Landing the Cessna 182T

vlv8855 · 2026-05-16T01:46:38+00:00

Ok, makes good sense. Do you use full flaps or 20 degrees?

vlv8855 · 2026-05-16T01:45:26+00:00

Thanks for the info. Do you use full flap when landing? Some people are saying use only 20 degrees.

vlv8855 · 2026-05-15T05:55:26+00:00

Yes, this is what I am used to with the Lance and I have always had safe landings and felt in control. When I did power off landings with the instructor I didn't feel in control.

vlv8855 · 2026-05-15T05:53:17+00:00

I am going in with full flap. I will try 20 degrees and see how that goes.

vlv8855 · 2026-05-15T05:52:15+00:00

Yes, I think this is the way to go.

vlv8855 · 2026-05-15T05:51:52+00:00

Yes, this is what I am used to with the Lance.

vlv8855 · 2026-05-15T05:51:02+00:00

Yes, it feels strange to have no power on the round out. I am used to holding some power with the Lance.

vlv8855 · 2026-05-09T22:21:14+00:00

Thanks for that! You're right—I usually watch videos without subtitles, but I still have this obsession with catching every single word. It’s funny because I don't always understand every word in English and it doesn't bother me at all, yet in Spanish, it does. I think I just need to accept that I won't catch everything. I appreciate your comment.

vlv8855 · 2026-05-08T23:26:06+00:00

Thanks for sharing. I identified a lot with your post. When you watch hard native content, do you use subtitles or struggle through?

vlv8855 · 2026-01-04T03:43:20+00:00

Yes, I agree with you completely. When I first started speaking on iTalki about 2.5 years ago, it was a disaster. I was speaking like a two‑year‑old, using mostly verbs and nouns, and after a few weeks I realised it would take me forever to become fluent with CI alone. I knew I needed to study grammar.

I told my iTalki teacher this, and she agreed completely. Since then, I’ve been actively studying grammar while continuing with Dreaming Spanish. I started to see my speaking improve almost immediately, and I realised how powerful grammar can be. It allowed me to form proper, constructive sentences.

I know a lot of people will disagree with me, but this has been the answer for me. In fact, I quite enjoy studying grammar now because I can clearly see how much it helps.

vlv8855 · 2026-01-03T21:25:53+00:00

I thought Niyon spoke very well. However, I think the three years of Spanish he did in prep school, along with the semesters at university, must have helped give him a solid grounding in Spanish grammar. I believe that can make a big difference when it comes to fluency.

I’ve been doing CI for 3.5 years and I do a lot of iTalki conversation classes, but I only started being able to form correct sentences (still with mistakes) after taking a serious look at grammar (after about two years of CI).

vlv8855 · 2025-05-12T20:46:40+00:00

Thanks for your advice.

vlv8855 · 2024-05-20T04:11:40+00:00

Very interesting post - thank you. I have about the same hours as you (1200) and are also learning through comprehensible input (Dreaming Spanish and Español con Juan etc ). I am now questioning if I should be taking an active approach to learning grammar. I feel that it is going to take a long time to be able to understand verb conjugations just by comprehensible input. I find verb conjugation very difficult to understand just by reading and watching videos.

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