Calculating Takeoff and Landing Distance | Cessna 172 POH 

Seriously the best channel out there for breaking down all of the important info for aviation students. Thank you.

Absolutely love the channel! Just a note - I think the headwind component in this example should be 6cos(30) or about 5, not 3. Obviously not a huge difference in this particular scenario, but you wouldn't want someone to have the misconception that the headwind component is the full wind minus the crosswind component, since with stronger winds or a different angle it could of course result in a significant difference.

Thanks for the video. Noticeably clear explanation.

I've never seen the PITSTOP mnemonic before. THANK YOU !!

G,day from Sydney Australia. Thank you for the quick explanation for using these tables and calculator. Where do we find this software tool/calculator within the (POH) to download onto a tablet or similar device? Is it FAA guidance tables used by companies such as Foreflight etc? 💻🇭🇲

Don’t know if you’ll see this or not, but was wondering if you had the spreadsheets as a PDF I could use? I’m currently a student pilot and these look fairly easy to use!

@5:17 1342 what? What is the UoM? Thank you

Excellent video! however I have a question, at 4:49 why did you have to interpolate between 1000ft and 2000ft PRESS ALT if Destination PRESS ALT was 773ft? Thanks!

You say that it's conservative to use max gross landing weight even if you're not max gross. I'd argue that you settle onto the runway much sooner at max gross compared to light weight when you float. Therefore you can get on the brakes quicker and stop quicker when heavy and probably can stop sooner in this case versus when you're alone and float down the runway longer (assuming you use the same approach speed).

I’m probably one of the rare GA pilots that does this for every single flight. Let’s face it, a lot of GA pilots take their 1000ft takeoff roll on an 8000ft runway for granted and I was one of them for a while. But now I do a full takeoff roll, accelerated stop distance, etc (all with a manual E6B to boot!) so I know my abort point. If I haven’t reached my desired airspeed or rotated by the abort point (I use intersections and clear markers), I assume something is wrong and I abort takeoff. I’ve found that my calculations have gotten pretty accurate to within about 100 feet. Same with landing distance (must touch down by a certain point and expect to be off by a certain taxiway). It makes cruise calcs feel like a cakewalk.

Not how I was taught.. Didn't interpolate for a majority of things you need to.