z987k
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That's the guy.
Spin Training for the Fat Guy
- Thread starter John Proctor
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Marchettis are a really mixed bag as far as their configurations. I have a few hundred hours in various models. Some had dual throttles, some were set up for right seat flying, some were set up for left seat flying. Most SF260s were used as dual instruction military trainers so the student sat in the left seat and the IP sat in the right.
dustoff17
Still trying to reach the Top Shelf
+1 on the Zlin. Great airplane for this kind of work.
P.S. If you're significantly heavier than your instructor, make sure you're on the inside of the spin!
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Yes the weight does warrant some consideration depending on the plane. If you COULD safely fly in a Citabria, if you were in the back it would be significantly harder to recover, if you were in the front, it would be harder to actually sustain a spin and not just steep spiral.
John Proctor
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Thanks everyone for your suggestion. It took a lot of guts for me to post this question on here. Anyways, after sleeping on it, I think the absolute best thing for me to do is lose the weight then do my spin training. Right now, if I'm going to drop $1500 it would be for a personal trainer or something to help me lose the weight. Even if I were able to do my spin training now, I wouldn't want to have to turn away potential students because of my weight. I'm on a roll right now with my weight loss (-10lbs) hopefully by summer I will have lost a good amount so I can get my spin training done!! If anyone has any suggestion on losing weight let me know. Right now I workout 1-1 1/2 hrs a day and I count my calories on myfitnesspal.
Thank you everyone!!!
Thank you everyone!!!
CFI A&P
Exploring the world one toilet at a time.
Recently I've been flying a 330LX and it has a very generous W&B. With 250lb in the front seat and 260lb in the back seat it'll still be +/- 6. With 320lb the front and 190 or less in the back it'll still be under GW, however I'm not sure of the CG off the top of my head.
CFI A&P
Exploring the world one toilet at a time.
I applaud your efforts, the weight loss will pay off in the long run. Over all health will improve and your joints will appreciate it. Good luck.
T/O w/FSII
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Bandit_Driver
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I'm a big guy and had not problem training students in the 172's and larger singles. You just have to watch the fuel loads and if W &B if you take a back seater. Training is easily do able. I did my spin training in a 172R model with a small female instructor and a light fuel load. You should be able to get a 172R with a small instructor into the utility category for a couple of spins
Itchy
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Losing weight is actually the easy part. Keeping it off is the tricky part. I lost major weight 3 or 4 times now.
smack300
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I think that's a great decision. Take care of yourself first.
Anyways, my mom has been a personal trainer for 30 years. She is almost sixty and is in better shape than almost every person I know. First thing she has her clients do, write everything down that you eat in a week. You are doing that hopefully with myfitnesspal. It's all about intake and keeping the portions smaller. Hope it works out for you!