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p1l07m4n said:
That makes sense. I do it all the time. I also tend to grind my heel into the floor, tensing up my entire leg. Somehow my subconscious believes that if I do that, magically my students will put in the correct rudder input.
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Oh yeah, this. Pro-tip from a senior instructor at my school: when they enter a turn, look at the wingtip for signs of adverse yaw.
 
If you read this and think to yourself, Why couldn't they have just said it three days ago?

CONFIDENCE
WITH CLOUD TRENDS IS LOW AND NOT SURE WHEN/IF THEY WILL DISSIPATE.
DELAYED CLEARING...
 
You're definitely a senior CFI when..... you can work with a CFII candidate, play "student" and have the left rudder fully pressed in while doing a forward slip holding the localizer and glideslope perfectly while your candidate students feet are flat on the floor and they don't realize WTH is going on with the pedals or yoke, and the sound of the prop being annoying......
 
KHanson said:
You're definitely a senior CFI when..... you can work with a CFII candidate, play "student" and have the left rudder fully pressed in while doing a forward slip holding the localizer and glideslope perfectly while your candidate students feet are flat on the floor and they don't realize WTH is going on with the pedals or yoke, and the sound of the prop being annoying......
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I like that, and I have the perfect student for it too! I am definitely going to try that ASAP! That's some awesome creativity. Nice job!
 
p1l07m4n said:
I like that, and I have the perfect student for it too! I am definitely going to try that ASAP! That's some awesome creativity. Nice job!
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Go slow with the rudder, and increase opposite yoke accordingly so the airplane feels "level" the whole time. Lemme know how it works for ya' . :-) BTW, if your student says "push the nose forward" when you get to the FAF, shove it forwards... as in make his iPad smack his face. I'm not joking. I go negative g's. :-)
 
KHanson said:
You're definitely a senior CFI when..... you can work with a CFII candidate, play "student" and have the left rudder fully pressed in while doing a forward slip holding the localizer and glideslope perfectly while your candidate students feet are flat on the floor and they don't realize WTH is going on with the pedals or yoke, and the sound of the prop being annoying......
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Haha that's hilarious. Reminds me about how during CFI training, and even instructor standardization at my school some of the chiefs like to do steep turns with no rudder usage holding, airspeed, altitude, and bank angle perfectly, and then see if we catch it.
 
sp238882 said:
Haha I do that all the time when my girlfriend is driving, I slyly shift the car into neutral and yell engine out what now????

....She doesn't find it funny.
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Dude, you are my hero! Where are you at, because I am totally buying the beer! I am giving that one a shot tomorrow :D
 
p1l07m4n said:
Dude, you are my hero! Where are you at, because I am totally buying the beer! I am giving that one a shot tomorrow :D
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<sniffs air> Smell that p1? It smells like bromance during the holiday season. Merry Christmas to you, and your new found love. :bounce: :D
 
KHanson said:
<sniffs air> Smell that p1? It smells like bromance during the holiday season. Merry Christmas to you, and your new found love. :bounce: :D
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That is why posting on here after 1/2 a bottle of Jameson 12 year old, is a bad idea. Maybe one day i'll learn...
 
sp238882 said:
Wait wait wait, so does that mean I WON'T be getting a beer??????
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Yeah you'll be getting a beer, if you like good, strong, homemade beer that will put a kick in your step. We are just waiting for our winter IPA to finish fermenting, then off to the bottles it goes! I think this batch should be in the 7-9% ABV range.

Oh yeah, and the girlfriend didn't find it funny either. Especially going though a canyon road covered with 2-3 inches of snow and ice. I was cracking up though. Now to enjoy my beer in the doghouse...totally worth the look on her face :D
 
You look out the window whenever ATC calls so your student cannot do the "WHAT DO I SAY!?!!?" look.

You know whether it's going to be a good or bad landing by the base turn.

You really enjoy the multiengine student who thinks every engine failure using the fuel selector is real.

Any traffic in the area please advise.
 
TOGA9 said:
You look out the window whenever ATC calls so your student cannot do the "WHAT DO I SAY!?!!?" look.
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Haha, that's a good idea. Usually when they look at me, I just look at them like I have no idea whats going on and then they some how magically figure out the right radio calls.
 
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