Thanks for your responses to my question!
It makes good training sense too.
-PB
-----Original Message-----
From: owner-kitfox-list-server@matronics.com [mailto:owner-kitfox-list-server@matronics.com] On Behalf Of Lynn Matteson
Sent: January 7, 2009 11:37 AM
To: kitfox-list@matronics.com
Subject: Re: First Flight - finally
I agree....at one point in my training (in my Kitfox) my instructor reached over
and covered the ASI, and told me to land, which I did because by then it was
registered in the seat of my pants just how the plane should feel when it is
at the right speed to land.
Lynn Matteson
Kitfox IV Speedster, taildragger
Jabiru 2200, #2062, 596+ hrs
Sensenich 62x46
flying again after engine rebuild, and new Electroair direct-fire ignition system;
also building a new pair of snow skis
On Jan 7, 2009, at 9:34 AM, Weiss Richard wrote:
>
> On Jan 6, 2009, at 10:08 AM, Patrick Best wrote:
>
>> So you continued to fly test manoeuvres despite a lack of airspeed
>> indication?
>
> Yes. The maneuvers were necessary to return to the airport and land
> anyway. (Turns, slow flight, etc.)
>
> Lack of an airspeed indicator is not the end of the world. Just had
> to look outside at the wingtip and see the angle it made with the
> horizon. Also, your senses come into play. Air noise levels, seat of
> the pants, visual cues, engine sound, etc. It really was a non issue.
>
> You're in the air, flying fine, and you know you have to return to
> earth. What would you do differently?
>
> Rick Weiss
> N39RW Series V Speedster, 912ULS
> SkyStar S/N 1
> Port Orange, FL
>
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