and then makes the first jump. In the first several AFF jumps, the student leaves the airplane with two instructors and they all fall together, with the instructors holding on to the student. The cost for ground school plus the first jump with two instructors is typically $300 or so. ...
Okay, so you’ve beat up several airports hard, and put in a number of hours of very specific training on-airport, and you can put the airplane precisely where you want it, on airspeed, on target, every time. Your touchdowns are at minimum controllable airspeed, every time, and there ...
This “power bucket” is a well known phenomenon and mirrored in both helicopter and airplane performance. Unlike helicopters, the fraction of power required at the bottom of the bucket is less than a sixth of the power required for hover. From Ref. [43], it can be seen that the bottom...
Accuracy landings: putting the airplane down where you want it is a matter of picking the right spot, controlling airspeed and monitoring your progress.(AIRMANSHIP)Higdon, Dave
Guidance and flight control systems may be virtually separated from each other, first considering inputs from navigation systems and giving orders to the flight control system, which takes care of an airplane's attitude by controlling the aerodynamic actuators and high lift devices (and the propulsio...
“I definitely got good practice at my cross-wind landings,” she laughed, adding that the taildragger aircraft requires you to have fast hands and feet. But these were less likely to phase James than some other young pilots, perhaps. ...
Well after almost 3 weeks,pillsjust over 60 hours and 200 plus landings I can say that I am blown away by the performance of my new BCSC. Its just incredible. The big wing,prostateslats, Catto prop, Monster Shock landing gear, T3 tail shock and 35″ Bushwheels, it goes virtually anyw...