I really appreciate the precision of your instructions and your ability to anticipate points of confusion. In another RU-vidr's video on landing, the guy just kept saying "Aim for the touchdown zone," and I kept thinking to myself, "OK, but what is the 'touchdown zone' and what the heck does it mean to 'aim'?" I got no reply, making his video basically worthless as far as I'm concerned.
On the second approach flighttrajectory states he is slightly high, so push the yoke forward. For those thinking they might want to actually fly a real plane sometime, don't do that. On final throttle is used for altitude control, and pitch (yoke forward or aft) is for adjusting airspeed. So in the scenario of slightly high, reduce the throttle a little, and increase it slightly as you regain proper altitude. Additionally 4 reds on a papi should only be held until re-intercepting the 2 white 2 red in extreme vfr. At night you could easily hit a tree or other obstacles, so my opinion on 4 red with a PAPI prior to the runway is always to add power. Climb and re-rejoin the glideslope.
Excellent video. Can't be done better. Thank you for sharing your experience. German engineer, 68 yo , living in the Caribbean. Greetings from Martinique
Excellent channel, just subscribed. Is that traffic pattern available online somewhere? I made notes for myself but I like your layout so much better! Thanks
You didn't mention retrimming the plane for the proper airspeed after each flap change. And you didn't mention keeping your aim point from moving up or down in the windshield on final. You also didn't talk about how the runway appears to suddenly get wider when you reach the point where you need to start your round-out. You definitely flared too high and/or pulled harder on the yoke than you should have during the round-out. I thought we were going to stall and fall onto the runway.. 🤠
I want to ask a question if i am doings cross wind landing how can I balance the plane immediately and if my engine is failing should I land or go around
True, a side slip (forward slip) is a great way to lose altitude without gaining airspeed! personally I don't like using it because if you need a forward slip it means you are on an un-stabilized approach and you need to get better at controlling your altitude and airspeed :)
Flighttrajectory is correct that 1000' AGL left turns is standard, but the answer to your question is NO, some have different altitudes and some use right turns, and some have both.
Thanks. I don't have a clunker PC but it looks like I will have to upgrade a bit to take advantage of the cutting edge features. I'm using flight simulator X which is nice, but maybe one day will upgrade to this. Thank you for turning me on to it. I got to go up in a Cessna 172 a couple weeks for the first time in ages.
In Flight lesson 11 it was hopeless the Carmea was too far away to see any thing of value to be useful, like the gauges on the dash can't see them. Your paper demonstration camera was too far away to see what you were talking about. This was true on the other videos also fix this problem where a person can see what you're talkinh about, get camera closer then check it when you're done that's all.
