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Wheels turning.
Hi, I got something I can't really understand or find it : Some instructors teach, that we should step on the brakes after T/O to stop the wheels turning. Is that for any real use ?
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Good question! As far as i know, it might be needed in some type of aircraft with retractable landing gear. Usually the reason behind it is avoiding to get spinning wheels inside the fuselage/wings, or bending due to centrifugal forces (big spinning wheels have some force when you try to change their direction). On aircraft with fixed gear it doesn't give you any real advantages that i am aware of. Any other ideas?
What’s your favorite?
If you could fly any aircraft in the world, which one would you choose? 😊
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@Katy Hansen I asked ChatGPT to create a picture of a small and cozy aircraft 😄. Is that what you had in mind?
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@Friedhelm Johannssen That's a big helicopter! 😯 I find the Kamov KA-52 really interesting 😉
What airlines seem to look for in pilot candidates
Hey everyone, There’s a lot of uncertainty around what airlines really value in pilot candidates during interview/screening. Based on my own experience, I’ve put together a few points that might clarify some of that. Please feel free to add or challenge anything, different perspectives are valuable. 1. Most larger airlines don’t care that much about how many hours you have on piston aircraft during training. What really matters is jet exposure. MCC, Jet Orientation, etc. 2. Always help your crewmate. Especially during sim screenings. It doesn’t matter how good you are if you let the other candidate struggle just to make yourself look better. Airlines want team players, not lone heroes. 3. If the airline sends you procedures before the sim, there’s a reason. Study them properly and fly them exactly as written. Don’t change callouts, don’t improvise. They’re checking how seriously you take the assessment. 4. Airlines aren’t looking for someone who’s amazing most of the time but falls apart after one mistake. They’d rather have a predictable, reliable pilot, even if performance is “average”. 5. Don’t try to become the person you think they’re looking for. Just be honest and authentic. They usually find out if you are faking something. And aviation is dependent on honesty among flightcrew members. 6. When we’re unsure, we tend to speak quieter. That’s exactly when you should speak loud and clear so the crew can understand you, and correct you if needed. So, speak loud and clear, without being weird 😉 Hope this helps someone. Feel free to add your own experiences. I’ll probably update this list if more things come to mind.
Which philosophy were you taught?
- Pitch controls altitude, - Power controls airspeed. Or - Pitch controls airspeed, - Power controls altitude. Which of these two were you taught, or which do you prefer/agree with?
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I actually wasn’t really taught any of these philosophies. I just assumed that power is what makes the aircraft go faster, and the elevator points the aircraft in the direction I want it to go. Only years later, when I started instructing and had to figure out how to explain things in a way that really helped improve students’ progress, did I start looking deeper into this. And as it turned out, once you have a clear concept of what your inputs actually do, you can save a huge amount of time and mental capacity.
What part of flying fixed-wing aircraft do you find the most challenging?
What should we talk about or help you with? Remember, we’re all here to help, no question is a stupid one! This is a safe space to ask anything related to the topic.
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@Steffen Fjþrstad Good point! And you’re right, it’s the turbulence that’s moving the aircraft around.But what I meant was that the trim doesn’t interfere with that. It allows the aircraft to move up and down in order to maintain the chosen airspeed. An autopilot, on the other hand, will try to keep the aircraft on its selected path and compensate for the different up- and downdrafts by adjusting power.If the aircraft doesn’t have an autopilot system that includes power control (autothrottle), it will instead use pitch to maintain altitude, which results in varying airspeeds. Remember, if you get an updraft, it’s like adding energy to the system, and a downdraft is like removing energy. It has the same effect as changing the power setting. I hope that makes sense! If not, I’ll try to explain it in a different way.
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Hi, we’ve grown since we last discussed this topic. 😊 Do you have any new opinions or questions?
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Former pilot and flight instructor, now working in the drone business. Founder of "a better pilot".

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