This is one of your most important videos. You point out some ways of getting to know the airplane in slow flight at different configurations so that you are not afraid of the airplane when it gets slow. I also study the wing design on an unfamiliar airplane so that I will know what to expect before I fly it. For example, that Mooney has a high-perf Laminar flow wing. You have to fly it right in any low speed regime. It should not surprise you if you know the wing and how it flies.. Doing these procedures in practice can be fun. If you are also a RL Pilot it makes you far safer in real world flights.
My process for learning a new plane is to watch the P Gatcomb video for it haha. In all seriousness though, this video is super helpful! Thanks a bunch
One term I kept coming across when reading private pilot books was Atitude + Power = Performance. I'm no expert or real world pilot but my enthusiast-level understanding is that you can quickly and accurately transition to various stages of flight (climb, cruise, descent, landing etc) by knowing what combination of attitude and power (RPM, throttle, prop pitch etc) for your aicraft gets you into the 'performancer ballpark' needed for each stage of flight. I was always finding pattern flying difficult, especially base leg and configuration for landing and getting airspeed and descent speed right because I was continuously adjusting things instead of realising that there was a kind of 'preset settings' for attitude and engine power and RPM for each aircraft that I could dial in to quickly get to this 'ballpark' level of performance needed for landing. I would then only need minor tweaks to pitch and power instead of chasing my way to the right speeds with large changes to pitch and power.
Your advice to watch TH-cam videos of people flying your plane of choice in real life opened my eyes. I've done over 120 hours in the Piper Arrow Turbo on the Sim but in the past day I've learnt so much watching others fly it in real life.
This is one of your most important videos. You point out some ways of getting to know the airplane in slow flight at different configurations so that you are not afraid of the airplane when it gets slow. I also study the wing design on an unfamiliar airplane so that I will know what to expect before I fly it. For example, that Mooney has a high-perf Laminar flow wing. You have to fly it right in any low speed regime. It should not surprise you if you know the wing and how it flies.. Doing these procedures in practice can be fun. If you are also a RL Pilot it makes you far safer in real world flights.
My process for learning a new plane is to watch the P Gatcomb video for it haha. In all seriousness though, this video is super helpful! Thanks a bunch
One term I kept coming across when reading private pilot books was Atitude + Power = Performance. I'm no expert or real world pilot but my enthusiast-level understanding is that you can quickly and accurately transition to various stages of flight (climb, cruise, descent, landing etc) by knowing what combination of attitude and power (RPM, throttle, prop pitch etc) for your aicraft gets you into the 'performancer ballpark' needed for each stage of flight.
I was always finding pattern flying difficult, especially base leg and configuration for landing and getting airspeed and descent speed right because I was continuously adjusting things instead of realising that there was a kind of 'preset settings' for attitude and engine power and RPM for each aircraft that I could dial in to quickly get to this 'ballpark' level of performance needed for landing. I would then only need minor tweaks to pitch and power instead of chasing my way to the right speeds with large changes to pitch and power.
Your advice to watch TH-cam videos of people flying your plane of choice in real life opened my eyes. I've done over 120 hours in the Piper Arrow Turbo on the Sim but in the past day I've learnt so much watching others fly it in real life.
Sounds like you got a new mic!
Hi do a Flight from Saarbrücken to Mallorca with a Landing with an ILS Approach in the MSFS with the Boeing and record it and upload it to TH-cam
No one cares about the manuals. Its a game