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Finally, some flight time

gmascelli

gmascelli

Active member
Supporting Member
Ocean City, MD
Aircraft Year
1976
Aircraft Type
112/A
Reg Number
N453TC
Serial Number
453
Shout out to Bill Bailey and Bill Hopkins!

While I am stuck on the ground waiting on transition training, COG came to the rescue.

I was was able to get some right seat time in my 112A and get to experience the sound of the IO390 Super Commander of Bill Hopkins.

Here is my blog post with videos.

N453TC Rides Again
 
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Nice video -- I was looking for the 3 green and only saw 2 come on during the landing. Maybe it was the way the camera was angled. I have never been to that part of the country --- was nice to see the landscape. Very nice!
 
Frank said:
Nice video -- I was looking for the 3 green and only saw 2 come on during the landing. Maybe it was the way the camera was angled. I have never been to that part of the country --- was nice to see the landscape. Very nice!
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I went back and watched it again and only could see two. Bill did confirm three green so the camera angle may have shifted. I’m using a new set up and still working out the bugs.

It’s flat out here, but the shore line and bays are beautiful.


** I went back and watched it again on a full screen view, the cowl flap handle is blocking the right main gear light from the camera view.

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Nice flight and video.
 
Very cool videos.
 
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Good videos Gary. I am glad you have a Commander and are now on this site! These guys at Commander.org have no idea what a benefit it is going to be to have you "in the club"!
 
Thanks, Stephen
 
Cool beans Gary! Glad you got the dual out of the way, the rest is in your hands. Have fun.
 
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had an issue with the audio connection.
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During the stalls in the video I could hear the gear bell ringing, and I was wondering why would I hear the gear bell during a stall? A power-on stall would be throttle full forward, a power-off stall would have flaps and gear down (landing configuration). It seems like your instructor had you do a power-on stall without the power on.

Just something that caught my attention.
 
FS said:
During the stalls in the video I could hear the gear bell ringing, and I was wondering why would I hear the gear bell during a stall? A power-on stall would be throttle full forward, a power-off stall would have flaps and gear down (landing configuration). It seems like your instructor had you do a power-on stall without the power on.

Just something that caught my attention.
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Just doing some stalls not configured for slow flight or landings. The one video shows me approaching OXB slowing down and I dropped MP around 14 inches, which triggered the warning bell. I should have dropped the gear a bit sooner to slow down then a notch of flaps.....I am still learning the plane and what numbers to meet the required flight configurations. The videos were just a snip of all the flight time. I did so many stalls in each configuration along with the power off 180's to land that my head was spinning :rolleyes: what I like to call, drinking from the fire hose effect.
 
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I should have dropped the gear a bit sooner to slow down then a notch of flaps.
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I don't know what the POH says for the 112s, but you'll want to check.

In the 114, the flap extension speed (Vfe) is higher than the gear extension speed (Vlo). So out of habit I will put in flaps first followed by gear. I'm also not going to be anywhere near 14 inches of MP when setting up for landing. Again, my habit (from instruction with Carl Gull, at that time Chief Pilot of CAC) is to bring it to 20 inches on downwind (or a reasonable distance if not a downwind entry), and that's where the flaps and gear come out. Then down to 15 inches when descending out of the pattern to the runway.
 
On the 112s both flaps and gear are 130 knots
 
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