"The OTHER Kevin in San Diego" skiddz "AT" adelphia "DOT" net wrote in
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What are you flying? Can't be an R22.. 27" would pretty much grenade
that poor Lycoming.... C269 or C300 Maybe? Every time up it's a
little different. That's what I like about these things.. It's a
challenge each and every time.. You should try IFR training bouncing
between a C300 and an R44...

It's a Schweizer 300.

At some point it will feel like you're just thinking about the
maneuver and it happens. My bro-in-law was amazed how little the
cyclic actually moved when I took him for a ride a few months ago..

I think I alternate in and out of that frame of mind. As I learn more
things some of it becomes automatic, but it shifts in and out of conscious
control depending how stressed I am.

I would imagine the fixed wing wreckage would affect me as well..
That's got to be disconcerting for a newbie pilot...

I guess it didn't worry me so much as distract me. We have a large open
area to practice hovering, with just a windsock. The plane (a nice WW2
painted Tiger Moth) was plonked in the middle of that. I saw it land
yesterday and at lunchtime the alarm went off and the emergency services
were there in a minute. Not sure what happened, but it looked like a wheel
might have come off during the takeoff run, or the prop might have hit the
ground. They towed it away today, (after it having been left out all night
in the heavy rain.)

Sounds like it was fun. Loved the "report". It brought back a lot of
memories...

I flew again today. I'll write another report later. Odd that I don't see
my original post on the newsgroup. It was there for about a minute before
it said it'd been deleted. I posted it twice, and twice it vanished.

Si

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