My first few flights

[Gibbon]

Hi all,

The whole point of me getting this plane was to try and be more involved in the cockpit, feel the plane if you like, and get a more realistic experience than a standard plane supplied with my flightsim, which happens to be P3d 4.5.

Well obviously i know everything and am the best pilot out there. Or not. Binned my 182 on takeoff first time i tried it lol. This was actually no surprise at all really. So i started with simple take off's and landing circuits at my home airport of EGKA Shoreham in the south of England. After about half a dozen of these i was realising what i was doing wrong, among other things, which was relying on the trim too much and not flying the bloody plane!! She feels like a plane, if that makes sense and you need to treat her as such.

I'm not a real world pilot by any means but i have flown a Grumman Tiger AA5 out of Shoreham as a birthday present, so have some sense of feel for what a light aircraft feels like in the air. Having now completed a longish flight in my 182, i'm now planning a round the UK flight, hopefully without incident, and me making too many stupid mistakes. Thoroughly enjoying my 182, and hopefully we'll have many happy hours together. Excellent product

[Lewis - A2A]

Hey Gibbon,

sounds lovely, thanks for the post and glad you are enjoying the simulation I love hearing these light bulb/first time user posts when its all gone right and the experience has just spoken for itself

I hope your 182 brings you many many many Hours of great enjoyment and fun in the virtual skies.

cheers,
Lewis - A2A

[Ron Attwood]

Ditto. Good post.
Before you know where you are you'll be telling Dudley how to fly a Mustang..Properly.

[DHenriquesA2A]

Hi all,

The whole point of me getting this plane was to try and be more involved in the cockpit, feel the plane if you like, and get a more realistic experience than a standard plane supplied with my flightsim, which happens to be P3d 4.5.

Well obviously i know everything and am the best pilot out there. Or not. Binned my 182 on takeoff first time i tried it lol. This was actually no surprise at all really. So i started with simple take off's and landing circuits at my home airport of EGKA Shoreham in the south of England. After about half a dozen of these i was realising what i was doing wrong, among other things, which was relying on the trim too much and not flying the bloody plane!! She feels like a plane, if that makes sense and you need to treat her as such.

I'm not a real world pilot by any means but i have flown a Grumman Tiger AA5 out of Shoreham as a birthday present, so have some sense of feel for what a light aircraft feels like in the air. Having now completed a longish flight in my 182, i'm now planning a round the UK flight, hopefully without incident, and me making too many stupid mistakes. Thoroughly enjoying my 182, and hopefully we'll have many happy hours together. Excellent product

Glad you are enjoying the 182 and having fun. Sounds like you have discovered the exact reason we created our planes; fun and education.
The more you fly the better you will become at flying. If you run into something you need a bit more help with, just post it here on the forums. Our community is here to help you. If you discover a new adventure on your travels you would like to share, ditto on that as well.
Most of all, just enjoy !
Dudley Henriques