CJ 6 winter mountain flying
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dtuuri
Final Approach
Only took about 10 secs to see the motor goes around the wrong way and the AI is upside down. I'm sure it would kill me.
motoadve
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The instruments in the plane are from Rusia or copy of them, and they have a theory of why the AI is inverted, personally I dont like it either.
AGI -1K Artificial Horizon The artificial horizon in the Yak works differently from 'western' ones, mainly in the way the sky and ground are represented . In the Yak, the gyro keeps the instrument's 'globe' level with the local horizon - whereas 'western' instruments use a system of pivots and levers on the outer gimbal to cause the movement of the gyro to appear in a 'reverse' sense . In the Yak, in level flight, the aircraft symbol is just about on the horizon line . There is brown above and blue below . If we fly a Pitch Up attitude, the horizon 'globe' remains static, under the influence of its gyro, but the aircraft rotates around the 'globe' in pitch . In a case where the aircraft is pitching up but the globe is still static, you will see there is now MORE blue and LESS brown visible . You are 'looking at' more 'sky', and you can 'see' less 'ground', as you would expect . In a way, this is a simpler system for aerobatic planes like the Yak -52 or Nanchang. .
AGI -1K Artificial Horizon The artificial horizon in the Yak works differently from 'western' ones, mainly in the way the sky and ground are represented . In the Yak, the gyro keeps the instrument's 'globe' level with the local horizon - whereas 'western' instruments use a system of pivots and levers on the outer gimbal to cause the movement of the gyro to appear in a 'reverse' sense . In the Yak, in level flight, the aircraft symbol is just about on the horizon line . There is brown above and blue below . If we fly a Pitch Up attitude, the horizon 'globe' remains static, under the influence of its gyro, but the aircraft rotates around the 'globe' in pitch . In a case where the aircraft is pitching up but the globe is still static, you will see there is now MORE blue and LESS brown visible . You are 'looking at' more 'sky', and you can 'see' less 'ground', as you would expect . In a way, this is a simpler system for aerobatic planes like the Yak -52 or Nanchang. .
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Wow.. Soviet style AIs are interesting.. just past the 1 minute mark he fiddles with it.. it's almost like third person video game playing
I guess you get used to different AIs but frankly the western ones where it ACTUALLY looks like an artificial horizon (what you would see out the window) seems to make more sense to me
I guess you get used to different AIs but frankly the western ones where it ACTUALLY looks like an artificial horizon (what you would see out the window) seems to make more sense to me
Salty
Touchdown! Greaser!
Yeah, I’ve only flown a cj a couple times, but I had a heck of a time holding altitude because I was always adjusting pitch the wrong way due to the AI. I had to just ignore it and look outside.