engguy wrote:
The most important thing to do in any skill related activity, is to "Relax".
........Calmness and relaxation are important.
Ain't that the truth. WHen I started out, whenI was on final I noticed that my right leg stiffened up and I tried to use body english to make the plane do what I wanted.
Naturally THAT failed. So once I noticed that I was stiffening up, I'd remind myself to relax by adding an R to may already modified GUMP check:
GUMPFCR - Pronounce it and you'll see how easy it was to remember it
Gas
Undercarriage
Mixture
Prop
Flaps
Carbo heat
RELAX
I use this on all planes whether or not there's a constant speed prop or carb heat or flaps. If they don't exist, or are fixed, I simply say "set".
Once I relaxed, my landings got much better
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