What helped me was my CFI telling me to “try not to land the plane”. That with transitioning my eyes down to the end of the runway as I crossed over my aiming point. Maintain your airspeed and don’t forget pitch for speed and throttle for altitude. To high: reduce throttle. To slow: push nose over. Keep up the good work!
I'm 57 and just went through this over the last 3 years. Keep at it. It gets much easier. The stuff that's taking 90% of your focus now will take only 10% and you'll have enough brain space to finesse the stuff that probably seems impossible right now, like maintaining the centerline all the way to stop, touching the wheels down at your intended touchdown point, and keeping exactly the right pattern altitude and speeds on downwind, base and final. Good luck!
Thanks for commenting. I always heard sportbikes are the closest thing to flying. I do agree with that, but sportbike riders need to imagine riding and maintaining direction where the tires have zero grip and gravity doesn't exist to hold you planted. Uphill or downhill at Road Atlanta, great..... now do it where the track disappears and all you have are the controls given to you.
fly less steep approaches aim for the numbers instead of thousand footers, keep the speed up 65-70 and have a slightly more extended and nose up flare and try to drag it to the thousand footers, your approach at 6 minutes was good up until the point you forgot to flare
Thanks for this. Another CFI and I had a conversation after a flight and I finally grasped why / how my slow airspeed was affecting my approach. Also I realized I was trying to round out and flare at once.
we never stop learning! the certificate give us the rights to learn without an instructor on board! :D
What helped me was my CFI telling me to “try not to land the plane”. That with transitioning my eyes down to the end of the runway as I crossed over my aiming point. Maintain your airspeed and don’t forget pitch for speed and throttle for altitude. To high: reduce throttle. To slow: push nose over. Keep up the good work!
I'm 57 and just went through this over the last 3 years. Keep at it. It gets much easier. The stuff that's taking 90% of your focus now will take only 10% and you'll have enough brain space to finesse the stuff that probably seems impossible right now, like maintaining the centerline all the way to stop, touching the wheels down at your intended touchdown point, and keeping exactly the right pattern altitude and speeds on downwind, base and final. Good luck!
Thanks for this! It was a rough training flight today. I'm really struggling with consistent landings.
THATS REAL I REMEMBER MY STRUGGLES & NOW IT SEEMS EASY...LMAO
Looks fine to me!
as a 54 yr old GA enthusiast and former owner of several gsxr 750, 1100 and a R1 i enjoyed this.
Thanks for commenting. I always heard sportbikes are the closest thing to flying. I do agree with that, but sportbike riders need to imagine riding and maintaining direction where the tires have zero grip and gravity doesn't exist to hold you planted. Uphill or downhill at Road Atlanta, great..... now do it where the track disappears and all you have are the controls given to you.
fly less steep approaches aim for the numbers instead of thousand footers, keep the speed up 65-70 and have a slightly more extended and nose up flare and try to drag it to the thousand footers, your approach at 6 minutes was good up until the point you forgot to flare
Thanks for this. Another CFI and I had a conversation after a flight and I finally grasped why / how my slow airspeed was affecting my approach. Also I realized I was trying to round out and flare at once.
First one in TDZE on center line. What’s the prob?