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Of course, this means a student can start in this electric trainer, and focus on learning the flying right off the bat. When a student has that down, they can
by grecy 9y ago
Of course, this means a student can start in this electric trainer, and focus on learning the flying right off the bat.
When a student has that down, they can graduate up to a trainer with an ICE, and then learn all of that stuff.
Exactly like learning to drive a car in an automatic first, then once you have the actual vehicle control/traffic/etc down, you graduate up to a stick shift.
- rowyourboat 9y agoExcept that in countries where stick shift dominates, you start off learning to drive a stick right away.
- mrob 9y agoUnlike airplanes, cars have no stall speed. You first lesson involves driving at very low speeds, away from traffic. If you have any trouble shifting you can just stop. Airplanes are less forgiving.
- pdelbarba 9y agoElectric vs ICE trainers won't have much in the way of differences. The main procedural differences will be engine start (just follow the checklist) and low power conditions where carb heat is required (becoming slightly less common now that fuel injection is available and relatively cheap). The most common trainer is the C172 which is high wing and therefore doesn't need an electric fuel pump or tank switching so that's about it.
- 659087 9y agoThat's why you have an instructor. Just as a decent driving instructor won't let you blow a red light, a decent flight instructor (who has the ability to take control of the aircraft, unlike a driving instructor) isn't going to let you enter an unplanned stall, or leave you on your own to deal with more than you're ready to handle at any given time.