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Old May 4th, 2008, 19:43   #11
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Default Re: aerodynamics=student pilot style

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Originally Posted by tpaRob View Post
Don't let it stop you from moving forward with your XC (yes, XC=cross country).

Your going to have at least another 200 hours of flight before you become an instructor. You'll figure it out. Have some fun flying.

Trust me, I'm not trying to dog you for wanting to learn.
I've got my ticket and I couldn't explain the reasons why the airplane tends to turn to the left as well as Maurus did, but you know what?

I passed the checkride. The examiner didn't ask me anything about precession or p-factor, he just wanted to know that I understood that at relatively low speeds at a high angle of attack, the airplane was going to want to turn to the left.
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