flyingcheesehead
Touchdown! Greaser!
This one's not for an airplane, it's for a checkride.
I'm flying an Arrow IV with the god-awful gear auto-extender system and it was messing me up on some things, plus I kept forgetting the exact airspeeds, power settings, etc. for all of the various maneuvers.
So, I made a checklist for the commercial maneuvers as a reminder to make sure I'm getting into the right configuration before I start the maneuver, plus it's a "cliffs notes" for the PTS tolerances.
I flight-tested it yesterday and ended up having to add "Auto-extend - Disable" to Lazy Eights, Power-on Stalls, and Steep Spirals. Finicky system I tell ya! In fact, looking at it now the only maneuver where you DON'T have to disable the auto-extend is steep turns! No wonder most planes have had it removed.
Anyway, I remember doing something like this for my private too (basically just quickie-notes on the PTS tolerances) and figured this could be a starting point for anyone. So, here ya go.
Again, questions/comments/suggestions are most welcome! Haven't shown this one to a CFI yet.
I'm flying an Arrow IV with the god-awful gear auto-extender system and it was messing me up on some things, plus I kept forgetting the exact airspeeds, power settings, etc. for all of the various maneuvers.
So, I made a checklist for the commercial maneuvers as a reminder to make sure I'm getting into the right configuration before I start the maneuver, plus it's a "cliffs notes" for the PTS tolerances.
I flight-tested it yesterday and ended up having to add "Auto-extend - Disable" to Lazy Eights, Power-on Stalls, and Steep Spirals. Finicky system I tell ya! In fact, looking at it now the only maneuver where you DON'T have to disable the auto-extend is steep turns! No wonder most planes have had it removed.
Anyway, I remember doing something like this for my private too (basically just quickie-notes on the PTS tolerances) and figured this could be a starting point for anyone. So, here ya go.
Again, questions/comments/suggestions are most welcome! Haven't shown this one to a CFI yet.