Holding the Centerline

[Zatoichi 45]

I had an instructor that demanded precision in everything.

Stop right AT the limit lines etc.

So I was watching the news the other night about someone being fired and all I saw was a Gulfsteam that was glued to the taxi markers.

I was really impressed. And then they started down the runway - again glued to the centerline.

I am going to practice my taxing.

G'day

[Chris Crawford 49]

The centerline is important, especially with larger aircraft!

[Zuendholz 50]

I don't know if I'm allowed to share any links, but here is a very usefull video:

Practice is everything. You can not always hit the centerline (especially when strong winds are present), but you should focus on the centerline

 

[Zatoichi 45]

Good stuff, thanks.

[Matthew Kane 1,343]

My instructor was the same. He was French Canadian with a thick accent and was a stickler for breaking bad habits. Awesome guy

[Zatoichi 45]

What colors this a lot for me is the modeling of the aircraft.

A cheap model that rides on a rail versus one that reacts to wind etc.

Yeah, the XYZ is easier to fly because it functions in a very predictable manner.

But the aircraft with more realistic aerodynamics is closer to being there and therefore more fun for me.

[captain_adf 16]

Not my quote but a good one:  "The centerline is for pilots. The rest of the runway is for passengers." :)

[Captain Kevin 586]

I need to do a better job at staying on the taxiway centerline. Having taxiied for the first time today, I can safely say I taxi like a drunken monkey. The funny thing is, on take-off, I can stay on the runway centerline just fine.

[Chock 17,769]

Breeds good habits to stay in the middle, not least because that is the bit designed to take the weight.

The subject reminds me of this well known chestnut.. A British Airways 737 touched down at Frankfurt-am-Main. The tower controller, obviously in frivolous mood, transmitted: "Speedbird 123. Nice landing Captain, But a little left of the centre-line, I think." Quick as a flash, the BA Captain replied in a cool English accent: "Roger Frankfurt Tower. Perfectly correct. I am a little to the left of the centre-line. And my co-pilot is a little to the right of it."

[jcomm 5,919]

In some gliders, under x-wind, it is actually mandatory to depart downwind as speed and rudder / tail fin effcetivness decrease, or you'll exit the rw through the upwind side...

The lack of propwash is probably the only thing I miss on gliders, and only when operating near limit x-wind ...

Well, ok, I also have missed it in x-country sometimes .... :-/

 

[FDEdev 955]

Not missing propwash at all, especially not in jets ;)