DrBenny
New Member
Normal/soft/power-off landings/VOR + GPS NAV (KLN89B)
First flight as PIC in the Cessna 182S. Thought I’d take it out and practice a bit! I'll admit I was a bit nervous for the first few minutes of the flight. Everything is so powerful and fast, and I kept myself nervous by trying not to think of the fact that this was my first time alone in the 182S (don't think of a pink elephant, and all that!).But, I had re-memorized all of the procedures last night. I chair flew patterns, emergency-outs, etc. I even prepared the flight--a short 21 n.m. hop over to DMW--as if it were a cross-country. In short, I overprepared. It worked.
As the flight progressed, I went through all the checklists, and nothing was coming as a surprise. I navigated using the three methods available to me--pilotage, VOR, and GPS. I checked and re-checked engine instruments. As for the power and fuel flows, I had that all planned, and everything worked like a charm. All that worry about leaning once I got to cruise--funny, but assuming I had leaned in the climb, the fuel flows were right where they should have been, without further fuss.It was a bit hazy today, and the return trip was into haze and sun making it difficult to spot traffic. I knew someone was headed my direction off of Frederick, and I spotted him about two miles away, announced that I saw him, and gave us some elbow room by moving to the right.
I had crosswinds on all of my landings, so I had some good practice. My first landing was about a B, but each one got better from there. All the touchdowns were good. Again, the best deal was to make sure I flew that pattern by the numbers, and did not accept anything but a completely stabilized approach. The more stabilized I was, the smoother, more business-like the transitions from level to flare to landing were. As evidence, on the first landing I wasn't as stabilized with my airspeed on the approach (there was a hill that descended to the runway, messing with my mind), so I had to monkey with the throttle a bit. After turning off the runway and reprimanding myself for not stabilizing, I flew a much better pattern which resulted in a much cleaner approach and landing. Like a lady, if you know how to treat her with respect, she'll treat you right!
Oh, and cruises were consistently at 130 kts.
YAHOOO!!!
First flight as PIC in the Cessna 182S. Thought I’d take it out and practice a bit! I'll admit I was a bit nervous for the first few minutes of the flight. Everything is so powerful and fast, and I kept myself nervous by trying not to think of the fact that this was my first time alone in the 182S (don't think of a pink elephant, and all that!).But, I had re-memorized all of the procedures last night. I chair flew patterns, emergency-outs, etc. I even prepared the flight--a short 21 n.m. hop over to DMW--as if it were a cross-country. In short, I overprepared. It worked.
As the flight progressed, I went through all the checklists, and nothing was coming as a surprise. I navigated using the three methods available to me--pilotage, VOR, and GPS. I checked and re-checked engine instruments. As for the power and fuel flows, I had that all planned, and everything worked like a charm. All that worry about leaning once I got to cruise--funny, but assuming I had leaned in the climb, the fuel flows were right where they should have been, without further fuss.It was a bit hazy today, and the return trip was into haze and sun making it difficult to spot traffic. I knew someone was headed my direction off of Frederick, and I spotted him about two miles away, announced that I saw him, and gave us some elbow room by moving to the right.
I had crosswinds on all of my landings, so I had some good practice. My first landing was about a B, but each one got better from there. All the touchdowns were good. Again, the best deal was to make sure I flew that pattern by the numbers, and did not accept anything but a completely stabilized approach. The more stabilized I was, the smoother, more business-like the transitions from level to flare to landing were. As evidence, on the first landing I wasn't as stabilized with my airspeed on the approach (there was a hill that descended to the runway, messing with my mind), so I had to monkey with the throttle a bit. After turning off the runway and reprimanding myself for not stabilizing, I flew a much better pattern which resulted in a much cleaner approach and landing. Like a lady, if you know how to treat her with respect, she'll treat you right!
Oh, and cruises were consistently at 130 kts.
YAHOOO!!!