What a sweet ride the M600 is. Just Perfect. Piper is a great company. If you ever get the chance, you should visit the factory in Fla. Thanks for the vid.. and PLEASE.. more!
Thank you great video and thanks for not using any music - the curse of many other aviation vids. We all like to hear the real sounds of flight and the comms!
@@ronjay1209 not yet but getting close. I hope to take checkride in the next few months. My instructor flies professionally and has trips. Plus he is extremely tough on me,lol. But that’s a good thing. Thank you for asking. I appreciate it
The M600 is what I always wanted Piper to build. I flew the Meridian, but it just did not have the range. The longer legs on the M600 make it much more practical.
I was in awe watching this video. What an amazing flight with my absolute favorite airplane! I’d love to get my hands on a piper meridian someday. I’m about to finish my commercial multi certificate at cornerstone aviation at OGD. Iv seen your plane taxi by a couple of times while flying around. Maybe I’ll see your plane taxi by again sometime :) This video was a good pick me up to stay motivated, so thanks!
Thanks! I love talking to as many pilots as I can! I’m always looking for new professional aviation connections to mentor me and help me grow as a pilot. If you ever need a safety pilot or want to talk flying. I’d love to get in touch with you!
Steering this aircraft on the ground is by using the rudder which is also linked to the front gear as well as differential braking on the main gear. Handles fairly nicely on the ground, but is no BMW ;-)
I'm intrigued what your thoughts would be on a constant 3-degree descent profile from TOD, through the approach, to landing. Flying RPT in Australia, at least with my employer, we're required to do this for pax comfort and fuel efficiency purposes, but it's not something I see much of on American youtube flights. Is "dive and drive" the norm? Genuinely curious.
So cool! So when you are in IMC with a glass cockpit, do you not really have to “scan your gauges” any more? Don’t you just fly the little fake video game airplane in the PFD? I mean at least most of the time?
You really just have a slight different scan. All the 6-pack information is there, in a slightly different format. Should also periodically cross check against the other primary flight display and backup instruments. When the workload is high though, yeah, it is kind of like looking at a video game ;-)
These M600's have been awesome for us. We are on our second one, and have been from Mexico to Alaska and all 4 corners of the lower 48, and have just loved it. Comfortable, efficient, capable and lots of range. Can do Anchorage to Salt Lake City 1900 nm non-stop with a light tail wind. No complaints so far :-)
@@alpenpilot2429 thanks so much for the reply. It certainly seem an extremely versatile aircraft with great reliability and presurisation from the turbine and none of the disadvantages/costs of a twin. Having it built and supported by a main manufacturer instead being a conversion would be for me at least be a major plus. 👍👍
We had 60-80 knots on the nose for around half the flight on the way up which really slowed us down, so we made a stop in Bellingham WA and Yakutat AK, overflying Canada so we didn't have to clear customs. On the way back with a little push we went Anchorage all the way back to Ogden non-stop. 1865 nm in 6:45. Being a single engine we followed the coastline around instead of direct over the ocean.
@@alpenpilot2429 I stopped in Yakutat in my Lake amphib one day for fuel when northbound in 2001. About 400 and a mile at the time. Stayed and caught silver salmon until weather improved.
Going up, we had some pretty vicious headwinds, so if I recall we did about 3 hour legs. Stops in Bellingham, Yakutat, and Anchorage. Coming back we had a little bit of a tail wind, so made it nonstop just under 1900 nautical miles in if I recall six hours and 45 minutes. No bathroom on board, just little chemical travel John’s. Those come in handy when necessary
Actually no hardwired gear information. However the gear can be displayed on any of the 3, 12 inch displays, which are on separate busses, so would be extremely unlikely to get a 3 screen failure. If in doubt, you could always do an emergency gear extension, and assume that you get 3 down and locked. Bad day if you lose all the primary screens ;-)
Highway in the sky below 18,000'. It is formed by an outbound radial (magnetic course) from one navigation aid and then an inbound radial to the next one.
After I finish flight school, maybe my dad will buy me a Piper M600. He’s a very successful business man, he has the money. No reason for my dad’s money go to waste. I know some people will say I’am spoiled little rich kid.
