Originally Posted by
TipTanks
Sorry, I got distracted by Captain America.
It will go away. Flying a small airplane there will always be moments when you hit a bump that really takes your breath away. And then you'll have that day that you just let your seatbelt sit a little looser than usual and you will end the day with a perfect baseball-cap grommet sized dent in the top of your skull.
When you get into stalls and upset recoveries, you will realize that these small airplanes really want to fly, and there's really zero risk of them just falling out of the sky.
I used to have a problem with motion sickness (and I still do in the back seat of a cessna/piper with poor ventilation). It really is just a matter of familiarity and your bodies natural reactions to the bumps and bounces will desensitize. Biggest thing is to fly a lot! Exposure therapy is the best medicine.
That is one thing my CFI keeps reassuring me, that the plane will basically fly itself. Today I’m really our first lesson we got up to 2000ft at 100knots , got it trimmed and she just showed me how it will basically fly with no movement and that in even if pushing the yoke forward and back that it will eventually add and decrease in airspeed to try and level out in perfect balance. I’m still a newbie, but I’m glad that I have found this website and the joy of flying.