bullwinkle
Pattern Altitude
Hey all...
I had two lessons for my sport pilot ticket in the last two days, and in those lessons I made my first six landings in an AMD Zodiac CH601XL. I would not say they were "great" landings, but I didn't bend anything.
It's amazing how fast things happen during landing, and how many things you have to keep track of and adjust for all at once. The Zodiac is pretty sensitive to fly as well, which just makes it that much harder.
My main issues so far:
1) Getting the pitch correct to keep the speed correct so that my sink rate is good but I don't build too much speed.
2) I drift off the runway centerline too much, and it takes gross corrections to bring me back. My instructor said he wants me to try to make smaller corrections sooner.
Anyhow, I landed a plane six times, and my instructor didn't have to take the controls on any of them. Woo-hoo!
I had two lessons for my sport pilot ticket in the last two days, and in those lessons I made my first six landings in an AMD Zodiac CH601XL. I would not say they were "great" landings, but I didn't bend anything.
It's amazing how fast things happen during landing, and how many things you have to keep track of and adjust for all at once. The Zodiac is pretty sensitive to fly as well, which just makes it that much harder.
My main issues so far:
1) Getting the pitch correct to keep the speed correct so that my sink rate is good but I don't build too much speed.
2) I drift off the runway centerline too much, and it takes gross corrections to bring me back. My instructor said he wants me to try to make smaller corrections sooner.
Anyhow, I landed a plane six times, and my instructor didn't have to take the controls on any of them. Woo-hoo!