Using Angle of Attack For Great Landings 

Awesome information here mate thank you and love the vid 🛩🤙🏼

Well done. Just picked up my 2022 SR22T and wanting to learn the AOA landing, did it a couple times when I flew in Hawaii, thank you for the video

Interesting thought experiment: why is it only Flight Into Known Icing SR22s have AOA? The answer is a system of systems or systems engineering answer. With FIKI, they were already opening up the leading edge of the wing thus providing opportunity to change it while with a TKS based FIKI system, they also discovered need as the fluid could plug the older design stall warning suction hole.

Noticed you hold your power lever gripping the top of the T. This is good for large power movements like takeoff, and waveoff/go around/rejected landing, and missed approach. For a better sense of power control such as that for on downwind through landing or on instrument approach, rather than grabbing the whole of the T, try using just your thumb and index plus middle fingers to hold the outside of the T. This way you can run your little two fingers down alongside the center column and have a reference that is stationary relative to the airplane hence feel how much you are moving power. Alternately, you could grab the shaft instead of the top of the T doing something similar. For small power movements, you want to be able to feel how much you have moved the lever. And remember power changes will always require counter-corrections.

Again Steve a great video. as a suggestion to all I have found it helps focus my scan on the AOAI to get rid of the traffic inset map on the PFD. Yes it is only on FIKI planes. Thanks for all the work you put in to make these videos. Much appreciated.

I really liked the video 😀

The instructor said he wouldn’t go into a lengthy discussion as the experience would prove demonstrative. For those merely passively experiencing by watching the video, you can search Medium for AOA and Power Techniques plus the correlating F-35C Crash into the South China Sea for an in-depth discussion.

Thanks Pilot hound. Glad you enjoyed it. Cheers-Ren

Great tutorial and camera angles

Awesome video!

Instead of CAPS available and above immediate altitudes calculated relative to field elevation, try getting in the habit of using GAGL. Terrain below you typically doesn’t match field elevation. And it is easier as you’ll never need to calculate numbers. They’ll always be 600 and 2k.

Trim to on-speed 3 o’clock AOA and power for glide path - Thank You!

Great video as always. Can the AOA indicator be activated in a Cirrus SR22 G5 version or just in the G6 do you know? If so going to practice that in mine next week!

Great video! I was wondering if you ever use the flight path angle (FPA) which shows a dashed line for a 3 degree descent.

Steve: Question re AOA Indicator - will it provide the pilot with accurate AOA info in all flight regimes? i.e., up at altitude practicing Steep Turns, Slow Flight Clean, Slow Flight Full Flaps, Stall practice, etc... It will continue to read accurately / not just used for landing?

Mr. Steve, just a remember I am a fan not a pilot. However, I have a question. I know there is a lot of factors involved, but on average what is the flight time for a 650nm flight? Thanks

Hey buddy, maybe I missed this, but how do you actually turn the AOA on? Is it under PFD options (kinda guessing so).

One other thing didn’t see all three passes, before turning off base to final, take a look along the outside shoulder. Be in that habit. Clear the outside before going belly up to it.

I’m unclear when full flaps should be activated. On the instructor landing, I believe he went full flaps almost immediately after turning base. Others and I believe Cirrus instructions say only when the runway is assured and on final do you go full flaps. I’ll look at my FOM again which I don’t have with me. I don’t believe I was ever taught to land using the 3 o’clock AOA method. If it’s the primary indicator, it’s odd to me it’s the smallest indicator to see. I was surprised by the Bravo airspace notice with a Instructor onboard. The MFD clearly shows the Bravo airspace when dialed in appropriately. The VFR charts aren’t required to see the Bravo. Pattern work isn’t something I practice a lot so I learned plenty on power settings to manage speed and altitude. I love the series and this was fascinating given I thought I was hearing important material for the first time. Note: I fly out of KHND and go to KSMO frequently. So everything was very real for me.

I was wondering, does the mask work better over your mouth or on your chin? Thanks.

78kt? Im sorry that is very slow for an airplane we all know doesn't glide well. There is no fee for using more runway, so unless the runway is extremely short (like 2000ft) there is no reason to fly that slow on final.

The mask… ugh

Just don’t get the jabarooski or u might be dead mid flight