Judging by the numerous YouTube videos and the steady stream of spectacular failures chronicled by guys like Juan Browne (aka Blancolirio) and Dan Gryder (Probable Cause), there is no short supply of guys who *are* actually licensed pilots who do really dumb things--which all too often end up with an airplane-shaped hole in the dirt.

Retracting the flaps during a landing as SOP, whether in the flare or just after touchdown is just the sort of pilot...ummmm... "technique" I'd consider worthy of someone wanting their own 15 minutes of attention on Gryder's channel and perhaps a Darwin Award nomination.  There's a reason that an hour in a GA airplane is 19 times more likely to kill you than an hour on the road...

20 hours ago, David Mills said:

Pilots who bounce landings are known as "Captain Kangaroo."

The worst (and most embarrassing) landing in my RW experience was a "pogoed" landing in front of a fairly large audience.  I was attempting to set a 172 down in a 45 knot headwind.  My instructor told me to not flare, hold her level and put her down "firmly".

Well, I tried - I think I may have hit nose wheel first.  Regardless, I pogoed all the way down the runway, gave up and went around.

Well, your feedback helped for my landings.

6 perfect circuits and 2 good full flight landings. Still coming in too high.

Practice and more practice.

Thanks for the feedback

Ron

48 minutes ago, Ron Lefebvre said:

Well, your feedback helped for my landings.

6 perfect circuits and 2 good full flight landings. Still coming in too high.

Practice and more practice.

Thanks for the feedback

Ron

The Comanche doesn't like to easily descend. I find that I have to almost set the MP at idle power to get a reasonable decent  rate without the speed increasing. 

2 hours ago, Bobsk8 said:

The Comanche doesn't like to easily descend. I find that I have to almost set the MP at idle power to get a reasonable decent  rate without the speed increasing. 

Laminar flow wings will do that for you.

Add in Fowler flaps that add very little drag unless fully extended and you can see why things like the Mooney opted for a speed brake, something generally unheard of in light GA,

At least the Comanche has a set of very draggy landing gear to help with slowing down.

12 hours ago, diajohn said:

It did

 

It moved too much= in too big steps? That is my problem a bit, will have to assign it in SPAD.next where I can set smaller steps for smoother movement.

13 hours ago, Rene_Feijen said:

It moved too much= in too big steps? That is my problem a bit, will have to assign it in SPAD.next where I can set smaller steps for smoother movement.

First use the tablet to tell it to be less sensitive.  Advanced settings 

20 hours ago, Glenn Fitzpatrick said:

Laminar flow wings will do that for you.

Add in Fowler flaps that add very little drag unless fully extended and you can see why things like the Mooney opted for a speed brake, something generally unheard of in light GA,

At least the Comanche has a set of very draggy landing gear to help with slowing down.

A speed brake like the Mooney have had been a great option for this aircraft.

4 minutes ago, Ixoye said:

A speed brake like the Mooney have had been a great option for this aircraft.

Then it wouldn't be a Comanche..

As long as we are here.

 

I am looking at this plane and I see a big round black knob on the right passenger side.

Its called a rudder trim. Would you not just use the pedals. or does this plane needs to be trimmed even in cruise.

I don't see anything on the panel that tells me how much I have trimmed it.

Seems kind of far from the pilot if it has to be moved during flight.

Ron

 

1 hour ago, diajohn said:

First use the tablet to tell it to be less sensitive.  Advanced settings 

The tablet sensitivity does not have an effect in slow speed such as approach. It is designed to change the sensitivity at high speed.

6 minutes ago, Ron Lefebvre said:

As long as we are here.

 

I am looking at this plane and I see a big round black knob on the right passenger side.

Its called a rudder trim. Would you not just use the pedals. or does this plane needs to be trimmed even in cruise.

I don't see anything on the panel that tells me how much I have trimmed it.

Seems kind of far from the pilot if it has to be moved during flight.

Ron

 

On the knob there is a white marker that tells you how far left or right you have trimmed it. It will move as you turn the knob. Why would you want to sit there with your feet constantly on the pedals for hours in the cruise when you can trim that out so you don't have to?

It's a tiny cockpit. Reaching the trim knob is no hardship. You could still reach it if your right arm fell off 😉

Edited August 17, 20232 yr by Jazz

33 minutes ago, Jazz said:

On the knob there is a white marker that tells you how far left or right you have trimmed it. It will move as you turn the knob. Why would you want to sit there with your feet constantly on the pedals for hours in the cruise when you can trim that out so you don't have to?

It's a tiny cockpit. Reaching the trim knob is no hardship. You could still reach it if your right arm fell off 😉

hahh. Looks far, but I guess your right. Still a weird place for it. I don't have rudder pedals so the rudder stays where I place it with my joystick

Not so on the real thing.

Have to check when I am home if the knob moves with my joystick setting.

Still, speaking as an old man, would hate to have to reach for it. Even harder with Trackir.

 

Thanks

Ron

15 minutes ago, Ron Lefebvre said:

hahh. Looks far, but I guess your right. Still a weird place for it. I don't have rudder pedals so the rudder stays where I place it with my joystick

Not so on the real thing.

Have to check when I am home if the knob moves with my joystick setting.

Still, speaking as an old man, would hate to have to reach for it. Even harder with Trackir.

 

Thanks

Ron

If it looks far in your sim it's because you have an unrealistic field of view set up. Well, MSFS doesn't have a FOV setting, it has a zoom setting so you can't calculate the correct FOV so you have to judge it by eye. Most people seem to have the view zoomed far to far out.

Why would the rudder stay where you set it with your joystick? What happens when you let go of the joystick? It should return to centre. Also, the knob shouldn't move when you move the rudder with the pedals or a twist action on a joystick. The knob is for rudder TRIM and should only move when you adjust the rudder trim.

I have the rudder trim set to the rudder trim switches on my yoke.

I also have use Track IR and have no trouble at all interacting with the trim knob in the VC. It's what Track IR has a "pause tracking" button assignment for.

Edited August 17, 20232 yr by Jazz

oh, YOU HAVE GOT TO BE KIDDIING ME. I have been using trackIR for a month or two now and did not know about the pause tracking.

You have no idea how much I love you right now.

For the rudder. my twist broke last week so I have temporarily added joystick buttons. So if I push it left it stays there until I center it.

and no the knob has nothing to do with the pedal movement.

Thanks

 

Ron