LongRoadBob
Cleared for Takeoff
It will come with time, I'm sure. But in the student thread maybe it is good to know how we newcomers see things.
Taxiing, takeoff, flying straight, and also banking angles as seen from the left seat are really disorientering.
My new intructor told me to find a "thing" like a screw or whatever and when he sets the aircraft straight in the runway, orient myself to it.
He's a VERY experienced pilot. Maybe even too advanced for me. I don't know. But I have been trying to work this out since the last flight, and understand how to use my reference point. I feel like it is important.
I'm trying to work out how to use that reference point. I experienced it like this, I thought I was understanding that my viewpoint in the left seat was shifted from reality during taxi. My previous instructor tried to tell me that my left knee was the centerline. But it's hard to get used to.
My last flight, we were in the runway and pointed directly ahead, and I was sure we were noticeably pointing to the right. I know and am sure I was wrong, but I'm trying to work out how if I pick a point inside the airplane I can use that to know I am flying straight.
Sorry if this is a dumb question, but any tips are welcome, I get the feeling that this "calibration" is dependant on the distance I am looking towards. Tried to draw his is out geometrically to understand but am confused. It isn't helping.
Is this something that just comes with experience or is there a way to understand it quickly?
Taxiing, takeoff, flying straight, and also banking angles as seen from the left seat are really disorientering.
My new intructor told me to find a "thing" like a screw or whatever and when he sets the aircraft straight in the runway, orient myself to it.
He's a VERY experienced pilot. Maybe even too advanced for me. I don't know. But I have been trying to work this out since the last flight, and understand how to use my reference point. I feel like it is important.
I'm trying to work out how to use that reference point. I experienced it like this, I thought I was understanding that my viewpoint in the left seat was shifted from reality during taxi. My previous instructor tried to tell me that my left knee was the centerline. But it's hard to get used to.
My last flight, we were in the runway and pointed directly ahead, and I was sure we were noticeably pointing to the right. I know and am sure I was wrong, but I'm trying to work out how if I pick a point inside the airplane I can use that to know I am flying straight.
Sorry if this is a dumb question, but any tips are welcome, I get the feeling that this "calibration" is dependant on the distance I am looking towards. Tried to draw his is out geometrically to understand but am confused. It isn't helping.
Is this something that just comes with experience or is there a way to understand it quickly?