Recent content by kevinbentley

Nice to see a local! I passed my checkride on 9/11/13 out of KMAN. I love that airport (I provide the live-atc feed for KMAN/KEUL). I'm a member of t-craft in Nampa, which is a great club. My CFI was Jim Hudson, who is a great instructor and a great guy. I'd be happy to answer any questions...

I'm at 41 hours right now, the only thing left is my long XC and 1.5 hours of hood time until I've met all my requirements (other than a final sign off by my CFI). I'm flying a C172 I've used for most of my training, and my route takes me through the mountains. I've flown in this area before...

I had some of these same problems, but what Bruce C said is exactly what my problem was. I was coming in too fast. I started paying close attention to my airspeed on final and using trim to control my airspeed. Trim for the speed you want and use the throttle to control your descent. I also...

I work in the simulation industry, so I'm admittedly a bit biased. But, I bought a setup like this (all of those controls plus some others including IR head tracking from TrackIR), and I've been using it in X-Plane for a while. I used it for about a month before I started training for real...