1: MAINTAIN FLYING SPEED....
as for the approach to stall **** from the FAA now, I don't care what's on the PTS you're still going to learn full stalls if I teach you. you will know what you need to do to pass the test, but you will also know what to do to survive in the real world.
I think this whole idea of keeping away from the edges of the envelop is stupid. learn to fly your aircraft to the edge, so when you accidentally get there its not a surprise.
THANK YOU!!! Everyone should go spend some time in their airplane with Bob...or someone who will teach you like he does!
We have high-performance aircraft. They get down the road in a hurry which means things also happen in a
hurry. To be the best pilot of your amazing craft, you need to stay WAY ahead of the airplane. You can quickly get yourself into situations you are not familiar with and have to act quickly to get back to "normal". If you have
seen the abnormal already which means exploring the envelope to the edges of "normal" flight, you won't be as surprised when you encounter that edge when you were not expecting it. The airplanes we fly are incredibly well-designed and can take a lot of envelope exploring without getting into a lot of trouble. If you are not comfortable exploring the edges yourself, take Bob....or another qualified instructor with you to keep you from going too far over the edge. Get comfortable with The Edges.
Even normal things. When was the last time you practiced engine out approach using your emergency check list (you DO have an emergency check list, don't you?). Do you know how to tell what field you can get to by where it sits on your canopy or wing? Do you know The Big Six (first 6 things on your Emergency Checklist) without looking them up? Mine sit on an inside sleeve of my knee board and simply removing whatever else is on it brings it up. LARGE TEXT. Some may think this is getting too much back to basics but when the Music Stops, it is
all basics.
When I was getting my SCUBA certification, one of the things they do is throw all your equipment into the bottom of the pool and have you go down, put everything on and wait for them. There is a specific sequence of things you need to do.
Basic things. Then they come down and start pulling things off: they turn your air off; pull your regulator out of your mouth; pull your goggles off; unbuckle your weight belt. Your job is to calmly repair their damage knowing the BASICS of what you need to do and when. (My biggest problem was just as I got everything back together they would undo everything again and I started laughing!
) The purpose is to establishing a confidence that when things go to pieces at 35 meters, you have a plan of BASIC things to do to get safely back to the surface.
Flying is no different. I am out at least once a month practicing my emergency procedures. I visually know if I am likely going to make THAT particular field because I've practiced it before. If something should happen in the Real World, I have
seen this before and start my familiar routine. Basics. None of us is such a good pilot we can ignore them. 1) MAINTAIN FLYING SPEED; BEST RATE OF DESCENT 85; ADJUST TRIM 2) MIXTURE FULL RICH; 3) THROTTLE FULL FORWARD; 4)......