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Hi Meldrew
Well unfortunately financially we are not that stable to fly if we were I would fly every week
however I only fly twice a month because my dad is setting how much to pay for the flights so that we don't go bankrupt.
I am postponing my ppl until I am around 15 but for now like you said I just love flying so I just do these trials also in a way I still learn things like today when I flew we did a glide as if the engine was cut and what the ideal speed is for gliding the further distance but it isn't the ppl yet
Many thanks for your response
Kind regards
Adam
Well unfortunately financially we are not that stable to fly if we were I would fly every week
however I only fly twice a month because my dad is setting how much to pay for the flights so that we don't go bankrupt.I am postponing my ppl until I am around 15 but for now like you said I just love flying so I just do these trials also in a way I still learn things like today when I flew we did a glide as if the engine was cut and what the ideal speed is for gliding the further distance but it isn't the ppl yet
Many thanks for your response
Kind regards
Adam
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I heard that very, very soon there will be a very smart addition to the SFC fleet:
Tecnam P2008-JC
G-JSFC
Tecnam P2008-JC
G-JSFC
Adam, why not learn to fly a glider first, you can start now and be a better pilot when you move to power. Take a look at the British Gliding Association to find a club, many of them have holiday courses.
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Hi
I did research some on glider flight school but prop swinger is right stapleford is really really close and also I am not really good with the joystick I prefer the yoke it will be a whole another thing to get used too however because its half term I have more time so I will do some more research on gliders.
Many thanks for your advice
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Adam
I did research some on glider flight school but prop swinger is right stapleford is really really close and also I am not really good with the joystick I prefer the yoke it will be a whole another thing to get used too however because its half term I have more time so I will do some more research on gliders.
Many thanks for your advice
Kind regards
Adam
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I heard that very, very soon there will be a very smart addition to the SFC fleet:
Tecnam P2008-JC
G-JSFC
Tecnam P2008-JC
G-JSFC
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Last edited by hegemon88; 29th Oct 2014 at 10:03. Reason: I meant stick and typed yoke. Getting old...
I don't like it now, do you think it's going to replace the cessna 152 and 172Join Date: Sep 2012
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That's the plan I believe, i.e. to replace the 152s. -YX and -MH recently deregistered and -EC dumped on visitors parking without the engine since summer. It's called progress.
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Yoke or stick, third wheel front or back....
Adam, the mark of a truly enthusiastic candidate pilot will be the obvious desire to try anything that flies. Yes, you may have to learn a new skill or technique, but that is the point!
Don't decline a type based upon your perception of how you fly it, some pretty sharp Engineers and Test Pilots already have that part worked out....
Don't decline a type based upon your perception of how you fly it, some pretty sharp Engineers and Test Pilots already have that part worked out....
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I guess I can get used to the stick...
Or maybe by the time I get my license and leave that's when they bring it in
I have a question: yesterday I flew G-BNJC but when we were around 3,000ft when we had hands off the yoke me and my instructor realised what the plane started slowly banking to the right and then eventually increasing its rate of bank so I had to quickly turn the plane for wings level does anyone know why that was so so that next time i go I can say to my instructor why it did what it did so that I can seem smart... Just kidding but I really would like to know why
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Or maybe by the time I get my license and leave that's when they bring it in
I have a question: yesterday I flew G-BNJC but when we were around 3,000ft when we had hands off the yoke me and my instructor realised what the plane started slowly banking to the right and then eventually increasing its rate of bank so I had to quickly turn the plane for wings level does anyone know why that was so so that next time i go I can say to my instructor why it did what it did so that I can seem smart
... Just kidding but I really would like to know whyMany thanks
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Well, I just wiped some of the dust off my Crystal Ball.....I see a pilot and co-pilot of different weights.....I see an old airframe, I see a difference in tension or rigging,between aileron actuating mechanisms, I see a slight assymetry between right and left (just a twisted wheel-spat, maybe? )
In short, there is no definitive answer to your question......Have you been paying attention at your Physics lessons?...Very early on, one is taught "for every action there is an............"
Now then,you have over 100 horsepower turning the propellor......what might that do to the prime-mover and it's mountings?
Even if you have not reached that stage yet, I assume you are still issued with text-books like I, and my children were? There's nothing stopping you reading it all. It's called initiative!
I admire your keen ness and enthusiasm, but don't get lazy, think things through and then research to prove or discard your conclusions.
This sort of self-discipline will make you a better,more educated person, a better pilot and a more successful person in your working life.
In short, there is no definitive answer to your question......Have you been paying attention at your Physics lessons?...Very early on, one is taught "for every action there is an............"
Now then,you have over 100 horsepower turning the propellor......what might that do to the prime-mover and it's mountings?
Even if you have not reached that stage yet, I assume you are still issued with text-books like I, and my children were? There's nothing stopping you reading it all. It's called initiative!
I admire your keen ness and enthusiasm, but don't get lazy, think things through and then research to prove or discard your conclusions.
This sort of self-discipline will make you a better,more educated person, a better pilot and a more successful person in your working life.
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I guess I can get used to the stick...
That day, I learned how to hand prop ('cause it had no starter), I figured out how to fly with a stick, I figured out how to fly a taildragger on skis (I had only an hour of taildragger time), and most importantly, I learned that not all carburettors have accelerator pumps, so if you jam the throttle, it's going to quit, and you'll have to get out and hand prop it again. They were all laughing at me when I taxiied back to shore an hour later - but I learned a number of things, and got used to the stick.
Now I own a plane with each arrangement - One tricycle, yoke, fixed prop, fixed wheels, push type throttle on the panel. The other, taildragger, stick, CS prop, retractable, overhead throttle, and T tail. Oh, and it also floats.
Fly as many different planes as you can.....
Probably because he lives in London & Stapleford is much, much closer & more accessible than the nearest gliding clubs.
I did mention holiday course, did I not? He is fourteen years old. Instead of faffing around doing umpteen trial lessons and learning not much at fairly great expense, he could actually put the money his parents are providing to good use and fly solo much sooner, and gain good stick and rudder skills.
Just because Stapleford is close does not make it invariably the best option. Save up the cash, go for a week at a time, and a achieve a result. Then fly power when he is old enough to get a licence.
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Hi all.
Many thanks for the responses.
My instructor said that yesterday's event on G-BNJC was unusual it doesn't normally happen when we got out of the plane I noted that the rudder tab was shifted to the right only slightly and my instructor said she will speak to the engineers.
In the 6 total times I flew, I flew 5 c152's G-BFFW,G-BTGW and G-BNJC
and I flew the pa-28-161 once (G-CEGU)
I am still researching those holiday courses but still did not find anything
So in the meantime I will fly at EGSG because as many of you might agree flying is just so awesome and I wish I could do it every second.
I am willing to fly planes with a joystick but I am not a big fan of it
If there is any more advice I would appreciate it.
Many thanks
Adam
Many thanks for the responses.
My instructor said that yesterday's event on G-BNJC was unusual it doesn't normally happen when we got out of the plane I noted that the rudder tab was shifted to the right only slightly and my instructor said she will speak to the engineers.
In the 6 total times I flew, I flew 5 c152's G-BFFW,G-BTGW and G-BNJC
and I flew the pa-28-161 once (G-CEGU)
I am still researching those holiday courses but still did not find anything
So in the meantime I will fly at EGSG because as many of you might agree flying is just so awesome and I wish I could do it every second.
I am willing to fly planes with a joystick but I am not a big fan of it
If there is any more advice I would appreciate it.
Many thanks
Adam
You aren't looking very hard then. Try typing
Gliding course
In Google.
How hard can that be?
Because yes, flying is awesome, but those of us who have to earn the money to pay for it have to get the best value for our money.
Gliding course
In Google.
How hard can that be?
Because yes, flying is awesome, but those of us who have to earn the money to pay for it have to get the best value for our money.
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Adam, your following Piper Classique's advice with great care and seriousness will reward you. You can't imagine how experienced and worthwhile that poster's advice is to you, and other new fliers. You are so luck that Piper Classique is taking the time to post to you....
Though you sound like you're being given a nice head start by your parent's contribution to your flying, ultimately, you have to make it on your own. Learning to greatly value and follow mentoring from posters like Piper Classique will serve you well.
Piper Classique is not offering you a menu from which to choose, but instead a crack in the door, with a bit of a view to what you're looking for - you have to force the door open, and move toward what you are being shown, or you will always be on the "didn't get through" side of that door. Learn to really struggle to gain the advancement you want. Your youth is the time to refine this valuable skill!
Though you sound like you're being given a nice head start by your parent's contribution to your flying, ultimately, you have to make it on your own. Learning to greatly value and follow mentoring from posters like Piper Classique will serve you well.
Piper Classique is not offering you a menu from which to choose, but instead a crack in the door, with a bit of a view to what you're looking for - you have to force the door open, and move toward what you are being shown, or you will always be on the "didn't get through" side of that door. Learn to really struggle to gain the advancement you want. Your youth is the time to refine this valuable skill!