drunkenbeagle
Gang Member
Okay, 1.1 of the most turbulent flying I have ever done. Albert Whitted to St Pete/Clearwater. As you may know, it was pretty bumpy in Florida this morning.
I did well on the Oral, which probably cut some slack for me in the flying (which was difficult). The winds were about 55kts at 2000', with +/- 15 shear on approach. My altitudes and headings were about as dead on as they ever have been. Which is good, because the servos for the autopilot in a 172 don't handle severe turbulence well.
Approach was kind of shocked we were doing practice approaches. We were between large turbines (which were complaining about the bumps themselves). We originally planed to go to SRQ, but SPG tower directed us to PIE for better weather.
Approach was asking for best forward speed. I didn't want to be over Va, but the DPE insisted on more power (2400 rpm). Which meant we redlined every time the shear changed. He pointed out the readline, I pointed out that we shouldn't be in the yellow arc in severe turbulence on approach. ( I passed, so I guess that was a good anser).
I did well on the Oral, which probably cut some slack for me in the flying (which was difficult). The winds were about 55kts at 2000', with +/- 15 shear on approach. My altitudes and headings were about as dead on as they ever have been. Which is good, because the servos for the autopilot in a 172 don't handle severe turbulence well.
Approach was kind of shocked we were doing practice approaches. We were between large turbines (which were complaining about the bumps themselves). We originally planed to go to SRQ, but SPG tower directed us to PIE for better weather.
Approach was asking for best forward speed. I didn't want to be over Va, but the DPE insisted on more power (2400 rpm). Which meant we redlined every time the shear changed. He pointed out the readline, I pointed out that we shouldn't be in the yellow arc in severe turbulence on approach. ( I passed, so I guess that was a good anser).
