Embraer 135 returning to XJT
01-17-2012 | 04:03 PM
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EMB creates bad habbits....especially when it comes to landing the aircraft...the trailing link landing gear makes horrible pilots look good.... Whenever I have a new capt upgrading from the emb to the crj I know I am going to see some interesting landings... Unless they had turboprop experience in the past and didnt gain all their experience on embryo.
Wow. You do realize both the ERJ and CRJ have trailing link landing gears, right? Plus, that trailing link landing gear doesn't always make you look good. I had my fair share of carrier landings in the E145.
01-17-2012 | 06:45 PM
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and yes there are exemptions to that rule. I typed this on my iPhone and I yes i need to back to English 101.
01-17-2012 | 08:18 PM
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At ASA when the ATRs when away several pilots struggled mightily with the transition to the jet. One was fired. Flying the jet takes a very different skillet that some dont have. One of them being energy management. The TP will do anything you want it to at anytime. In the Jet you have to be ahead of the plane and configured before it will do what you want it to. For example, in the B1900 almost any pilot can comfortably do 250 to the marker. In the CRJ900, you need a seasoned pilot or it'll most likely end up in a go around
As far as hand flying, the king air series including the 1900 is one of the easiest hand flying airplanes in the world. A VERY stable aircraft. I'd have no problem hand flying it 6 legs a day. Now I can only speak for the crj, but flying it six legs a day would be a pain in the butt with all the artificial "pitch feel" feedback you get in the controls. To make a long story short, it's way more sensitive than your average TP, especially at higher altitudes with the higher speeds. The plane feels as if it was built to be flown with the AP on 90% of the time
As far as hand flying, the king air series including the 1900 is one of the easiest hand flying airplanes in the world. A VERY stable aircraft. I'd have no problem hand flying it 6 legs a day. Now I can only speak for the crj, but flying it six legs a day would be a pain in the butt with all the artificial "pitch feel" feedback you get in the controls. To make a long story short, it's way more sensitive than your average TP, especially at higher altitudes with the higher speeds. The plane feels as if it was built to be flown with the AP on 90% of the time
01-18-2012 | 08:28 AM
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I don't believe the EMB 145 creates bad habits. I guess its all about your particular viewpoint on how YOU choose to learn......if that makes any sense. When I was new at XJT, I tried to hand fly as much as I could to really get a feel for the airplane and to get to know its quirks. It has a lot of quirks! I felt it was a great way to know how the plane was going to respond in certain situations. I'm a new capt and I'm flying with a bunch of new 500hr wonder pilots. A lot of them seem afraid of the aircraft, meaning they turn the autopilot on as soon as they can and just sit and watch it do its thing. In my opinion that will create bad habits when you're new and really low time.
As far as landing this thing smoothly and consistantly......I have close to 5,000 hours in it and I still can't figure out why every third landing feels like it fell out of the sky! Its just the way it is.
As far as landing this thing smoothly and consistantly......I have close to 5,000 hours in it and I still can't figure out why every third landing feels like it fell out of the sky! Its just the way it is.
01-18-2012 | 11:40 AM
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01-18-2012 | 01:41 PM
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The company I work for doesn't have any 200's. A running joke around with the fo's is that whenever we have a x embreyo pilot on the crj they end up having a really hard time with the crj. If we have an x turbo prop from our company they seem to have no problems with it. It's the 250 hour pilots that have only flown the emb, hired 5 years ago and just made capt. Being thrown in a jet with training that focuses on using the auto pilot with that low of hours creates bad habbits....aka happy hands...idol at 50 feet...not using the rudder....having the experience with a big turbo prop with no auto pilot helps create a better base for a pilot. It's just a observation not a fact. and yes there are exemptions to that rule.
I typed this on my iPhone and I yes i need to back to English 101.
and yes there are exemptions to that rule. I typed this on my iPhone and I yes i need to back to English 101.
01-18-2012 | 04:23 PM
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