ORIGINAL: on_your_six
The actual use of Nitro engines will require assistance... learning to tune and all the field rules will require an instructor..
Not really. These engines are not complex. There's two needles to set and there's plenty of videos on the internet of engines running rich, lean and good. Doing the homework and learning what the two needles do is more than sufficient to get the engine tuned well enough to fly an airplane. You can also buy a car and learn on that, those engines tune exactly the same as aircraft engines for the most part. I will admit an idle speed needle isn't on aircraft for the most part, and if it is it isn't used, but the high speed and low speed mixture needles work exactly the same, and those engines carry far less risk of destruction if they stall. Car just rolls to a halt. Usually come with instructional videos in the box as well. The good ones do.
ORIGINAL: AugerDawger
ORIGINAL: on_your_six
You can point the finger around, but just like the NTSB reports, the PIC is solely responsible. Learn it, live it. That is why they call it the school of hard knocks. You learned an invaluable lesson that may pay off ten fold in other aspects of your life.
Please tell oh rich and wise air ace
What valuable lesson did I learn to pay off in my life ?
Internet tough guys are a pain in the ass and are to be ignored?
ORIGINAL: AugerDawger
ORIGINAL: mrbigg
''quick pace''- this is the second post that you have said the plane was moving along fast. Use the thottle. So many pilots (including my instructor), never said to pull back the throttle and cruise. Just peg it and forget it. When I'm instructing, the throttle gets worked on the first and every flight after. Your instructor should have known better.
He told me not touch the throttle or rudder.
Is this another thing I should have just done on my own or known to do on my own against what my AMA Gold Level Instructor was telling me ?
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Find a new instructor. The rudder is key for making smooth turns, and the throttle is not a "set and forget" switch. Any instructor who says not to touch the throttle or rudder is one who needs to stop instructing.