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How do you "follow the needles" when the machine has no screens and I guess all you have is communication is with a person outside the machine who tells you whe
by capableweb 4y ago
How do you "follow the needles" when the machine has no screens and I guess all you have is communication is with a person outside the machine who tells you where you are? Normally, you'd have a visual on the runway when you land, so I can understand its much more difficult when you're sitting in a dark box with someone just instructing you what to do. Flying by instrument is really really hard, especially if you have zero training.
> they added weather while I was flying
This I don't understand, like they spray water on you when you're in the cockpit or how was this implemented?
- monkeywork 4y agoAdding weather is likely extra wind and reduced "visual" to the ground
- capableweb 4y ago> reduced "visual" to the ground But there is no "visual" in the first place in the "Link Trainer". You mean that the gauges start showing false/modified values than what they really should? Or that the outside instructor fuddles with the instructions they give you?
- jhugo 4y agoThe wind slows or speeds up the aircraft, requiring power adjustments, and changes its ground track, requiring course adjustments. In weather, the wind may be varying as you fly, requiring constant adjustments. When flying by instruments you have to do those adjustments based on what you see on the instruments as there is no outside reference.