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EHM-0948 Bruno:
Hi,
We are noticing that some pilots are starting to get not motivated to fly on ProPilot due to many crashes. They are feeling that they are not up the challenge.
We want to remember that Propilot it a place to learn too. That means that you can use your respective Hub Manager to help you if you have any doubts, OR, you can talk to Murray Crane or Cyriel Lamerigts for scheduling some pratical lessons.
Also, ProPilot is a place where you need to have fun and the idea is to get flying better everyday.
I will give some suggestions:
- Never fly an airplane that you don't know well. First fly on the normal mode, and when you think that you are experiencied on that airplane go to ProPilot.
- You crash. Ok, don't start loosing your motivation. Learn from it, talk to Murray Crane, Cyriel, your Hub Manager, me, whatever, but learn from it.
- When you start a propilot flight, position your airplane on the airport before pressing the flight logger PROPILOT button. So, if you crash before that, the system will not consider it.
- When you are starting to taxi, use the Ctrl+S to take a sky view of what's going on around you. So, you don't have another airplane coming in your direction.
- Don't understimate your airplane! Your airplane can always surprise you whenever you less expect. On approaches or take off be always ready to turn off your AutoPilot button in order to manually correct situation that is going out of control.
So, in conclusion, all of us need to make an effort in order to try not to crash so many airplanes, but this doesn't mean that you need to stop flying.
If you one day you think of stop flying because you are crashing too many airplanes, then you are thinking wrong ;D ...
Kindly Regards,
EHM-1703 Philip:
Hi Bruno,
Thanks for the encouraging words, I know the feeling! I crashed number 4 today in 65 flights. (well 69 if you include the crashes)
I must admit, I need to refocus on Propilot. I was watching the HUB stats too much and not my own. I was flying for the HUB and not for myself.
I have 3 days to reflect now during my suspension although I must admit, I can't figure out why my Aircraft did what it did, but thats a subject for another topic I think!
EHM-1947 Miko:
please allow me to explain why I will keep on being an enthusiastic EuroHarmony pilot - but on normal mode and no longer using PP.
Yesterday I did my first PP Flight. I flew it with a Pilatus PC-12, I dare to say that I am quite familiar with this plane.
However there was a strange behaviour before and after disconnecting the autopilot - there must be a reason caused by the PP-Software - I think I am quite experienced and as long as I fly online I NEVER crashed - in fact it is sort of embarrassing for me to crash at normal conditions at EDDH , one of my favourite destinations.
I landed with a forward pitch of at least (-!) 20 degrees that means I looked into the ground while trying to force the bird sink the last feet. My speed and configuration was absolutely allright on the final as you can see in the log.
This was an absolutely unlogical flight model the Pilatus performed the last seconds before the crash.
Off cause I am not sure what failures the PP-Software produces - But as it is written in the documentation there are indeed failures produced by the PP to test the pilots skills.
Otherwise I cannot explain the reasons why so many PP-flights end by crashes.
It seems to be part of the game to impact into mother earth quite often and to be "punished" for mistakes the pilot ist not responsible for.
I wish all collegues who like that game much fun but I myself do not like that kind of competition even after the first attempt.
I hate "stress" while simming, I do not want to join a sort of rivalry - and I don't think that the methods of measuring the Pilots skills are objective - there is a essential difference if you fly online or not, if you approach easy or difficult airports, have a bad controller or none, fly an easy plane or a difficult one, and have good or bad luck in dependence on the mood of the PP-Failure-Engine.
Please excuse my critical comment - but it's the way I see it.
EHM-1883 Matt:
well, as far as I'm concerned, I don't think that ProPilot is a fun experience the way Bruno says it is, but that doesn't mean that I think it's bad...
Propilot is not fun. It is hard, it is stressful occasianally, and it can be a right pain, but the whole point of propilot is, is that it's a challenge. Sometimes, I feel like I would like to be marked, because it gives you a chance to see how good a pilot you may be, and it makes me feel very good about myself if I get 0. I get the impression that alot of people get stressed if they get a penalty, and there was plenty of times in the UNHCR when I got annoyed because I got a penalty, and didn't even realize what I did wrong, so if you're descending, and you overspeed, it's your fault, for not being aware of what's going on.
non-PP is what you need to relax. If you fly with propilot when you want to relax, it's like having to multiply with a headache. Don't do it. I only fly ProPilot if I feel up to it, otherwise, I fly non-PP.
as for these random mistakes, I have never even had one before, but I have crashed a plane on PP, but (I don't mean to sound offensive in anyway) I don't think about the crash. So what? I've now got a high FAC. Doesn't neccessarily mean I'm a bad pilot. I've done 71 successful flights, and one event I happen to break down while using PP. Does it really matter?
Although, I have experienced bugs within propilot, like I got a rating of 1100, yet I really should have gotten 110 and I don't know what happened there but when you fly PP, I think you need to expect that things may go wrong, and you need to be in a mood to not get mad at it.
EHM-1821 Javier:
In my opinion, i think that the stress PP gives makes me want to achieve a better PP score, and witht he top 10 table, it motivates me even more! I have had only 2 crasheds so far, both my fault, including spoilers out all the way to landing:%:s
Different people have different opinions, and if you have the same opinion as Bruno or me, it does make you feel good when you know you have done a good flight!;D
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