Not only is your content entertaining, it is also instructional. You won’t get all of the procedures, but you can certainly pickup nuggets of information that you can use in your own training. I’m a student pilot with less than a month till my check ride and I hear your voice saying control your airspeed when I’m in the pattern. It’s helped my landings tremendously. Your hard work in editing this content is paying off. Keep up the great work!
I didn’t see you utilizing trim in the video. Once your on final and your stabilized use the trim to establish 65 and adjust the power to establish your decent rate. For the record I’m not a CFI but just a tip from a fellow aviator! Good flying sir👍
ya know what I notice? lewdix doesn't ever tense up or reach for the yoke/rudder. that says something about how he gauged your skills. and lul both of you in a cessna, neither of you are cessna bois. 11:15 nice save. 16:10 it's hard to get the sight picture on those super-wide runways.
Mike, one thing that I use to do with my students when I was instructing them and they had trouble with airspeed control, pitch and power would be to get them out into the practice area and have them set up with different airspeeds and or configurations up to slow flight. Then I would have them climb, descend, and turn while at the slow speeds so they really get true understanding and feel of the aircraft. (We are talking 15 to 30 minutes just punching through space at very slow speeds.) As the attitude of the A/C changes, as you have different configurations and speeds, you truly will understand the effect on the A/C. Then after that I would have them fly a pattern with correct speeds and configurations at altitude and they usually did a much better job at controlling the A/C speeds. Best of luck on your training ...
This is what my instructor would do with me.... slow flight, maintain altitude, clean, 1st notch and 2nd notch flaps, and trim. Trim for SPEED, Throttle for Altitude. Trim the plane for the speed you want to maintain at a given throttle setting, so the controls are neutral. That will make landings a lot easier
It never occurred to me that you'd need to hear this, but I learn a *TON* from your videos. I'm a brand new student with about 11 hrs and taking on landing. I'm incredibly grateful for these videos and this topic in particular.
I always like how you say 1700 RPM abeam of the numbers and then trim for 80kt first notch flaps, then base 75kt second notch of flaps, then final 65kt third notch. Descent rate and airspeed then just comes naturally and your on the right profile. Then just a matter of slight trim for airspeed and throttle for altitude. Then it’s easier to concentrate on nailing the landing knowing your configured correctly. Keep up the great videos, learning so much.
When you figure it out how to make the approach stable, makes things easier, but it takes awhile to click in your mind. Still clicking little by little in my mind.
I love to send my students videos of another instructor telling their student exactly what I just told them. Strangely effective to drive a point home. Cheers!
I'm addicted to your videos. I love your teaching style. I practice the procedures elsewhere, but come here for the little nuggets of advice and experience. The banter is just golden! You keep doing you. Fab!
I agree even those videos are not supposed to be instructional, I really do appreciate the little tips you give off. It has really helped me with my own landings. Also thank you for the time and effort you spend on these videos, keep up the great work =) From the UK
I had to stop and make a huge comment on that topic that the student had said at 13;29. He is so right. Your videos are right on! It is a huge help in my flight lessons. Just by watching, and listening what you guys do. Thank you. You are man - LewDix!
Thanks again for another excellent video. I got my LAPL two years ago but the last year has been frustrating with two long lockdowns here in the UK and as they say, flying is a perishable skill. What you give us is a great combination of entertainment (British sense of humour :-) and really useful hands on demos on the key aspects of flying - 'warts and all' (which really helps). This particular video was superb and I found myself watching the airspeed and threshold constantly during the landings as if I was in the plane.
This is incredibly helpful. I'm currently working on my private and my instructor keeps asking how I improve so much in between lessons and I tell him I come here and find one of your videos that includes one of the procedures I'm struggling with and it always helps. Thank you so much for all the time and effort you put into this!
Man I love the content. Just know that you have a ton of people looking forward to the next video. I found your channel just by chance after just starting my ppl journey. Keep up the great work and stay high!
A big tip here that I got from my CFI was pitch for airspeed power for altitude when in landing configuration. Pitch for landing speed which is usually 65kt power setting usually about 2100 RPM adjust accordingly using the first rule to stay in glide path..
I have also taken so much away from your videos. I started watching while I was working on my private and now I am a CFII with instrument students. I've taken away both things that have helped me in my training and things that have helped me train my students! Lately, I've been really listening to the way you talk to and critique your students; you always have good critiques and emphasize the right things!
Really love the videos! I think what could've really helped Michael would maybe be a forward slip. It will help decrease altitude as well as decrease the airspeed.
As mentioned before, these are great because they show learning from where the student is at, not where the instructor is at. Watching a CFI do perfect landings doesn't show the how to get from bad landings to good landings part. "Entertainment purposes only" = Keeping opportunistic student pilots safe from opportunistic trial lawyers.
Michael, not an amazing CFI like Lew but what helped me with airspeed management was power off approach’s. It really helps you understand the particular plane’s characteristics as you transition to other aircraft. Remember, you can always slip to lose altitude as well.
Good stuff, Lew... he's at 40 hours, not sure if he's solo'd yet but doing 30 to 45 minutes of pattern work, 3 or 4 times after he solo's, should tighten up his throttle control and airspeed. Every day, every airport is different.... you keep on learning with every new experience, even after you get your PPL. 62 hours, in my RV-12, getting close to my check ride.
Nice video as usual! btw, mind if i ask for the PIPER manouver manual? CFI here trying to sort out the PA hahahah, too many hours on the cessna just a few on the warrior!
I agree with Mike. I take away something from every video. In this case it is speed. If I am not at 80kts and flaps 10 on the downwind I am going to then try and correct it on base but now I am suppose to be 75kts flaps 20 but I am too fast. Then I turn to final and I am trying to get to 65kts full flaps the whole time trying to slow because I didn’t have it right on downwind. My best landings came with the speeds correct in the pattern
I wish my CFI was more like you I can't get him to take his hands off the yoke I've got 30 hours in the airplane and I feel like he's flying the airplane I've confronted him about it a couple of times I said I know I'm going to make mistakes I'm learning but I don't think they're deadly mistakes it's delaying my confidence level because I don't feel like it's me landing the airplane or setting myself up to land it anyways I love your videos I watch you all the time thank you for what you do and how you do it fly safe
Nice video. You make it look so easy! I work at an FBO and they often leave the keys to the rentals around. After the tower closes, I think I’ll give it a shot! (Just kidding..)
I had a discovery flight yesterday and afterwards went for some breakfast. As I reached into my pocket I realized I had an extra set of airplane keys. The CFI was shocked but we had a good chuckle when I went back an hour after my flight dangling the keys into the office. I expect he heard about that one and I admit I thought for a moment I should have remembered the key code to the airfield. 😎
Hey Lew, been a subscriber for a little bit and I agree with the sentiments. I am always picking up tips that haven’t been thrown my way yet by my own instructor and they’ve helped TONS that said - I’m still waiting for you to offer 1 on 1 grounds over Zoom! All in due time! Thanks for the content, mate. Quick comment if I may, hard to tell with the video edits but did Michael use his trim at all? I fly Cherokees and that’s the one thing that was beat into me was “use your trim”.
Ah great to hear man! Glad you enjoy the videos and gain a little along the way! Maybe zoom in the future haha.. He did use trim yes.. Quite a lot actually which was good to see. The way I cut the video it might not show that but that’s the reason for the disclaimer of course haha
Man did I struggle with landings. Much more in planes than helicopters! I always tried to land it rather than letting the plane lose energy and lift and land itself gently. Took me longer than most people I think!
Learning a lot from your videos not to mention all the jokes which always get me on the floor.I know you always tease 172 but you should try flying Antonov 2 or something ,there you really earn your dosh in that m….. cockpit .Anyway thank you again and stay safe From Russia with love and welcome to the sky sir!!!!
Hey, I've been subbed since you had like... 900 subs? I've always found your videos both entertaining and educational. Hopefully I'll be able to eventually finish my ppl!
If the guy has the time/money...show him the Warrior. He'll be 'Golden'. I know it's not practical since his home airport most likely has no Warriors. Also...I know this isn't 'Standard' but I used to land using the 'short runway' procedure just to prove to myself I could touchdown smoothly, at like 55 knots. Lots of power and nose up and you land like a helicopter. Maybe his next visit to Florida will be on his 'Long Cross Country'...it's just under 200 miles as the Warrior flies.
Love the video please keep them coming. Helping me a lot.
Not only is your content entertaining, it is also instructional. You won’t get all of the procedures, but you can certainly pickup nuggets of information that you can use in your own training. I’m a student pilot with less than a month till my check ride and I hear your voice saying control your airspeed when I’m in the pattern. It’s helped my landings tremendously. Your hard work in editing this content is paying off. Keep up the great work!
Airspeed is king! Nail that and you should nail the landing! Great to hear though. Thanks for watching and supporting!
Good stuff man. Enjoyed it and appreciate your time!
Absolutely no problem man. Thanks for driving down
I didn’t see you utilizing trim in the video. Once your on final and your stabilized use the trim to establish 65 and adjust the power to establish your decent rate. For the record I’m not a CFI but just a tip from a fellow aviator! Good flying sir👍
@@spencerobrien3985 at 3.47 he trims the plane/boat
ya know what I notice? lewdix doesn't ever tense up or reach for the yoke/rudder. that says something about how he gauged your skills. and lul both of you in a cessna, neither of you are cessna bois.
11:15 nice save.
16:10 it's hard to get the sight picture on those super-wide runways.
Mike, one thing that I use to do with my students when I was instructing them and they had trouble with airspeed control, pitch and power would be to get them out into the practice area and have them set up with different airspeeds and or configurations up to slow flight. Then I would have them climb, descend, and turn while at the slow speeds so they really get true understanding and feel of the aircraft. (We are talking 15 to 30 minutes just punching through space at very slow speeds.) As the attitude of the A/C changes, as you have different configurations and speeds, you truly will understand the effect on the A/C. Then after that I would have them fly a pattern with correct speeds and configurations at altitude and they usually did a much better job at controlling the A/C speeds.
Best of luck on your training ...
This is what my instructor would do with me.... slow flight, maintain altitude, clean, 1st notch and 2nd notch flaps, and trim. Trim for SPEED, Throttle for Altitude. Trim the plane for the speed you want to maintain at a given throttle setting, so the controls are neutral. That will make landings a lot easier
Thank you for the tip. I'll work on that.
It never occurred to me that you'd need to hear this, but I learn a *TON* from your videos. I'm a brand new student with about 11 hrs and taking on landing. I'm incredibly grateful for these videos and this topic in particular.
Ah thank you! Great to hear my videos are helping you.
Totally agree! I have my first lesson on Monday and really appreciate the students putting themselves out there for us to learn from
Agree. These videos are insightful! And my CFI is great too!
hey 1DG! siskind just pointed this vid out.
@@flysport_tedder
I like the way you teach, your relaxation building a confidence for students to land the airplane safe. Awesome
Thank you!
I always like how you say 1700 RPM abeam of the numbers and then trim for 80kt first notch flaps, then base 75kt second notch of flaps, then final 65kt third notch. Descent rate and airspeed then just comes naturally and your on the right profile. Then just a matter of slight trim for airspeed and throttle for altitude. Then it’s easier to concentrate on nailing the landing knowing your configured correctly. Keep up the great videos, learning so much.
When you figure it out how to make the approach stable, makes things easier, but it takes awhile to click in your mind.
Still clicking little by little in my mind.
I love to send my students videos of another instructor telling their student exactly what I just told them. Strangely effective to drive a point home. Cheers!
I'm addicted to your videos. I love your teaching style. I practice the procedures elsewhere, but come here for the little nuggets of advice and experience. The banter is just golden! You keep doing you. Fab!
Ah thanks so much man!
I'm also another student pilot here who also has learnt alot from your videos! Keep up the great work man
Thank you!
I agree even those videos are not supposed to be instructional, I really do appreciate the little tips you give off. It has really helped me with my own landings. Also thank you for the time and effort you spend on these videos, keep up the great work =) From the UK
Ah that’s good to hear. I’m glad I’ve been able to help you in some way mate!
I had to stop and make a huge comment on that topic that the student had said at 13;29. He is so right. Your videos are right on! It is a huge help in my flight lessons. Just by watching, and listening what you guys do. Thank you. You are man - LewDix!
Thanks Corey! Always great to hear from people that enjoy my content and what I’m trying to do!
Another great video with educational content and a great student, keep them coming well done.
Thanks again for another excellent video. I got my LAPL two years ago but the last year has been frustrating with two long lockdowns here in the UK and as they say, flying is a perishable skill. What you give us is a great combination of entertainment (British sense of humour :-) and really useful hands on demos on the key aspects of flying - 'warts and all' (which really helps). This particular video was superb and I found myself watching the airspeed and threshold constantly during the landings as if I was in the plane.
Love seeing landings at the airport I’m learning at. I might have to venture down to executive sometime. Great videos.
This is incredibly helpful. I'm currently working on my private and my instructor keeps asking how I improve so much in between lessons and I tell him I come here and find one of your videos that includes one of the procedures I'm struggling with and it always helps. Thank you so much for all the time and effort you put into this!
Great to hear man. I'm glad you found the video and it helps
Man I love the content. Just know that you have a ton of people looking forward to the next video. I found your channel just by chance after just starting my ppl journey. Keep up the great work and stay high!
Ah thanks Cody.. really appreciate your kind words
Love the videos, love the commentary, love the humour. Any chance of seeing a simulated power loss and recovery when taxiing? ;)
A big tip here that I got from my CFI was pitch for airspeed power for altitude when in landing configuration. Pitch for landing speed which is usually 65kt power setting usually about 2100 RPM adjust accordingly using the first rule to stay in glide path..
I have also taken so much away from your videos. I started watching while I was working on my private and now I am a CFII with instrument students. I've taken away both things that have helped me in my training and things that have helped me train my students! Lately, I've been really listening to the way you talk to and critique your students; you always have good critiques and emphasize the right things!
I completed my first solo today, thank you for being a inspiration
Congratulations! Glad I could be an inspiration! Keep pushing
Did my first trail flight last week. Wheels up and couldn't stop myself: "Welcome to the sky!"
Instructor just frowned 😂
Get a new instructor 😏
Thank you for what you do!! Always learning from your non-educational videos. Keep it up!!
Haha thank you!
Michael great flying. I hope to see you and Mid-Life Pilot soon
Thanks a lot for the vid! I'm a student pilot myself and I find those footages of your lessons very useful.
Not a problem! Thanks for watching
Really love the videos! I think what could've really helped Michael would maybe be a forward slip. It will help decrease altitude as well as decrease the airspeed.
I have my first solo in a week! Nervous but excited
Awesome video as usual! I'm gonna drive from Kentwood, La.!!!!
As mentioned before, these are great because they show learning from where the student is at, not where the instructor is at. Watching a CFI do perfect landings doesn't show the how to get from bad landings to good landings part. "Entertainment purposes only" = Keeping opportunistic student pilots safe from opportunistic trial lawyers.
I love this guest student format. Lewis a bit too serious? Is it possible? Who's next? I think you've stumbled onto something here.
Haha it was actually my brother in this video 👀
Great job keeping it on the centerline!
Awesome as always! Best content out there, keep up!
Appreciate it!
Always giving us the best content, love the transitions brother 💪🏼
Thank you!
Michael, not an amazing CFI like Lew but what helped me with airspeed management was power off approach’s. It really helps you understand the particular plane’s characteristics as you transition to other aircraft. Remember, you can always slip to lose altitude as well.
I love power off approaches! Any chance I get I do them. And you’re not wrong. Airspeed is king, especially that best glide speed in a power off
Thank you for that! I've not gotten into slips much yet, but I am excited to learn!
Excellent boating video yet again sir ⛵😂
Ahoy!
Lewis, Can you add a gauge window in a corner of your videos? Airspeed, VSI, etc?
"The traffic pattern maketh the landing." Truth.
Nice landings. At 42 hours mine were pretty awful.
Good stuff, Lew... he's at 40 hours, not sure if he's solo'd yet but doing 30 to 45 minutes of pattern work, 3 or 4 times after he solo's, should tighten up his throttle control and airspeed. Every day, every airport is different.... you keep on learning with every new experience, even after you get your PPL. 62 hours, in my RV-12, getting close to my check ride.
Nice video as usual! btw, mind if i ask for the PIPER manouver manual? CFI here trying to sort out the PA hahahah, too many hours on the cessna just a few on the warrior!
Great content thanks for the dedication
Thank you for watching
@@LewDixAviation do you want to do a discovery flight ?
I didn’t see him utilize the trim at all. When your on final if you trim for 60-65 then your air speed is a ton easier to control!
He said the way he edited the video, you didn't see him using trim, but he did quite a bit
I agree with Mike. I take away something from every video. In this case it is speed. If I am not at 80kts and flaps 10 on the downwind I am going to then try and correct it on base but now I am suppose to be 75kts flaps 20 but I am too fast. Then I turn to final and I am trying to get to 65kts full flaps the whole time trying to slow because I didn’t have it right on downwind. My best landings came with the speeds correct in the pattern
Lewdix I’m in Florida for about three weeks is there any way I could fly with you? I’m a 45 hour student as well and solo capable!
I’m based in fl wondering if I could come and get some landing lessons
I think there's too much aileron movement and not enough rudder use, love your vids keep it up!
I wish my CFI was more like you I can't get him to take his hands off the yoke I've got 30 hours in the airplane and I feel like he's flying the airplane I've confronted him about it a couple of times I said I know I'm going to make mistakes I'm learning but I don't think they're deadly mistakes it's delaying my confidence level because I don't feel like it's me landing the airplane or setting myself up to land it anyways I love your videos I watch you all the time thank you for what you do and how you do it fly safe
Good video
Nice video. You make it look so easy! I work at an FBO and they often leave the keys to the rentals around. After the tower closes, I think I’ll give it a shot! (Just kidding..)
I had a discovery flight yesterday and afterwards went for some breakfast. As I reached into my pocket I realized I had an extra set of airplane keys. The CFI was shocked but we had a good chuckle when I went back an hour after my flight dangling the keys into the office. I expect he heard about that one and I admit I thought for a moment I should have remembered the key code to the airfield. 😎
Hey Lew, been a subscriber for a little bit and I agree with the sentiments. I am always picking up tips that haven’t been thrown my way yet by my own instructor and they’ve helped TONS that said - I’m still waiting for you to offer 1 on 1 grounds over Zoom! All in due time! Thanks for the content, mate.
Quick comment if I may, hard to tell with the video edits but did Michael use his trim at all? I fly Cherokees and that’s the one thing that was beat into me was “use your trim”.
Ah great to hear man! Glad you enjoy the videos and gain a little along the way! Maybe zoom in the future haha..
He did use trim yes.. Quite a lot actually which was good to see. The way I cut the video it might not show that but that’s the reason for the disclaimer of course haha
Man did I struggle with landings. Much more in planes than helicopters! I always tried to land it rather than letting the plane lose energy and lift and land itself gently. Took me longer than most people I think!
Learning a lot from your videos not to mention all the jokes which always get me on the floor.I know you always tease 172 but you should try flying Antonov 2 or something ,there you really earn your dosh in that m….. cockpit .Anyway thank you again and stay safe
From Russia with love and welcome to the sky sir!!!!
Can someone tell me if that amount of movement of the stick is normal. Looks like a constant battle
Hey, I've been subbed since you had like... 900 subs? I've always found your videos both entertaining and educational. Hopefully I'll be able to eventually finish my ppl!
Hey lewdix have you ever flown a 152?
Never. Always thought they are too small
@@LewDixAviation ahh gotcha, im getting my PPL on one only for cost purposes of course
Sign me up for that new t-shirt 🤣
If the guy has the time/money...show him the Warrior. He'll be 'Golden'. I know it's not practical since his home airport most likely has no Warriors. Also...I know this isn't 'Standard' but I used to land using the 'short runway' procedure just to prove to myself I could touchdown smoothly, at like 55 knots. Lots of power and nose up and you land like a helicopter. Maybe his next visit to Florida will be on his 'Long Cross Country'...it's just under 200 miles as the Warrior flies.
Has Michael soloed yet?
i wonder what it would cost for me to fly out there, do some instrument training with you and then have lunch with you and Z3D. hmmm
It's a Cessna so float with it.
Enjoy the videos. Gives me the itch to get “unrusty”. Thanks KAPF
Excellent!
LEWDIX??
GRANT?!?!?!?!????!???
Check airmen cancelled my instrument check ride 30 minutes before it was supposed to start. Big RIP.
ughh 172's... I don't believe they actually ever land and make contact... they just sit in ground effect on the ramp the damn floating pieces of...
I'd solo him.