better. :-) Dudley Henriques |
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In article et, Dudley Henriques wrote:
I like a habit pattern in a pilot that causes him/her to come off a perfectly executed flight thinking about how he could have made it better. Are you suggesting even a remote possibility of a perfectly executed flight? I think of it like a law of thermodynamics. You may in theory be able to get close, but perfect ain't ever gonna happen. Morris (figuring Dudley's already come closer than I ever will) |
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In article , Journeyman wrote:
In article et, Dudley Henriques wrote: I like a habit pattern in a pilot that causes him/her to come off a perfectly executed flight thinking about how he could have made it better. Are you suggesting even a remote possibility of a perfectly executed flight? I think of it like a law of thermodynamics. You may in theory be able to get close, but perfect ain't ever gonna happen. Hit send a moment before completing the thought. Of course, you'll get closer if you're actually aiming for it. Morris |
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"Journeyman" wrote in message . .. In article et, Dudley Henriques wrote: I like a habit pattern in a pilot that causes him/her to come off a perfectly executed flight thinking about how he could have made it better. Are you suggesting even a remote possibility of a perfectly executed flight? I think of it like a law of thermodynamics. You may in theory be able to get close, but perfect ain't ever gonna happen. No. I'm not suggesting that at all. A "perfectly executed flight" to a pilot should be a relative term that applies to a flight executed successfully with no specific issues and in no way implies a literal meaning for the word "perfect". You could, if you wanted to do so, make an argument for the literal meaning of the word "perfect", but I believe it's fairly obvious what was meant here, so why push for that? Naturally no flight will literally be "perfect". That's the reason you should, as I have already said, make a self evaluation after each flight seeking ways to make the next flight better. If there was no better, there would be no need for self evaluation. Just to be clear I'll restate what I said so that there is no misunderstanding as to what I am saying. Although reaching "literal" perfection as a pilot might not be possible, a pilot should never stop trying to reach perfection, and approach each and every flight seeking this unattainable goal. Dudley Henriques |
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Cub Driver wrote:
On 24 May 2005 10:51:42 -0700, wrote: Is it smart to go out and practice stalls on a normal basis? For proficiency and for fun? Gosh, I think it's dumb not to! The first thing I do when I have had a lay-off (which generally means every March, except that this year the lay-off ended in April) is to out over some scraggly fields a few miles west of the airport, climb up to 4,000 ft, and do slow flight and power-off and power-on (climbing) stalls. Gives me a feel for the airplane. I would do the same every time I found myself in a new (strange) airplane. I've transitioned to several different aircraft types and in each case I always went up and practiced stalls in the airplane ASAP after being signed off for solo. I even did them in my weight-shift.. My current plane, a Kolb Firestar, has its own behavior that is important for me to be familiar with. In particular, it is somewhat easier than other planes I've flown to get into a secondary stall when recoving from the first stall (power-off). The airspeed recovers nicely, but the AOA can go again past critical easily without the right technique, especially power off..... So, in my small experience, regular practice with stalls is really necessary for me to keep current with my airplane.... My next project in this plane is cross-controlled stalls, which I'll probably start practicing this evening...... LS N646F -- all the best, Dan Ford email (put Cubdriver in subject line) Warbird's Forum: www.warbirdforum.com Piper Cub Forum: www.pipercubforum.com the blog: www.danford.net In Search of Lost Time: www.readingproust.com |
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