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Ummhmm. Report to the tower about the FOD event

Nah, my instructor lectured me a lot about that I should be touch down on 1000ft marker. But I gotta say DA40 floats easily during flaring. Damn hard to get that feeling about "butt stuff".

Was his dad his instructor?! 😂 sounds just like my dad if he were my instructor.

Used too much of the runway on landing.

Excellent job Ryan!

CFI's need to remember what its like having 0 hours and then go further and think what it must be like to have 0 knowledge about aviation or aeronautics. This guy was visibly uncomfortable and probably holding back terror at points. More talking clearly didn't help him in the air. I would guess a more thorough briefing would have gone a long way and taking control to help him destress would have taken the edge off. Love the DA40 so its great to see how a lesson in these would go. Hard to watch this one.

What did it cost the pilot? Just the deductible from the insurance?

very helpful; Just yesterday I did a go aroung despite of a nice stabilised approach just letting the plane touch down a little bit too early

Bruce - really been enjoying your videos and learning lots from them. I was watching one and you mentioned Elizabeth City. On another you mentioned KPGV. I’m a new student flying out of Greenville. Would like to chat sometime.

Have fun at Oshkosh, Bruce. I always learn something watching/listening while you fly and instruct…even here. I would imagine Diamond would be proud to sponsor you since you are professional and respectful to the airplane, students, and your viewers.

Great vid Bruce! Have a blast at Oshkosh!

Okay here is a video topic suggestion. Fly an instrument approach with a back course in the G1000. I messed one of those up a few weeks ago. I shot it again and let the GFC fly it for me. Helped me make sense of it. Still loving my DA40 -- 85 hours flown since end of January! And yeah, I think Diamond should sponsor you. I know I watched all your videos before I bought mine (used of course).

Great videos, thanks for posting all these. I started flying the DA40 recently for my instrument training and it has been a treat to fly. A question for you, as you seem well-versed in the DA40. The flying school I am at has an identical DA40 to you, with G1000 and KAP140 autopilot etc. Our #4 CHT gauge is inop, and I'm wondering if this will cause a problem in my instrument checkride? My CFII isn't entirely sure, as per the regs you must deactivate and placard a non-working instrument (if it's not required equipment) ... but how would you deactivate 1 single CHT gauge on a G1000? The placard is the easy part of course, but we aren't sure exactly if something else needs to be done before the checkride so the DPE doesn't make it an issue. It's confusing us so thought I would ask if you've had any experience with this.

In the NG model you don't have to lean at all because it basically has a car engine in it.

Did my discovery 2 weeks ago and start classes Oct 7. I love seeing these first lesson videos. Keep them up :)

This nice . It Alan Sinclair. It['s all solid state. No movies parts.

cant wait to train on this beauty

Now cost analysis....

My first landing (C172), I bounced 4 times until the instructor told me to take it around. Debrief he commented "...you were just bouncin' up & down that runway like a happy puppy".

amazing instructor

excellent work for the young student! he did well and also excellent tuition from his instructor! and a nice clear video. cheers for sharing and best wishes from NZ

Great job kid!

Song name at the beginning?

Did my private in Concord. Thought I recognized the ATC voice!

Very easy plane to fly.

Awesome landing

That “I’m gonna smack you” was personal 😂😂😂 2:48

As a flight simmer and pilot student, I can assure you flying IRL is easier than flightsim a VFR flight, IRL you have a bunch of senses to help you out, the feedback of the yoke, how your body gets jerked around, in the sim you only have your vision to get infos, which can make it overwhelming in critical phases such as landing where you want to adjust everything as quickly as possible.

Flight simulator is a video game and contributes nothing towards flight training.

Enjoy your videos and LOVING my 2008 DA40. Now that the weather is cooperating better, the hours are cranking away -- 78 hrs since the end of January when we got it. Really is a great aircraft. And the GFC700 is mindblowing.

Really nice video. I’m always happy to see us pilots passing the torch to our younger generations. Thanks for sharing. By the way, I’m flying to the NG to Concord July 20th.

Thanks so much for this opportunity. I had a great time and learned a lot. Thanks again! -Benjamin

Nice job and kudos to the student pilot for being the x-wind guinea pig

Very nice…articulate & accurate. This helps me become a better DA40 driver, for sure

Great instructional vid, as always.

My brother recently purchased an NG, and I'm loving watching your videos to learn about the aircraft. You guys were entertaining!

Really great to see how this is done for real. As im only a sim pilot with limited real-world flying experience, videos like this I find very valuable. All the best, Alan.

Both of them good enough

The NG has about 30 minutes of powered flight after the alternator fails.

Hi :) how do you fix the gopro below the wing?

After non flight for 25+ years, the da40 was a joy to fly. I did get reprimanded by ATC prior to T/O for having squeezed the mike button on the stick while exclaiming to my passengers "that's the reason for the TFR" as VP Pence was landing at an airport very close to my departure airport!

That controller has a great radio voice

Can you do a video about aiming points in the DA40? Aiming points are a pretty crucial thing that I’m sort of struggling with.

Wow very patient instructor. Unprepared student tho....

Best channel

Definitely helps me out with my own DA40 landings. Reinforcing the importance of a stabilized approach is the biggest thing I've negated to implement. I usually come in too fast or high, which leads to a bounce and then a go-around. Some other things too I noticed with your student that I've been doing is forcing the plane down even while in flare. This leads to a bounce, or at best a hop like shown in the video. Thank you for the video and all the camera action. It really helps visualize what I've been doing incorrectly and will be something I'll keep in mind next flight.

Just found your channel, and I’m glad I did!!! I’m 12 hrs in at a 141 and have been flying the DA-40. My issue is maintaining center line on takeoff and landings. We did some taxi training at an untoward airport and it helped. I start having a problem 15-20kts before Vr

Yep, another landing he doesn't do great after scolding his student.

Olso look for cracks in between in the components that hold the moving parts on the plane. Example in beetween the ailerons. 😊

Exceeded the maximum landing flap speed on that slipped approach, would have been much safer to just make that a go around with all that speed