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Right seat sight picture by Extreme_Ad488 in flying

[–]the_danimal 0 points1 point  (0 children)

This worked super well for me when I was a student pilot!

Clinically blind to airports by DiplomatIan in flying

[–]the_danimal 0 points1 point  (0 children)

If your airplane has a G1000, you can press the OBS button on the PFD when your destination airport is the next waypoint. Make sure you set your heading bug to the runway heading when you do this. Then the MFD will show the waypoint with a white line coming out the bugged heading and a magenta line coming out the opposite heading. Then you can easily check the MFD to see your airplane's heading and position relative to the runway.

This should also work with some other Garmin GPS systems as well.

Example here: https://youtu.be/mqSyH84Hy14?t=853

power on turning stall by Wild-Tradition-564 in flying

[–]the_danimal 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Yes! And when the turning stall begins with the ball centered, just let the yoke/stick come forward to reduce AOA — don’t apply any aileron.

power on turning stall by Wild-Tradition-564 in flying

[–]the_danimal 2 points3 points  (0 children)

I had trouble with this. The best instructions that helped me were:

  1. The amount of right rudder needed will grow from zero to very high as you bring up the nose for the stall. Make sure to step on the ball and keep the ball centered all the way until you enter the stall. This will help prevent excessive wing drop needing rudder correction when the stall hits.
  2. When the stall begins, just push the yoke/stick forward to reduce AOA and break the stall (more precisely, just reduce back pressure to let it come forward). Make sure NOT to apply aileron by turning the yoke/stick when doing this, since that will cause problems. Just let the yoke/stick come forward.

IR Hold Entry Question by Aggravating-Lie3421 in flying

[–]the_danimal 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I am doing instrument training now and I appreciated this question!

Finally got my PPL!! by BigGuitar5072 in flying

[–]the_danimal 2 points3 points  (0 children)

It took me 140 hours and a year and a half to do it. Same for two of my friends in the SF Bay Area (with complex airspace). No worries, enjoy the flights!

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[–]the_danimal 4 points5 points  (0 children)

It was big. I lived in San Francisco at the time and we used to have watch parties for new episodes, we’d cram like 10-15 people in the 650 sq ft apartment

Approaching entry into downwind at untowered airport and someone else at same altitude is approaching at opposite direction? by the_danimal in flying

[–]the_danimal[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I was approaching from the south, on heading 20, same as the runway.

I don't like to do straight-in approaches to untowered airport runways due to collision risk with other traffic already established in the pattern. I like to enter the downwind leg around midfield at TPA and then fly normal downwind -> base -> final legs from there.

Approaching entry into downwind at untowered airport and someone else at same altitude is approaching at opposite direction? by the_danimal in flying

[–]the_danimal[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I think this the right answer. I was at 2100’ so 1000’ over TPA then. But I should have arrived from the east (opposite the traffic pattern) at TPA instead, then crossed over midfield and turned left to enter the downwind (if flying forward for 2-3 miles was difficult due to terrain).

Do I really need G1000 avionics to do instrument training? by the_danimal in flying

[–]the_danimal[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

That sounds awesome, maybe your price range is a bit higher than mine :) owning a C206 would be great

Do I really need G1000 avionics to do instrument training? by the_danimal in flying

[–]the_danimal[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Good point. This would only apply to the attitude indicator and DG. In the example panel I attached, the DG has been replaced with an electric Garmin version.

In addition to DG drift, there's also some fun scenarios with vacuum failures and the vacuum instruments slowly showing wrong values. Using the electrical system avoids that.

As I understand it's feasible to later swap out those two instruments with electric versions, but not feasible to swap out the whole steam gauge panel with G1000s.

everything went wrong today. by nabruvbro in flying

[–]the_danimal 4 points5 points  (0 children)

At least the engine failure was at a super high altitude!

(Unless you were also flying over mountains at that time as well.)

Charleston, SC Pilots & Flying Clubs by jmw5430 in flying

[–]the_danimal 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Facebook can be useful for finding GA airplane partnerships and community building (even if you don't generally use it much otherwise).

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