do you still get vertigo ?

[Thedude]

hum interesting, as an f/a sitting in the cockpit after ( ok say a 20 hour duty day) and it's an empty flight, I sit up front to see what's happening, all quiet. smooth and a grease landing) I don't get vertigo. I get off the plane still feel like I'm descending? And this goes on until the next day! I have never felt like I'm upside down

You really need to stay off the drugs kittykat.

Just sitting in the cockpit will not give you vertigo. (The cockpit isnt some magical purple machine that controls time and space.) You get vertigo when you eyes and your inner ear dont agree. Such as in WX when you cant see the horizon. You might fell like you are standing on your head, turning left or right, etc. If you get off an airplane and still feel like you are descending you have OTHER problems.

 

[tathepilot]

lmao....

 

[DrewBlows]

I really haven't thought about vertigo in a long time, but I used to get it a little when first entering IMC after takeoff when flying piston airplanes. It always went away after a few minutes and I just did what I was taught and concentrated on the instruments. Nowadays I tend to be on instruments after takeoff whether in IMC or not, so even when it's poor visibility and/or low clouds nothing changes. Of course this is possible because I have another set of eyes outside and TCAS constantly looking for traffic for me. Now that I'm thinking about it again I'm sure I'll get vertigo immediatly after my next takeoff into IMC. Thanks a lot.

 

[oops!]

I really haven't thought about vertigo in a long time, but I used to get it a little when first entering IMC after takeoff when flying piston airplanes. It always went away after a few minutes and I just did what I was taught and concentrated on the instruments. Nowadays I tend to be on instruments after takeoff whether in IMC or not, so even when it's poor visibility and/or low clouds nothing changes. Of course this is possible because I have another set of eyes outside and TCAS constantly looking for traffic for me. Now that I'm thinking about it again I'm sure I'll get vertigo immediatly after my next takeoff into IMC. Thanks a lot.

oh ya back in the day

 

[Daytonaflyer]

Yep, still get it. Especially when flying through Tstorms at night after takeoff and doing a lot of turns. That sucks.

 

[Metro752]

I got it tonight, felt like I was falling back out of my seat and banking steep turn to the right. Never climbed once I got it, and never turned to the right, only left turns, and descents to landing on a GPS approach. Kept all the stuff pegged though, just fly the plane. It sucks. Can it kind of be described as a fear or something.

 

[MissKittyKat]

The dude, look at your post. Where do you get off by telling someone that you have never met to get off drugs on a public message board. I know what vertigo is, my post is regard to after many hours of flying " I still feel like I'm landing even though I've been off the plane. I know people " pilots" whom I've flown with get vertigo, and it's not fun, it usually occurs after long hours in the aircraft, and it is through no fault of the pilots flying the aircraft. Some people feel it, while others do not.

 

[dojetdriver]

I used to get it really bad when I was doing my inst. triaining. Especially in actual. For me, I just got used to it. I now get it just briefly, a few seconds is all. If its really smooth in IMC or night time and you get one of those long continous 270 degree turns on departure or something similar.

You get better at dealing with it and it does get less and less the more you fly. It did with me anyway.

 

[Thedude]

The dude, look at your post. Where do you get off by telling someone that you have never met to get off drugs on a public message board. I know what vertigo is, my post is regard to after many hours of flying " I still feel like I'm landing even though I've been off the plane. I know people " pilots" whom I've flown with get vertigo, and it's not fun, it usually occurs after long hours in the aircraft, and it is through no fault of the pilots flying the aircraft. Some people feel it, while others do not.

Shez....all I have to do is read some of your post to know you either on drugs or just plain nuters

 

[LJDRVR]

Miss Kitty Kat,

What you are describing is a mild kinesthetic illusion. Not vertigo as it applies to instrument flying. Please don't take offense to this but you do not know what vertigo or spatial disorientation is.

To the original poster: Most new instrument pilots have an experience or two with this, usually just a case of the leans. After time you will adjust to it completely and shouldn't have an issue with it. If this continues to be an issue, for more than a couple off times, then there are possibly other things going on involving your health. A recent cold or allergy can cause long-term irritation and swelling of the tissue surrounding your eustachian tube, which can irritate certain nerves, resulting in mild vertigo. There are also several medical conditions that can cause you problems. If it continues, see an ENT.