So on my last heli lesson, everything was okay over all except for the fact that one, i messed up on my last two radio calls, and two, i inadvertently called my instructor 'fat' during out ground school session. GRR. I'm pretty sure he was teasing me, but i was innocent! I wasn't even thinking that! He's about my dads height, and is just as skinny and fit! He is not fat or large in anyway, he's just heavier than me, AS MOST PEOPLE ARE LOL. that's all i meant. I was innocent!
It was accused from a very poor, awkward context too. we were talking about the way the semi rigid (dual) rotor systems were built at a slight angle of THREE degrees to the left to help counteract the Translating Tendency (i believe its called, more notes will be present later this weekend). Because of the way the rotor system is built and how this affects the helicopter's flight behavior, the left skid, no matter how heavy that side is literally, is always the LAST to lift off the ground.
before i learned this i thought it was just the weight factor involved. all my previous instructors weren't fat, they're just big and/or weight heavier than me--im SMALL! Since the instructor typically sits on the left side, it obviously weighs more and would pick up first from the start! My assumptions were innocent! But still terrible LOL.
I can't believe I did that. I know my instructor understood and teased me about it (only because he knew it would, i partially deserved it regardless, and people love teasing me -_-*cough*), but i still can't help but find it embarrassing and amusing at the same time. Yeah, silly I know. Oh well.
I guess all I can hope for now is that he doesn't bring it up.
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