On my observation flight I observed Sam Acosta flying with
Mike Digrazia. It was last Friday, September
30th. I had a little bit of a
hard time getting a flight set up, mostly because the Seminole spent some time
in maintenance because of the prop on the right engine.
I was really excited to get to fly in the Seminole, mostly
because I haven’t ever flown in any light multi-engine aircraft. I have done flying in large single engine,
but I feel like a multi offers such a different flying experience.
On the flight that I observed Sam was practicing the
commercial maneuvers, and commercial performance landings. One thing that was very interesting to me was
that the procedures for the maneuvers were almost exactly the same. Sam did steep turns, and during the maneuver she
added a little bit of power, and used two turns of trim to keep the angle of
bank level with the natural horizon. I
also remember that on the short field landings she was easily able to hit her
spot. I asked Mike D about it, and he
told me that you just have to aim at a spot, and the plane will sink right down
and touch down right at the aiming point.
Another very interesting thing about the multi was the
ability to cross-feed the fuel tanks.
Mike was able to use this feature because the fuel in the aircraft was
uneven. It made it so that the weight was able to be centered.
I am really excited to fly in the Seminole, and look forward
to learning more about the actual flying of the aircraft. I feel like flying a multi-engine aircraft will
be intuitive, and will become something that I really enjoy.
I agree I saw the same thing with the short field landings. I am just curious as to why the fuel tanks became uneven during the flight if you remember. Also do you think the workload between the a single and multi is different since flying is defiantly flying between the two?
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