Why do some people fly 747 patterns

[Flyin Tony]

Why do some people fly 747 patterns in there little cessna?

 

[mnixon]

because they think they are a 747

 

[timeoff]

Some pilots have it in their head that a tight pattern increases their chances of a base-to-final spin. They don't fly that often and want that extra time to think about what they are doing.

OR, they just wanna play big airplane driver.

 

[dseagrav]

Why do some people fly 747 patterns in there little cessna?

Because the controller said to extend downwind and forgot about us after landing all those regional jets.

 

[RightPedal]

My guess is CFI's start everybody out doing it and ATC demands it sometimes.

 

[User_Name]

keeps the hobbs time up and tach time low... good for the FBO

 

[User998]

That's what happens when you put a pilots uniform and epaulettes on these 10 hour wonder pilots.

 

[FN FAL]

Some pilots have it in their head that a tight pattern increases their chances of a base-to-final spin.

You can't have a base to final spin, if you don't have a base to final stall.

Stall speed doubles with bank angle if you're pitching to maintain altitude...if you teach your students to let the plane do two things at the same time, they wont stall. No stall, no spin.

 

[mnixon]

Or you can do what I did this morning, and forget that I switched out airplanes in BHM to a baron from a van, and hit abeam at 210 and clean, and realized that it was gonna take me some time to slow down. (End of a 14 hour duty day, no wisecracks please! HAHA)

 

[timeoff]

You can't have a base to final spin, if you don't have a base to final stall.

Stall speed doubles with bank angle if you're pitching to maintain altitude...if you teach your students to let the plane do two things at the same time, they wont stall. No stall, no spin.

But it is fairly easy to stall the lower wing in a skidding turn if too much rudder is used. Some guys that don't fly very often aren't too worried about being coordinated in the pattern, as they are more focused on lining up with the runway (I am talking the occasional weekend flyer, not a student).

Too much rudder in a skidding turn and you will end up inverted at 400 agl.