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In my experience, I think my focal point is the C.G. area of the airplane.
<br>As far as placing your cognitive awareness in the cockpit goes, I flew
that way for many years and as you will note, the inference is aimed at
beginning pilots and I concur. However, after flying that way for 30+ years
I finally came to the realization that in rapid orientation changes it
is absolutely impossible for anyone to avoid control position separation.
Once separation occurs, a time lapse of varying interval occurs during
which it becomes necessary to reestablish positional continuity and this
interval will vary with the ability of the individual.Once you get behind
it's very tough to catch up.For me the interval is not an acceptable one,
so a few years back I abandoned the practice in favor of flying the aircraft
as a remote object that requires specific inputs based upon a learned responce
to positional attitudes.Once these responces are learned and practiced,
they become allmost automatic and the cockpit separation time lapse all
but disappears. Now I am allmost never " in the cockpit" and that feeling
of "losing it" is quite infrequent, and if I burned 28 cases of fuel a
season would probably be history totally.
<br>If you think I'm full of it, then try doing a rolling circle with one
roll and let me see you stay in the cockpit all the way around. Gets pretty
tough after 180 degrees, huh? The loop with one roll too gets tricky. There's
a lot happening positionally to really confuse the brain and if your brain
is as confused as mine you're probably more secure accomplishing these
maneuvers by rote and swallowing your pride.
<br>Just my approach,
<br>Georgie
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<p>Bob Pastorello wrote:
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<font face="Arial"><font size=-1>I'll
throw in my .01 here....I've worked with some folks through the years who
have become pretty notable fliers...and with them, as other students, as
soon as they can fly I start whispering about "get in the cockpit"...and
STAY THERE !!!</font></font><font face="Arial"><font size=-1>
My experience, and those I've worked with would reinforce the value of
that "situational awareness" that the mental picture of being "in" the
cockpit provides.</font></font><font face="Arial"><font size=-1>
For those ready to claim it doesn't work - you have to do it enough, until
it is a ritual...when running up the motor, until shutting it down...you
work at keeping your mental perspective as if you're in the plane.
It can't be learned well in a dozen flights; probably not 50...but
once learned, many, many corrections that were troublesome before (like
"wrong rudder") gets a LOT easier.</font></font> <font face="Arial"><font size=-1>Don
Lowe has a long experience and history of many credentials and wins in
aerobatics! He wouldn't make that recommendation lightly.</font></font>
<br>Bob Pastorello, Oklahoma
<br>NSRCA 199, AMA 46373
<br><a href="mailto:rcaerobob@cox.net">rcaerobob@cox.net</a>
<br><a href="http://www.rcaerobats.net">www.rcaerobats.net</a>
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<a href="mailto:xavier.mouraux@sympatico.ca" title="xavier.mouraux@sympatico.ca">Xavier
Mouraux</a></div>
<div style="FONT: 10pt arial"><b>To:</b> <a href="mailto:discussion@nsrca.org" title="discussion@nsrca.org">discussion@nsrca.org</a></div>
<div style="FONT: 10pt arial"><b>Sent:</b> Saturday, February 07, 2004
7:49 PM</div>
<div style="FONT: 10pt arial"><b>Subject:</b> Sitting in the plane or not
?</div>
<font face="Arial"><font size=-1>Hello again,</font></font> <font face="Arial"><font size=-1>I
was reading Don Lowe's column in RCM and was surprised at his recommandation
to beginners RC pilots: "establish yourself as in the cockpit ... and then
the control motions required never change".</font></font> <font face="Arial"><font size=-1>I
havn't flown outside for a few month now so I can't try to verify what
I do. I am asking you guys who may have notice it before. Do you fly like
you are sitting in the airplane or you look at the plane and move the sticks
automatically ?</font></font> <font face="Arial"><font size=-1>Another
question related to flying: Were do you look when you pilot an RC plane
?</font></font><font face="Arial"><font size=-1>a) The plane in general</font></font><font face="Arial"><font size=-1>b)
The nose of the plane</font></font><font face="Arial"><font size=-1>c)
The tail of the plane</font></font><font face="Arial"><font size=-1>d)
Some distance in front of the plane (were you want it to go)</font></font> <font face="Arial"><font size=-1>Thanks</font></font> <font face="Arial"><font size=-1>Xavier</font></font> <font face="Arial"><font size=-1>note:
I have not been in this hobby for very long so I don't know everybody's
history. If someone could give me a small resume of Don Lowe, I will appreciate.</font></font></blockquote>
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