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En-Route
[I first posted this on the red board, but realized that there are a lot of folks here, with much wisdom!, that don't read the red board (imagine that!) and I decided to repost in the hopes of getting input from y'all, too!] [hope that's ok?]
I dunno, but I expect it doesn't involve bouncing around like a flippin' hackey-sack . . .
That's what I get for waiting a whole week between lessons, I reckon. Sigh.
Well, maybe Friday will be better!
Hmm, perhaps for clarity's sake (and to announce a furthering of my jargon abilities) I should say "ballooning", perhaps? We never touched the runway in our yo-yo'ing adventures.
An Update:
I couldn't wait 'til Friday - I don't like having something hang over me like that, so I went back this afternoon and we went up again for half an hour, staying in the pattern and landing a couple of times (um, we took off, too)(also twice)
. The first one went pretty well. The second one was a bit stupid, again - I'm kind of yanking it back and up we go again. But we got it back down
and landed just fine.
Good things to take from this afternoon:
1. Though I had been a bit behind the aircraft this morning, I was able to be more proactive and stay ahead of it this afternoon;
2. I was able to use gentle inputs and keep things coordinated in the pattern;
3. I'm doing pretty good approaches - he likes my approaches!
4. Even if I screw up, there's still a lot of runway to land on!
5. I can taxi with the best of 'em! (well, I can taxi pretty good, anyway!)
On Friday, if he thinks this is a good idea, I'm going to work on using much lighter control inputs while landing (he will have to be ready to help if I'm too light on it!). I think that I'd be better able to successfully INCREASE yoke inputs to the right point than trying to ease them off. Dunno. It's all an experiment!
I'm happy to entertain suggestions!!
I dunno, but I expect it doesn't involve bouncing around like a flippin' hackey-sack . . .
That's what I get for waiting a whole week between lessons, I reckon. Sigh.
Well, maybe Friday will be better!
Hmm, perhaps for clarity's sake (and to announce a furthering of my jargon abilities) I should say "ballooning", perhaps? We never touched the runway in our yo-yo'ing adventures.
An Update:
I couldn't wait 'til Friday - I don't like having something hang over me like that, so I went back this afternoon and we went up again for half an hour, staying in the pattern and landing a couple of times (um, we took off, too)(also twice)
Good things to take from this afternoon:
1. Though I had been a bit behind the aircraft this morning, I was able to be more proactive and stay ahead of it this afternoon;
2. I was able to use gentle inputs and keep things coordinated in the pattern;
3. I'm doing pretty good approaches - he likes my approaches!
4. Even if I screw up, there's still a lot of runway to land on!
5. I can taxi with the best of 'em! (well, I can taxi pretty good, anyway!)
On Friday, if he thinks this is a good idea, I'm going to work on using much lighter control inputs while landing (he will have to be ready to help if I'm too light on it!). I think that I'd be better able to successfully INCREASE yoke inputs to the right point than trying to ease them off. Dunno. It's all an experiment!
I'm happy to entertain suggestions!!