Matt13C
Well-Known Member
Spatial disorientation
I am a new IR student and yesterday was my first time in solid actual. Entered at 2000 after take off and broke out 300 feet above mins. Pretty much the same on the way back, broke out a little sooner.
The plane I was flying is slightly out of trim and has a right roll tendency. I made the mistake of leaning over to the right and looking down to grab an approach plate. I looked away to long and let off the slight left aileron and the plane started a gradual roll to the right. When I looked back up I had the feeling I was level but the plane was banked. When I leveled it out I felt like I was laying on my left side.
The feeling started to dissipate as the flight went on but my control of the plane was sub-par. I sort of snaked my way across the airway for a bit while I got over the feeling. When I took back off into the clouds the feeling was not there initially but then it came back. Again I had to put a good amount of effort into just keeping myself from following what my body was telling me.
Is this normal for a new IR student? I did some actual in PPL training but it was very light, in and out of puffy clouds. I have also spent about 10 hours under the hood and never had even a hint of that feeling. Is this just something as you spend more time in actual that you just get used to?
I am a new IR student and yesterday was my first time in solid actual. Entered at 2000 after take off and broke out 300 feet above mins. Pretty much the same on the way back, broke out a little sooner.
The plane I was flying is slightly out of trim and has a right roll tendency. I made the mistake of leaning over to the right and looking down to grab an approach plate. I looked away to long and let off the slight left aileron and the plane started a gradual roll to the right. When I looked back up I had the feeling I was level but the plane was banked. When I leveled it out I felt like I was laying on my left side.
The feeling started to dissipate as the flight went on but my control of the plane was sub-par. I sort of snaked my way across the airway for a bit while I got over the feeling. When I took back off into the clouds the feeling was not there initially but then it came back. Again I had to put a good amount of effort into just keeping myself from following what my body was telling me.
Is this normal for a new IR student? I did some actual in PPL training but it was very light, in and out of puffy clouds. I have also spent about 10 hours under the hood and never had even a hint of that feeling. Is this just something as you spend more time in actual that you just get used to?