In case you haven't seen this already...

[Gear Jerker]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nYDba1UsgHc

[F/O SINICO]

I've seen this video and I've subscribed to this channel !

That Captain inspires me !!

This one is fantastic too :

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PyHS9mA4Dio

cheers !!

[The Mole]

The pilot seems to be constantly moving the side stick.. Is that normal, or just bad form..

[ahramin]

Bad form. Small steady inputs are best, and even large inputs should be smooth and steady. When the aircraft is getting rocked around it's best to let the fbw deal with it and limit inputs to trajectory corrections rather than attitude corrections.

http://www.bst-tsb.gc.ca/eng/rapports-r ... 8w0007.asp

[cgzro]

Interesting reading. Sounds like the pilot felt he was stalling and therefore using rudder to correct roll but infact he had one wing in the down wash of the wake which just rolls you and requires mostly aileron to correct.

Some formation training would help here because you regularly fly through the wake of another aircraft. There are places behind and below another aircraft that require substantial constant aileron to maintain level flight and of course stay in the wake. Its like water skiing on the edge of the boats wake you have to work to stay on the wave by turning into it and at some sweet spot you actually save energy there.

Not sure what you airline guys are taught but my gut feeling would be to not stay in the wake by correcting the roll but just let the plane naturally turn out of the wake?

We have a formation camp this spring at Vintage Wings. Highly recommended for adding some unusual skills. Ie ride the wake of the Harvard in a little moth!

[F/O SINICO]

The pilot seems to be constantly moving the side stick.. Is that normal, or just bad form..

Could be normal !

Who knows if that day wasn't windy ??

and last but not least, when you're slow, yoke / sidesticks movements should be greater than when you're faster...

cheers !

p.s.: he's a pilot, so, he knows the "art" !...

[ahramin]

Lol SINICO, I hope you aren't flying fbw aircraft.