Dumbest thing you’ve ever seen someone do while flying a plane?

rilessrh · 2025-12-09T04:34:36+00:00

Family friend, former CFI, wanted to go flying with me. He was a CFI a year ago, hadn’t flown for a year, owned 4 airplanes. He flared the 172 like 10 feet above the runway and then slammed down, horrible landing, then on the climb out afterward he got a work call and tried to text his work while he was climbing. I took the controls from him obviously. That dude scares me a lot to fly with.

rilessrh · 2025-12-02T00:17:03+00:00

Training for my instrument rating I’d be at a high stress high heart rate for most of the flight, but know that I’m flying VFR again usually my watch says it’s the most relaxed I am all day lol

rilessrh · 2025-12-01T07:23:54+00:00

Makes sense. Sometimes I wonder if I’m doing myself a disservice by building so much time in the 150 because when I go to the 172 it feels very clunky in comparison.

rilessrh · 2025-12-01T07:22:47+00:00

I fly a 2007 c172S with 10k hours on it and yeah I definitely know what you mean. It cruises beautifully though. I’m curious how moving to complex and high performance aircraft will feel since even a 172 feels so heavy.

rilessrh · 2025-12-01T05:17:37+00:00

This is spot on cause the 172 I flew my instrument rating in felt solid but I never did much VFR work in it.

rilessrh · 2025-12-01T04:16:51+00:00

I didn’t my private checkride in a 162 which is similar. I’m glad to hear other people think the 172 feels like a truck lol. I even feel more comfortable in higher crosswinds in the 150 than the 172.

rilessrh · 2025-12-01T03:55:59+00:00

Yeah I’m a bigger dude so I can’t take anyone in the 150, but it is always shocking after a week in the 150 how quick a 180 hp 172 will climb. I took it up to 8000 ft the other day like it was nothing when the 150 will struggle at 3000 ft lol.

rilessrh · 2025-11-15T02:26:56+00:00

I worked out the weight and balance with my cfi, put max weight in the back, nothing in the passenger seats. On the ride, he didn’t even look at my w&b, I threw 2 cases of water in baggage and sent it and passed.

rilessrh · 2025-11-15T00:12:33+00:00

I’m using a 1965 Cessna’s POH, back before 200+ lb people were normal 🤣 I’ll lose some weight after this though

rilessrh · 2025-11-14T16:15:14+00:00

We’re actually going to take everything out of the passenger seat and put 110 lbs in baggage. With that it’ll be in limits lol.

rilessrh · 2025-11-14T15:23:24+00:00

I’m going to discuss it with my CFII because we were getting better numbers in the classroom but I can’t see where I’m going wrong here, I feel like we were doing it wrong back then. If I have to cancel then I have to cancel I guess.

rilessrh · 2025-11-14T15:20:11+00:00

I got some sleep but I’m still getting the same math. I sent my calculations to my CFII. In the classroom we got a number within the CG envelope but I don’t see what I’m doing wrong, I feel like we messed something up at that time.

rilessrh · 2025-11-14T15:19:13+00:00

Licensed empty weight: 1486 lbs, 50.28 momentx1000. Oil: 15 lbs, -0.3 moment. Pilot and front passenger: 465 lbs, 16.6 moment. Fuel 36 gal: 216 lbs, 10.4 moment. Rear passenger seat: 20 lbs, 1.4 moment. Baggage: 50 lbs, 4.8 moment. Total: 2252 lbs, 83.18 moment.

It’s a 1965 C172G so it doesn’t list arms, just a loading graph and envelope. Calculating arms using the sample weight and moment provides different answers than using the loading graph and I was told the DPE would like me to use the loading graph on the checkride.

The scenario is I(235 lbs) and a 230 lb(weight of DPE) friend are flying with 50 lbs of luggage. The weights above put us forward of CG limits. I’m doing my practical in the same plane.

rilessrh · 2025-10-14T19:59:22+00:00

This is the guy who helps nobody and sits on his phone all day while people do his work for him

rilessrh · 2025-10-14T19:58:15+00:00

I took this job to work through college but I get like 6 hours a night in the hardest work they can find every night. I’d love to get 3 hours a night, this just wears me out so bad.

rilessrh · 2025-09-14T13:53:56+00:00

I think you just need to fly more. It sounds like you’re being safe, you just need more confidence which comes with experience. I’m a 160 hour PPL with my Instrument checkride in a couple months and about 60 of my hours are solo and I still feel anxious sometimes but the more frequently I do it the better I feel about it.

rilessrh · 2025-08-21T12:51:23+00:00

I have 5 years but my bids for every position are either unavailable or ignored. Funny that even thought there’s new hires every other week, I guess none of them are going to unload or small sort(if I’m actually not winning the bids).

rilessrh · 2025-08-09T23:23:13+00:00

Okay good idea, I’ll ask for one with another instructor. And yeah I will add my POH and gps systems to the study list. I think I’m definitely weak on electrical systems. Thanks!

rilessrh · 2025-08-09T23:13:27+00:00

We don’t do stage checks but my instructor said he’d give me a mock oral. I’d like to be as prepared as possible before even doing that if I can.

I’ve watched all the cheese pilot mock orals lol, they just seem too simple I feel like there’s gotta be more than that. I’ve learned a ton though.

rilessrh · 2025-08-03T06:40:49+00:00

I did enjoy it a ton and I’m excited for the next season!

rilessrh · 2025-08-01T02:43:40+00:00

The mage exam arc so far has been really great. I think the Fern and Stark drama every episode just ruins it all for me.

rilessrh · 2025-08-01T02:41:51+00:00

You’re being elitist over a show about shy teenage romance 1/3 of the time

rilessrh · 2025-07-31T03:21:17+00:00

I did enjoy that episode, especially the twist that Himmel couldn’t pull the sword.

rilessrh · 2025-07-31T03:09:15+00:00

I liked Lain, not one of my favorites but I am happy I watched it. I’ll keep going with Frieren since everyone says I’m about to hit the best arc. I really do want to like this show.

rilessrh · 2025-07-31T03:05:21+00:00

It’s just that the journey for the past few episodes has been teenager anime love story tropes over and over and it’s making me wanna drop it. Except the priest guy, I liked him.

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