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LoadMasterC141 · June 1st, 2007, 10:46

Went up for 1.6 tonight. I flew with the only one out of the three instructors I had yet to fly with. He is deifinately the just right porridge. Good thing too as he will be my instrument instructor.

Anyway, we finished off my last hour of hood. Tracked VOR's most of the time. Piece of cake, despite his best efforts to distract me with his new Garmin 196.

Then the fun began.....We practiced power-on stalls in a turn. I had yet to do these, but everyone knows they are a favorite of the local examiner.
I got the left turn stall quite easily, but because you have to have so much right rudder in to start, right turning stalls really got me edgy. By trying to keep the ball in, the more you stall, the more right rudder. The more right rudder, the more you turn as you stall. I weenied out at the first buffet several times. Finally, with encouragement, I pushed it to a full nose dropping stall. The plane really feels like it wants to spin and you have to be quick and somewhat forceful with the left rudder and down elevator to stop it. We did about 10 of those. I don't ever want to be in that situation 100 feet off the ground let me tell you.

If the weather cooperates (Iffy right now), I will finally get my second solo XC out of the way and complete all my prerequisites tonight.

June 1st, 2007, 10:46	#28
LoadMasterC141 Old Skool Join Date: May 2006 Location: Live in Temple, TX - From Ithaca, NY - Wish I was on an island in Fiji Posts: 1,912	Re: Load's PPL Progress Went up for 1.6 tonight. I flew with the only one out of the three instructors I had yet to fly with. He is deifinately the just right porridge. Good thing too as he will be my instrument instructor. Anyway, we finished off my last hour of hood. Tracked VOR's most of the time. Piece of cake, despite his best efforts to distract me with his new Garmin 196. Then the fun began.....We practiced power-on stalls in a turn. I had yet to do these, but everyone knows they are a favorite of the local examiner. I got the left turn stall quite easily, but because you have to have so much right rudder in to start, right turning stalls really got me edgy. By trying to keep the ball in, the more you stall, the more right rudder. The more right rudder, the more you turn as you stall. I weenied out at the first buffet several times. Finally, with encouragement, I pushed it to a full nose dropping stall. The plane really feels like it wants to spin and you have to be quick and somewhat forceful with the left rudder and down elevator to stop it. We did about 10 of those. I don't ever want to be in that situation 100 feet off the ground let me tell you. If the weather cooperates (Iffy right now), I will finally get my second solo XC out of the way and complete all my prerequisites tonight.