bigblockz8
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Gore
I'm having trouble landing on a wider runway. I'm used to a 40ft runway and I know I need to be able to adapt. I simply cannot get center line! I either land on the left or right side in the middle or what mentally is a 50ft wide runway. I've been flying with friends (no CFIs) at KFDK which has a 100ft runway. When they let me land I always land this way!
One reminisced that he too had this issue. The odd thing is that I learned to land at this same airport on the same runway in the same 172SP. It isn't the G1000, isn't the extra 20hp, and isn't the new tower. I started my flying at KFDK and when I left for W00 and it's 40ft runway I had trouble but after three landings I was fine. I did 13 landings today! Had fun but Never on the centerline. Tower asked if we were practicing for a narrow runway
I later got to fly a Cherokee. Same problem. The owner didn't mind so long as I stuck with my pretend centerline on the "40ft" runway.
Any tips? I tried to do the whole extended centerline through the yoke but I somehow kept ending up down the middle of the left or right sides. On a related note I certainly could take off down the centerline without more than a two foot drift!
I've been trying to shake off rust since I haven't had a logged flight since winter. I want to save up $ and then go for solo. This issue is bothering me. When we went back to W00 I landed perfectly on the centerline. We had a laugh about it.
Suggestions?
PS: I was in the left seat! The main a/c was a 172SP
One reminisced that he too had this issue. The odd thing is that I learned to land at this same airport on the same runway in the same 172SP. It isn't the G1000, isn't the extra 20hp, and isn't the new tower. I started my flying at KFDK and when I left for W00 and it's 40ft runway I had trouble but after three landings I was fine. I did 13 landings today! Had fun but Never on the centerline. Tower asked if we were practicing for a narrow runway
I later got to fly a Cherokee. Same problem. The owner didn't mind so long as I stuck with my pretend centerline on the "40ft" runway.
Any tips? I tried to do the whole extended centerline through the yoke but I somehow kept ending up down the middle of the left or right sides. On a related note I certainly could take off down the centerline without more than a two foot drift!
I've been trying to shake off rust since I haven't had a logged flight since winter. I want to save up $ and then go for solo. This issue is bothering me. When we went back to W00 I landed perfectly on the centerline. We had a laugh about it.
Suggestions?
PS: I was in the left seat! The main a/c was a 172SP