Start of today's mission was really good, did two dual circuits. One was a glide approach and I got it down to the field without any advice (for the first time ever) then got told straightaway to go around, managed both just fine.
I was let loose to do some solo circuits but during pre-takeoff checks/taxi the rpms dropped to zero a few times (although it clearly wasn't zero, prop was still going along happily) which freaked me out a little then the oil pressure was in the yellow unless I was at 2000rpm which I was a bit uncertain about (Ts & Ps in the green for takeoff - even when at 2000rpm it was only just into the green), so I taxiied it a bit trying to do some troubleshooting and eventually made the call to give it up (I wasn't trusting the plane by then) - decided I didn't want to test out my glide approaches for real! Discussed it all with my FI so overall it was a good learning experience :) I fought off the feeling of 'I really want to fly...and maybe it'll all sort itself out up there' and decided that I didn't want my last words to be 'Well that was a stupid decision wasn't it!!'
Take off was good today, tried to let the plane do what it wanted more rather than trying to control it so much (it wants to fly and it's going to when it gets up enough speed, let it do its thing)
That is entirely possible
Exciting news though, tomorrow I am being let loose for an hour in the plane WITHOUT having to do any dual first :big_grin: Apparantly my flying is consistent enough for me to go off alone straightaway Dunno if it's just me, but this feels like a huge step forward in my training
Out of curiosity, what is the minimum weight for the J160?
Btw, FD, attached below is a pic I took after pre-takeoff checks which shows what I see (on my cushions )