Your videos are really helpful, thank you.

@FlyingAndy

11 ай бұрын

Thanks Peter, hows your flying journey so far?

I go up on pleasure flights at Strathavon, two or three times a year. It has been great to see proper training in progress from inside the cockpit. I would love to do it properly like you are doing and gain my licence. Best wishes from Scotland.

@FlyingAndy

Жыл бұрын

Thanks for watching. Whats stopping you giving it a go? Ive had a few months off due to work commitments but looking forward to getting back in and getting some more content this summer.

Love this video. Love following your progress. I did my first solo yesterday. What a rush!

@FlyingAndy

Жыл бұрын

Ahhhh... Amazing Peter, how was it? Any tips? hopefully mine next week! Still unsure if J thinks I can competently land the thing by myself yet. My last lesson we did 4 circuits with progressivly worse weather. He was very quiet throughout so I assume he was gearing up to me to get it there. Unfortunately Wx got worse and we were grounded.

@peterwilliams229

Жыл бұрын

@@FlyingAndy It was amazing! J and I did 5 or 6 circuits. Ive been having trouble knowing where the ground is on the round out so J wanted me to just touch the main wheels down on each landing and then go around. I was previously fixating on looking just beyond the prop and when I learnt to look long it all came together! Don't know why I didn't do that before!! We had a break and did 2 or 3 more just to prove consistency and right at the end J asked if I wanted to do just one more - solo! I was surprisingly calm and literally talked everything through to myself out loud all the way round. The plane was like a stabbed rat without J on board! I could hear his voice saying 'balanced turn', 'height in the circuit', 'height in the turn', '52 in the descent' but it worked!! I kept at 600 ft and 60kts which surprised me and it was amazing to land and land well. J was beaming! I think I did him proud and I haven't calmed down yet and can't wait to do some more now! Very best wishes. Please video your solo if you can. I'd love to see it.

@FlyingAndy

Жыл бұрын

@@peterwilliams229 What a story! Love it. Well done mate, well done. Looking forward to mine even more now.

At time 10:30 - 10:45 the instructor is saying "closer to the ground". Does he mean let the plane get closer to the ground before flaring or something different...? and if that is the case, I would really like to know how that would be achieved at that point... lowering the nose a tad for a second presumably before resuming the flare as you were already on a closed throttle? It would be great if you can you answer that please Andy. I think your videos are great BTW as you show the whole dialogue, and it does reveal that instructors are not always aware that what they say doesn't always convey what they are trying to get across. ie; in these videos the instructor often says "Don't touch it.. don't touch it" Now I don't what he actually means by that; don't push forward? don't put any back pressure on the stick? take your hand off the stick altogether? the confusion of me trying to understand what was being asked at the most critical point of landing would consume all my remaining brain room. That is not to be critical of the instructor as I think he has a fantastic manner, and I would be happy if he taught me Perhaps if each verbal input the instructor gave said; the Problem/Rectification/Outcome = for me that would allow my old, tired brain to both implement and understand it at the same time. ie "too slow here, lower the nose to increase the speed and see the air indicator increase" or "avoid landing flat, we don't want a nose heavy landing so extend the float to bleed off some speed by pulling back on the stick" Great work tho!

@FlyingAndy

Ай бұрын

Mark, sorry for the delay here didn't see the notification. Ok so to unpack your points, yes hes referring to getting closer to the ground before the flare. and yes, drop the nose a little to lose altitude then resume flare. When he says' dont touch it' hes referring to the grass. What hes getting at is he wants me to stall the aircraft and land only when the aircraft is done flying. I guess its good practice as it makes the landing smoother. When the back wheels are on the ground its the same thing, keep pulling back on the stick until the aircraft literally has nothing left to give and nosewheel will touch down. Does that help?

yikes pulling mixture like that is sketchy. looks like right seat regretted it halfway through