How much do you trim?

Ron Wanttaja writes:

Because no matter who responds, you're getting the answer filtered through their
senses and experience.

True, but with enough responses, I can average it all out and get a
pretty accurate picture. Some things cancel out, and others
reinforce. If everyone says X, but nobody agrees on Y, then X is a
pretty good rule, but Y is not.

Five minutes in an aircraft
would allow you to understand the issues of trim, from both a conscious and
muscle-memory perspective.

And a few hours in a 737 simulator would teach me a lot about that
aircraft. But neither of these things is likely to happen any time
soon.

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Mxsmanic wrote:
writes:

A one-hour introductory flight (in a real airplane) would answer
so many of your questions. Why not do it?

If you don't want to answer my question, why waste my time and yours?

I don't think its a waste of time. Most FBOs offer a $49 intro ride.
Its usually around 20 minutes and if you get a 1/2 way good instructor
you will be on the controls most of the time. I think most of the
questions you have will be very obvious when you get in the plane.
Imagine learning to run a lawn mower via a simulator. You'd have a lot
of questions that would just seem obvious when you get the real thing.
If you're in Sacramento, I can take you up on a 20 minute intro ride
for the $49 intro price. We'd fly out over the "naked place" (nudist
place) and do some basic turning and climbing to get a feel for the
plane. $49 is probably about what you paid for the software.

-Robert

"Robert M. Gary" wrote in news:1160415719.703433.23610
@i3g2000cwc.googlegroups.com:

If you're in Sacramento, I can take you up on a 20 minute intro ride
for the $49 intro price. We'd fly out over the "naked place" (nudist
place) and do some basic turning and climbing to get a feel for the
plane. $49 is probably about what you paid for the software.

He lives in France...... Needless to say, even if he lived at the approach
end of your local airport runway, he will make every excuse in the world to
get off his beloved simulater and get in a real plane.

I'd bet if he would get out of his lazy boy chair, off his simulator and
trundle up to his local GA airport, that he could even maybe get a local
pilot to give him a taste of aviation freedom.

But no, based on his posting history, I'd bet he would find an excuse for
not doing this......

Allen

"A Lieberma" wrote in message
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"Robert M. Gary" wrote in news:1160415719.703433.23610
@i3g2000cwc.googlegroups.com:

If you're in Sacramento, I can take you up on a 20 minute intro ride
for the $49 intro price. We'd fly out over the "naked place" (nudist
place) and do some basic turning and climbing to get a feel for the
plane. $49 is probably about what you paid for the software.

He lives in France...... Needless to say, even if he lived at the
approach
end of your local airport runway, he will make every excuse in the world
to
get off his beloved simulater and get in a real plane.

I'd bet if he would get out of his lazy boy chair, off his simulator and
trundle up to his local GA airport, that he could even maybe get a local
pilot to give him a taste of aviation freedom.

But no, based on his posting history, I'd bet he would find an excuse for
not doing this......

Allen

He doesn't have a simulator he has a Microsoft game. Saw an ad on TV last
night for their new verson and it was advertised as a game.

A,

But no, based on his posting history, I'd bet he would find an excuse for
not doing this......


He's deadly afraid of flying, in case you haven't noticed. And of many other
things.

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Robert M. Gary writes:

I don't think its a waste of time. Most FBOs offer a $49 intro ride.

Two days' wages for me. And there's still no way to get out to the
airport. And this is France, so you can multiply all costs by a
factor of 3 to 10.

Its usually around 20 minutes and if you get a 1/2 way good instructor
you will be on the controls most of the time.

Twenty minutes is not worth $49.

If you're in Sacramento, I can take you up on a 20 minute intro ride
for the $49 intro price. We'd fly out over the "naked place" (nudist
place) and do some basic turning and climbing to get a feel for the
plane. $49 is probably about what you paid for the software.

But I can use the software for a lot longer than 20 minutes.

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On 2006-10-09, Mxsmanic wrote:
Robert M. Gary writes:

I don't think its a waste of time. Most FBOs offer a $49 intro ride.

Two days' wages for me. And there's still no way to get out to the
airport. And this is France, so you can multiply all costs by a
factor of 3 to 10.

Is pay really that low in France? That would be well below the minimum
wage just across the water in the UK presumably you're talking about
full time. (Or maybe you're a kid still living at home - I don't know).

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"Mxsmanic" wrote in message
...
Robert M. Gary writes:

I don't think its a waste of time. Most FBOs offer a $49 intro ride.

Two days' wages for me. And there's still no way to get out to the
airport. And this is France, so you can multiply all costs by a
factor of 3 to 10.

Its usually around 20 minutes and if you get a 1/2 way good instructor
you will be on the controls most of the time.

Twenty minutes is not worth $49.

If you're in Sacramento, I can take you up on a 20 minute intro ride
for the $49 intro price. We'd fly out over the "naked place" (nudist
place) and do some basic turning and climbing to get a feel for the
plane. $49 is probably about what you paid for the software.

But I can use the software for a lot longer than 20 minutes.

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If you really have this much interest in real aircraft $49 would be worth
every penny even if it was for less than 20 minutes. Since you don't have
interest in real aircraft would you please take the crap back over to the
sim group.

On 9 Oct 2006 10:41:59 -0700, "Robert M. Gary"
wrote:

...Most FBOs offer a $49 intro ride.
Its usually around 20 minutes and if you get a 1/2 way good instructor
you will be on the controls most of the time.

Dangerous advice. For an introductory price you get addicted and find
yourself with an aviation habit and can't stop. That's what happened
to me, though it was quite a bit cheaper than $49 at the time.

It looks like Be-A-Pilot is a bit higher...
http://www.beapilot.com

Still, I always advise everyone that it's better to go ahead and do
it. You don't want to end up on your deathbed whispering "Rosebud!"
and wondering about your aviation life that might have been.

RK Henry

RK Henry writes:

Dangerous advice. For an introductory price you get addicted and find
yourself with an aviation habit and can't stop.

That is a risk that has occurred to me as well. And I definitely
cannot afford an expensive addiction like that.

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