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December 11, 2004
Use the Rudder!
Today was a really hazy day, so we stayed close to the airport and I introduced K to pattern operations. I really need to find a way to get him to use the rudder. He notices that the airplane veers to the left on the takeoff roll, and tries to fix it with the aileron. Then, when he lifts off, the right wing drops. This is actually a common mistake. Watch takeoffs on any small airport and about 90% of the pilots will drop the right wing on liftoff.
K did nicely with the radio ops and the climbing turn and level-off at pattern altitude went well too. Prelanding check needs to be reenforced, and on final approach once again the coordination bug hits, leading to a very rocky approach. We simply need to do more slow flight practice.
Let's hope the visiblity improves tomorrow, so we can actually go someplace.
Posted by Christian Goetze at December 11, 2004 04:49 PM
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