Mastering Your Instrument Scan 

21/21 Shotgun steam gauge panels in the multiple planes my school uses. And they’re in different positions in each. Makes it challenging to relearn where to look lesson to lesson. Never a dull flight. Good stuff.

21 for 21! Best one yet! You are awesome for putting this material out there. Thank you!!

21/21 !!! This is a great series. I feel that everyone should really be instrument trained or at least no a lot more then the basic 3 hours under foggles. That could be because I live in the PNW and most of our days can change in a hurry, plus all the mountains around here. Thanks for all the help!!!!

21 of 21! I LOVE the Wagon Wheel!!! Gonna start using it since it works for 6 pack or glass! Thank you!

21/21. Thank you for another great video Jason!

21/21. I love these modules. It gave me a giant understanding of what’s going on in flight.

Another great video! 21 for 21!☀️

Can’t say it enough: LOVE this series. Regarding the scans, I guess I’d only add that this is very situational. If I’m in straight and level, I’m doing the T mostly. In a turn… inverted V. The wagon wheel pretty much sums it up of course. I’d say that’s probably what I do. Going out today in the pattern and will be aware of what I’m using!

I'm 21/21. Thanks for the videos. I enjoy them. I was taught the wagon wheel scan.

Always love these scan tests. Crucial skills for real IFR flight. Thank you!

21 for 21 and throughly enjoying each and every video -- well done !

21/21 Great stuff especially for someone getting ready to start instrument training!!

Great teaching Jason...

Thanks for this week of IFR work! A good pilot is always learning!

21 for 21. Thanks Jason!!! This information will really be helpful to me as I have made my commitment to finally get my IFR done this year.

Hi Jason, 21 for 21. Great series. Although I’m not IFR certified, I’ve had several hours of training. I believe we used a hybrid of these scans where the wagon wheel method you described was used during straight and level flight and the inverted V when making a change. Really enjoy hearing your thoughts and methods. Learning a lot. Thanks again

21/21 Though I'm not IFR trained all of this is helpful to me. I have had to rely on my instruments briefly/unplanned on a few occasions due to rapid weather changing conditions and am thankful for having gained some familiarity. Always helpful to add to flying skills in any way possible.

This is magnificent. I went through flight school in the mid-80's and we didn't have all these whiz bang tools. Great way to make better new pilots and existing pilots safer.

Fantastic video, Jason. As a newly rated instrument pilot, this is a great set of tips and guidance. And your kids are just adorable. 😀

21/21 I really need to continue to upgrade my instrument scan abilities. Thank you!

21/21. I love those perceptual models. Thanks!

This was an outstanding video! I've never really thought about a scanning pattern. I just used the Attitude Indicator as the primary and bounced around. So, I guess I use the T pattern with the Wagon Wheel pattern thrown in there. It makes a difference whether I'm level, en route and making turns, or straight in on an approach where altitude becomes more important. 21/21

21 for 21. I love the variety of scan techniques given here. I've only tried the rectangular scan as I hadn't been told any other styles. I want to try some of these other methods and see if any of them work better for me than others.

Yay! 21 for 21. Getting ready for my PPL xc solo phase check.

I was taught many of these. But instinctively I use the Wagon Wheel/Spoke and Hub and didn't even know it was called that! Thanks Jason

21/21 G3 in the archer I’m training in. I use the T method. Thank you for the IFR videos. Hopefully taking my check ride the first part of February.

21 for 21. Acting as a safety pilot tomorrow for a friends approaches and learning a lot here, Thanks Jason.

21 for 21, takes a little time to adjust my scan. Enjoying this.

Twenty-one. Keep ‘em comin’ !

21/21. Awesome work.

21 for 21 Really great content, Thank you for doing this!

I'm 21/21...Wow that panel scan quiz was awesome. I prefer the Wagon wheel scan style. Today's video was enjoyable, thanks Jason.

21 for 21, I’m about a week away from my check ride and these videos really help. Thanks

21/21 really enjoy this series ! Currently using a six pack

21/21 I’m not instrument rated but love this series. Makes me a better pilot!

I am 21 for 21. I've never flown a glass panel, except on my X-plane simulator. I have always flown old steam gauges, exception now is our current aircraft have replaced the Attitude and DG with G-5 units. Thanks for the awesome work and refreshing.

21/21 Thanks! I like the quick scan practice - great real world flight practice at home! "Trust your instruments, trust your instruments...!"

21/21 Getting my IFR ticket really helped me become a better, precise, knowledgeable pilot. I recommend it for everyone. I’m a hub and spoke guy.

21/21 I appreciate you sharing your knowledge. Thank you

21/21 Great video. Learned alot

21 for 21. I don't know my scan yet as I have just been flying on glass for a short time. I suspect it is wagon wheel or radial since I'm always coming back to the attitude indicator. Love these videos and I will go back and watch them again after the month is done.

21/21 loving it

21/21! Start my instrument training on Monday!

21 4 21!! Really like the hub and spoke method.

Hi Jason. 21 for 21😃. I'm loving this series. To put it in perspective, I just saw Top Gun for the first time tonight with my wife, it was good but I enjoy your flying instruction videos WAY better. I'm hoping to start my PPL soon. When I was about 10 yo my dad and I would fly often in a Cessna 172 he rented...some of my best memories together. I was at Oshkosh for the first time last summer..was hoping to run into you...maybe another time. Blessings brother. Thanks for your mission of helping pilots to always keep learning. Paul

21 for 21. Love the many scan types for different flight operations.

21 for 21 and just signed up for the trial!

21/21, catching up to today’s now! I am impressed with your commitment to a scientifically backed teaching style. In the chance you’re reading this, I have a suggestion for your perceptual learning modules: maybe in the harder levels, add some noise to the instruments as if you’re in turbulent air. I think turbulence is something that slows me down interpreting instruments in the plane, especially when trying to change to a new heading or altitude. You could even make the instruments jostle around a little on the screen, haha! Just a thought. These videos are really great-too good to be free!

Great content, Cool exercise. 21/21

21/21 you're doing great

21/21. I have a hybrid cockpit with PFD, MFD and as tertiary, I have Airspeed Indicator, Turn and Bank Coordinator and Attitude Indicator. Practicing a couple of different scans. On 6-pack a T-scan was my preferred by far. I use what you call the wagon wheel (radial) scan on my PFD/MFD. Add when I am in and out of the clouds, I will call on when looking outside vs. being on the instruments.

21 for 21 Good stuff thanks!!!

21/21. Glad you went over this. I think a modified wagon wheel will help me from busting my altitude.

21 for 21, thanks for the great video's

21/21! Loving the series. The scanning game is fun but I think by the time I got to about 20 of them, it was flashing on screen for less than a second, ahhh! Also, not entirely sure how to stop playing the "game" - I didn't see an end button. Very enjoyable, and my scan isn't too bad!

21/21 The instrument panel scan perceptual learning module is really cool.

21 for 21, training in a Pipistrel Alpha Electro, have had the typical 6 pack on earlier flights in 152, but now its getting used to this specific layout. I recall this was drilled in daily in the air force sim training, keeping a close watch on the camera seeing if the students were doing their scans properly and for how long etc.

21 for 21: I use the T- scan / wagon wheel method where the AT is my starting point. I like the wagon scan will have to try that more often. I do need to practice on the flt sim the G1000 scan more as I am great at scanning the 6 pack.

21/21 beautiful video 👍 thanks 🙏

Hey Jason, great video 21,for 22I use the smoke and hub method. I’ve got the steam gauges mixed with the G5 HSI I really like it.

During my Check Ride for the Commercial held in Lakeland KLAL, the DPE wanted, after drawing the six circles on the blackboard, to know which instrument it corresponded to. Probably to understand if I had an excellent scan of the instrument

21! Woot. I use Spoke & Hub

I will watch them all, but I will get videos in my watch history so I can search for them later if I don’t have time to watch right away. Keeping the attitude is critical with no horizon.

21 for 21! I like the wagon wheel!

21 for 21. Even though I’m finishing up on my PP, the instrument scan is a valuable tool. I seldom use the AT. I use the TC so I use the “boom” method - what my speed? Boom to AS then eyes outside. Am I climbing, VSI then boom eyes outside. Similar to your hip and spoke, but I use that big real horizon.

21/21 We have both gauges and G-1000 at our school and I like to also use the wheel method.

21 for 21! Another great one! My flight experience is probably a little unique. I have less than 400 hours, but I have time in about 20 different types of aircraft, and almost 60 different airplanes altogether. When you fly a bunch of different airplanes, one thing to remember is that each plane is set up a little differently on the instrument panel. One thing I do when I fly is to take 2-3 minutes in the airplane to just sit in the pilot's seat and take a good long look at the entire panel. Where are the gauges? Where are the switches? Maybe this airplane is different than the last one I flew, even though they're the same model of plane. One day, I was flying a Piper Apache that I hadn't flown in a few months. As I was doing this 2-3 minute scan before startup, I realized that I couldn't remember where the Master Switch was. Took me a minute or so, but it was underneath the throttle quadrant, and not in sight. This same airplane had digital tachometers that only displayed when the engine was running, so it took an extra few seconds to find the tachs. Taking a few minutes on the ground before starting to familiarize or re-familiarize yourself with the panel could save precious time that you would need in an urgent situation.

the six-pack og PFD animation a great tool

21421, early in my training, I was stuck staring at the instruments, chasing. My instructor advised me to look outside more and now my instrument scanning has drastically improved.

21/21. I use the Wagon Wheel scan. I make sure the Attitude Indicator (AI) is set to the picture I expect, then I cross-check with the Airspeed Indicator, Directional Gyro, Vertical Speed Indicator, Altimeter, and Turn Coordinator as required. If the AI is not showing the picture I expect, make it read right (i.e. manipulate the controls until it shows what I want), then cross-check. Seems to work for me.

21 for 21: As a former home school day I approve of the use of the marker board for quality instruction.

21/21. Without realizing it, I was doing the wagon wheel method!

21/21. I use the primary/supporting method exclusively

21/21 I like the T scan and the wagon wheel methods

21 for 21!!!🎉

21/21. Developing a great scan is important, but also a VERY perishable skill, especially when you're first starting. Even if not flying, you need to keep those abilities sharp. Good spot for a flight simulator plug! LOL!

21 for 21. I do a mix between T and V. I use T mostly but use turn coordinator and VSI when turning.

21 for 21 - I was taught the wagon wheel method and still use that primarily.

21/21. I use a rectangle scan counter-clockwise from the attitude indicator. Ahh😓 I'm a bit slow on the instrument scanning practice. I was only able to complete scan 5/6 instruments every time before the question.

L like this even i pick it up on that this great training school Jason it be of fun while we do it thank Jason for this video it class

21 FOR 21, JUST WATCHING THESE VIDEOS INTERMINGLED WITH MY GROUND SCHOOL!!!

21/21 lets get it.. interested in the study paper from the collage thanks

Didn't know what it was called but I use the radial scan on the G300 in my Skycatcher.

21/21I go back and forth between steam and glass panels in IFR flights and the instrument scan is definitely different and require practice on both to be proficient

21 for 21 from Hungary🇭🇺 I’m using a combination of the hub’n’spoke and rectangular scan methods to scan my instruments

21 for 21. Really appreciate the discussion about the different methods of scanning. Out of curiosity, how do you add in other instruments and procedures? For example, its easy to get focused on programming with the garmin, but if you're hand flying you may get off quickly. Do you have a rule about how often you must check back to the primary instruments? Thanks!

I’m sending a link to this video to all my instrument students.

21 for 21🙌

21-21. I was taught the T-scan.

21 for 21. Took me a bit on the Fast Scan Learning because I haven’t flown in a month.

21/21!

Wagon wheel scan is my preferred method.

22 for 21 and 100% on the learning nodule. Not bad for an old Ercoupe pilot. Billy N99601

21:21 That was a great!

Hub & spoke 👍

21/21. I look outside mostly and use the instruments sparingly. VFR rather tan IFR. What exactly is the use of training G1000 pictures if your training aircraft has steam guages or a pair of G530’s?

21 for 21. I use the radial, mostly because I've found it works best with glass and I fly g5's.

21/21 💪🏾

21/21👍🏼🙏🏼

21 for 21! The wagon wheel and the rectangular pattern are easiest for me, assuming it's not a shotgun display