EdFred
Taxi to Parking
Taxied on the center lines, instructor was surprised I could do it from the right seat. Take off, not an issue. Steep turns to the left - rock solid. To the right - so so - this Arrow is a bit more nose heavy than my Cherokee, but the 3rd or fourth one was almost perfect - his words, not mine. Did a power off stall, no issues there, either. We talked about power and prop management, and he gave my his way. And my response was, I just remember to keep the blue lever in front of the black lever, and that's what I will teach my students. His comment was something along the lines of "Wow, I never thought about it being that simple."
Then I "won" my first "argument" in the plane. Come in for the first approach, and I said (just my preference) that I like to have 2 notches of flaps in when abeam my touchdown point, mostly because, well, just because. He makes the comment that we can't make it to the runway if the engine quits at this point.
Rut-roh, don't make that claim if you can't back it up! So I tell him the plane is his and I am pulling the power, let's see how it comes out. Even had to bank it / slip it to not go too far down the runway.
After that he said he's not going to question me on how I do things unless he thinks we're going to die.
CFI in training: 1
CFI in left seat: 0
I performed another two take offs and landings, on centerline, and we called it a day. Other than getting used to the nose being a tad heavier and losing the steep turns I forsee no issues in flying from the right seat.
It's going to be a scary day for aviation when I get to tack those three letters behind my name. Be afraid. Be very afraid.
Then I "won" my first "argument" in the plane. Come in for the first approach, and I said (just my preference) that I like to have 2 notches of flaps in when abeam my touchdown point, mostly because, well, just because. He makes the comment that we can't make it to the runway if the engine quits at this point.
Rut-roh, don't make that claim if you can't back it up! So I tell him the plane is his and I am pulling the power, let's see how it comes out. Even had to bank it / slip it to not go too far down the runway.
After that he said he's not going to question me on how I do things unless he thinks we're going to die.
CFI in training: 1
CFI in left seat: 0
I performed another two take offs and landings, on centerline, and we called it a day. Other than getting used to the nose being a tad heavier and losing the steep turns I forsee no issues in flying from the right seat.
It's going to be a scary day for aviation when I get to tack those three letters behind my name. Be afraid. Be very afraid.
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