Just getting back into flying, I can’t believe how the synthetic vision gives you such a lower workload. I think it’s amazing. Good flight.

One of the best IFR flights from start to finish

This video is amazing - I’m very fascinated by the Tech/IFR side of aviation and I haven’t seen a video this well made before. Please do more videos like this- great job.

That was a awesome video! I loved how you incorporated the plate as well as the synthetic vision!! Great video !!!

I really enjoyed every minute of this video. Great video overlays and information.

Wow man! What a great video! Loved everything about it. Keep them coming.

Well done. Thanks. I like seeing the glitches (xmit wrong freq, being vectored through the localizer, heading drift, etc) because they are real-world issues that occur all the time. The perfect IFR flight is an elusive goal. Though I would find that Foreflight HSI display distracting unless it was set to my intended course.

Nice video! Making this easy to understand for students

the video technique is outstanding. what a great idea. very nice execution of the overlays. teach us all how. very useful flight debriefing / teaching tool. thanks for your work.

Great job on the video edit, thank you for sharing it.

Love your videos. I am an instrument student and your flights help me see what I have in store

I've been flying my 182 Peterson for fifteen years Vfr. I've been procrastinating getting my ifr we have clear sky's mostly here in New Mexico so I've just kinda let It slip bye. But you're vid pumped me up and made me take it to the next level So Thank You!!! And if you're not a cfii, you should be your a good teacher.

That was an awesome video!~Nice control of the airplane down to minimums too

Loved the amazing video! Thank you!

Super presentation! I like that it was real. Imperfect at times, but followed through to success.

Thank you for the clarification.

great video! Love the overlays

This was quite insightful... I'm an amateur flight-sim enthusiast... It was great to see ForeFlight working in real-world scenarios! I hope the app works as well in the sims... btw, your radio comm. style / proficiency is #1! Thanks for sharing! ThumsUp X 10!

@MalibuMikeCFII

7 жыл бұрын

Asad Iqbal ForeFlight does work with Microsoft Flight Simulator X, for example, but you would still need a subscription.

Very informative and interesting to watch. Thank you!

Excellent video Mike! Very informative. Will check out synthetic vision.

Great comments! I can't believe there aren't any negative comments. That is probably the only video on KZread without negative comments. Great job. I agree with the guy that said you might think about a "safety" check at 500 feet. You did confirm gear down as you flared and it's never too late even at that point.

@SaroopD

6 жыл бұрын

I guess those of us with the negative comments keep them to ourselves. Radio usage was interesting, the wrong freq, then "Say what"'s, or checking in without ATIS, or the extra words in the readback (010 on the heading). Sounds like an airplane pilot! Same with the descent rate on final, seemed a little non standard, sometimes -900 sometimes -1300 when I would expect a consistent -450 for that groundspeed, and would expect to intercept from below glideslope to avoid those high descent rates. Not necessarily unsafe, but things to think about.

Wonderful video!

Awesome job

Awesome video

Excellent video!!! I'm a recent ForeFlight convert (previously used Garmin Pilot). Luckily I can now use my GDL 39 3D with Foreflight.

Thank you for posting this video! On being offered the RNAV I'm guessing there was something he wanted to get in or out ahead of you (maybe that Delta flight he had line up and wait as you landed) and even though you don't have a /G listed it's possible for someone to have the equipment but not list it for some reason. Something I would humbly suggest is a "gear down stabilized" callout at 500ft AGL for another chance to double check gear is down. It gives me added peace of mind anyhow :)

Great one Mike! It works!!

Great video! Thank you!

Great Video! It's really neat to see Synthetic Vision in action!

Great video!

Mike. That is cool! I'd love to get my instrument ticket some day. Have flown to both airports back in my flying days.

great collaboration of foreflight and actual. well done!

Fantastic video. Really like how you made the iPad overlay the screen. Thinking of getting a Stratus for myself soon!

Wow, nice video

Great Video!!! How do you record your iPad to put on videos. It's a great idea.

Very nicely done. I am about a 550 hour VFR pilot which is thinking about my IFR, but thinking at my age frankly not sharp enough like you are. Nicely done.

@MalibuMikeCFII

7 жыл бұрын

Mike Bickle You remind me of the "172 seconds to live" video. I think it's actually a really good idea to get your IFR rating for safety if you ever fly into IMC. kzread.info?ci=ceCx0MF8kgA

@TheMoon1946

7 жыл бұрын

Got my private at 56. Instrument at 66. Waited way to long to find out how much I didn't know about flying. Makes you a better pilot wether you use it or not.

@UXUBaron

5 жыл бұрын

I think getting your instrument rating is the most enlightening thing you can do as a pilot. You will feel so much brighter and more comfortable in the airplane and will be more comfortable on comms talking to atc. You just have so much more opportunities and knowledge as an instrument pilot and I recommend getting the rating, even if you do only fly vfr. It will definitely make you a better pilot.

@mktwatcher

5 жыл бұрын

178 Seconds to live really makes you think about trusting those instruments.

great video!!

Hi Mike...just found your video...well done...thanks !!!!!!

Awesome video! I'm from Madison (Sun Prairie) but never flew there. Go Badgers! Maybe it's me, but Rockford Approach seems a bit rough. Took a long time for them to clear you for the approach causing you to blow through the inbound course. No big deal in a Piper Arrow but still annoying as a pilot and an even bigger deal if you flying a high performance or turbine aircraft. Awesome filming! I love the foreflight overlay. I need to see if I can figure that out for my next long xc next week from KMKC to KAPA. Great video Mike!

Great video and thank you for posting. It never ceases to amaze me how technology has been able to lighten the load in many ways for GA. I suspect the visual confidence you get running that system encourages you to look for IFR flying opportunities versus avoiding them ha!

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2 жыл бұрын

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@isaiasaries6270

2 жыл бұрын

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2 жыл бұрын

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2 жыл бұрын

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@isaiasaries6270

2 жыл бұрын

@Eddie Talon Glad I could help =)

How am I just finding your videos now? They are awesome. I subscribed. Please make more.

@MalibuMikeCFII

3 жыл бұрын

You say that as if you might be in my flying club. :)

@Handotr

3 жыл бұрын

Mike Cardosa they must like your videos too! But I’m an upstate NY pilot. I fly my beautiful piper Cherokee D. I enjoyed your videos. All the fun of flying to minimum without the terror. LOL. I have been incorporating the synthetic vision into my instrument flying more often lately.

@MalibuMikeCFII

3 жыл бұрын

@@Handotr Upstate NY I've heard is some very complex IFR airspace to navigate. You've really gotta be on your toes, right?

@Handotr

3 жыл бұрын

Mike Cardosa the class B around the city can be busy, but the airspace in western Connecticut is actually worse. And yes, you have to keep on your toes. ATC gives instructions at 30 knots gusting to 50

Awesome video! Very useful. What program/programs did you use to be able to make this if you don't mind me asking? Would love to make more instructional videos like this.

Mike, awesome video and congrats on your IFR rating. How did you overlap the synthetic vision with your GoPro video? Thanks, safe flights. Luiz

Great video! Did you answer the questions below of how your recorded you iPad screen?

Hey Mike, awesome use of overlays for the Synthetic vision! Love this idea. How did you record the screen of your ipad?

Great overlay. Tnx for posting. Grtz from EHBK

That's an app you don't want to crash.

Great Video........I've always wondered how accurate the synt vision was....thanks!

Flying a complex aircraft like the Piper Arrow that I earned my Commercial single engine rating during single pilot IFR. Creates a hole difference in flying and Navigating and Communication with ATC get very busy at times and especially when you are staying ahead of your aircraft at all times during takeoff to landing. IFR flying can be rewarding when it's your time to fly on your own flight

Really awesome. Way to get the overlay so close to the actual footage. Can you also get the localizer and glideslope to come in on the synthetic vision? Subscribed.

@MalibuMikeCFII

6 жыл бұрын

I really hope they add that in the near future. For now we have to live with the nav-like instrument below the synthetic vision in ForeFlight.

Can you do a landing on synthetic vision by treating it as a visual picture?

wow that software is amazing .. is there a backup display in case something happens?

Does Foreflight also include a simulated Localizer and Glideslope. It looked like there was a pink colored vertical bar on your DG but it didn't move as you lined up on Runway 4.

@MalibuMikeCFII

5 жыл бұрын

I wouldn't call it a localizer because I don't think it gets more sensitive as you get closer to the runway like a real localizer does. However in this video I wasn't using it, so that's why you don't see it. In my next video that is almost done you'll see it in use there. There is no simulated glide path indicator of any kind (yet). That would be a really nice feature.

Makes me wonder why pilots still fly without synthetic vision when so many accidents are caused by spatial disorientation even when the pilot is IFR.

I was wondering why the HSI was not centered during the actual ILS approach. I guess you were using the Foreflight for position but you had an actual ILS in the airplane? Also, how does the IPAD -Foreflight get the altitude info? Very nice video. Thanks for putting together.

@MalibuMikeCFII

7 жыл бұрын

The HSI wasn't configured to be used for the approach this time, but it could have been; I just forgot since I was looking at the real NAV instrument for the ILS like you thought. The altitude info comes from the Stratus GPS receiver and is pretty accurate.

@guintube

7 жыл бұрын

Thanks for your reply. I am in the early stages of relearning my piloting skills...went to Oshkosh this summer...lots of good technical stuff to learn...this Foreflight looks like a good program. I am starting to see how to use the GPS on displays with the conventional equipment...fun stuff !

This looks like a potentially great system to supplement ILS with. It allows for better positional awareness. That said, ILS in and of itself is still a very good system that works all over the world and doesn't require any extra hardware like tablets. :)

how do you record the Foreflight flight in the app?

Great job but...you never centered the Foreflight HSI , our only reference to te approach.

@MalibuMikeCFII

4 жыл бұрын

That's true. That's one thing I would go back and fix. However as you can tell my eyes were not on my iPad, but on the instruments! I have another low IFR video where I show the instruments in great detail of the G1000. Check it out!

Does the lag from actual conditions, to the iPad improve over time?

Awesome video. Any idea why he suggested the RNAV that close from being established on the ILS?

@MalibuMikeCFII

7 жыл бұрын

No idea, especially considering the aircraft is not equipped with GPS nor is the equipment listed as "/G".

@KensWorldRestorations

7 жыл бұрын

Yeah...I found that odd too. Considering the ATIS reported 600 overcast. I don't have the plate for that approach (I'm in Canada) but I'm guessing an RNAV approach (unless LPV minimums were there for you) would be close to mins. Awesome video...pure unadulterated airplane porn. Love it.

@jeffstillwell6802

7 жыл бұрын

To save himself the labor of monitoring your vectors for 30 more seconds. Pretty sure the controller realized later not to try that again... Or possibly to see just how the GPS overlays the ILS on his scope?

Where do you have the camera mounted for the out the front view? I want to mount one in my PA28-180. Thanks, awesome video and I also have the Foreflight on an Ipad mini.

@MalibuMikeCFII

7 жыл бұрын

Alan Waggoner It's been such a long time since I filmed this, but I think it was attached near where the dashboard meets the side glass.

@srvafool

7 жыл бұрын

Thanks, that's about where it looks. Great views with the overlay.

Excellent video. Love the overlays. I'm curious what happened on the approach to Janesville? Was it planned to go through the localizer and then back again?

@MalibuMikeCFII

7 жыл бұрын

Ken Corkum The controller most likely just forgot about me.

@KenCorkum

7 жыл бұрын

No I was referring to coming to the localizer for the first time and then being directed through and then back on from the other side.

@MalibuMikeCFII

7 жыл бұрын

The typical phraseology from the controller if they plan to send you through the localizer is "EXPECT VECTORS ACROSS FINAL FOR (purpose)" (AIM, 5-9-3). Since the controller did not give this to me, he most likely forgot about me until it was too late to give me vectors to intercept it without crossing over it. See AIM 5-9-3: tfmlearning.faa.gov/Publications/ATpubs/ATC/atc0509.html

Great video, however, I’d make one recommendation...... I’d recommend putting the ForeFlight overlay up in the corner of the video. I understand you probably did it to show your viewers looking through synthetic vision to the flight path, but I think it detracted from seeing outside the cockpit. Just a thought. I love my synthetic vision too! It’s a fantastic backup safety net.

@MalibuMikeCFII

6 жыл бұрын

Adam Ant Thanks for the feedback. I think I'll have to disagree with you, though. The purpose of this video was to demonstrate the difference between reality and the ForeFlight synthetic vision, and the novelty of this video is how this overlay was done.

Impressive! What purposes does the Stratus 2 serve? AHRS? How are you mounting the iPad to display the video as head up display so the pilot can look through the image to see the real world through the display?

@MalibuMikeCFII

7 жыл бұрын

The Stratus 2 provides AHRS, ADS-B (traffic, weather radar, textual weather), and WAAS-capable GPS. I actually am not mounting it as a heads-up display, but rather that is a trick done in the actual video production. I invite you to also check out my Night IFR video which just came out: kzread.info/dash/bejne/fK6EuZVvpczKZJM.html

In case of super degraded visibility, do you think you could land relying entirely on the SV alone??

@MalibuMikeCFII

3 жыл бұрын

It's really hard to say. Landing is a very visual maneuver and you ultimately need to see at least some of the runway to avoid slamming the airplane into it. SV would probably be good at guiding someone down to 100 feet off the runway in an emergency but then the rest would need to be conducted visually. It would sure make for an interesting exercise with a talented CFI sitting next to you.

I wonder how many pilots have used synthetic vision like a substitute radar and have tracked down a tight valley in fog or low cloud using only the synthetic vision for guidance ???????..........i doubt if anyone would admit to it , but if you got stuck could you successfully aviate down a valley using SynVis to avoid cliffs and valley sides.......any comments ????

@MalibuMikeCFII

6 жыл бұрын

There's no question that it wouldn't be legal to use this as anything more than enhancing situational awareness. Flying into IMC while putting your life into the hands of software that can crash (and trust me, ForeFlight has had its fair share of crashes under my watch) or a GPS that could potentially be inaccurate or lose reception is careless and reckless. However, think about emergency scenarios. I can't think of a better fallback plan to the scenario where you have an electrical failure and your cockpit goes dark.

why did the DG on the iPad never line up on the approach course always showed left of couse?

@MalibuMikeCFII

7 жыл бұрын

Because the course on the iPad wasn't aligned with the approach. I was mainly using the airplane's NAV instrument and not my iPad. I could have, though.

@thomassheehan4193

3 жыл бұрын

Gee wiz Electronics are nice. Kind of disconcerting not seeing the inbound course displayed on the whole approach.

A better technique would’ve been to load the RNAV into ForeFlight and then you would have back up for the runway centerline

Mike any new IFR actual videos coming soon? I can’t get enough!

@MalibuMikeCFII

5 жыл бұрын

Yes, I'm editing one right now!

I wonder why the pilot never set the approach for the ILS course???

@MalibuMikeCFII

4 жыл бұрын

It's not necessary since you aren't flying with the iPad.

Question: why does the HSI on Foreflight show 20 degrees or so right of course and the localizer needle show you right of course? Looked like you were on an intercept, but it never came in. Foreflight looks super intriguing ... but never messed with it.

@MalibuMikeCFII

3 жыл бұрын

Because I wasn't trying to use the HSI at all and it wasn't configured for the final approach. The last thing you want to be doing is staring at your iPad when you are less than 1000 feet above the ground when you're in the clouds!

@aerohunter7

3 жыл бұрын

@@MalibuMikeCFII gotcha! Thanks. Looks to be pretty amazing software.

10:57 “workload increase” could have been avoided if you filed for Madison via Janesville and requested clearance to madison before departure.

Informative video. My only question is why you don't use proper technique when reporting altitude? 2.point seven rather two thousand, seven hundreds is incorrect.

@MalibuMikeCFII

6 жыл бұрын

I agree you are correct. Right after recording the footage for this video, I came across this useful article and changed my phraseology: www.avweb.com/news/airman/184499-1.html Thanks for noticing! It's a very good point.

@roberthancock7055

6 жыл бұрын

Mike, hope you didn't think I was coming off as a wise guy. It seems you took my criticism as intended. Good luck and happy flying.

You have to set up the approach in the “Flight Plan” section on the map page in order to get the final approach course. Look for “Procedures”. Also, a touch and go back into low IFR conditions is a bad idea. Better to taxi back and start over.

@MalibuMikeCFII

5 жыл бұрын

I actually disagree with both points. Foreflight is not my primary or secondary instrument, so I don't really need to get the flight plan perfect. I'd rather invest the time with my eyes in the cockpit. If you aren't practicing missed approaches or touch and gos back into IMC, you are doing yourself a disservice.

Did you forget to change the OBS to the inboard course for Runway 4 at Janesville which is 044. Your OBS was set to 065 which is why you had a right needle indication.

@MalibuMikeCFII

7 жыл бұрын

Ronald Kaplan I wasn't really paying attention to the course painted on the iPad screen anymore since I was focused on flying the ILS and watching my NAV instrument, and was not really spending much time in my instrument scan looking at the iPad.

@ddw96

7 жыл бұрын

Mike Cardosa I too wondered why the needle wasn't centered thought the app was defective.

@MalibuMikeCFII

7 жыл бұрын

Dave Wilson The app wasn't at fault. I basically didn't care about the course being correct at that point. The "ownship" position was a huge aid to situational awareness at that point, and even then, I wasn't looking at the screen very often.

I"m guessing you used two ipads for this? One for SVS and the other for charts?

@MalibuMikeCFII

7 жыл бұрын

Thor Dehr Nope I simply did some fancy editing (split the video in two) to make better use of the split screen format of a single iPad.

@thordehr

7 жыл бұрын

Ah got it.

How come your HSI never displayed the localizer needle during your entire approach?

@MalibuMikeCFII

4 жыл бұрын

It wasn't a goal to use the iPad as a localizer needle, so I didn't activate it. Many others have noticed this and I regret not doing so simply for video production reasons. My eyes were mainly on the instruments and rarely on the iPad.

@ArizonaAirspace

4 жыл бұрын

Mike Cardosa OK. Now that makes sense. I use also my IPad with foreflight and I try to have my iPad display my correct HSI needles as a back up. Nice video. Cheers.

Nice….

he blew you right through the localizar

Does Synthetic vision operate globally?

@MalibuMikeCFII

7 жыл бұрын

NoFaithNoPain As far as I know, it works only in North America for now.

@roberthaines367

7 жыл бұрын

NoFaithNoPain q

Might want to leave the gear down until there is no useful runway remaining.

@MalibuMikeCFII

4 жыл бұрын

I don't subscribe to that thinking. I believe as soon as you get a positive rate of climb you should reduce the drag profile of your aircraft and put the gear up. To me this means you are able to accomplish the "impossible turn" sooner than if you had not.

what app is that ?

@MagicTurdd

7 жыл бұрын

ForeFlight

@TheDragonFlyerAviation

7 жыл бұрын

Steven Thanks :)

13W, say whattttt? :-)

Excellent but pricey

@MalibuMikeCFII

6 жыл бұрын

docrw Actually in terms of Aviation Monetary Units and the potential to save lives, it's an excellent value!

1000-3 for me lol.

Wtih GPS and maps everything should be direct. F localizers