Trike to 3 axis

[Biggles]

We have a quite a few com pilots through the mine site as the only way to get here is by air. Invariably the bar conversation end up with a grown man shivering at the thought of having to push forward to go up...

This week-end I hitched a ride on a Cessna Caravan and I sat in the right seat. After getting in the air the PIC told me to take the yoke. I found it very easy to adapt to the yoke. We did some manouvers to get me used to the controls and off we went. At one piont i was doing fairly steep turns so the pax could take pictures of a waterfall. When we finished the PIC told me not to use so much right rudder... I told him I hadn't been using the rudder... Woops, I had slipped back to using the right pedal as the throttle.

Once I had played around with the rudder for a while (5 minutes) I got rid trying to use it as a throttle...

Anyone else have tales of converting between trike and 3 axis?

[RV4ker (RIP)]

The Van is a hell of a plane to do your trike to PPL convex on (Insert plenty green drool smiley)

[Big-D]

That right rudder is a problem :D Currently doing conversion to Challenger and keep putting airy in a side slip whem I actually want to increase power

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[Duck Rogers]

That right rudder is a problem :D Currently doing conversion to Challenger and keep putting airy in a side slip whem I actually want to increase power

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David, it's quite simply really. The hand stirs the pap in the pot and the other hand controls the volume...... :D

[Slider]

I had a flight, last year in a Tecnam owend by AFOS for about 15 minutes, and also no problem. I think it might get a bit wild on the rudder in a cross wind for me

[Tailspin]

doing convex for the VP and now and then i also start to get confused but it sorts itself rather quickly when you realise that landing is mandetory

[tsotsi]

Busy doing conversion on a Raven. Initially had some steering problems on the runway

[RV4ker (RIP)]

It opposite for us blik drivers. Rydaar wheels when we land and pull in the flair keeps instructors young. I gave the boys at FASI a couple grey hairs... Usually something like,
Destrutor - let's have a coffee break,
Me - naaah I fine for a couple more circuits.
Destructor - Coffee NOW - I need to calm nerves....

In their defense they climbed (don't know how willingly) back in the saddle after the uncontrolled shaking stopped....

PS
That what awaits FF & Co, when they land at Kroon (if I can wait that long)

[The Agent]

All it takes is to configure the brain foot hand eye co ordination.


That is wahy a certain amount of hours are required.

[ICEMAN]

Did my convex from trike to three axis in Feb, took just over 7 hours.

My biggest challenge was getting used to moving the feet for cross control and crabbing on finals the slower your airspeed, the more imput required...... it took a while to get out of trike mode of locking front wheel with your legs when on finals.

[Slow_Poke]

i'm with you ice man, bussy doing my ppl (90hrs on trike 6.5 hrs on jabi) and i also "lock" my feet on landings - keeping the wheel straight! as for the rest, not to bad, still prefer flying trike though - it just feels right!

[Slow_Poke]

eventually!! I went solo this morning in the jabi! what a great feeling!

[Big-D]

Well done Slow poke

[KFA]

Did my convex from PPL to trike in 4hrs15 and have never gotten confused. I climb from one to the next without problem. The only thing that still amazes me is that in the BB I want height immediately and with the trike I like to stay 500ft or below. It's a mental thing.
PS : Don't tell my students.