Guest burbles1 Posted January 8, 2011 Share Posted January 8, 2011 After an absence of 4 weeks I finally willed myself to go up today at YWOL for some CCTs. Lack of cash keeps me from navs, so I settle on short practice sessions for the moment. Pretty blustery easterly, and the runway I wanted to use (08) was not to be used for touch n goes. Which meant it was all crosswind circuits. I've done a few of those, so I was fairly confident. Little did I know it'd be so challenging. First approach was high and too tight, so I go around. Next few gradually got better, but still variable winds and hard to line up with rudder and aileron. Having full flap didn't make the short finals too easy either. I figured I should use one stage of flaps for better control. So after 7 landings, I felt I gained a bit more experience and now am happy I managed to improve on barely controllable approaches. Flying's not all about going places - circuit work can give you a lot of satisfaction. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest davidh10 Posted January 8, 2011 Share Posted January 8, 2011 It is all good bubbles. As you say, it can get interesting, but you have to learn to handle all the conditions. I always had it in my mind that I would not just be a "fair weather" pilot and my CFI was always happy to fly in any conditions he felt were safe. As a result, I have grown in confidence as I gradually flew in poorer conditions. I've had a couple of interesting landings in the last week with cross wind 14G20 combined with significant sink encountered late on final. Thought I may have to go around and needed quite a bit of power to counteract the sink, but it all came together, thanks to the training. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
foxy Posted January 8, 2011 Share Posted January 8, 2011 hey burbles, the horrible thing about ywol is the restricted t&g's on 08...its almost always the runway of choice!!! the mechanical turbulance ya get from all the stuff there when circuiting on 34 can be horrendous!!! good onya for stikkin in there with it!!! liz Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest burbles1 Posted January 8, 2011 Share Posted January 8, 2011 Yes, it's an exciting downwind on 34 - you're heading straight into the top of a hill, then 10 seconds before impact you turn base and pick a few leaves off the trees as you skim past. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
motzartmerv Posted January 8, 2011 Share Posted January 8, 2011 Haha..Puts hairs on your chest..!!! You should see daldy's....;) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
foxy Posted January 8, 2011 Share Posted January 8, 2011 geezaloo.....!! rememba dj's ny resolution!! lets run with that!!! ;) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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