I know how hard it is to get those landings buttery. I'm not sure if your instructor has given you this specific information - my first instructor did not, and I struggled with landings for a while - but I think this will make an instant improvement to your landings. Remember that the key to a good landing is a good approach. Having a good approach for pattern work also means giving yourself enough time on the downwind leg, even extending it as long as you need (as long as your airspace allows) to give yourself enough distance on the final leg to make smooth power and trim adjustments to make a smooth landing. Once you're on the final leg, don't think you need to immediately decend. Set yourself up first. Get another notch of flaps in and increase your throttle to 2100, trimming down until straight and level. HERE'S the key: Don't push your yoke forward to decend. Use your THROTTLE to control your decent. Need to go down to -500/ft/min from straight and level? Throttle down to 1800. Maybe 1700. Without even touching the yoke (except for keeping the horizon level), the aircraft will slowly decend. Coming down a little too quick? Give it a little more power. The nose will rise in a couple of seconds. As you get closer to the runway, about 500ft above ground, you'll start throttling back and trimming up every few seconds. Less throttle, more trim, less throttle more trim all the way down. Keep in mind that this does not 100% eliminate the need to input controls to the yoke to maintain directional control and glideslope accuracy. This just makes it to where your inputs will only have to be very minimal. Trust me, you'll FEEL the difference. This will also make pulling the yoke back for the flare very easy, so you'll only have to make a VERY gentle pull and hold. Okay...to make a greaser landing... Once you're pretty much right above and just into ground effect, you'll pull power EVER so slowly, KEEPING YOUR EYES DOWN THE RUNWAY as far as you can look down the center line. You eyes should be looking at the TOP of where all the middle line stripes stack up. This gives your eyes as much information as possible at once - info you need to hold that center line and keep that horizon level. Another silver bullet to a good landing: HORIZON with the HANDS, DIRECTION with the FEET. Aileron adjustmements may be needed on the approach and decent to landing, but once you're all good, lined up, and in ground effect it's just horizon with the hands (keeping it level), direction with the feet (maintaining that center line with the feet/rudder, until it just gently touches the ground on the rear wheels. If you haven't practiced using the throttle for controllingdecent for landings before, I recommend you go to the practice area with your instructor and practice the precise decent control that the throttle gives, THEN go make those greaser landings. One more recommendation (for takeoff): Although you need FULL power to get off the ground and get some altitude, be sure to EASE that power back from 2400 to about 2100 when you're about 500 feet away from your target pattern altitude. It'll keep you from screaming through your target altitudes. The plane has the power to the get there, just let it ease itself into it. Then you won't have to chase the altitude on the downwind. Thanks for sharing your video! FLY SAFE! YOU GOT THIS!!!

@AlesiaKao

Ай бұрын

Hey! Thanks soooo much for the advice!! Ill definitely take not of all that on my next flight! I need all the help I can get! Haha the landing is the only thing holding me from my solo so i really appreciate the tips everyone is giving!

why is'nt the altitude meter set to zero feet? It seems now to be set to 850 ft?

@wmsnowboarding336

Ай бұрын

The altimeter is set based upon an air pressure measurement meaning it reads the altitude above mean sea level “MSL”. What you are thinking of is called Radio Altimeter which reads the altitude above ground level “AGL” or “AFE” meaning above field elevation. Hope this helps!

@sievertholman4364

Ай бұрын

@@wmsnowboarding336 Thankx!

Hi

@AlesiaKao

11 күн бұрын

Hello!

@ultralightperris

10 күн бұрын

@@AlesiaKao are you flying for fun or going to airline as career? how far are you from Perris, California?

@AlesiaKao

2 күн бұрын

Hi! For now I’m just learning. But I might make a career out of it. Airlines? That’s still far ahead in the future so I can’t say. But I’d love partake in aerial photography! I live in New York! So it’s a ways away from California 😅 I’m originally from California though lol