Congrats - nicely executed solo circuit! I'M NOT A FLIGHT INSTRUCTOR, so take everything I comment with great caution. Just some random things that came to my mind when watching your video. However, before changing anything, discuss with your FI ... 1) On the video it looks like you were taxiing quite fast. That puts a lot of unnecessary stress on the landing gear and structure on a bumpy grass strip. 2) Tiny bit more right rudder after first takeoff would have kept you perfectly aligned with runway heading. You could also set your heading bug to runway heading but I guess you deliberately set it to crosswind heading as there are no landmarks on open sea. Nice detail :-) 3) I deploy full flaps right after turning base, sometimes even just before. This allows for a more stable approach early on as there is no change configuration anymore. On the other hand, I fly a completely different model with a gliding ratio of 11:1 soI need every bit of drag that I can get to get it down. Maybe your AFM/POH says something on that? 4) It *looks* on video as if this was nearly a 3-point-landing. Maybe a bit more aggressive flare would be the safer option. But again - discuss with your FI. 5) A tiny bit more right rudder on landing would have kept you on centreline. P-factor is more prominent on lower airspeeds so more compensation is needed, the lower the airspeed gets. But maybe you did that deliberately due to the light left crosswind component? But as said - looks very good for the 3rd solo. Calm and controlled. Would fly any time with you. Well done. Alway happy landings!
@MarkDennehy
3 ай бұрын
Thanks! In order - 1) Yes, I've been told off for that. Still trying :D 2) More right rudder is kindof a mantra for students, isn't it? And yeah, especially on that runway maintaining the runway heading on the upwind when on 18 or in the beginning for the approach to 36 catches students out because people naturally follow the coastline but the coastline turns west about 1-200 m south of the threshold so it can lead you off. I focus mostly on the DI for that and since it's a 18-36 line, the bugs aren't massively needed (but yeah, the crosswind would be the place for them because we're headed out to sea with no landmarks). Mostly we're working to not let the wind shove us off heading too much, the wind at a seaside runway is always fun! 3) We get 8:1 out of the SD4s if we do everything right (I think not having the pants on the mains adds a bit more drag for us) - not as slippery as yours but still needs some work to dump energy, so we're throttle way back and flaps ten before turning base and flaps two immediately on turning final or immediately before depending on the headwind, how well we've managed altitude and speed, and so on. I think we mostly wait for after turning finals because, y'know, students - we're not that good at this yet :D For glide approaches though, we'll be on flaps two before lineup and almost always flaps three for the final approach (POH says flaps two only for a normal approach, three for short-field) 4) I think that might be the camera and the normal sitting angle, I've been lucky in that I've not hopped the nosewheel yet, we're mains for a good run before the nose touches even for me - the SD4s are pretty nicely designed that way. 5) No, the whole thing where nosewheel students go "oh, I've landed, I can stop flying now" was biting me there. We work against it, but y'know, low-time students, we're not that good yet :) More right rudder....
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