At 11:16 PM 1/11/99 -0500, you wrote: >instructing (with the more advanced students). I'm also learning by >watching my students demonstrate taxiing around with the yoke flopping left >and right with the turns (ineffective but amusing in Cessnas).
I don't have an Ercoupe, but I have a lot of fun with the wheel on Cessnas. Sometimes when I take a friend up for the first flight, I'll pretend to let drive with the wheel. When they turn the wheel right, I step on right pedal. They think they're driving. If they're the smartass know-it-all type, I'll let them "drive" until they nearly run off the taxiway, at which point I'll "take over" the wheel and save the day. A couple of times, our flying club gave rides on an annual event at Davis called "Picnic Day". Part of the fun was taking small kids flying, and I'd let them "steer" on the ground for me, with the wheel. Of course, I'd be doing the driving with the pedals, but what the hey. heh heh ---------------------------------------------------------------- Steve Dold ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) http://home.pacbell.net/sdold/ Say NO to useless over-quoting ----------------------------------------------------------------
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