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Unusual attitude recovery advice sought
Hello everyone,
I'm about a week away from taking my instrument checkride, but I'm lacking in one area I thought would be a breeze. After spending months practicing holds, approaches & arcs I was double-checking the PTS and realised that we had not practised unusual attitudes. My CFII told me they would be no problem and we would cover them before the checkride. Well, a few days ago we attempted a couple and I totally blew it. Basically I became so disoriented and uncomfortable during the setup, I was unable to cope. In each case it was a negatives that got me. Because I was still suffering the residual effects of the flu we decided to wait and try them again. After easing me into the saddle with a gentle setup I made a good recovery. Unfortunately he gave me some more negative G's on the next one and I couldn't handle it- I grunted and reached out for the controls before he said "recover". On the ground we discussed the situation and my CFII told me that he likes to be aggressive with the unusual attitudes in order that I can handle the worst cases. He also said the CE he uses likes to do the same. Rather than cancel the checkride, his recommendation was that one of us briefs the DE that I have low negative G tolerance. I don't know how I feel about this, it seems like a cop-out to be quite honest. Thoughts & advice would be very much appreciated. |
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