landings...bumpy day

[alaskan9974]

Hello there, new student pilot. Introduced to my first landings today after working my through the stages and maneuvers. 8ish hours on the clock and landings are presenting a challenge for me. I have passed every other lesson up to this point with no issues, so feeling a little intimidated. Flying patterns in a 172 today, two lights in the red and at book numbers for each circuit adjusted for the wind, everything is perfect until I get to roundout and it seems like I forgot how to fly.

I didn't decrab enough on my first logged landing and I felt the right side touch first several feet from the centerline. Second time around I tried to avoid that drift, landed on centerline but harder then I wanted. Next two times were uneventful, on the final full stop I was on the brakes too hard after landing and heard a skid with some scuffing on the tires.

Hard thing for me is that I recognize some of what I am doing is not correct, but don't seem to remember it. Today was a little windier then usual, xwind @ 5g12. We did mix in some practice go-arounds, and I know that is always an option. Had fun with my first landings and pattern flying. The plane and my instructor are still in one piece but this is bugging me. Practice makes perfect? Or am I missing something obvious.

 

[RyanB]

Nobody will ever be able to make a perfect landing every time. Since this was your first lesson on landings, I wouldn't lose sleep over it. It will get better with time.

 

[Clip4]

Hello there, new student pilot. Introduced to my first landings today after working my through the stages and maneuvers. 8ish hours on the clock and landings are presenting a challenge for me. I have passed every other lesson up to this point with no issues, so feeling a little intimidated. Flying patterns in a 172 today, two lights in the red and at book numbers for each circuit adjusted for the wind, everything is perfect until I get to roundout and it seems like I forgot how to fly.

I didn't decrab enough on my first logged landing and I felt the right side touch first several feet from the centerline. Second time around I tried to avoid that drift, landed on centerline but harder then I wanted. Next two times were uneventful, on the final full stop I was on the brakes too hard after landing and heard a skid with some scuffing on the tires.

Hard thing for me is that I recognize some of what I am doing is not correct, but don't seem to remember it. Today was a little windier then usual, xwind @ 5g12. We did mix in some practice go-arounds, and I know that is always an option. Had fun with my first landings and pattern flying. The plane and my instructor are still in one piece but this is bugging me. Practice makes perfect? Or am I missing something obvious.

At 8 hours you are doing fine. If the wind is from the right side, your right tire is supposed to touch first.

 

[Harold Rutila]

Hello there, new student pilot. Introduced to my first landings today after working my through the stages and maneuvers. 8ish hours on the clock and landings are presenting a challenge for me.

You, and everyone else at 8 hours. Don't worry too much about it.

 

[denverpilot]

You, and everyone else at 8 hours. Don't worry too much about it.

This.

 

[alaskan9974]

At 8 hours you are doing fine. If the wind is from the right side, your right tire is supposed to touch first.

Left wind, right tire. If they swap the tire because of the scuff....maybe a souvenir for me. Back at it tomorrow I just needed to vent.

 

[denverpilot]

Left wind, right tire. If they swap the tire because of the scuff....maybe a souvenir for me. Back at it tomorrow I just needed to vent.

LOL. You'd probably be amazed at how many tires students destroy per year in a busy club. Most don't buy the nice tires that'll last half a decade with care. They'll be replacing the expensive ones just as fast as the cheap ones.

And usually a "scuff" from a crosswind landing isn't how they die. It's almost 99% of the time, someone landing with their feet on the brakes and/or braking too hard.

That tire slide is way more destructive. And sometimes it's even harder to feel than a sideways scuff because you're still decelerating in mostly a straight line. It's more subtle in the butt feel. Haha.

 

[ircphoenix]

I'm a certificated pilot and I still can't land worth a damn. You'll be fine. On windy days, don't be afraid to land on one wheel. Get your sight picture and then work the controls to maintain that sight picture. Remember that your inputs on the controls will need to increase as you slow down and your controls become less effective with less wind moving over them.

And oh yeah... More right rudder!

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