|
PT6A posted:Focusing on power seems odd because we're pretty much all conditioned to think about controlling vehicles in terms of driving a car, where throttle setting is essentially irrelevant and we focus on speed. Hence why all cars should have manually controlled transmissions. Driving such a CVT should require a complex endorsement.
|
#
?
Dec 27, 2018 20:26
|
|
|
|
| # ? Apr 27, 2024 22:55 |
|
|
I would think it’s because you’re flying a single engine plane made in 1972.
|
|
#
?
Dec 27, 2018 20:46
|
|
|
PT6A posted:In general, I'd say that it's one of the biggest differences between flying for real and flying a sim for fun. As pilots, we control aircraft attitude and power. Everything else just reacts as a function of those inputs, so our task is to figure out how to manipulate them in order to get the desired performance out of the aircraft. If you don't pay attention to your power setting precisely, you can't make the plane behave the way you want it to behave. Lesson one for me is always exercises demonstrating pitch for speed, power for altitude, adverse yaw, and p-factor. It’s the foundation everything else is based on. If students don’t understand those, it makes learning the rest a lot more difficult and they’ll develop weird habits to compensate. It’s always fun getting to the more advanced maneuvers and bringing it back to day one showing them how all of those things still apply. e: Lesson two is angle of attack and lift vectors, which rolls into stalls and steep turns. The second half of the flying foundation. e.pilot fucked around with this message at 22:12 on Dec 27, 2018 |
|
#
?
Dec 27, 2018 22:02
|
|
|
.
|
|
#
?
Dec 27, 2018 22:33
|
|
|
e.pilot posted:Lesson one for me is always exercises demonstrating pitch for speed, power for altitude, adverse yaw, and p-factor. It’s the foundation everything else is based on. It's been a long while since my flight lessons in a 172, but I remember trim being pretty high up there as well. At one point one of my instructors flew an entire lap of the pattern using nothing but the rudder pedals, throttle, and trim wheel just to demonstrate how powerful trim is (and also how stable a plane it is).
|
|
#
?
Dec 27, 2018 23:53
|
|
|
Wingnut Ninja posted:It's been a long while since my flight lessons in a 172, but I remember trim being pretty high up there as well. At one point one of my instructors flew an entire lap of the pattern using nothing but the rudder pedals, throttle, and trim wheel just to demonstrate how powerful trim is (and also how stable a plane it is). Oh yeah of course, that’s part of pitch. Demoing flying a circuit practically hands free with a student that’s over controlling it always a fun exercise. Quick touch to rotate and stabilize in ground effect, hands free until the flare.
|
|
#
?
Dec 27, 2018 23:58
|
|
|
Wingnut Ninja posted:It's been a long while since my flight lessons in a 172, but I remember trim being pretty high up there as well. At one point one of my instructors flew an entire lap of the pattern using nothing but the rudder pedals, throttle, and trim wheel just to demonstrate how powerful trim is (and also how stable a plane it is). Ah, an Airbus pilot!
|
|
#
?
Dec 28, 2018 00:03
|
|
|
e.pilot posted:Oh yeah of course, that’s part of pitch. While that's true, I've found that you have to emphasize the yoke at the primary means of pitch control, or you get students just trimming all over the goddamn place with reckless abandon and a plane bobbing up and down continuously. Hold the pitch attitude where you want it with the yoke, then apply trim until it takes no effort to keep it there.
|
|
#
?
Dec 28, 2018 01:06
|
|
|
PT6A posted:While that's true, I've found that you have to emphasize the yoke at the primary means of pitch control, or you get students just trimming all over the goddamn place with reckless abandon and a plane bobbing up and down continuously. I’d leave it at takeoff trim for pretty much the entirety of the first lesson, departure usually kept us climbing until we were just about to the practice area anyways.
|
|
#
?
Dec 28, 2018 01:14
|
|
|
My instructor complimented me for not white knuckling the yoke. I guess many first timers worry that letting go will make the plane fall away beneath them. I fell back to a sim habit of getting the trim just right so it would fly level hands off. And blissfully fiddled with that while ignoring airspace, navigating etc etc.
Ola fucked around with this message at 23:17 on Dec 28, 2018 |
|
#
?
Dec 28, 2018 16:05
|
|
|
we may have a contender for the ugliest livery award  at first I assumed this was an aircraft pulled into service with an unfinished paint job, but no it’s intentional - the second image is a different aircraft that than the one I was on the passenger-facing side of each nacelle has little notes praising the aircraft - one side touts its fuel efficiency, the other its quietness what is going on here
|
|
#
?
Dec 28, 2018 22:39
|
|
|
buttcrackmenace posted:we may have a contender for the ugliest livery award They don’t even have GPS on board, they can’t be bothered to paint them.
|
|
#
?
Dec 28, 2018 23:25
|
|
|
Does anyone even attempt to operate IFR without a GPS anymore? Like, gently caress, that must be a lot of work for pilots and controllers when everyone's now using RNAV routes for pretty much everything, not to even mention the lack of availability of non-GNSS approaches in a lot of places. There's a big difference between having enough equipment on board to complete an IFR flight in the event of a GPS failure/outage, and actually operating IFR on a regular basis without GPS.
|
|
#
?
Dec 29, 2018 00:48
|
|
|
Every Silver airways Saab 340 files and operates its entire route /A. That is to say, VOR/NDB nav only. They do have DME, at least, so there’s that. It’s basically them and the SUPER CHEAP guys flying 1963 Bonanzas with the original panel.
|
|
#
?
Dec 29, 2018 00:52
|
|
|
PT6A posted:Does anyone even attempt to operate IFR without a GPS anymore? Up until recently, there were quite a few UPS feeders that did everything /A, since UPS gives the contract to the lowest bidder (who has to provide their own airplanes) and GPS costs money. The 2020 deadline for ADS-B has pushed a lot of those companies to get GPS units installed, but I'm sure there's still going to be some holdouts running ancient Cessna 210's or oddball airplanes where there aren't many options for an IFR GPS installation. I've personally operated one airline flight with no GPS (thanks to a dual FMS failure), and ATC basically just gave us vectors for the entire route to keep us from conflicting with everything else in the area.
|
|
#
?
Dec 29, 2018 01:44
|
|
|
MrYenko posted:They don’t even have GPS on board, they can’t be bothered to paint them.  I don’t drive my car without GPS, even when I drive from my house to the burger place I go every Monday.
|
|
#
?
Dec 29, 2018 02:38
|
|
|
I did a stint at one of those UPS feeders about 3 years ago. It was a constant stream of "Amflight 123 fly direct FUKUP." "Unable, slant alpha" "oh, right, fly heading XXX." Except one time the reply was "well FUKUP is the intersection of 2 VOR airways, and you have 2 VOR receivers onboard, don't you?" I was unprepared to reply to that one on my feet 
|
|
#
?
Dec 29, 2018 04:25
|
|
|
23 Minutes in: "This is a Secret Briefing" (said over a megaphone) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PBJ99bIhAVk
|
|
#
?
Dec 29, 2018 07:53
|
|
|
https://twitter.com/skynews/status/1078973001343881216?s=21
|
|
#
?
Dec 29, 2018 15:21
|
|
|
MrYenko posted:They don’t even have GPS on board, they can’t be bothered to paint them. so their aircraft aren't ADS-B capable? That would explain why their flights don't reliably turn up in the Flightaware or Flightradar apps.
|
|
#
?
Dec 29, 2018 15:37
|
|
|
It's seriously insane what can happen due to nothing but mass hysteria
|
|
#
?
Dec 29, 2018 16:24
|
|
|
Mass hysteria though it may be, it highlights a need to be able to detect drones. If there is no reliable way to do that, reports cannot be discounted.
|
|
#
?
Dec 29, 2018 16:35
|
|
|
MrYenko posted:They don’t even have GPS on board, they can’t be bothered to paint them. AMA about installing Universal UNS-1Lw GPS/FMS into a whole shitload of Silver birds. Whether they actually use it or not, I couldn't say, but they definitely all have it. buttcrackmenace posted:so their aircraft aren't ADS-B capable? That would explain why their flights don't reliably turn up in the Flightaware or Flightradar apps. To the best of my knowledge, there is exactly one Saab 340 in the USA that has a functioning ADS-B system, and it's sitting out on my ramp right now. We recently got our STC approved for a Garmin GTX3000-based system. Saab themselves couldn't be arsed to come up with anything. Acid Reflux fucked around with this message at 17:01 on Dec 29, 2018 |
|
#
?
Dec 29, 2018 16:54
|
|
|
Acid Reflux posted:AMA about installing Universal UNS-1Lw GPS/FMS into a whole shitload of Silver birds. Whether they actually use it or not, I couldn't say, but they definitely all have it. Whooaaaaahhh How long ago? I don’t understand why they wouldn’t use it.
|
|
#
?
Dec 30, 2018 02:49
|
|
|
aphid_licker posted:It's seriously insane what can happen due to nothing but mass hysteria This is pretty much why even though the Fort Lauderdale Airport shooter was apprehended in 90 seconds, the whole shitstorm continued to get steadily worse all day
|
|
#
?
Dec 30, 2018 03:26
|
|
|
MrYenko posted:Whooaaaaahhh Fun paint fact: The nacelles are fuschia. We actually call it "Fuschia, dammit!", because that's what the paint shop manager would (jokingly) snap back at us if we just called it "pink".
|
|
#
?
Dec 30, 2018 03:30
|
|
|
If it’s anything like the shipping industry, there’s an old shitstain in an office somewhere that just doesn’t trust these newfangled gizmos and the kids aren’t gonna use them on his watch. I once stood watch with a guy who thought parallel index was too technological and unreliable. Never mind trying to get him to navigate by GPS.
|
|
#
?
Dec 30, 2018 04:03
|
|
|
MrYenko posted:Whooaaaaahhh Depending on exactly how their OpSpecs are written and what they train their crews on, it's distinctly possible the FMS has capabilities they're not allowed to use because they never demonstrated it to the FAA, or thought it wasn't worth the time/money to get certified. I'd be surprised if they spent the money on FMS installations and don't use the basic capabillities, but it's very possible they can't do RNP approaches or something.
|
|
#
?
Dec 30, 2018 10:42
|
|
|
Acid Reflux posted:Fun paint fact: The nacelles are fuschia. We actually call it "Fuschia, dammit!", because that's what the paint shop manager would (jokingly) snap back at us if we just called it "pink". "Throbbing Helmet Purple", as a lighting director I worked with would say.
|
|
#
?
Dec 30, 2018 10:49
|
|
|
 It’s on Craigslist.
|
|
#
?
Dec 31, 2018 04:38
|
|
|
It looks like a render!
|
|
#
?
Dec 31, 2018 04:50
|
|
|
I feel like that would be challenging to learn to land well.
|
|
#
?
Dec 31, 2018 04:54
|
|
|
Holy poo poo  Look how small the rudder is 
|
|
#
?
Dec 31, 2018 04:56
|
|
|
Tail number: N666JD
|
|
#
?
Dec 31, 2018 04:58
|
|
|
Godholio posted:I feel like that would be challenging to learn to land well. Taking off would also be entertaining. Maybe put one of those little wheels on to prevent tail strikes?
|
|
#
?
Dec 31, 2018 05:04
|
|
|
Now that’s what I call pod racing!
|
|
#
?
Dec 31, 2018 05:10
|
|
|
“Aircraft project also available as a complete project for $150k” It’s like they forgot about control surfaces. I guess someone talked some sense into the guy? This is a home designed plane I assume?
|
|
#
?
Dec 31, 2018 05:21
|
|
|
hobbesmaster posted:“Aircraft project also available as a complete project for $150k” It could sit on the ground and still have worth as a piece of art
|
|
#
?
Dec 31, 2018 05:27
|
|
|
The only thing that could make that ad better is if it said the engines had just one high speed taxi run on them
|
|
#
?
Dec 31, 2018 05:31
|
|
|
|
| # ? Apr 27, 2024 22:55 |
|
|
Vne: 250 knots Vmca: 249 knots
|
|
#
?
Dec 31, 2018 06:08
|
|
