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I am not in a posiyion where I can try this at the moment, and it is the first time I have heard of it, so a couple questions.
1. Does the tape come off the windscreen without leaving marks?
2. In you experience, does it shorten the time to get the picture.
3. Do you just use it for initial lining up...I cant visualize how you canuse it for a Xwind when you are crabbing,
It is interesting if it shortens the flight training time.
Interesting Incidents From Yesterday
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@the OP: I think Wilbur suggested it to Orville.
On some aircraft there's a convenient line of rivets on the cowl, or a screw on top of the glare shield that you can use. Or take a dry-wipe marker and draw on the inside of the plastic windshield. Please make sure it's a real dry-wipe marker, not a permanent marker, or your AME will be looking for acrylic-safe solvents.
2. I think so. It's not a panacea, just an aid.
3. It's just for the second or before the main gear touches, when you want to be aligned straight.
On some aircraft there's a convenient line of rivets on the cowl, or a screw on top of the glare shield that you can use. Or take a dry-wipe marker and draw on the inside of the plastic windshield. Please make sure it's a real dry-wipe marker, not a permanent marker, or your AME will be looking for acrylic-safe solvents.
1. Most tape comes off smooth acrylic unless you leave it bake in the sun for a long time, in which case it will leave some adhesive behind. Green painters tape is pretty harmless. Or put a bit of Scotch tape on the instrument shield. Anything will do, really.TK wrote: 1. Does the tape come off the windscreen without leaving marks?
2. In you experience, does it shorten the time to get the picture.
3. Do you just use it for initial lining up...I cant visualize how you canuse it for a Xwind when you are crabbing,
It is interesting if it shortens the flight training time.
2. I think so. It's not a panacea, just an aid.
3. It's just for the second or before the main gear touches, when you want to be aligned straight.
DId you hear the one about the jurisprudence fetishist? He got off on a technicality.
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That is a new one for me also.It is interesting if it shortens the flight training time.
Is it only helpful in zero drift and zero turbulence?
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You don't want to grease it if it's gusty or strong winds. Putting it down firmly on the main wheels without bouncing is ideal.fxyz wrote:I never bounced one but did not have many greasers either.
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Why? Is it because you want the flare to be shorter?CpnCrunch wrote:You don't want to grease it if it's gusty or strong winds. Putting it down firmly on the main wheels without bouncing is ideal.fxyz wrote:I never bounced one but did not have many greasers either.
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More opportunity for a gust to lift you up 15 feet and blow you 8 feet sideways before vanishing, leaving you stall horn sounding and nose up in the air, tracking sideways and all now set up for an unpleasant arrival. In gusty winds you want to keep to a minimum that time the aircraft is neither truly in the air nor truly on the ground, both when taking off and when landing.
DId you hear the one about the jurisprudence fetishist? He got off on a technicality.
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So how can you make landings firm? Say you are making all greasers now, what do you need to change? Flare higher, or approach at a lower speed if it's not gusty? (I was taught to add half the gust factor to approach speed)
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fxyz wrote:Say you are making all greasers now, what do you need to change?
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It's the difference between "holding it off" and flying it on. Your instructor should be able to answer those.
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Actually, it's not as much of an issue on the 150, as it doesn't really tend to float very much. It's really just the long floats you want to avoid if there's any significant gusts/crosswinds.fxyz wrote:So how can you make landings firm? Say you are making all greasers now, what do you need to change? Flare higher, or approach at a lower speed if it's not gusty? (I was taught to add half the gust factor to approach speed)
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Thanks I'll check that again when I move on to something biggerCpnCrunch wrote:Actually, it's not as much of an issue on the 150, as it doesn't really tend to float very much. It's really just the long floats you want to avoid if there's any significant gusts/crosswinds.
I tried it today (used a marker) and took it off after three circuits. It worked like a charm! My instructor never complaint about runway alignment againphotofly wrote:Get a bit of sticky tape. Before you take off, line up on the runway (or use a taxiway centreline) and stick the tape at the bottom of the windshield to line up with the centre line from your point of view. Then later when you're trying to line up straight to land, you manoeuvre the aircraft to align the tape mark with the runway centreline. After a few flights you'll get used to what "straight" looks like and you won't need the tape any more.
