gitmo234
Line Up and Wait
Today I had one hell of a frustrating evening solo flight. I currently have 50 hours and probably scheduling my check ride sometime this week. I normally train at an airport with a short field so now I actually have trouble with normal sized runways.
During the run-up the skydiver bird pulled in front of me at the hold short line, waiting for me to finish my run up. I radioed he could go around in the grass and I got a snarky response "I CANT GO THROUGH THE DAMN GRASS", which is odd because we normal do if someone is in the way, it's dry out, and he was empty. It was snarky enough that the individual at the unicom made a remark about it. I gave him a look and finished my run up.
I flew today to a normal sized runway. First touch and go a family of deer jumped about in front of me about 20 feet away the second I was fully on the ground. Not enough space to give it gas and get above them, so I hit the brakes and at the last second they cleared. No issues.
Second touch and go a fox ran in front of me.
I do a few more and I always seem to float and when I flare I gain altitude. Its like I have trouble judging either speed or height from runway, and this is a recurrent problem. One of them I bounced (but not too bad) on the rear wheels only. Not really an issue when my instructor is with me. Only when flying solo
I do several more that were better. I let it float a bit in ground effect before flaring.
I return to my home airport and there's half a dozen aircraft in the pattern and a glider transmitting absolute garble (bad radio), so people were complaining they couldnt be understood.
I hope in #3 in the pattern and get on a short final. My instructor (who is teaching another student at the time, also in the pattern), calls out that that the glider turned final on the opposite runway (coming directly at me), so I properly execute a go-round and jump immediately into the downwind for a grass strip.
At this point a gentleman from the glider club sitting on what appeared to be a hoveround chair in the middle of the airfield proceeds to give me a "WTF?!?!" gesture. At this point I'm under pressure and flustered. I come in for the grass strip too low (almost took some corn out with my rudder) and bounce the 172 a few times (rear wheels only) on the grass strip, followed by "WTF!!!" looks from the glider gentleman on the hoveround.
I get back to talk it out with my instructor and he's not available and says "tell me later so I can yell at you for whatever it was".
So I left ****ed off and I would like some advice on what I need to look for when it comes to why I'm floating in the pattern and sometimes seem to bounce when I flare.
On the normal runway at my home airport I seem to do fine. Get me on something longer than 200 feet and of normal width with no obstacles to clear before landing and I struggle.
During the run-up the skydiver bird pulled in front of me at the hold short line, waiting for me to finish my run up. I radioed he could go around in the grass and I got a snarky response "I CANT GO THROUGH THE DAMN GRASS", which is odd because we normal do if someone is in the way, it's dry out, and he was empty. It was snarky enough that the individual at the unicom made a remark about it. I gave him a look and finished my run up.
I flew today to a normal sized runway. First touch and go a family of deer jumped about in front of me about 20 feet away the second I was fully on the ground. Not enough space to give it gas and get above them, so I hit the brakes and at the last second they cleared. No issues.
Second touch and go a fox ran in front of me.
I do a few more and I always seem to float and when I flare I gain altitude. Its like I have trouble judging either speed or height from runway, and this is a recurrent problem. One of them I bounced (but not too bad) on the rear wheels only. Not really an issue when my instructor is with me. Only when flying solo
I do several more that were better. I let it float a bit in ground effect before flaring.
I return to my home airport and there's half a dozen aircraft in the pattern and a glider transmitting absolute garble (bad radio), so people were complaining they couldnt be understood.
I hope in #3 in the pattern and get on a short final. My instructor (who is teaching another student at the time, also in the pattern), calls out that that the glider turned final on the opposite runway (coming directly at me), so I properly execute a go-round and jump immediately into the downwind for a grass strip.
At this point a gentleman from the glider club sitting on what appeared to be a hoveround chair in the middle of the airfield proceeds to give me a "WTF?!?!" gesture. At this point I'm under pressure and flustered. I come in for the grass strip too low (almost took some corn out with my rudder) and bounce the 172 a few times (rear wheels only) on the grass strip, followed by "WTF!!!" looks from the glider gentleman on the hoveround.
I get back to talk it out with my instructor and he's not available and says "tell me later so I can yell at you for whatever it was".
So I left ****ed off and I would like some advice on what I need to look for when it comes to why I'm floating in the pattern and sometimes seem to bounce when I flare.
On the normal runway at my home airport I seem to do fine. Get me on something longer than 200 feet and of normal width with no obstacles to clear before landing and I struggle.