Flight Instructors Training Procedures _revised AIC_x

(See Exercise 12)
c. CONSIDERATIONS OF AIRMANSHIP AND ENGINE HANDLING
AIRMANSHIP
i. Taxying checks.
ii. Lookout.
iii. Zig-Zag Taxying (applicable to tail wheel aircraft).
iv. Speed control and braking techniques.
v. Right of Way Rules.
vi. Radio – procedure, frequency, listening out.
vii. Marshalling signals.
viii. Instructions to ground crew.
ENGINE CONSIDERATIONS
i. Throttle handling.
ii. Mixture.
iii. Temperature and pressures.
d. SIMILARITY TO PREVIOUS EXERCISES
i. Effects of controls.
e. DE-BRIEFING AFTER FLIGHT
1. Briefly recap on the exercise and emphasise the important aspects applicable to:-
i. Speed control use of brakes.
ii. Directional control.
iii. Weathercocking.
iv. Effect of wind and correct use of the flight controls.
v. Factors affecting the speed of the aircraft during taxying.
vi. Engine handling.
2. Discuss the common faults students usually make.
i. Students tend to taxy too fast, especially as they gain confidence.
ii. Many students are careless about look out, and clearing the blind spot created
by the nose of the aircraft (tail wheel). Stress look out before turning while
taxying.
iii. Incorrect speed control due to the use of power against brakes.
iv. Feet incorrectly positioned on the rudder pedals.
v. Difficulty in the use of differential braking, and different power required when
taxying over grass and tar.
vi. Releasing the brakes before closing the throttle prior commencing the taxy.
vii. Harsh braking when stopping the aircraft.
viii. Forgetting to check the windsock during taxying to confirm that he is taxying to
the correct runway, and for correct positioning of the flight controls.
ix. Over activeness on rudders for directional control causing excessive snaking.
x. Emphasise to taxy in centre of taxyway – how to keep nose wheel on taxy-line.
xi. Incorrect position of controls when taxying in strong wind.
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