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 Posted: Mon Feb 08, 2010 9:55 pm Post subject: OLD CFI's thoughts |
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re Zenith problems
As a CFI for 48 years, I've flown over 140 makes and models of aircraft for over 25,000 hours. That really doesn't mean anything except ~ Evidently I've done something right for a few thousand hours and was lucky several times. That being said, and my not having flown a Zenith, but many other homebuilts and LSA aircraft prior to their being LSA's. I have noticed a problem with many many pilots that have flown only one or two types of aircraft is they are extremely rough on the controls. I've noticed when asking them to slow down 5 kts, they raise the nose abruptly 10 degrees or so! Now with the very light control pressures, and the pressures not changing much to really load up the airplane I can see several of the pilots I've given Flight Reviews to doing what has evidently been done to the Zenith ~~ overstressing by having no "feel" for the aircraft. As many have said proper checkout and flying will eliminate many of the problems, if not all. Flying any aircraft within the parameters it was designed to be flown, aerobatics, buzz jobs, and rough handling of the controls is forgivable in some aircraft, but in some it may not be. When the control pressures don't change but a very small amount with the increasing "G" load it is easy to overload the aircraft.
I'm not saying there are no problems with the aircraft, however studying the accidents of the homebuilt group of pilots there is an extreme number of useless accidents many which would not have happened had the person flown the aircraft within the limitations of the aircraft, and the FAR's
FLY SMOOTH and Fly SAFE
Elbie Mendenhall
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