4.7 is 0.9 above the C172's symmetric load limit.
But that's still the symmetric load limit, not the asymmetric limit.
Originally Posted by Troy
I have all my ratings and have never done a spin nor seen a plane do a spin before, just read about it in books.
I'm a student working on getting my ratings. I've been frustrated in my attempts to get spin training at my regular flight school. Even the CFI's have little experience with them, and they seem to be almost afraid of them. One CFI told me that his CFI examiner offered to falsify his spin demo sufficiency check-off because he (the examiner) didn't really want to do one. My dad and grandfather were pilots. They tell me it was routine training for them, even prior to solo, and I should seek out older pilots (or maybe ex-military) who developed these skills. Looking ahead, it seems that much of my "flight training" will continue to consist of computer programming, so the plane can fly itself.
Sullenberger landed an airliner in a New York river without injuring anyone. The young pilots flying the New York commuter pulled back on the stick during a stall and killed everybody. I don't understand. What happened to training philosophy between my father and grandfather's era and mine? Does anybody here know the history of that? What am I missing?
Originally Posted by Troy
I have all my ratings and have never done a spin nor seen a plane do a spin before, just read about it in books.
I'm a student working on getting my ratings. I've been frustrated in my attempts to get spin training at my regular flight school. Even the CFI's have little experience with them, and they seem to be almost afraid of them. One CFI told me that his CFI examiner offered to falsify his spin demo sufficiency check-off because he (the examiner) didn't really want to do one. My dad and grandfather were pilots. They tell me it was routine training for them, even prior to solo, and I should seek out older pilots (or maybe ex-military) who developed these skills. Looking ahead, it seems that much of my "flight training" will continue to consist of computer programming, so the plane can fly itself.
Sullenberger landed an airliner in a New York river without injuring anyone. The young pilots flying the New York commuter pulled back on the stick during a stall and killed everybody. I don't understand. What happened to training philosophy between my father and grandfather's era and mine? Does anybody here know the history of that? What am I missing?