cointyro
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Trim Out Back Pressure? and other \"chair flying\" practice advice
Hello all!
I'm trying to "chair fly" / visualize my first few lessons so I will know what all the arm motions and general movement of the instruments will be. I've visualized / practiced the whole carb heat / throttle / mixture adjustments for different phases of flight, and have practiced coordination of rudder pedals with turns (counterintuitive to me as I'm used to skiing where I press left to turn right).
Anyway, to trim out back pressure on the yolk, say in a Cessna 152 or 172, do I rotate the trim wheel upwards or downwards? For ex when I'm in a climb I add power, pull back on the yoke, hold slight right pressure on the rudder pedal, and trim out the back pressure, but which way do I turn it?
To extend flaps you move that lever downwards, but it has a latch right, so you have to pop it slight left and then into the right setting on the right for flaps down a particular degree amount? Or is it a smooth downward rotation that "sticks" at each of the settings?
This will help me practice further and economize that huge $100-an-hour expense!!
Thanks! Any other pointers appreciated.
Dan
Hello all!
I'm trying to "chair fly" / visualize my first few lessons so I will know what all the arm motions and general movement of the instruments will be. I've visualized / practiced the whole carb heat / throttle / mixture adjustments for different phases of flight, and have practiced coordination of rudder pedals with turns (counterintuitive to me as I'm used to skiing where I press left to turn right).
Anyway, to trim out back pressure on the yolk, say in a Cessna 152 or 172, do I rotate the trim wheel upwards or downwards? For ex when I'm in a climb I add power, pull back on the yoke, hold slight right pressure on the rudder pedal, and trim out the back pressure, but which way do I turn it?
To extend flaps you move that lever downwards, but it has a latch right, so you have to pop it slight left and then into the right setting on the right for flaps down a particular degree amount? Or is it a smooth downward rotation that "sticks" at each of the settings?
This will help me practice further and economize that huge $100-an-hour expense!!
Thanks! Any other pointers appreciated.
Dan