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In article , "C J Campbell"
writes: If the trasnponder automatically goes to standby when the airspeed is below stall, this could be a big problem. There should be; I'll check it out. The Garmin 330 Mode S transponder has this feature of Automatic ALT/GND Switching. It is enabled/disabled during initial configuration. It can be changed with some effort but not during flight. Chuck |
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"Matt Whiting" wrote in message ... Bob Noel wrote: In article , wrote: But it is a definite problem for some. I flew the Lancair ES. I'm left handed. I wouldn't be able to fly a side stick from the left seat. Why not? I'm right handed, but have flown yoke equipped airplanes left-handed since I started flying. Left hand on the yoke, right hand on the throttle/prop/mix.- most prop jobs Right on the cyclic; left hand on the collective - helicopter. Right hand on the stick, left hand on the throttle/prop.mix - WACO/ |
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"Thomas Borchert" wrote: If it didn't have a side stick, Have you flown it? A total non-issue to the vast majority of those who do. Yes (in a Lancair). Hated it. -- Dan C172RG at BFM |
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In article , "Peter Duniho"
wrote: Why not? I'm right handed, but have flown yoke equipped airplanes left-handed since I started flying. I presume that the problem Bob foresees is how to write things down while flying the airplane. bingo. -- Bob Noel |
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"Bob Noel" wrote in message ... In article , wrote: Dan, If it didn't have a side stick, Have you flown it? A total non-issue to the vast majority of those who do. But it is a definite problem for some. I flew the Lancair ES. I'm left handed. I wouldn't be able to fly a side stick from the left seat. I am left handed and flew the Cirrus from the left seat with no problems at all. It seemed very natural. |
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"Peter Duniho" wrote in message ... "Matt Whiting" wrote in message ... Why not? I'm right handed, but have flown yoke equipped airplanes left-handed since I started flying. I presume that the problem Bob foresees is how to write things down while flying the airplane. I am not a big fan of writing down a lot of things, especially when IFR. It gets your head down in the cockpit, increasing the chance of things like spatial disorientation and mid-airs. I use both hands when writing, holding a clipboard up at eye level. If the airplane is properly trimmed you should be able to fly it for several minutes hands off, just using some rudder. Besides, all these new airplanes have autopilots. If you have to write something down, it is a single button push to engage a heading hold. The Garmin G-1000 even has a built-in voice recorder so you can listen to the last several clearances if you wish. |
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"Dude" wrote in message news How do we expect to grow general aviation if we REFUSE to change what we are doing to attract new pilots? Isn't this the definition of insanity? Cessna is unconsciously doing to aviation what Microsoft and IBM did to technology - killing fast growth and innovation in favor of predictable business. No. Cessna is doing it deliberately. Cessna did not really want to re-start manufacturing piston singles in the first place. They promised to do it when some kind of tort reform was passed. Bob Dole got the tort reform passed and leaned hard on Cessna to start building airplanes. Cessna sees the construction of new airplanes as a threat to a very lucrative business: building parts for old airplanes. |
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Thomas Borchert wrote: Making the equipment more complex, Yes, but is it? A GPS moving map approach is more complex than an NDB approach? Or a DME arc? or anything else very complex? You sure? I'm not. You fly GPS approaches using the moving map? I use the CDI and the along track distance cross-checking with the approach chart. Once the approach is loaded from the database, and the pilot is headed for the correct fix as per the procedure for the circumstances, flying an LNAV approach is easier than flying an NDB approach, and far more accurate. But, it is more difficult than flying an ILS approach and not as safe. Flying a Baro VNAV approach (once all the database issues are resolved) is very similar to flying an ILS and is about as safe. But, so far as I know, no light aircraft has IFR-certified Baro VNAV. |
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In article , "C J Campbell"
wrote: Besides, all these new airplanes have autopilots. autopilots can break. I'd rather not have the autopilot be a go/no-go item. -- Bob Noel |
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In article , "C J Campbell"
wrote: But it is a definite problem for some. I flew the Lancair ES. I'm left handed. I wouldn't be able to fly a side stick from the left seat. I am left handed and flew the Cirrus from the left seat with no problems at all. It seemed very natural. it's not the flying, it's the writing. I've flown the Lancair from the right seat - no big deal flying. -- Bob Noel |
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