AHHHH this class IS NOT COOL (1 Viewer)

[Philip_G]

[rant on]
so I'm taking this class (name removed, I'd hate the prof. to read this ) so I have class 2 hours a day, 4 days a week, then I'm flying once or twice a day, 6 or 7 days a week (if I can) each flight takes about 2-3 hours by the time I drive my ass out there, grab the weather, do my calculations and preflight the plane.
so last week was the first week, tuesday (second day of class) we had an un-announced quiz, wednesday we were volunteered for extemporaneous (I butchered the spelling eh?) presentations without prior warning and had a short essay due via e-mail, thursday I can't remember, I probably blacked it out subconsciously, today we had an outline due (mine was 40 pages) and another email essay kind of thing, MORE extemp. presentations (SURPRISE!) tomorrow we have a test, and another outline due (only 5 pages this time) wednesday I don't want to think about.
to top it off, I have an hour presentation to give ON MY BIRTHDAY
[rant off]
ok, i'm done whining, back to studying.

 

[Mark Dubbelboer]

which is why the summer is not a time for school....

 

[Philip_G]

sure it is!
granted this is a 5 credit class taught over 8 weeks, I'd MUCH rather take 12-14 credits in spring and fall and 6 over summer than take 15-17 credits over spring and fall.
in general I prefer summer school, it's fast, you're lectured on a subject this week, and tested the next. This class is just particularly UN FREAKING COOL.

 

[Jeffrey Noel]

today we had an outline due (mine was 40 pages)

Holy crap! What did you have to outline? The Bible???

 

[Philip_G]

Holy crap! What did you have to outline? The Bible???

aerodynamics... the class is CFI (certified flight instructor) certification, the prof. if he reads this KNOWS it's his class by now anyway
basically had to write an outline on 26 aerodynamic concepts, then some stalls, spins... things you would teach to a new student, a LOT of the 40 pages were illustrations, but there was still a solid 20 pages of text.
the test today was 4 pages of short answer questions (40 of them) the class is just a LOT of work, it's mostly all review of things I've learned over the past 5 years or so, so conceptually it's not hard, but learning to TEACH the stuff I know is kind of. Plus the CFI regulations, endorsements things like that I need to learn still. Basically by the end of August I will be able to teach anybody, from a new student up to commercial certificate aplicants scary eh?

 

[Mary M S]

scary eh?

YES,... be sure and read Ernie Ganns (not sure how to spell the author) Fate is the Hunter when your done with your current course load of course
Seriously, best of luck, - I know it's an exciting time for you. And don't forget that saying, 'If its not your time to go, it's not your time to go. But if it's the pilots time to go, its your time to go.'!

 

[Michael Varacin]

OK...so here is an aerodynamics question for you. A body, i.e. an airfoil, produces lift by increasing the speed of air around a surface thus changing the pressure. But what theory states why the air has to rejoin at the same point? In other words, why does the air have to speed up as it flows over the longer surface?
My aero professor always said this was a good question to stump people with.

 

[Philip_G]

there isn't. Bernoulli's principle accounts for the pressure change as the air accelerates across the upper camber, and newton's laws of motion (third? can't remember which is equal but opposite) account for the "barn door" effect (at the right angle of attack a barn door will fly)
I wouldn't even tell a student that they meet up in any way unless they were really dense
if you'd like to read the outline have at it just thinking about it makes my head hurt :frowning: