Viper question

[spanky2]

USMC,
Hornets to Herks...geeez that's a switch.

You would have gotten a laugh watching me during my ATP checkout flailing around in the piper seminole after flying the Viper for many years. Rudders? You mean the things used for nosewheel steering? Throttles in my right hand? What's this yoke looking thing in front of me? Taxi, T/O, climb, cruise, land..at all 80 knots...tough to get lost when you are only doing 80 knots. Critical engine...THEY BOTH ARE CRITICAL.

 

[usmc33]

Spanky2

Yes, a switcharoo! Not only an airframe switch, but the USMC sent me to Little Rock to do Herc transition. So not only a new airplane, but a different set of rules and lifestyle to learn, and 12,000 foot-long runways.

I think I crashed the Herc SIM about 12 times initially because on short final I subconsciously transitioned to an AOA approach and jockeyed the throttles so much I lost lift and crashed in a firey explosion. Once I learned to flare to land (squat to pee) I became a very good turboprop driver, but the transition was painful.

Yes, it's very humbling to go to asym multi after flying a rocket with wings.

Good times!