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Questions on this episode: 0:23 I find myself canceling flights for winds aloft. How can I become more comfortable with crosswind? 4:08 Can you quickly explain how the carburetor system works? Plain and simple. 6:11 What type of headsets do you prefer? 8:12 In flying Cessna 172, how soon after takeoff should one adjust the trim tab? 10:44 What technique can I use to turn final aligned with the runway centerline when practicing traffic patterns? 14:07 How much wear can an airplane get before it has to be repainted? 15:04 Is the Cessna 172 overrated? I think it’s an amazing plane, but some speak harshly against it. 17:08 How much time lapse between flights does it affect training? 18:55 I will begin school in 3 months how can I prepare myself for aviation school within English? 20:33 What’s a good way to go about studying pilot materials (like maneuvers and stuff)? 25:18 Go/No-Go decisions on those “it might work out” days? 31:53 Tips to maintain centerline more consistently? 34:04 As a fairly new instructor, what’s the best advice you can give? I’ve already had some scares. 35:38 Any special tips for the written instrument rating test? 36:30 Can you get your PPL before 17? 36:54 Checkride coming up, what is the most important thing to study? 38:58 Any tips on power on stalls when it’s all white above without a specific cloud to focus on? 41:54 After completing the private pilot certificate and an IFR rating, what are the best ways to reach the 250 hour mark? 42:21 How can I make good use of my time on the ground to make myself fly better in the aircraft? (The days that I am not flying)

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Episode Transcript Hey everybody, welcome to another Motivation Monday. I am a few minutes late today. Had some sick kids up all night last night. So, I’ve been a little bit behind today getting started on everything. But here I am. I’ve got a good number of questions already in the hopper to answer for you guys. So that’s what this entire Motivation Monday is about. It’s answering your questions. I find myself counseling flights for winds aloft. How can I become more comfortable with crosswinds? And just to differentiate actually winds aloft or those winds that are at your cruising altitude. But I’m assuming what you mean by winds aloft is you just mean that the crosswinds at your airport and having the confidence to get used to your crosswind landings. And so, this is one of those areas where as private pilots, when you’re first doing your crosswind training, it’s a little tricky because you… there’s a lot going on all at once. And that changes as you’re on approach into your flare and then even into your touchdown, your control movements are changing that entire time. So, this is just one of those things that as time goes on you build more skill. And so, I think overall, this is more of a question of what… or what or how do you build your skills on a certain aspect of your flying over time. And I think with anything in aviation is basically just dipping your toes in the water here and there and testing yourself out a little bit more. Obviously, there are limits that you don’t want to exceed. In this case, that would be the crosswind component of the airplane or rather the max demonstrated crosswind component and find out what you can and can’t do. Now, there were test pilots that figured out that max crosswind component or that’s basically how they figured it out. I even heard, and I’m not sure this is true, that it wasn’t test pilots or it isn’t test pilots to figure out the crosswind component rather it’s an average pilot that does the max demonstrated crosswind component. I don’t know if that’s true or just a rumor but it is in the POH.