Debrief for Sortie 108E – Tan Yang Beng

Sortie Details: Sortie 108E Circuits, 4 + 1

Duration: 1hr

Flight Schedule: ATD 16:15 ETA: 17:15

1. Rudder input during take off was too aggressive resulting in the plane to swing left and right.
2. Need to take note of the banking angle; do not over bank the aircraft.
3. For X-Wind take off, turn aileron into the wind. As the speed increases, slowly return the aileron back to neutral position. X-Wind landing is the direct opposite; when airspeed comes down, more aileron has to be input to make sure that the aircraft do not drift sideways from the runway centerline.
4. Take note of weather cocking the aircraft in x-wind conditions and make sure that the downwind league is flown parallel to the runway. Do not cut into the runway.
5. During base, anticipate that the airspeed to come down to 70kts. Start lowering the nose at 75kts instead of lowering it at 70kts.
6. Make sure to call out traffic sighted during turning base.

Bad call i made to go up? didn't manage to fly the plane the way i wanted it to. defeated by the wind...1hr more? work hard!

Signing out

Debrief for Sortie 108D – Tan Yang Beng

Sortie Details: Sortie 108D Circuits, 5 + 1

Duration: 1hr

Flight Schedule: ATD 15:00 ETA: 16:00

1. For engine start up, let the engine fire up first before pushing in the mixture to rich.
2. When turning the aircraft, cadet must remember to execute a coordinated flight; left aileron with left rudder, right aileron with right rudder. Maintain the ball in centre. This technique applies during finals when the ailerons are used to get the aircraft back to the centerline.
3. During taxiing, even when told to expedite, do not increase to the power to 1500rpm. 1200rpm is enough.
4. During take off, do not over correct the aircraft. Slowly increase the power to full so as to have better control of the aircraft and to maintain centerline.
5. When flying downwind, there should only be a maximum of 10^O weather cocking of the aircraft heading. Make sure that the downwind tracking is done parallel to the runway.
6. Always fly the aircraft first before doing downwind checks.
7. Do not lose any height when powering back to 1400rpm during late downwind and turning base. Only start to descend when ASI reads 70kts.
8. When rolling out at finals, align the aiming point with the top of the compass and do slight adjustments from there.
9. Remember when decreasing power, left rudder to control adverse yaw and vice versa when increasing power.
10. Continue to pull back on the control column after touch down and do not let the nose wheel drop onto the runway.
11.  During holding off, make sure to use all 3 control surfaces.
    • Aileron to control drifting due to cross wind
    • Rudder to control nose parallel/align with centerline
    • Elevator to arrest the sink rate

There is hope! Work work...

Signing out~

Sortie Details: Sortie 108C Circuits, 4 + 1

Duration: 1hr

Flight Schedule: ATD 11:20 ETA: 12:20

1. For engine start up, mixture to be increased progressively instead of pushing in rapidly.
2. Make sure to follow the check list and review the ATIS during after start check.
3. Taxiing was too fast. Advised to look sideways through the window to check actual taxiing speed. Taxiing speed should be maintained at face walking pace.
4. During take off, make sure to arrest the aircraft from taking off before 60kts is reached.
5. Need to improve on situational awareness when it comes to following circuit traffic.
6. When traffic is building up, be proactive to fly the aircraft at lower airspeed by powering back to 1800-1900rpm and fly at 90kts to increase the separation from the aircraft in front. Option of extending the flaps can be considered.
7. For circuit flying, constantly check for Height, Heading, Speed, and Spacing.
8. When turning from base to finals, the height should be kept at 500-600ft.
9. Judgment must be exercised when coming to round out. Need to feel that the aircraft is sinking and hence pulling back the control column to arrest the sink. Landing made was very bad throughout the session.

i need to work harder...the hrs are drawing near.

signing out~