Showing posts with label aeros. Show all posts
Showing posts with label aeros. Show all posts
08 November 2009
Aeros
0.6 hrs solo yesterday in the Robin. Broken nimbo-stratus between 2500-4000 feet but clear over the coast so did some lazy eights, rolls and steep turns over Stockton beach. Couple of touch and goes
11 February 2007
Solo Bat II
Saturday of last weekend was a perfect summer morning. My 9am booking was teh first of the day so I pre-flighted the Robin and signed off the maintenance release for a full inspection. The guys were in for a committee meeting to discuss the following weeks flyin. I'm now off the committee after five years service. Good to see them. But I'm going flying.
Roar into the blue morning and climb over the top watching an inbound Cessna touch an go beneath me. I sort out positions with an inbound 737 as I climb to 5000 feet and roar into a progressive steeper angled wingovers until I'm pushing the VNE and haul back on the stick for a loop. Some rolls, stall turns and another loop and I'm decending fast back into the pattern, pulling a tight turn onto downwind, checks, talking to an inbound commuter flight, then pulling a surprisingly delicate landing to turn onto the first taxiway and declare the runway clear for her.
Felt good after more than two months away from the G-Force.
Roar into the blue morning and climb over the top watching an inbound Cessna touch an go beneath me. I sort out positions with an inbound 737 as I climb to 5000 feet and roar into a progressive steeper angled wingovers until I'm pushing the VNE and haul back on the stick for a loop. Some rolls, stall turns and another loop and I'm decending fast back into the pattern, pulling a tight turn onto downwind, checks, talking to an inbound commuter flight, then pulling a surprisingly delicate landing to turn onto the first taxiway and declare the runway clear for her.
Felt good after more than two months away from the G-Force.
31 July 2006
Solo Bat
I fly alone fairly often. But its best when doing aerobatics. Experienced or novice passengers are equally distracting. Yesterday, alone in the bright voids above the beach. Turning and loopings, stalling and falling. Rolling and diving at the Sunday 4WD armadas on the sand. Only a radio to state your position to other pilots who remained invisible in the bright bllue day.
21 July 2006
sloppy aeroboatics
The club president thought it'd be good to go flying again so I invited him for a ride while I caught up with some aero practice. Time gets away from you. It'd already been six months since I'd flown a sequence. So it was basic. Two loops, two rolls, two stall turns and a fast glide approach to shut down before it ticks over point five.
The cloud ceiling was just about where it would be a nuisance, 4000 feet. But it was scattered and less over the coast. 90 degree turns to check for silent air traffic. None so wing over dive 130 knots haul back the stick and look "up" for the horizon coming over. A bit slow, but S shouting "we fell off the top" I though was a bit of an exageration. Hey I', a bit rusty. We didnt really lose 500 ft. I just left it there. Haul the wing over and let the nose drop into a steep dive. 130 knots come up fast. Haul back harder until the stall warning squeeks. Over over "you did it again!". I did not do it the first time. (I reckon the 130 knots should really be 135). How you feeling? Ok. Alright a couple of rolls. Hard right, push forward. Ease back out of the dive. She really drops the nose eh? Yes. 108 knots, Hard left, push forward. That's better. A stall turn. 115 knots and the Robin is standing on its tail, but the ASI shows 60 knots dropping slowly, look left, almost vertical, hard left rudder, right stick. Slowly she pivots dropping a little onto its back, then sliding fast to a nost down face full of trees attitude. Draw baack the throttle and pull back on the stick till we're going up again and push the rpms back up. Again! Same deal until we're going straight up but this time I apply right stick at the same time as I go full left rudder. She stalls with a dramatic nose down flop. THat's it. First time I've cocked up a stall turn. Not that it matters. Just need more practice. How you feeling? ...err, yeah I think I've had enough. Ok lets go below!
The cloud ceiling was just about where it would be a nuisance, 4000 feet. But it was scattered and less over the coast. 90 degree turns to check for silent air traffic. None so wing over dive 130 knots haul back the stick and look "up" for the horizon coming over. A bit slow, but S shouting "we fell off the top" I though was a bit of an exageration. Hey I', a bit rusty. We didnt really lose 500 ft. I just left it there. Haul the wing over and let the nose drop into a steep dive. 130 knots come up fast. Haul back harder until the stall warning squeeks. Over over "you did it again!". I did not do it the first time. (I reckon the 130 knots should really be 135). How you feeling? Ok. Alright a couple of rolls. Hard right, push forward. Ease back out of the dive. She really drops the nose eh? Yes. 108 knots, Hard left, push forward. That's better. A stall turn. 115 knots and the Robin is standing on its tail, but the ASI shows 60 knots dropping slowly, look left, almost vertical, hard left rudder, right stick. Slowly she pivots dropping a little onto its back, then sliding fast to a nost down face full of trees attitude. Draw baack the throttle and pull back on the stick till we're going up again and push the rpms back up. Again! Same deal until we're going straight up but this time I apply right stick at the same time as I go full left rudder. She stalls with a dramatic nose down flop. THat's it. First time I've cocked up a stall turn. Not that it matters. Just need more practice. How you feeling? ...err, yeah I think I've had enough. Ok lets go below!
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