paul devereux Posted June 8, 2023 Author Share Posted June 8, 2023 2 hours ago, Nigel R said: Sure... now, once you're going up and down in one piece... then make your landings: more accurate deadstick crosswind "a bit more scale like" do touch and goes spot landing on a target eliminate bouncing touch tail wheel down first / roll along on the back wheels of your trike gear sideslip the approach do small landing circuits do large realistic landing circuit get a model with flaps or spoilers or brakes - and use them take off, fly an entire circuit at head height, before landing on the same circuit take off into immediately pulling a stall turn, exit stall turn into immediate landing take off into a half loop, fly inverted past the strip, complete the loop and immediately land just some ideas 🙂 Good ideas, thanks! In fact, enough ideas to last me a year or so! Stall turn and flying inverted is what I need to learn to do anyway never mind landing. The forecast says this wind will abate by the weekend so I can get some more practise in. Dead-stick, - I guess you mean from some altitude as I close the throttle before touch down anyway? I just saw this on YT while browsing landing: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nigel R Posted June 8, 2023 Share Posted June 8, 2023 2 hours ago, paul devereux said: Dead-stick, - I guess you mean from some altitude as I close the throttle before touch down anyway? Exactly. The challenge is then to get the landing circuit / approach correct - first time - with no power to 'fix' things, either by a quick burst of throttle if you are coming up short, or by going around if you are a bit high at the threshold. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MattyB Posted June 8, 2023 Share Posted June 8, 2023 12 minutes ago, Nigel R said: Exactly. The challenge is then to get the landing circuit / approach correct - first time - with no power to 'fix' things, either by a quick burst of throttle if you are coming up short, or by going around if you are a bit high at the threshold. 3 hours ago, paul devereux said: Good ideas, thanks! In fact, enough ideas to last me a year or so! Stall turn and flying inverted is what I need to learn to do anyway never mind landing. The forecast says this wind will abate by the weekend so I can get some more practise in. Dead-stick, - I guess you mean from some altitude as I close the throttle before touch down anyway? The bit on dead sticks in the BMFA A-test may be instructive regarding what to do and how to practice... (Achievement scheme homepage is here, worth a bookmark) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Learner Posted June 8, 2023 Share Posted June 8, 2023 (edited) 5 hours ago, Nigel R said: Exactly. The challenge is then to get the landing circuit / approach correct - first time - with no power to 'fix' things, either by a quick burst of throttle if you are coming up short, or by going around if you are a bit high at the threshold. Try that with ic dead stick is dead stick, stopped engine, one chance only thats how I did mine , may have changed now. Edited June 8, 2023 by Learner Change Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Learner Posted June 8, 2023 Share Posted June 8, 2023 (edited) 3 minutes ago, Learner said: Edited June 8, 2023 by Learner Unable to delete double post rubbish Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
paul devereux Posted June 9, 2023 Author Share Posted June 9, 2023 On 06/06/2023 at 08:46, Brian Cooper said: Buy more batteries. Thing is, after two flights I feel that is enough. For a while. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GrumpyGnome Posted June 9, 2023 Share Posted June 9, 2023 I think you have now answered your own question 🙂 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
paul devereux Posted June 9, 2023 Author Share Posted June 9, 2023 Good ideas for making flying more structured, thanks all. I have been sort of trying to fly the criteria for A and B already (though I'm no where near there). What I have been doing is, doing stuff like rolling vertically and cutting the throttle, then recovering so that I get used to the odd orientation the plane is in- though I dare say it shouldn't really be in an odd orientation, it should be under control. I have had to practise spot landings because I'm flying from a quite restricted area. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Graham Bowers Posted June 9, 2023 Share Posted June 9, 2023 If you're aiming to achieve the manoeuvres in the B test I'd highly recommend getting a copy of @Peter Jenkins book on Precision Aerobatics for beginners and improvers. It's an absolute mine of good information and without wishing to blow too much smoke in Peter's general direction, is in my opinion, one of the best books I've bought about anything, ever. Don't be put off by the "precision aerobatics" nomenclature. Much of the content is as applicable to sport flying as it is to competition. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PDB Posted June 9, 2023 Share Posted June 9, 2023 5 hours ago, Graham Bowers said: If you're aiming to achieve the manoeuvres in the B test I'd highly recommend getting a copy of @Peter Jenkins book on Precision Aerobatics for beginners and improvers. It's an absolute mine of good information and without wishing to blow too much smoke in Peter's general direction, is in my opinion, one of the best books I've bought about anything, ever. Don't be put off by the "precision aerobatics" nomenclature. Much of the content is as applicable to sport flying as it is to competition. Couldn't agree more, a great book which has given me structure and a focus on how to improve my flying. 👍 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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