[simpits-tech] Jetstream Update

[Matt Bailey]

On Tuesday 23 July 2002 02:37 am, you wrote:
> Matt Bailey wrote:
> > Heheh........my dad says there have been a number of "crashes" due to
> > poor
> > piloting. :) The tech guys apparently do NOT like having to reset
> > everything,
> > I guess it's quite a pain. I believe he said one guy actually did
> > pull off a
> > roll on approach without wreaking havoc, dunno if motion was on or
> > not.
>
> According to legend, the programmers goofed when writing the code for the
> motion and didn't put software limits in.

	Hmmm seems odd that they would do that for every motion sim, unless they all 
use the same software.

> > Say, what kind of ratings etc you got?
>
> It's been years and I have no idea where the plots are, but I did just run
> across my logbooks so there might be something in there. Nope, just what I
> did. Didn't realize that it was 2.5 hrs, though. That's 3.8 of MEL now :)
> Unfortunately it's only 45.4 hrs... wait, I have another logbook... 65.9
> total. If it wasn't spread out over a decade and a half I'd have my private
> by now. Maybe after grad school I'll have time and money to finish.

	2.5hrs in what? 65.9 yeah I think the requirement for private is 40 total, 
and with that prior experience I wouldn't think it would take you long to get 
the private license.

> Back to sims, I don't remember the specifics, but I do know that I drew a
> crowd on a particularly nasty landing. #2 died a flaming, ugly death, then
> the hydraulics on that side failed. Dad stopped me as I was going for the
> pump and said it wasn't going to work, so I put her down on the numbers,
> went to full left aileron, and held the wing off as long as possible. He
> said I did better than most of his students with 20 times the total time I
> have.
>
> Yes, my Dad is a bit evil. This was apparent on my 16th birthday when I
> soloed. Everyone that's soloed knows that you're too busy to think about
> anything until the downwind leg. That's when I realized how much quieter a
> C172N is with him on the ramp ;) Put that one down on the numbers, too,
> then proceeded to get nearly run over by a 727 the next day while doing my
> runup (naturally I then practiced my short field proceedures and got the
> HELL out of there).

	Cool, I soloed on my 16th too (it was even a 172)! Never had any close-calls 
with 727's though, you don't see many of those at a dinky little rural Class 
G airport with a 4,000ft runway. :)

> Don't get me started on flying stories. Even with only 65 hours I have
> quite a few good ones :)

	Hehe, I've got like 120-something hours or so now, actually not too many 
"interesting" moments, but a few............ever take a 172 sideways on the 
ground? :)

	-Matt Bailey