Can you be "spatially disoriented" if you are driving at night in heavy ...
12 Mar 2025 at 11:29am
That. There are illusions that can get you when driving, but driving is really bad weather is more analogous to VFR into IMC than it is to spatial disorientation.
how do you remember cloud clearances for vfr - Pilots of America
10 Mar 2025 at 9:40pm
Personally I just stay out of the clouds with room to spare when VFR...most everything else is just textbook exercises because, as someone else mentioned, there's no way to truly gauge distance accurately and, in some cases, optical illusions screw with our perspective.
Crash at Reagan National Airport, DC. Small aircraft down in the ...
18 Mar 2025 at 6:00am
There are at least a couple visual illusions, potentially combined, that I can think of which might have contributed to this. Seems bizarre to any of us not in the situation, but the eyes are powerful in the brain hierarchy, and they fool us frequently at night.
American Optical vs Randolph engineering aviators - Pilots of America
17 Mar 2025 at 10:11am
Between American Optical and Randolph Engineering? which is generally considered better quality for the price? Been looking at aviators, polycarbonate but would like dark tint and understand that polycarbonate does not take tint very well unless it?s polycarbonate, then there?s the endless...
Video of C-152 Stall/Spin @ Quebec City (CYQB)
17 Mar 2025 at 3:48pm
Why would a pilot apply left rudder during a climb? More likely optical illusion due to shadows, camera angle, and pixel interpolation.
Windshield polishing - Pilots of America
16 Mar 2025 at 2:30pm
LOL, I've worked at an airline where we evaluated cockpit side windows, doors windows and pax cabin windows using an optical micrometer to determine depth of crazing and we repaired windows that were within MM limits.
Skydive Drop Plane Down in Hawaii, Nine Dead - Pilots of America
18 Jan 2025 at 10:54pm
Magnified optical examination revealed that all the fracture surfaces on the right horizontal stabilizer, elevator, and attachment bracket were consistent with overstress separations, which was likely the source of the loud bang heard by the jumper during the recovery sequence." Loss of control after stalling on jump run over stressed the airframe.
Grumman Tiger Performance Problem - Pilots of America
12 Mar 2025 at 6:43am
New prop? 63 degrees? What is that? Props are measured by number of blades, length and geometric pitch (inches). How are you determining the RPM? With the tachometer, which is virtually useless, or an optical tachometer? Sounds like the basics have not been covered yet, before complaining.
O-320 Cruise Rpms - Pilots of America
12 Mar 2025 at 12:48pm
I use an electronic optical tach in flight every now and then to see if they have changed (counts the blade flicker). The one that is off by 40 is set to the rpm I want (allowing for the error) and the one off by a 100 is matched to the first one by ear.
A&P guys - what avionics can you touch? | Pilots of America
14 Mar 2025 at 10:58am
A diaphragm, bourdon tube, aneroid, optical, or mechanically driven centrifugal instrument used on aircraft or to operate aircraft, including tachometers, airspeed indicators, pressure gauges drift sights, magnetic compasses, altimeters, or similar mechanical instruments.
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12 Mar 2025 at 11:29am
That. There are illusions that can get you when driving, but driving is really bad weather is more analogous to VFR into IMC than it is to spatial disorientation.
how do you remember cloud clearances for vfr - Pilots of America
10 Mar 2025 at 9:40pm
Personally I just stay out of the clouds with room to spare when VFR...most everything else is just textbook exercises because, as someone else mentioned, there's no way to truly gauge distance accurately and, in some cases, optical illusions screw with our perspective.
Crash at Reagan National Airport, DC. Small aircraft down in the ...
18 Mar 2025 at 6:00am
There are at least a couple visual illusions, potentially combined, that I can think of which might have contributed to this. Seems bizarre to any of us not in the situation, but the eyes are powerful in the brain hierarchy, and they fool us frequently at night.
American Optical vs Randolph engineering aviators - Pilots of America
17 Mar 2025 at 10:11am
Between American Optical and Randolph Engineering? which is generally considered better quality for the price? Been looking at aviators, polycarbonate but would like dark tint and understand that polycarbonate does not take tint very well unless it?s polycarbonate, then there?s the endless...
Video of C-152 Stall/Spin @ Quebec City (CYQB)
17 Mar 2025 at 3:48pm
Why would a pilot apply left rudder during a climb? More likely optical illusion due to shadows, camera angle, and pixel interpolation.
Windshield polishing - Pilots of America
16 Mar 2025 at 2:30pm
LOL, I've worked at an airline where we evaluated cockpit side windows, doors windows and pax cabin windows using an optical micrometer to determine depth of crazing and we repaired windows that were within MM limits.
Skydive Drop Plane Down in Hawaii, Nine Dead - Pilots of America
18 Jan 2025 at 10:54pm
Magnified optical examination revealed that all the fracture surfaces on the right horizontal stabilizer, elevator, and attachment bracket were consistent with overstress separations, which was likely the source of the loud bang heard by the jumper during the recovery sequence." Loss of control after stalling on jump run over stressed the airframe.
Grumman Tiger Performance Problem - Pilots of America
12 Mar 2025 at 6:43am
New prop? 63 degrees? What is that? Props are measured by number of blades, length and geometric pitch (inches). How are you determining the RPM? With the tachometer, which is virtually useless, or an optical tachometer? Sounds like the basics have not been covered yet, before complaining.
O-320 Cruise Rpms - Pilots of America
12 Mar 2025 at 12:48pm
I use an electronic optical tach in flight every now and then to see if they have changed (counts the blade flicker). The one that is off by 40 is set to the rpm I want (allowing for the error) and the one off by a 100 is matched to the first one by ear.
A&P guys - what avionics can you touch? | Pilots of America
14 Mar 2025 at 10:58am
A diaphragm, bourdon tube, aneroid, optical, or mechanically driven centrifugal instrument used on aircraft or to operate aircraft, including tachometers, airspeed indicators, pressure gauges drift sights, magnetic compasses, altimeters, or similar mechanical instruments.
WHAT IS THIS? This is an unscreened compilation of results from several search engines. The sites listed are not necessarily recommended by Surfnetkids.com.
