The Greener Grass
22nd Jul 2001, 21:33
This is a little advice to all PPL students, based on some of my own experience - nothing else.
Having just read the thread 'not happy with 1st solo' I thought it would be good to highlight an issue I encountered shortly after doing my 1st solo.
This is to be very very careful when doing touch and gos especially, that you don't accidently apply differential braking (i.e. one side only) when trying to track the centreline.
This danger was not really highlighted enough by my instructor, and I only found out when doing circuits myself, and if not on your guard is very easy to do in a Cessna.
The aircraft will suddendly pull to one side of the runway and you think you are going to turn it over - basically it is in control of you, not vice-versa. A VERY dangerous situation that, certainly the most dangerous thing I think(!) I have done incorrectly as a student.
I hope that the above will be of use to somebody.
Cheers
TGG
Having just read the thread 'not happy with 1st solo' I thought it would be good to highlight an issue I encountered shortly after doing my 1st solo.
This is to be very very careful when doing touch and gos especially, that you don't accidently apply differential braking (i.e. one side only) when trying to track the centreline.
This danger was not really highlighted enough by my instructor, and I only found out when doing circuits myself, and if not on your guard is very easy to do in a Cessna.
The aircraft will suddendly pull to one side of the runway and you think you are going to turn it over - basically it is in control of you, not vice-versa. A VERY dangerous situation that, certainly the most dangerous thing I think(!) I have done incorrectly as a student.
I hope that the above will be of use to somebody.
Cheers
TGG