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Pilot training only focuses on instruments during IFR training. Private pilot and most VFR is done without emphasis on instruments. Aerobatics rely on senses a
by base698 9y ago
Pilot training only focuses on instruments during IFR training. Private pilot and most VFR is done without emphasis on instruments. Aerobatics rely on senses and no instruments.
Source: Skydiver, BASE jumper, paraglider, aerobatic airplane pilot, private pilot land and sea.
- WalterBright 9y ago> Aerobatics rely on senses and no instruments. But I bet you check the airspeed and altitude before doing any maneuvers that'll take you near the ground. I've seen the videos of pilots at airshows pulling out of a dive and having not quite enough altitude to do it. Also, stall recovery is well known to be something that runs counter to every natural instinct a person has.
- loup-vaillant 9y agoThere's a difference between using one's own senses and using one's own instincts. Stall recovery is easily done with one's own senses (sight, hearing, and proprioception), even though the correct response is counter-intuitive. Looking at the instruments would even be a bad idea when you stall, because you'd lose time which you could use to save your life. I even know of a sailplane instructor that turn the instruments off for the student (not for himself, though), so the student can learn to read his own sensory information correctly before relying on instruments.