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Old 12-02-2004 | 07:15 PM
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Default RE: Any positive tips on self teaching on .40 trainer

I to will save you the get an Instructor speech... Possitive advice.
When taxiing, if you have a steerable nose wheel the plane barly need to move to turn..

Take off is simple, advance throttle slowly and keep it on a straight track, when you feel in get light(you'llknow trust me) pull a little up elevator, then use the ailerons to keep the wings level while you STEADILY climb out.

Turning- When you are high enough to allow a couple mistakes before the dreaded ground catches your plane apply a Little aileron in the Direction you would like to turn, the pull a tad of up elevator.. If you see the tail start to "sag" or drop below the nose apply a little rudder it the direction you first applied ailerons. When you are going the direction you want level the wings.

Landing THIS is the hard part! First you want to test the aircrafts stall characteristics up HIGH, to see just how slow it'll go.. Then cut the throttle to Idle and glide to about 15 ft. above where you wanna land... KEEP THE WINGS LEVEL! And let the plane slowly descend at 2-3 ft AGL pull a slight bit of elevator(just enough to get the nose up) hold it there til' it slowly settles in on the main gear..

Good luck! Regards, Cody