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BoredwLife 07-17-2008 04:30 PM


Originally Posted by FDXLAG (Post 428042)
Drink more beer and quit running marathons, you need to put on 20 pounds. Sounds like all the blood is leaving your brain when you sustain those 1.66 Gs. You need to raise your blood pressure.

1.66Gs HAHAHAHA (tears) :D

Eat eat and eat something with a heavy carbohydrate count. Bagels work well.

mike734 07-17-2008 04:51 PM

What ever you do, if you're going to hurl, do it in an air sickness bag.

To avoid the problem:

Keep your head square on your shoulders. Don't look down to your lap during a turn. That is the surest way to get sick.

It will get better with time in the aircraft. Be patient and good luck.

the King 07-18-2008 11:28 AM

Don't look up and out either. That's fun if you don't get sick, but not so much if you don't feel good. Eyes on the horizon and you should do fine.

ryan1234 07-18-2008 01:11 PM

do the grunt during steep turns... tighten up your abs and that area like you trying to push out some tacobell (but don't push anything out). It'll just take a few times...just focus on keeping the blood in your head or something else and DO NOT think about getting sick... if that works for you... do some aerobatics

AmericanEagleFO 07-18-2008 02:23 PM

I used to get sick during my flight training. The Texas summers get hot, bumpy, and muggy. I even got nausous once in a while when I was instructing. You get over it, or learn how to deal with it. I suggest you take early morning or late afternoon flights, don't eat before, chew a pepto before the flight, wear one of those air sickness watches, and keep the window open as much as possible. The bigger the plane, the easier it is. And no, to all those who mis-read this, I don't get sick anymore. lol

⌐ AV8OR WANNABE 07-19-2008 10:01 AM


Originally Posted by Zayghami (Post 427744)
Hi,
Just curious, If anybody ever got lightheaded or sick after doing steep turns or stalls ect...

Good advice from everyone (well, not sure about beer and bagels though ;)).

I think you might have some anxiety issues over those maneuvers, sometimes the "stomach does what the brain thinks" - if you're truly uncomfortable with stalls,, steep turns, etc it'll be hard for you to relax which means as soon as it gets hot, bumpy, etc you'll get sick.

Maybe on top of all the advice you got here also try to go over the maneuvers again with your instructor in a more relaxed atmosphere; you know take him/her out for lunch and say, hey, I’m a little uncomfortable with those maneuvers, any advice on how I can relax more?

Zayghami 07-20-2008 08:40 AM

i went up yesterday, chewed gum, drank ginger ale....feel like a champ thanks everyone

Senior Skipper 07-20-2008 01:35 PM

Steep turns never bother me, but I see where stalls would be a problem on a hot day. I never fly on an empty stomach- best way to get sick. I always grab something first, even a chocolate bar.

cherokeepilot 07-20-2008 05:58 PM

I fly best on an empty stomach. I do sometimes feel a little queasy doing stalls or steep turns once in awhile but it doesn't matter if I have a full stomach or not. I did an aerobatic flight one time and didn't feel a thing. And that was doing a bunch of stuff upside down and all that.

ryan1234 07-20-2008 06:06 PM

aerobatics seem to take your focus off of being sick, personally I think aerobatics should be a requirement for a CPL. It really teaches you about understanding your controls. Usually you're strapped in tight and sitting on your chute so... it makes a big difference than having a little seat belt on in a 172.
Just make sure you don't do steep turns in turbulent imc at night with the strobe on.... that really screws things up


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