Flight Instructors Training Procedures _revised AIC_x

d. SIMILARITY TO PREVIOUS EXERCISES
i. Effect of controls.
ii. Straight and level.
e. DE-BRIEFING AFTER FLIGHT
1. Briefly recap on the exercise and emphasise the important aspects applicable to:
i. Initiating the glide. As for the climb the student must anticipate the pitch and
yaw changes resulting from the power being removed. Secondly, the aircraft
must maintain straight and level flight until the required glide speed is attained
before lowering the nose into the glide attitude. Again emphasise the correct
procedure of change, check, hold, adjust, check, hold and trim.
ii. Maintaining the glide:
a. Maintain a constant good lookout. For aircraft without a rudder trim a
constant application of the left rudder is required to maintain heading
and balance.
b. Due to the reduced power the engine cools down very fast requiring a
clear-up every 500’ – 1000’. For the clear-up follow the procedure as
discussed in ‘Initiating a straight climb from the glide’. Maintain this
attitude for 5-10 seconds before reducing the power, regaining the
gliding attitude, while maintaining the correct speed throughout.
c. Richen the mixture as required during the descent.
iii. Levelling off from the glide at a predetermined altitude:
a. Anticipation for levelling off is calculated at one tenth of the rate of
descent.
b. Students must be prepared to anticipate the large pitch up moment as
power is applied. Many students are caught unawares and usually
end up in the climb attitude before ‘catching’ the pitch-up movement.
c. Follow the correct procedure of change, check, hold, adjust, check,
hold and trim.
d. Allow the speed to build up to the cruising speed before setting cruise
power.
iv. Initiating a straight climb from a glide:
a. Anticipate pitch changes.
b. Maintain correct speed, heading and balance.
v. The effect of power on the glide:
a. Point out the relationship between power/nose attitude/speed.
b. Trim changes.
vi. The effect of flap on the glide:
a. To maintain the correct gliding speed with flap the instructor must point
out the large changes (lowering) in nose position as flap is increased.
This results in large increases in the rate of descent.
b. With full flap, increase the rate of descent by progressively lowering
the nose position. Indicate the large increase in the rate of descent
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