Can you be "spatially disoriented" if you are driving at night in …
Apr 21, 2013 · There are illusions that can get you when driving, but driving is really bad weather is more analogous to VFR into IMC than it is to spatial disorientation. Driving is two dimensional, you can't acquire a false horizon and be in a dive, bank, or climb when you think you're level (you can lose visibility of the road markings, but that's more ...
how do you remember cloud clearances for vfr - Pilots of America
Apr 22, 2015 · Personally I just stay out of the clouds with room to spare when VFR...most everything else is just textbook exercises because, as someone else mentioned, there's no way to truly gauge distance accurately and, in some cases, optical illusions screw with our perspective.
American Optical vs Randolph engineering aviators
Jan 30, 2023 · Between American Optical and Randolph Engineering… which is generally considered better quality for the price? Been looking at aviators, polycarbonate but would like dark tint and understand that polycarbonate does not take tint very well unless it’s polycarbonate, then there’s the endless debate about affecting digital screens.
Hot plate question - Pilots of America
Oct 5, 2023 · There are a lot of variables to this question. But for note some hot plates were factory installed vs STC. However in my experience if you can remove the plate without windshield damage, and you will not replace the plate, there will be a permanent optical distortion where the plate was especially at the edge a
tachometer issues - Pilots of America
Nov 3, 2013 · Calibrate the optical tach checker under a fluorescent light. Set it on the two-blade setting. It should read 3600 RPM. The 60-Hz grid frequency is stable to, IIRC, .0033%. Good enough. A tach that reads 100 RPM low is junk. Period.
Altimeter Question - Pilots of America
Feb 10, 2024 · OK, Here goes. Lets say you fly to a small field without weather reporting/ATIS etc and land there, and set your altimeter to field elevation; say 100ft. However, you made a mistake and set the altimeter to field elevation, minus 1000ft. So …
Intraocular Lens replacement - Pilots of America
Jun 11, 2012 · The way the lens does that is by projecting several images onto the retina, the brain is smart enough to filter out the sharp image while ignoring the overlaid blurry image. The physics of this approach dictate that the optical quality of either image (near or far) will never be as good as the quality of the image from a monofocal lens.
Thoughts on Progressive Lenses For Flying | Pilots of America
Jan 1, 2010 · Been using progressive lenses for over 10 years. Flying Eyes did my sunglasses and I have been using them for about 4 years or so with no problems. My current progressives are from Costco optical. I got 2 pair for less than the price of 1 pair from an optical shop. Haven’t detected any difference in vision quality but then ….
Pregabalin (Lyrica) for Nerve Pain - Pilots of America
Jan 13, 2010 · It relieved the pain and kept the spasms under control but as the years went on, the side effects kept piling up and showing up looking like yet another SERIOUS medical condition, unrelated to anything we suspected - Angiogram for phantom EKG anomolies, full breathing tests for shortness of breath, circulatory workups for unexplained severe leg ...
Static RPM Test | Page 5 | Pilots of America
May 3, 2011 · Cruise Prop Installed (higher pitch) - Static RPM we read on the optical tach was 2415. We take off and in straight and level flight with full power the airplane accelerates to 100 MPH indicated airspeed as the tach reaches 2700 rpm limitation. Ground Roll was 750 feet.----Both are airworthy.