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Forum: Private Flying
8th Feb 2014, 20:10
Replies: 278
Views: 33,706
Posted By Chuck Ellsworth

I brought the Cat there, the one we used in the...

I brought the Cat there, the one we used in the movie " Below " by Mirimax.

The two DC4"s were brought in for another movie about the Berlin airlift, but so far it has not been made....I hope they...
Forum: Private Flying
8th Feb 2014, 20:02
Replies: 278
Views: 33,706
Posted By Chuck Ellsworth

Thank you, it takes two to produce a good...

Thank you, it takes two to produce a good discussion. :O
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Just to fine tune this no where did I deny I do not use a slip in the latter part of the landing process if needed, I clearly started...
Forum: Private Flying
8th Feb 2014, 18:15
Replies: 278
Views: 33,706
Posted By Chuck Ellsworth

Yes that is quite possible.....but they will have...

Yes that is quite possible.....but they will have a fair idea of what drift trend to expect if they are taught situational awareness.

Time is an interesting subject when examined in the learning...
Forum: Private Flying
8th Feb 2014, 17:44
Replies: 278
Views: 33,706
Posted By Chuck Ellsworth

I teach them to use whatever control inputs that...

I teach them to use whatever control inputs that are needed based on the visual picture of the airplanes path at the moment.



After the airplane is yawed to track the center line you manage...
Forum: Private Flying
8th Feb 2014, 17:15
Replies: 278
Views: 33,706
Posted By Chuck Ellsworth

Pilots will often argue over different methods of...

Pilots will often argue over different methods of controlling an airplane based on what they were taught...sometimes what they were taught is not always the best method to get the job done.....
...
Forum: Private Flying
8th Feb 2014, 16:44
Replies: 278
Views: 33,706
Posted By Chuck Ellsworth

Obviously this subject has garnered much interest...

Obviously this subject has garnered much interest as shown by how long it has gone on.

It would be self defeating for me to try and dissect every comment made here and make it look like my way is...
Forum: Private Flying
8th Feb 2014, 15:47
Replies: 278
Views: 33,706
Posted By Chuck Ellsworth

These companies are interested in making...

These companies are interested in making money...period.

Much like listening to politicians one has to dig deep to find the truth when these schools put their trained seals on tape explaining...
Forum: Private Flying
7th Feb 2014, 18:59
Replies: 278
Views: 33,706
Posted By Chuck Ellsworth

My best guess is the commentator did not...

My best guess is the commentator did not understand the subject he was commenting on or that so called university do not proof read their material.

Either way it does not instill confidence in...
Forum: Private Flying
7th Feb 2014, 16:59
Replies: 278
Views: 33,706
Posted By Chuck Ellsworth

The person in the video said... " to align...

The person in the video said...

" to align with the runway the crab method relies on thrust. "

My understanding of thrust is that it is a force produced by an engine of some type that either...
Forum: Private Flying
7th Feb 2014, 15:42
Replies: 278
Views: 33,706
Posted By Chuck Ellsworth

In that video they state that the crabbed...

In that video they state that the crabbed approach is a factor of using thrust....

.....then obviously you can not perform a crabbed approach flying a glider.
Forum: Private Flying
6th Feb 2014, 21:48
Replies: 278
Views: 33,706
Posted By Chuck Ellsworth

Judging from the advice to transition from the...

Judging from the advice to transition from the crabbed approach to a side slip to correct for drift before the flair that video was intended for ab-initio training.
Forum: Private Flying
5th Feb 2014, 22:46
Replies: 278
Views: 33,706
Posted By Chuck Ellsworth

I had no idea of your real background Riverrock,...

I had no idea of your real background Riverrock, I thought maybe you were an airline pilot flying the Bus because you brought the Airbus into the discussion.

Alpha floor protection in normal law...
Forum: Private Flying
5th Feb 2014, 20:34
Replies: 278
Views: 33,706
Posted By Chuck Ellsworth

Hi Riverrock, time dims the memory for recalling...

Hi Riverrock, time dims the memory for recalling numbers etc. of different airplanes it has been a long time since I did the simulator training at Airbus and I never had the opportunity to fly the...
Forum: Private Flying
5th Feb 2014, 20:22
Replies: 278
Views: 33,706
Posted By Chuck Ellsworth

Yes, experience is vital in performing any...

Yes, experience is vital in performing any physical exercise accurately, however if we look at this in its most simple context we use the picture we see at the moment to determine how much control...
Forum: Private Flying
5th Feb 2014, 20:09
Replies: 278
Views: 33,706
Posted By Chuck Ellsworth

With regard to the time frame between the flare...

With regard to the time frame between the flare and the touch down the shorter the time frame the less exposure one has to both drift caused by X/wind and height above the runway variations caused by...
Forum: Private Flying
5th Feb 2014, 17:31
Replies: 278
Views: 33,706
Posted By Chuck Ellsworth

Exactly.....by aligning the aircraft straight...

Exactly.....by aligning the aircraft straight down the runway inertia of mass will keep the airplane from drifting sideways......as long as you do not stay in the air to long. :ok::ok::ok:

Isn't...
Forum: Private Flying
4th Feb 2014, 22:03
Replies: 278
Views: 33,706
Posted By Chuck Ellsworth

From what I have heard there have been a few who...

From what I have heard there have been a few who for whatever reason went end over end water skiing wheel equipped airplanes.



I can not answer that particular question as that team was in...
Forum: Private Flying
4th Feb 2014, 16:18
Replies: 278
Views: 33,706
Posted By Chuck Ellsworth

To avoid confusion it is best to think of it as...

To avoid confusion it is best to think of it as reducing angle of attack on the lifting surface.
Forum: Private Flying
3rd Feb 2014, 15:40
Replies: 278
Views: 33,706
Posted By Chuck Ellsworth

It was an excellent demonstration of an approach,...

It was an excellent demonstration of an approach, landing and running down the grass with the tail in the air using the forward slip technique.

It is a very useful method of teaching airplane...
Forum: Private Flying
3rd Feb 2014, 00:42
Replies: 278
Views: 33,706
Posted By Chuck Ellsworth

Exactly Desert185 its not black magic. :) :ugh:

Exactly Desert185 its not black magic. :) :ugh:
Forum: Private Flying
2nd Feb 2014, 22:53
Replies: 278
Views: 33,706
Posted By Chuck Ellsworth

And that is why you now are using into wind...

And that is why you now are using into wind aileron and opposite rudder to side slip into wind enough to track straight down the runway. :ok::ok::ok:

EUREKA!
Forum: Private Flying
1st Feb 2014, 17:29
Replies: 278
Views: 33,706
Posted By Chuck Ellsworth

Not meaning to be pedantic but I am trying to...

Not meaning to be pedantic but I am trying to remember if I was ever stabilized on an instrument approach in IMC and at three hundred feet destabilized from balanced flight controls to a sideslip in...
Forum: Private Flying
1st Feb 2014, 14:41
Replies: 278
Views: 33,706
Posted By Chuck Ellsworth

We should start a new thread on how to land as...

We should start a new thread on how to land as this has morphed into a how to land thread.

I started this thread to ask why so many pilots side slip all the way down the final approach. :ugh:
Forum: Private Flying
31st Jan 2014, 23:27
Replies: 278
Views: 33,706
Posted By Chuck Ellsworth

Yes Pace beyond doubt one can water ski a wheel...

Yes Pace beyond doubt one can water ski a wheel equipped airplane and they do.

However when I am asked is it professional I can not think of any time during my career that I was asked to...
Forum: Private Flying
31st Jan 2014, 19:06
Replies: 278
Views: 33,706
Posted By Chuck Ellsworth

Your ability do do that was generated by either...

Your ability do do that was generated by either very good instruction or from self learning of what the picture looks like....what part of the picture gives you the best accuracy and the desire for...
Forum: Private Flying
31st Jan 2014, 18:48
Replies: 278
Views: 33,706
Posted By Chuck Ellsworth

I have to admit that I do not consider that...

I have to admit that I do not consider that exercise to be a mark of professionalism, in fact I personally think it is reckless disregard for safety and a display of poor airmanship.

Yes, I do...
Forum: Private Flying
31st Jan 2014, 18:36
Replies: 278
Views: 33,706
Posted By Chuck Ellsworth

There are degrees of precision in most every en...

There are degrees of precision in most every en devour in our lives,flying is only one example.

For sure we can fly with rather wide margins of precision and not wreck airplanes....however if it...
Forum: Private Flying
31st Jan 2014, 16:27
Replies: 278
Views: 33,706
Posted By Chuck Ellsworth

Actually before one can consistently land...

Actually before one can consistently land properly one must be able to judge the height of the wheels above the runway ( Or any landing surface ).

There are two specific heights one must be able...
Forum: Private Flying
31st Jan 2014, 15:30
Replies: 278
Views: 33,706
Posted By Chuck Ellsworth

No doubt that it would. :O Some years ago I...

No doubt that it would. :O

Some years ago I wrote a in depth explanation of how to land, it has to be in the arcives somewhere.....if we could find it it would save me a lot of time re-writing it.
Forum: Private Flying
31st Jan 2014, 14:49
Replies: 278
Views: 33,706
Posted By Chuck Ellsworth

Good morning fellow Ppruners, I see the...

Good morning fellow Ppruners, I see the conversation has become polite again and the insulting comments have disappeared, maybe it is a time zone thing and we are back in a culture that can show some...
Forum: Private Flying
31st Jan 2014, 00:31
Replies: 278
Views: 33,706
Posted By Chuck Ellsworth

O.K. gang this was a good discussion for quite a...

O.K. gang this was a good discussion for quite a while but I see we are back to insults again.

So I'm out of this because nowhere have I said side slipping is not a useful method of correcting for...
Forum: Private Flying
30th Jan 2014, 22:04
Replies: 278
Views: 33,706
Posted By Chuck Ellsworth

Yup...that is exactly what has happened and you...

Yup...that is exactly what has happened and you can thank Cessna for what we see today because this started it.


http://i.imgur.com/Zr6AT8s.jpg
Forum: Private Flying
30th Jan 2014, 21:57
Replies: 278
Views: 33,706
Posted By Chuck Ellsworth

I would like to elaborate on the above by sapco2,...

I would like to elaborate on the above by sapco2, his use of words can only be correct you are approaching with crossed controls on final with no crosswind or straight into wind.....then it would be...
Forum: Private Flying
30th Jan 2014, 16:37
Replies: 278
Views: 33,706
Posted By Chuck Ellsworth

Another thought..... If we use the side slip...

Another thought.....

If we use the side slip during the final approach segment of the approach and landing and the X/wind is strong we are forced to use significant slip to track the landing...
Forum: Private Flying
30th Jan 2014, 16:22
Replies: 278
Views: 33,706
Posted By Chuck Ellsworth

We never know what conditions may face us some...

We never know what conditions may face us some day, therefore we must strive to learn to handle an airplane to the limits the airplane can be operated.

The above can and will present its self if...
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