I think this is your best video yet. It really does seem like we're up there with you. Being a non-plot if I could just put in one suggestion. Could you do a video where you just fly the airplane and just let us listen to the ATC the whole time? It really is the best part. Seriously. 🤣
Love the videos! I live in Gilbert and attend flight school in Scottsdale. I have my PPL and am working on my instrument rating. Let me know if you ever want an additional pilot to come along with you on your flights around the valley. I am 51 and looking to meet like minded people who love flying. Have a great day!
Your video storytelling is improving greatly making it feel like we are in the right seat with you. I appreciated you "coaching up" other pilots on the safety protocols while in the pattern. The references to the FAR/AIM were helpful. Two questions: How does the Sport Cruiser perform in turbulence on the hotter days in Phoenix? What is your approach to the engine cooling temps issue on the hotter days since it is a concern at only 75 deg. OAT? Looking forward to your next video. All the best to you.
Good questions. Never have had a big problem with turbulence here in the Phoenix area. With clouds you get some uneven heating thermals, but it's usually so damn sunny here it's usually not a problem. I have never been in turbulence in the Sportcruiser where I have felt unsafe. Anything above 80 deg I try get in the air as quick as possible. On one occasion I was behind 5 student planes waiting to takeoff. I do little things like try and get the prop wash from the plane in front me; angle it into the wind as much as possible, etc. Some people have suggested keeping the rpms up, but that really doesn't work for me. There is a cowling modification that I might do in the future. Let me know if you have any other questions. Geoff
Pet peeve? Like the pilots who announce they are clear of the runway they just landed on and the hold short line is still clearly 50 feet in front of them?
Actually 37.7 feet and 3 seconds considering tail camera sync. Have you tried to sync a tail camera? Also, didn’t know how close that guy doing the straight in was behind me. Some pilots thank me for saying anything at all. Of course, you’re right, he could have skidded 100 feet off the runway and hit me.
@@A-Wreck After spending a week, splicing, syncing and editing this video, I knew someone would catch that I started to announce “Clear” before crossing the hold short line. I guess that’s what l deserve for going on a rant…😀. The joys of social media….😀
I'm a "clear of the active" guy but I'll try to do better. I am not a fan of the "tear drop entry" and if recall, I always hear "do not fly over infield or east of the field" on Buckeye's AWOS. I think we chatted 2 years ago after you landed at the Buckeye Air Fair. Keep the vids coming and try to get the sync sorted.
I went on a little rant there...my bad....😀. That Watsonville mid-air crash made me sick to my stomach. All because of a fast straight-in and lack of situational awareness. Would have all been avoided if the Cessna 340 had done a conventional entry into the pattern. Sacrificing safety for getting on the ground a few seconds faster and saving a few ounces of gas. I don't have a problem with tear drops as long as there're done far enough away from the pattern. Staying 1000 ft. above pattern has always kept me out of the way. I didn't see anything in the airport directory about over -lying the field, but I'll make to sure to listen to the AWOS a little closer next time; thanks for the heads up. "A good pilot is always learning"...😀
Not familiar with that airport but, as the safety is a concern, that wasn't a teardrop. It was a 270 and is a bit scary. Straight in always are bad. N5750K should have planned for that and it was just flying around out of KDVT. Checking it's flights, that plane loves the stringins! 🙄. Keep your eyes open!
@@loveplanes I am a firm believer in the entry documented here when approaching from the opposite side of the downwind leg: fly8ma.com/topic/traffic-pattern/#:~:text=After%20crossing%20over%20midfield%20and,angle%20and%20at%20pattern%20altitude. I know every airport is different (noise abatement procedures, etc.) but, depending on how much traffic is in the pattern, I like to push about a mile out before I start the 270 degree turn back into the pattern. Keeps spacing and gives you that birds eye view of where other traffic is, windsock, etc..
@@sportaviation2401i like the teardrops and that is why I do when I need it. I don't like turning direct into downwind. Is hard to say but, as I like your videos, I follow the flights and as I'm not in your area, I check the plates, adsb, etc. and, while doing that and comparing with the video, I see a left 270 but no a teardrop. The last part of a teardrop is a 45 (I like a long 45) at TP for downwind as is shown in the first image on that link. By the way, the noise could be that you have some volume for the nav. Thanks for sharing!
