How long does it take to stop
Doing stupid stuff?
I mean like losing orientation in simple maneuvers or turning left when you wanted to go right?
I Have had several of what I call near misses since I soloed, (Some of the guys I fly with who taught me say they wouldnt have known anything was amis had I not gotten excited.) Some of these mistakes were honest orientation errors due to overcast sky and inexperience, but some were down right scary stupid due to playing and pushing the edge of my very new skills.
For instance, I was flying back and forth, just playing between figure eight practice runs. I would take her down the feild, pull up into a nice 45 degree or so climb, then roll her over upside down and using up elevator reverse direction thereby righting the aircraft, in sort of a half loop. I've practiced this maneuver countless times on my simulator. I was doing great. Then one pass I didnt use enough power in the climb and she stalled half way thru the roll, by the time I recovered it it was going back the other direction (good) but INVERTED (BAD) since I didnt realize I was still inverted till I eased up elevator to climb. Fortunately I am a firm believer in the three mistakes high rule and had sufficient altitude to correct this oversight and keep my precious Arrow in the sky. (Amazing how fast she dives when I dont want her too LOL!)
Understand, Ive only been soloed for about 4 weeks now, but living 5 minutes from my flying feild I go out on average 3 times a week or more so I have at least 25-30 flights under my belt already. I have been noticing more mistakes recently, and it scares me.. ( I usuall land as soon as I can and stop flying for several minutes to get the shakes out LOL)