Scudrunners

I think in the nature of the "retardedness" of some of the people posting in this thread, I mistakenly posted Vmc "rollover", when I meant to write Vmc roll


I have never been inverted while having a Vmc roll demonstrated.. or when I have done performed it.


If you wind up inverted in a light piston twin by practicing single engine maneuvering, you are a special kind of retard.

If you allow a twin engine airplane to roll to the inverted position during twin engine training it is just plain incompetence on the part of the instructor.

It is the job of the instructor to stop the student
from killing himself (and the instructor), and
wrecking the airplane.  This is not hard to understand.

An instructor that does not do a good job of this,
is not a very good instructor.  And will probably
end up at TC.

Similarly, during tailwheel training, a good instructor
will not let the student develop more than X degrees
of heading off the runway, when the tires are on the
pavement.  X is a function of aircraft type and generally
decreases as the weight goes up.

A bad instructor allows this to happen, with resulting
damage to the aircraft.  Happens more often than you
would think.

It's important to learn the difference between good
instruction and bad instruction.  The difference is more
than just twisted metal.  It might cost you your life.

All too often, a clumsily-handled simulated emergency
becomes a real one.  Pacific Region's latest hire is the
poster child for this.

When doing tail wheel check outs on licensed pilots I had them come to the airport real early in the morning when there was no traffic.

Before we left the ground they had to demonstrate they could control the airplane on the ground by going back and forth on the runway with the tail in the air.

Then we went flying.

As to the Pacific Region we had arguably the worst pilot in aviation in the flight instruction department.

I guess B.P.F. figured out if they would hire that moron he might get on.

tail wheel check outs ... going back and forth on the runway with the tail in the air

That's actually MUCH harder than flying it  :))

Something a TC inspector or AvCan moderator would
never tell you ... having a metal prop makes flying
tailwheel FAR more challenging than a wood or
composite prop.  This gets worse with a short
fuselage and narrow main gear.

In this respect, the Ryan PT-22 and Fairchild PT-19
are actually pretty tame on the runway.