GFA INSTRUCTOR'S HANDBOOK Published by: The Gliding Federation of Australia, Building 130, Wirraway Road, Essendon Airport, Victoria 3041 Tel: (03) 9379 7411, 9379 4629 Fax: (03) 9379 5519 PART 2 PRE AND POST-SOLO STUDENT TRAINING SYLLABUS i INTRODUCTION AND SEOUENCE OF INSTRUCTION ........................................................... 1 INTRODUCTION ........................................................................................................................ 1 SEQUENCE OF INSTRUCTION ................................................................................................ 1 AIR EXPERIENCE .......................................................................................................................... 2 THE CONDUCT OF AIR EXPERIENCE FLIGHTS.................................................................. 2 Introduction ............................................................................................................................... 2 Confidence ................................................................................................................................ 2 Early sensations ........................................................................................................................ 3 Pre-flight briefing ...................................................................................................................... 3 Patter ......................................................................................................................................... 4 Adverse reactions ...................................................................................................................... 5 Letting the other person fly ....................................................................................................... 6 Flight safety in air experience flying ........................................................................................ 6 ORIENTATION ............................................................................................................................... 7 STABILITY ...................................................................................................................................... 7 LATERAL DAMPING ..................................................................................................................... 8 INTRODUCTION TO CONTROL .................................................................................................. 8 CONTROLS ..................................................................................................................................... 9 COCKPIT CHECK ....................................................................................................................... 9 ELEVATOR CONTROL.............................................................................................................. 9 Pre-flight briefing ...................................................................................................................... 9 Airborne demonstration and patter ........................................................................................... 9 Hand-over/take-over procedure .............................................................................................. 10 Student practice and feedback ................................................................................................ 10 Fault analysis and prompting .................................................................................................. 10 Post-flight debrief ................................................................................................................... 10 AILERON CONTROL ............................................................................................................... 11 Pre-flight briefing .................................................................................................................... 11 Airborne demonstration and patter ......................................................................................... 11 Post-flight debriefing .............................................................................................................. 11 RUDDER CONTROL ................................................................................................................ 12 Pre-flight briefing .................................................................................................................... 12 Airborne demonstration and patter ......................................................................................... 12 Post-flight debriefing .............................................................................................................. 12 FURTHER CONSIDERATIONS ............................................................................................... 12 AILERON/RUDDER CO-ORDINATION ................................................................................ 13 Pre-flight briefing .................................................................................................................... 13 Airborne demonstration and patter ......................................................................................... 13 Use of aileron and rudder together .......................................................................................... 13 IMPORTANT NOTE...................................................................................................................... 13 FURTHER EFFECT OF BANK ................................................................................................ 14 APPLIED CONTROLS .................................................................................................................. 14 Further effect of rudder ........................................................................................................... 14 Maintaining a heading............................................................................................................. 14 CHECK LIST OF FAULTS IN LEARNING EFFECTS OF CONTROLS ................................... 15 EFFECTS OF CONTROLS - MEMORY JOGS FOR KEY POINTS ........................................... 15 FURTHER REMINDER ................................................................................................................ 15 USE OF TRIM ................................................................................................................................ 15 TURNING....................................................................................................................................... 16 Lookout ................................................................................................................................... 16 GFA Instructor's Handbook, Part 2 December 2001 ii General .................................................................................................................................... 16 Rolling into the turn ................................................................................................................ 16 Maintaining the turn ................................................................................................................ 16 Rolling out of the turn ............................................................................................................. 17 Faults in turns .......................................................................................................................... 17 Variations in turns ................................................................................................................... 17 CHECK LIST OF FAULTS IN LEARNING TURNS................................................................... 18 ADDITIONAL CONTROLS - SPOILERS AIRBRAKES AND FLAPS ..................................... 19 INTRODUCTION ...................................................................................................................... 19 Spoilers ................................................................................................................................... 19 Airbrakes ................................................................................................................................. 19 Flaps ........................................................................................................................................ 20 Notes on use of flaps ............................................................................................................... 20 STALLING ..................................................................................................................................... 21 INTRODUCTION ...................................................................................................................... 21 Pre-aerobatic check ................................................................................................................. 21 Objectives of stall training ...................................................................................................... 21 The stall - theoretical considerations ...................................................................................... 21 Loss of lateral damping ........................................................................................................... 22 The stall - practical considerations ......................................................................................... 22 Airborne demonstrations