Alright, so a follow up on my first flight in a Cessna. Although it wasn't too bad it really didn't go the way I wanted it to go. First things I noticed... The steering on the ground, it's almost as if no matter what I try to do I cannot make tight turns or control it with precision like I could in the Cherokee's. Does being able to control it well come with more time in the planes? Second thing, the plane seemed to be less stable in slow flight. Really not an issue it just took more work to keep it at a constant altitude. Now... STALLS. Good lord, I attempted to do a power off stall and simply could not get it to do a full stall, the airpseed indicator was almost to zero and the nose refuced to drop, I had all available back pressure in and still.. no luck. Ok, no worries, it was close to a stall and I got the experience. Power on stall... Good god, compared to the Piper stalls that's one hell of a rollarcoaster. I kept the ball centered, all of that stuff and recovered fine a little bit shaken. Steep turns were fine. Landings, well... I had a difficult time with them. I would always be high on final, most likely because of how high I'm sitting compared to a Piper. I would end up flaring too low and smack the ground with all three gears, I was flaring how I normally flare in the Piper's turns out it dosn't work too well in a Cessna. Anyways, final landing was better than the rest by far. Going back up again Monday, hopefully it goes much better...
