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I've got a student who co-owns a 1964 Skylane. I have soloed him after what took a little longer than typical of a student in a more typical trainer. Now his partner calls me and tells me that they spoke with some Skylane guru who claims that I've taught the landings all wrong. Guru says that full nose-up trim should be established for landings! My student's co-owner tried this and says it works like a dream--the airplane "lands itself." I expressed my concern about go-around handling to which he adds that Guru recommends carrying full flaps back to pattern altitude! They feel no apprehension about the potential difficulties of a go-around with full nose-up trim and full flaps!
Are there any other Skylane drivers out there that can support this self-proclaimed 182 master? Am I wrong? Is the Air Safety Foundation report wrong in discouraging excessive trim in landing the Skylane? I'm fuming because now my student is convinced that he has spent extra money needlessly because of my approach to teaching Skylane landings. I am also convinced that these guys are begging for a trim-stall/spin accident on a go-around. I have apprehension about retaining my current exposure to liability with this student now that I feel he has been ill-advised and is likely to experiment with this inherently dangerous procedure. I have already demonstrated trim-stalls to him and plan to revisit these, but I don't know if I can get this other crap out of his head now!
I've got a student who co-owns a 1964 Skylane. I have soloed him after what took a little longer than typical of a student in a more typical trainer. Now his partner calls me and tells me that they spoke with some Skylane guru who claims that I've taught the landings all wrong. Guru says that full nose-up trim should be established for landings! My student's co-owner tried this and says it works like a dream--the airplane "lands itself." I expressed my concern about go-around handling to which he adds that Guru recommends carrying full flaps back to pattern altitude! They feel no apprehension about the potential difficulties of a go-around with full nose-up trim and full flaps!
Are there any other Skylane drivers out there that can support this self-proclaimed 182 master? Am I wrong? Is the Air Safety Foundation report wrong in discouraging excessive trim in landing the Skylane? I'm fuming because now my student is convinced that he has spent extra money needlessly because of my approach to teaching Skylane landings. I am also convinced that these guys are begging for a trim-stall/spin accident on a go-around. I have apprehension about retaining my current exposure to liability with this student now that I feel he has been ill-advised and is likely to experiment with this inherently dangerous procedure. I have already demonstrated trim-stalls to him and plan to revisit these, but I don't know if I can get this other crap out of his head now!