Great video and instruction for free! Cheers from a Sportstar owner in the southwest USA.

Another informative video Ben. I must say that i am very impressed with your instructor. Obviously a skilled pilot in his own right but its the fact that he is taking you through some fun/serious situations. Love the dead stick landings and the white line hopping. I think he is also having some fun and the mutual respect is so apparent. Thanks for sharing .

@BenAtkinsonVideos

4 жыл бұрын

Hey Peter, really appreciate comments like this! Makes it all worthwhile. Thanks for watching and following along. Ben

@musoseven8218

4 жыл бұрын

Peter Disley I think David Young is a microlight pioneer, thousands of hours under his belt?

@BenAtkinsonVideos

4 жыл бұрын

Yeh nearly 10k and that’s just instructing!

Great point about the go around, into the wind, especially if it was from a forced landing as the engine is likely to fail again.

@BenAtkinsonVideos

4 жыл бұрын

Yeh - I was disappointed with that one - but other than that - a very good productive session!

@flyingkub

4 жыл бұрын

@@BenAtkinsonVideos Don't be disappointed, it is all part of the learning curve, you probably will not make the same mistake again.

Loving these videos mate it’s great to follow the lessons. I’m so looking forward to getting flying again soon 👍

Wow, nice flying, I'm sure that prop stopping focuses the mind!

@BenAtkinsonVideos

4 жыл бұрын

It really does joe! Great to practice with an instructor and a huge runway.....only!

@JoeRichardson02

4 жыл бұрын

@@BenAtkinsonVideos yes haha I was thinking it's the sort of thing that if it goes wrong, you've got an awful lot of explaining to do

Good job, well done!

Nice.

@BenAtkinsonVideos

4 жыл бұрын

Hey nice one Bob thanks for watching

Another good one Ben, well done.

@BenAtkinsonVideos

4 жыл бұрын

Cheers mate...awesome fun!

Hi Ben, still working through the back catalogue. I really like the low level line weaving. It certainly has a good glide ratio for the engine failures.

Nice video, mate! I like the EV97 very much, awesome plane! The view outside looks a lot like my plane... 😉

@BenAtkinsonVideos

4 жыл бұрын

Mate its so so good this aircraft....thanks for watching !

@ForFunFlyer

4 жыл бұрын

@@BenAtkinsonVideos Thank you for taking the effort to share your flying on KZread!

Great video Ben.. 👍🛫🛬🛫🛬🛫🛬👌

@BenAtkinsonVideos

4 жыл бұрын

Cheers mate!

Job well done 👍

@BenAtkinsonVideos

4 жыл бұрын

Hey 👋 Cheers Andrew

Wow that’s awesome dude

@BenAtkinsonVideos

4 жыл бұрын

Thanks mate....slow reply....sorry! Good fun....!

Excellent Ben! I’ve never done a dead stick landing myself so it’s cool to see it done. I’m laughing at how far you can glide and how long you have to decide on a field with the Eurostar compared to the helicopter. I might have to do a comparison video. 🚁✈️👍🏻

@BenAtkinsonVideos

4 жыл бұрын

It’s odd to think how much extra drag you get off the static prop. Certainly good to experience. Haha honestly - the Eurostar glide distance catch’s me out on my next video...my worst approach ever 😂😫 yes a comparison video would be amazing....!! 👍👍

@RoryOnAir

4 жыл бұрын

Ben Atkinson yeah I was always warmed it would create more drag but haven’t experienced it. I’ll look forward to your video. 👌

Nice work Ben! Seems like the Eurostar is a bit less forgiving (metal wings, low wing & smaller ailerons) and more of a challenge, but a lot of fun and more "sporty". Nice day for it too! Lovely little aeroplane, a bit disconcerting when the air cooling fan at the front got switched off though LOL!

@BenAtkinsonVideos

4 жыл бұрын

Hahaha yes a little. Great to try it tho. Yeh it’s less forgiving but simply wonderful to fly!

@musoseven8218

4 жыл бұрын

Ben Atkinson Certainly looks that way and ergonomically it's more like a GA aircraft. You must be clocking up some nice hours, with better aircraft availability/choice now :-)

Probably a question for Dave. Is the benefit of practicing PFL with engine off actually worth the safety risk? If a person/animal/vehicle encroached the runway just before touch down, you would be fortunate to successfully restart and execute a go around.

@BenAtkinsonVideos

4 жыл бұрын

Yeh I think thats a good point - however....we were certainly in, and it was a closed airfield - also - with such a large amount of ground you can see animals etc. I fully trust him and it was good to train for that...it felt very different. But - great point taken on. Ill ask him ...and let you know!

@musoseven8218

4 жыл бұрын

MrAlwaysBlue Anywhere else, with anyone else, in other conditions and circumstances? I think it would be a no, no, not worth the risk. It's all about choices, decision making, risk assessment relative to experience. I get the feeling that the instructor knows the aircraft and airfield very well.

I have never flown an A/C with the prop stopped haha

@BenAtkinsonVideos

4 жыл бұрын

Ah mate - its SO WEIRD!!!