Garfly Posted July 15, 2015 Share Posted July 15, 2015 This is one of the most effective educational videos on Stall/Spin accidents I've come across. It's half-an-hour long and made by an FAA certified ground instructor. Some of it is quite basic, good for beginners, but the way it uses graphic simulations gives some good insights and reinforcement for most of us. It's sometimes necessary to pause and read the on-screen text; especially when the commentary competes with it. Anyway, it shows how much serious learning (and teaching) can be done using the X-Plane simulator program. 6 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Garfly Posted July 15, 2015 Author Share Posted July 15, 2015 And as a bonus, YouTube throws in the same message from 3 generations back. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uaL1NcJs1jw 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cscotthendry Posted July 15, 2015 Share Posted July 15, 2015 That was really good. Thanks for sharing Gary Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rotax618 Posted July 16, 2015 Share Posted July 16, 2015 Basic training" If you want to go up pull back the stick, if you want to go down - pull the stick back further...... 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rotax618 Posted July 16, 2015 Share Posted July 16, 2015 That is a really good lesson, could you post the URL so I can send it to some of my friends who tend to fly with a little more bravado than they should. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Garfly Posted July 16, 2015 Author Share Posted July 16, 2015 Hi R618, If I post the url here, this forum software converts it into the imbedded YouTube frame like you see above. The best thing to do is just click on the YouTube icon at the bottom right of the imbedded frame. This will take you to the original YouTube page and you can just copy and paste the url from there. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
farri Posted July 16, 2015 Share Posted July 16, 2015 G`Day Gary, You beat me by about 5 seconds....Cheers. Frank. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Garfly Posted July 16, 2015 Author Share Posted July 16, 2015 Hi Frank, it seems to me there's a point where an aviator finally gets the idea of flight (a point many of us weekend pilots never quite reach, due lack of enough quality stick-time and/or aptitude); a point where all the theory covered in the lesson above becomes truly instinctive. Of course, we can stay safe without becoming a 'natural' by learning what's safe to do and what's not. Abstractly understood stuff ain't the same as instinct but it can see us through. But having seen you fly your Drifter, both from below and from the back seat, I'd say you're one of those whose inner-bird well and truly takes over up there. Too bad you're no longer instructing! (Although I wonder if instinct can actually be taught. What do you think?) By the way, I just read something interesting in Jay Spenser's history book "The Airplane". He mentions the English engineer Francis Wenham whose work the Wrights knew and admired: "Where others looked to a ship-style rudder for control, Wenham had said in 1866 that turns in flight should be accomplished by generating more lift on one of an aircraft's wings than on the other. Wenham based this insight on his observation of birds ... It was prescient advice." Who'd have thought that the right idea was established so early and then ignored for so long - at the cost of many pioneering lives. The book makes a case for the Wright brothers' bicycling background - where a turn is something one naturally leans into - being crucial to their getting the jump on many of their European rivals, still stuck on the idea of an aerial carriage; a vehicle that ought to remain perfectly upright for the duration and, naturally, use a rudder for the turning. Anyway, pictured here, proving good old Francis was totally on the money, is the Birdman of Deeral, FNQ. ;-) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
facthunter Posted July 16, 2015 Share Posted July 16, 2015 Like the second one. Nev Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ayavner Posted July 16, 2015 Share Posted July 16, 2015 really enjoyed that! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DrZoos Posted July 25, 2015 Share Posted July 25, 2015 A must watch in my opinion...nothing new, but bloody important to rehash 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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