tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6729757784879740471.post1168684908339552915..comments2020-06-08T05:28:13.591-04:00Comments on Local Flight East: Good news and bad newsLocalFlightEasthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00874275201319246223noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6729757784879740471.post-63916495118142957022014-10-14T20:05:48.192-04:002014-10-14T20:05:48.192-04:00Ahhh one of my worst habits. I solved it by doing...Ahhh one of my worst habits. I solved it by doing two things. 1) Competing in non instrument circuits. You kinda need to develop those nose attitudes vs horizon pictures for different airspeeds quickly. Try doing a few with Bob, strategically placed postit notes are a good way to obscure them from your cheeky glances yet he can still see them from the right seat. 2) Work out a scan sequence where you briefly glance at the instruments in an order that you like and then look outside. Then work on cutting down the time spent looking at them until you can do the scan over a couple of seconds when you need to cross reference what you see with what the plane says its doing.Flyinkiwihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01057331856341066749noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6729757784879740471.post-86954933103289710712014-10-14T11:14:19.785-04:002014-10-14T11:14:19.785-04:00Yeah , this was kind of a new habit for me TBH. I&...Yeah , this was kind of a new habit for me TBH. I've never done the flight sim stuff so this hasn't usually been an issue for me. Bob was quite surprised when I told him. But at the same time during the debrief I knew that i'd been doing it.<br /><br />So it isn't an ingrained habit and should be easy to shake.LocalFlightEasthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00874275201319246223noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6729757784879740471.post-30069003600534127942014-10-14T11:10:30.794-04:002014-10-14T11:10:30.794-04:00I have the exact same bad habit. In my case, I'...I have the exact same bad habit. In my case, I've done it to myself over many years. I told Randy from the get go, in the middle of my discovery flight, after I'd successfully done a few climbs, and turns, that I wanted to come into this like I knew nothing, when in fact I had been flying in FSX with yoke and pedals for over 10 years. My reasoning was I didn't want any bad habits I'd picked up in FSX to transfer into the real cockpit. <br /><br />One thing he's always commended me on is my ability to hold airspeed and altitude, telling me several times he's got guys he's been flying with for 20 years that can't do it that well. He was amazed at how well I did under the hood with less than 10 hours under my belt. According to him, it's common with pilots who've spent lots of time on PC flight sims, they're awesome at instrument flying. <br /><br />That's the Catch 22. In a home flight sim, you don't have any vestibular feedback from the plane. You have no sense of what the plane is doing unless you look at the instruments. Even with a TrackIR, I still hone in on the gauges rather than looking around outside, although I'm trying very hard to get in the habit of doing this in FSX. <br /><br />You're absolutely right though, it's something that can be fixed, so keep at it. I'm definitely determined to overcome it myself. And keep talking and explaining as you go through your procedures and maneuvers - I do the same (or used to, kind of got away from it). I'm told if I do that during my checkride, it'll blow the examiner's socks off (and make Randy look good lol).n122vuhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04494218575834279964noreply@blogger.com