Rod Machado

Rod Machado

Welcome to Rod Machado's Aviation Training Center

Is He Talkin' to Me?

Is He Talkin' to Me?

Student Encounters F4 Phantom

Student Encounters F4 Phantom

Energy Management

Energy Management

We're Not Gonna Make It!

We're Not Gonna Make It!

Why One Wing Stalls First

Why One Wing Stalls First

Step 2 of the IFR Scan

Step 2 of the IFR Scan

Weber's Law for Pilots

Weber's Law for Pilots

Runway Declared Distances

Runway Declared Distances

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  • @sandysmithvideos228
    @sandysmithvideos2283 күн бұрын

    Always brilliant delivery and material we can all relate to, even non pilot types. Thanks to Rod for being the beacon (NDB of course) for so many years.

  • @Flight-Instructor
    @Flight-InstructorКүн бұрын

    Thank you, Sandy!

  • @troo_story
    @troo_story3 күн бұрын

    Funniest thing I've seen for a very long time. Still lolling. 🤣

  • @davidwallace5738
    @davidwallace57383 күн бұрын

    I would like to know more about the downward flow of wing rotation. I've never heard of this before.

  • @davidwallace5738
    @davidwallace57383 күн бұрын

    Thank you sir!

  • @andyjames6664
    @andyjames66643 күн бұрын

    Awesome

  • @user-tq9bg7dp7o
    @user-tq9bg7dp7o4 күн бұрын

    Best thing I ever heard on Clearance Delivery was when a controller rattled through a pilot's clearance was when the pilot asked the controller if any of that was important. The controller said - "Yes it is important, that is your clearance!". The pilot then said - "Would you please give that to me again, except this time please say it as though it is important.".

  • @AC-jk8wq
    @AC-jk8wq4 күн бұрын

    Bringing logic to human activities, at full speed! Go Rod! And… thank you! 😃

  • @dtsh4451
    @dtsh44514 күн бұрын

    What a petty Bob Racado doesn’t have his own stand up show 🤣!

  • @christopherbrooks4978
    @christopherbrooks49784 күн бұрын

    That’s awesome!

  • @GPSjammer
    @GPSjammer5 күн бұрын

    Nice standup :P

  • @davetime5234
    @davetime52346 күн бұрын

    At the end you said you gave no explanation in terms of conservation of mass, energy and momentum. Yet you hold out hope that maybe we would come to grips with Navier-Stokes? What is Navier-Stokes, if not conservation of mass, energy and momentum? If we were to explore what conservation of these concepts means as interconnected by Navier-Stokes, we could hopefully explain why equal transit time as has been described, is really a misreading of conservation of mass transit and its consequences. Equal mass transit time of the affected air flow is crucial to "simplifying" an understanding of lift. So instead of retreating from "equal transit time" when we see that the air on top moves faster than air on the bottom, a refreshing explanation would be how equal mass transit is accomplished when the simple "equal transit time" is false. Why is this reconciliation missing from all the lift explanations?

  • @z400racer37
    @z400racer378 күн бұрын

    😂😂😂🥇🥇🥇

  • @anthonymoore4335
    @anthonymoore43358 күн бұрын

    I believe controllers moonlight as auctioneers!

  • @Amerikanin2numarali_ustasi
    @Amerikanin2numarali_ustasi8 күн бұрын

    what is that ? kid toy ?

  • @marshallcarter6106
    @marshallcarter61068 күн бұрын

    They're called "groan tubes."

  • @gmcjetpilot
    @gmcjetpilot8 күн бұрын

    So if Taylor Swift Fans are Swifties.... Rod is my Taylor Swift. So that makes me a what? A Macha-dee-oh.... I'll work on that. Ha ha. I am 100% sure I was there in the tent, going to OSH late 80's and made it a point to catch Rod every chance I got.

  • @ozziepilot2899
    @ozziepilot28998 күн бұрын

    Rod is hillarious , wish I'd had him as a flight instructor back in the 80's, mind you I'd be laughing too much at talk to ATC :)

  • @johnopalko5223
    @johnopalko52238 күн бұрын

    I _want_ one of those things!

  • @zucalignacio
    @zucalignacio8 күн бұрын

    🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

  • @HomesickforAlaska
    @HomesickforAlaska8 күн бұрын

    Pretty sure I have heard that controller.

  • @joxerra
    @joxerra8 күн бұрын

    😂😂😂😂😂

  • @Coops777
    @Coops77713 күн бұрын

    Great video Rod. My instructor has always drummed into me, the stick or yoke position is the first give-away a stall is imminent. AOA is directly related to stick/yoke position. For example, if the stick is central or forward during the turn, the aircraft is not close to a stall.

  • @Kervalen1
    @Kervalen118 күн бұрын

    Thank you for the laugh! If only Orange County… I mean, John Wayne airport was still that fun. Best, Jeff

  • @mikeperry2814
    @mikeperry281418 күн бұрын

    LMAO!

  • @philiproesel7885
    @philiproesel788518 күн бұрын

    You’re the best! I learned instrument flying from your training material in the 90’s and I haven’t killed myself yet! I also give pilots, “Say again Please” if they need it.

  • @Flight-Instructor
    @Flight-Instructor18 күн бұрын

    Thank you, Philip. Appreciate it. And "Say again please" is a good one. My favorite is, "Standby." Best, Rod

  • @airmackeeee6792
    @airmackeeee679218 күн бұрын

    Maaaaaate, that was hilarious!!! 😅😅😅😅😅😅

  • @Flight-Instructor
    @Flight-Instructor18 күн бұрын

    I'm pleased that you enjoyed it! Best, Rod

  • @HerbertTowers
    @HerbertTowers20 күн бұрын

    Look at the bar opening hours in case you need a long self-debrief.

  • @AC-jk8wq
    @AC-jk8wq21 күн бұрын

    Thanks Rod! 😃

  • @badgerfishinski6857
    @badgerfishinski685724 күн бұрын

    Do these best practices apply to flying my mother-in-law? Great video Rod. Thank you for your quality years of service while giving us a lot of smiles along the way.

  • @Flight-Instructor
    @Flight-Instructor23 күн бұрын

    Thank you, 6857!

  • @filakyle3663
    @filakyle366325 күн бұрын

    I just see new video from you and instantly go like and comment. Always great to see you Rod.

  • @raybrown6992
    @raybrown699225 күн бұрын

    Great stuff Rod! Apart from your KZread content, I definitely recommend your books 📚 to my trainees too. Keep the good work up mate 👍🏽

  • @gcorriveau6864
    @gcorriveau686426 күн бұрын

    Always great information. Thanks for posting.

  • @damienmilk3025
    @damienmilk302526 күн бұрын

    I wish I had an instructor like yourself when I learned to fly in the late 70s. I have learned so much from your videos, etc. Thanks. (Australia)

  • @Flight-Instructor
    @Flight-Instructor23 күн бұрын

    Thank you, Damien. Rod

  • @JustSayN2O
    @JustSayN2O27 күн бұрын

    Outstanding comedy!

  • @Flight-Instructor
    @Flight-Instructor27 күн бұрын

    Thank you, JSN20. I really appreciate that comment. Make pilots laugh; reduce their stress. That's the game plan. Best, Rod

  • @AC-jk8wq
    @AC-jk8wq21 күн бұрын

    Nice work Rod, as always…. 😃 M20 pilots are special!

  • @TheMathius78
    @TheMathius7827 күн бұрын

    Oh come on, Rod! You ended the video just when it was gettin' good! I've already used two exclamation points in this comment so don't make me return and use a third.

  • @Reuben-
    @Reuben-27 күн бұрын

    If it helps Rod to finish this awesome story, here are a couple more exclamation points!! Please! Finish the story!

  • @Flight-Instructor
    @Flight-Instructor27 күн бұрын

    What happened was I got a call (as I recall) from Neil Savoy at the FAA (one of the very good guys at the FAA during the 70s). He asked if this was my student. I replied, "Yes." He said, "Make sure he doesn't do that again." I replied, "OK, thank you." And that was that. No muss; no fuss. But what was nearly 50 years ago when things were a lot different--very different. Nothing happened to the student, fortunately. Yes, he clearly had a bit of good fortune on his side. Best, Rod

  • @TheMathius78
    @TheMathius7826 күн бұрын

    @@Flight-Instructor good fortune indeed! Thanks for wrapping that up.

  • @NickSantos1218
    @NickSantos1218Ай бұрын

    Great video!

  • @OzzyInSpace
    @OzzyInSpaceАй бұрын

    Always love your approach to explaining things like this, over the years. Thanks, Rod!

  • @mnflyin5549
    @mnflyin5549Ай бұрын

    Thanks, Rod!

  • @whoanelly737-8
    @whoanelly737-8Ай бұрын

    I dunno. I think someone’s high school physics teacher buddy was given a gig at the FAA. It only adds terms that are just not helpful to piloting. I doubt anyone is going to be talking about kinetic or potential energy outside of a checkride. “Well Jim, your kinetic energy is a bit off, you see if you just….” Nonsense.

  • @AwestrikeFearofGods
    @AwestrikeFearofGods18 күн бұрын

    The difference between trading airspeed for altitude vs. trading kinetic energy for potential energy, is it's difficult to quantify how many knots are traded per foot of altitude, because "it depends." However, precisely 1 unit of kinetic energy is traded for 1 unit of potential energy. That makes energy a useful concept, if you can be bothered to do some math.

  • @user-iw3mr2lv6f
    @user-iw3mr2lv6fАй бұрын

    Good example, very important with a sick or dead engine. Engine problems dead or running come in high provided you know the tricks to lose altitude very fast. Maybe you can lead into how to get down quick.aka drag without gaining air speed. Flaps,gear,prop,cowl flaps,forward slips,etc…❤

  • @timhoke2
    @timhoke2Ай бұрын

    You make it seem so simple, sir.

  • @Flight-Instructor
    @Flight-InstructorАй бұрын

    Thank you, Tim. I sure do appreciate the comment. Best, Rod

  • @ScottWoodland
    @ScottWoodlandАй бұрын

    I know a student who on their Private Checkride called out the DPE when he "failed" her engine....she fixed it and pushed the throttle back in...he asked why, and she said because you didn't tell me you were simulating the engine failure... He was/is a great DPE and he laughed, and then made her deal with the "failed" engine.

  • @Flight-Instructor
    @Flight-InstructorАй бұрын

    That's my kind of student! Best, Rod

  • @ronbuellwinkler4586
    @ronbuellwinkler4586Ай бұрын

    Have to admit, I've thought about doing that to my instructor. LOL

  • @dermick
    @dermickАй бұрын

    Funny story! Love your books, you really explain things so that even a knuckledragger like me can learn!

  • @Flight-Instructor
    @Flight-InstructorАй бұрын

    Thank you Mr. D. I sure appreciate the comment. Best, Rod

  • @jazzz8030
    @jazzz8030Ай бұрын

    gr8 vid mate

  • @340Aviations
    @340AviationsАй бұрын

    Memories in Microsoft flight simulator X your young and happy those days, now... Where did the times go?

  • @abdulrahmanalhrabi870
    @abdulrahmanalhrabi870Ай бұрын

    Hi cap I have questions I am in IFR and I am confused a little bit and now I understand from your video that the important instrument for ILSis rate of descent and HSI and ASI is that right but for Rnav or RNP what is the primary thank you

  • @Flight-Instructor
    @Flight-InstructorАй бұрын

    Greetings: If I understand your question correctly, there's no change in how you scan instruments for an ILS or any approach with vertical guidance. Best, Rod

  • @user-bl5dv2es5j
    @user-bl5dv2es5j2 ай бұрын

    Never understood why induced drag decreases in ground effect. Thanks to this video, I now do!!

  • @Flight-Instructor
    @Flight-Instructor2 ай бұрын

    Thank you, Nick. Best, Rod

  • @AwestrikeFearofGods
    @AwestrikeFearofGods2 ай бұрын

    That makes sense that AoA gauges are another heads-down distraction. Ideally, we'd replace it with a flight-path vector projected onto a HUD, but with the amount that glass cockpits cost, I'm scared to think about HUD prices.

  • @AwestrikeFearofGods
    @AwestrikeFearofGods2 ай бұрын

    Another benefit of dihedral is that it inclines the bottom surface of the wing fuel tanks, for more effective sumping of fuel contaminants and water (while parked on level ground). This is probably why high-wing designs bother to include a small degree of dihedral.

  • @AwestrikeFearofGods
    @AwestrikeFearofGods2 ай бұрын

    I suspect this is a contraction of the more descriptive terms: "controlled-movement area" and "uncontrolled-movement area". At least, that's how I justify it in my head.