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SeligSIM Assignment 1

15 points

Nathan Tyler Rose

Last edited 29 days ago by Aidan Tomoaki Tottori.

Overview

Recall the article that Ryan shared in week 2 that summarized the importance of good training paired with good simulation. The article suggested that without proper training and instruction, a pilot can develop bad skills.

Fortunately, SeligSIM, being a university professor’s project, has flight training built right into the home menu. In this assignment, you will be reviewing these videos and creating a short write-up of the technique used before completing the lessons in future SeligSIM assignments.

Tasks

Flight Training Videos

Now that you have SeligSIM installed on your computer, according to

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, you will be able to complete these tasks on your own PC from the comfort of your bed! 🛏️

From the main menu, select the Flight Training option and choose Airplane.

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Flight Training Menu

Flight Training Menu

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Starting from the first lesson, Ground School, watch the videos for each lesson by clicking the Fly button. Complete the questions for each lesson below.

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After the lesson, press the ESC key to return to the Flight Training Menu.

Basic

Lesson 1: Ground School

List and describe each of the main controls

Ailerons for roll, elevator for pitch, rudder for yaw, throttle for thrust

Lesson 2: Takeoff

What is the first thing to do before moving/taxing the aircraft? Describe this process and describe exactly what you are looking for.

Run through all the controls to make sure everything works (all control surfaces move, etc.)

What control is used to maneuver on the ground?

Rudder

Outline the process of the takeoff procedure

Run through controls

Line up on the runway

Ease up on the throttle

Pull up slowly/gently

What direction should you take off?

Into the wind

Why does the instructor taxi away from himself first before initiating the takeoff sequence? What can you say about the takeoff point?

To allow the aircraft more run-up/more space to take off. The takeoff point is also much closer to him since he taxiied it away from himself, compared to if he started the run from where he was standing.

How does this differ from the Believer?

It has gear/can taxi - the Believer has no gear, and needs to be hand-launched.

Lesson 3: Turns

Describe the throttle input from takeoff to cruise altitude.

Eased into the throttle on the run up, full throttle during the climb, half once at altitude,

What does it mean to pull the aircraft through a turn? Add a diagram showing the aircraft's forces to help illustrate this process.

You roll first, then use the elevator to pitch the nose up, then roll back

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When are you most likely to turn the aircraft the wrong way? That is, when are you most likely to lose your orientation?

When you’re flying towards yourself

How do you plan to combat incorrect orientation?

Practice

Lesson 4: Self-Recovery

Why fly high?

It buys you time to recover or “a couple mistakes high”. A trainer aircraft will be able to recover itself from a good height.

How does the instructor suggest recovering from incorrect attitudes?

Reduce throttle and let go of the sticks

Lesson 5: Stall Recovery

What is a stall?

The condition in which the aircraft is no longer producing lift.

How can you recognize a stall?

When you’re inputting elevator up but the aircraft’s nose begins to fall.

How can you recover from a stall? Describe the process in detail.

Allow the aircraft to regain airspeed by allowing the nose to fall down and gain airspeed.

What is the improper way to recover a stall?

To keep the elevator up and prevent the aircraft from gaining airspeed.

Lesson 6: Landings

What is a flair?

Pull the nose up at the last second so the rear gear touches before the front.

Describe the instructor’s control inputs as he aligns for the landing? Describe the throttle, rudder, aileron, and elevator positions.

He makes very small, “nudge” type corrections instead of bigger movements. He allows the aircraft to naturally “sink”, and just corrects.

How can you tell if you are aligned with the runway centerline? What is a technique that you could use?

He doesn’t really describe this, but seems to place the nose in line with the runway and try to keep it pointed towards the center.

How can you tell if you are on the correct glide slope to touchdown directly in front of you?

“Take some practice and some timing” - I think it seems like a “feel” thing, as once you get a sense of how the aircraft glides, you’ll be able to place it on the runway naturally - similar to braking zones in a car.

Lesson 7: Stunts

How do the flight characteristics of this trainer aircraft differ from those of the Believer? That is, in its current configuration, could you perform stunts with the believer?

To my knowledge, the Believer needs much more airspeed to fly, but could probably perform stunts. Most model aircraft, even “realistic” ones, have fairly high power-to-weght ratios, and given the size of the motor on the Believer leads me to belive that it’d likely be capable of light aerobatics (non 3D flight).

You are welcome to watch the remaining stunt videos, but there are no questions on them.