For some reason I write better code with these videos in the background. Also I'm super impressed by his wife- alternating between reading the Bible and learning how to operate avionics systems. This is a man who is winning at life.
Really have enjoyed meeting you and the family via vlog. When your explaining things, I can tell your focus is on the aviation part of the flight. Great Job, Great Family and please know your videos are enjoyed. What a nice way to pass the time while stuck at home. Thanks again!
This was a great flight, I enjoy watching you fly this beautiful 🛩 . I live in Portland with family in Phoenix. I would love to meet you and check out your plane. God bless and stay healthy! Thanks for taking us on your journey.
Great identification of the issue and recovery. You're right that dumping the AP and hand flying would help significantly improve things, though understanding your HSI intercept was even more important.
Just found your channel. I'm a relatively new Malibu owner. Really enjoy the opportunity to ride along. You wife shows a lot of interest and is a good co-pilot. I'm hoping that mine will be willing to assist me as well. Thanks for the time you take to make these videos. Looking forward to more of them.
Hi Richard. Welcome to the Malibu club! If you haven't already, I would highly suggest joining the MMOPA as it has been a great source of Malibu specific information, training tips, resources, etc.
Question, why turn off the bearing pointer on the HSI during cruise ? I like to keep #1 pointer on GPS & #2 pointer on VOR...because the #1 will always be pointing to your next waypoint even if you get vectored during cruise...just my way of doing things
Love your videos and the plane! Thanks for your honest assessment of each of your flights. I live in PDX, let me know about your next flight, I would love to shake your hand and check out your Malibu. Keep up the filming. God Bless! Kyle
Interesting comms and nav stack. Just curious, how well does the Garmin track and provide A/P inputs for a DME Arc procedure? (e.g. point A to point B following a 10nm DME Arc off of a VOR)
Seemed like you were awfully low on gas. If you went missed or had to deviate would it have been a problem? Did you get your autopilot issue resolved. I currently fly a DA42 and am thinking about buying a malibu as well. Also plan on upgrading the panel. Would welcome any advice if you were to do it all over again.
Hi Bryan. I touched down with 20 gallons of fuel on board which gives me over an hour of reserve. I haven't had the AP fixed yet as I am waiting for my mechanic to get me in. Without a doubt, the biggest mistake I made in my project was beginning the project before Garmin shipped the TXi. What should have been 7 weeks turned out to be a painful 7 months.
Hi there! Just about had a complete post, and lost it. Grrr. I've commented on a couple of your other videos, and I really love the way you have your Malibu set up. Very nicely done. I appreciate you detailing your mistake of not seeing the CDI on the Map view on the HSI. I didn't really 'see' it either, even though I saw it, I just didn't know what I was looking at. I could see where it would be easy to fly through the localizer. Got a couple of questions for you, if you don't mind. I'm assuming that since the airplane has a two-bladed propellor on it, it's a TSIO-520 instead of a -550. Have you considered upgrading to the -550? Do you know what the difference in performance, fuel burn and range would be if you did that? I also wonder about the manifold pressure on take off and climb. It seems it was well above 36", and in the red for most of the way up. I kind of cringed at that, thinking about anything being in the red. But, I don't know, is that 'normal' to operate the engine that way? Is there a time limit on something like that; running it at a certain power for x amount of minutes in a climb? Anyway, I subscribed, I'm really enjoying your videos. Most likely I'll never fly again as PIC, for a number of reasons, so I've got to get my Flying Fix watching videos like yours. Thanks for taking us along!
I have the 550 now. The STC for the 550 replacing the 520 calls for limiting the MP to 35.5” and therefor, derates the 350hp down to 310hp just like the 520. By doing this, the 550 literally becomes a drop in replacement for the 520. Same prop, same limitations, same performance, etc. You can see why this was an easy STC to get approved. In any case, they just reduce the MP from 38” to 35.5” to effectively derate the engine to 310hp. That’s why I’m not too worried about it being a tad high.
I love your plane, your avionics, the kind of flying you do, and I very much enjoy your videos. Outside of Airline mandated checklist discipline I'd say you are very professional in your flying. So I wish not to offend you, but perhaps draw your attention to something you do that seems a little odd to me. Perhaps it's a habit learned in training, perhaps not. My question for you is why switching fuel tanks at 700 feet? The reason I ask is that I see a lot of pilot, yourself included (in other videos) that say as a part of their landing checklist "Fuel on the fullest tank"... then switch tanks. Please feel free to tell me to mind my business. I have a lot of respect for what you do, and how you do it not to let you know what's on my mind. Perhaps you might want to rethink through that checklist item in future flights. The checklist should really say "Fuel on a tank that has enough gas" and not force you to switch tanks at a moment when the workload is pretty high, and you should be minding other more important tasks. Its purpose is to make you verify you have enough gas, not randomly switch to a tank with more of it. Switching fuel tanks is inherently a possible source of trouble, and in your situation added no extra margin of safety, rather it could bring you grief in a number of ways, like accidentally switch in between tanks, switching to a tank that has developed a problem (you don't want to sort that out at 700'), or distract you from a radio call you were supposed to make, or ... "insert your favorite thing here". IAgain, I hope I didn't offend you, just trying to add to your already brilliant airmanship. Keep up the good work. I enjoy watching your trips, and hope you stay safe. Ciao, Marco.
I appreciate this kind of feedback! You make a very good point about the risk induced by making fuel tank switches at critical stages of flight. Thank you for taking the time to offer that suggestion.
Hello, I also like your plane and everything about it! I’m currently finishing up my commercial rating and thought about purchasing my first aircraft, hopefully one like yours. If you could please lead me in the right direction with helpful information on a ballpark figure for an aircraft like yours, the cost of annual, insurance etc. Thanks for your help..
If you have an idea of what you'd like to do, I would be happy to help get it done. Nice channel! I enjoyed you trip to LA and noticed that you are using the Halo headsets (I think). Let me know how you like them as my wife really wants to get something that doesn't clamp her head.
Malibu Flyer Yes we’re using Halo headsets, my wife like yours has long hair and she didn’t like the earmuffs making her sweat and the head band smashing her hair down, giving helmet head hair - HA!, we both LOVE them super light hardly know you have them on once you get used to them, THANKS for the offer I’m not sure what kind of logo/Intro I want yet, something simple...... something with a TWIST on “PARR 4 the Course”...Just started flying at 60, got my Instrument at 61, hard to teach an old dog new tricks, we get there just a little slower - HA!
Kind of grey area for you because I'm sure you're operating Part 91 but if you have a co-pilot or crew you both should have your headsets on at all times. I say that because there are FAA inspectors on here that like to bust pilots.
For some reason I write better code with these videos in the background. Also I'm super impressed by his wife- alternating between reading the Bible and learning how to operate avionics systems. This is a man who is winning at life.
love how you do your videos showing the instruments like that and the ATC chatter helps me learn thank you
Good trip, I enjoyed the ride with you guys. Hope you had a good visit in Portland.
Really enjoy your channel... I'm so impressed that your family is so involved with your love of aviation. YOU are a Blessed man!
Really have enjoyed meeting you and the family via vlog. When your explaining things, I can tell your focus is on the aviation part of the flight. Great Job, Great Family and please know your videos are enjoyed. What a nice way to pass the time while stuck at home. Thanks again!
Hi Jim. Thanks for the encouragement! We hope you and your family are well during this time.
Great overlay view from 51:50 with the MFD details and the forward view on finals. Enjoyed the video.
This was a great flight, I enjoy watching you fly this beautiful 🛩 . I live in Portland with family in Phoenix. I would love to meet you and check out your plane. God bless and stay healthy! Thanks for taking us on your journey.
I learn SO MUCH from these videos THANK YOU!
What a sweet airplane. Makes me wanna learn to fly
Great identification of the issue and recovery. You're right that dumping the AP and hand flying would help significantly improve things, though understanding your HSI intercept was even more important.
That’s happened to all of us once before. Glad you were on 28r vs 28l for parallel traffic. Hope you submitted some type of ASAP/NASA report.
Great rewatching this video. Thanks for keeping things going.
Just found your channel. I'm a relatively new Malibu owner. Really enjoy the opportunity to ride along. You wife shows a lot of interest and is a good co-pilot. I'm hoping that mine will be willing to assist me as well. Thanks for the time you take to make these videos. Looking forward to more of them.
Hi Richard. Welcome to the Malibu club! If you haven't already, I would highly suggest joining the MMOPA as it has been a great source of Malibu specific information, training tips, resources, etc.
Thanks. Again looking forward to more videos. God's blessings.
Excellent video, thanks! 👍
LOL I am such a nerd! Love EVERY SECOND of this 😀
Question, why turn off the bearing pointer on the HSI during cruise ? I like to keep #1 pointer on GPS & #2 pointer on VOR...because the #1 will always be pointing to your next waypoint even if you get vectored during cruise...just my way of doing things
Love your videos and the plane! Thanks for your honest assessment of each of your flights. I live in PDX, let me know about your next flight, I would love to shake your hand and check out your Malibu. Keep up the filming.
God Bless!
Kyle
Isn't is amazing how a small avionics anomaly can distract us so much? Had something very similar happen. So long as we learn from it!
happy to see the kid in the back looking out the window and not at a stupid cell phone!!!
Man - you have a nice panel.
I love your ship. It's the one I want.
Interesting comms and nav stack. Just curious, how well does the Garmin track and provide A/P inputs for a DME Arc procedure? (e.g. point A to point B following a 10nm DME Arc off of a VOR)
It tracks a DME Arc perfectly!
@@MalibuFlyer Thanks !! :D
yes that was Mt Hood off the right wing while on the 360 heading. i was raised and learned to fly out of TTD
i realize Im kind of randomly asking but do anyone know a good website to stream new movies online?
@Charles Maison Try Flixzone. Just search on google for it =)
@Jake Brett yup, I have been watching on flixzone for since april myself =)
@Jake Brett thanks, signed up and it seems like a nice service =) I really appreciate it!
@Charles Maison happy to help :)
What was total flight time and fuel consumption on this trip?
Total flight time was 5:20 and we used 86 gallons of fuel.
excellent!
Wondering if those are self made window covers to keep sun out?
No, they came with the plane when I bought it. I don't remember the brand off but they work well.
I live In Bend OR, so I wanted to see this flight.
dude I love your plane
Seemed like you were awfully low on gas. If you went missed or had to deviate would it have been a problem? Did you get your autopilot issue resolved. I currently fly a DA42 and am thinking about buying a malibu as well. Also plan on upgrading the panel. Would welcome any advice if you were to do it all over again.
Hi Bryan. I touched down with 20 gallons of fuel on board which gives me over an hour of reserve. I haven't had the AP fixed yet as I am waiting for my mechanic to get me in. Without a doubt, the biggest mistake I made in my project was beginning the project before Garmin shipped the TXi. What should have been 7 weeks turned out to be a painful 7 months.
What was the cause of all the porpoising? I was getting seasick just watching!
Hi Jeff. In a prior video I mentioned that I had a faulty pitch servo and believe me, it was making us all sick. It’s fixed now.
@@MalibuFlyer Aaah. Gotcha. Thanks for the update. I've subscribed and will be going back to watch all the vids I missed. Keep 'em coming!
Hi there! Just about had a complete post, and lost it. Grrr.
I've commented on a couple of your other videos, and I really love the way you have your Malibu set up. Very nicely done.
I appreciate you detailing your mistake of not seeing the CDI on the Map view on the HSI. I didn't really 'see' it either, even though I saw it, I just didn't know what I was looking at. I could see where it would be easy to fly through the localizer.
Got a couple of questions for you, if you don't mind. I'm assuming that since the airplane has a two-bladed propellor on it, it's a TSIO-520 instead of a -550. Have you considered upgrading to the -550? Do you know what the difference in performance, fuel burn and range would be if you did that?
I also wonder about the manifold pressure on take off and climb. It seems it was well above 36", and in the red for most of the way up. I kind of cringed at that, thinking about anything being in the red. But, I don't know, is that 'normal' to operate the engine that way? Is there a time limit on something like that; running it at a certain power for x amount of minutes in a climb?
Anyway, I subscribed, I'm really enjoying your videos. Most likely I'll never fly again as PIC, for a number of reasons, so I've got to get my Flying Fix watching videos like yours. Thanks for taking us along!
I have the 550 now. The STC for the 550 replacing the 520 calls for limiting the MP to 35.5” and therefor, derates the 350hp down to 310hp just like the 520. By doing this, the 550 literally becomes a drop in replacement for the 520. Same prop, same limitations, same performance, etc. You can see why this was an easy STC to get approved. In any case, they just reduce the MP from 38” to 35.5” to effectively derate the engine to 310hp. That’s why I’m not too worried about it being a tad high.
Yeah, I NEVER use the map overlay on the HSI.
Hey is that Stockton I heard? Are you in norcal? Would love to see this aircraft in person
I really enjoy your flight! So you use Foreflight?
I do
Also, what year is your Malibu??
It’s a 1986
I love your plane, your avionics, the kind of flying you do, and I very much enjoy your videos. Outside of Airline mandated checklist discipline I'd say you are very professional in your flying. So I wish not to offend you, but perhaps draw your attention to something you do that seems a little odd to me. Perhaps it's a habit learned in training, perhaps not. My question for you is why switching fuel tanks at 700 feet? The reason I ask is that I see a lot of pilot, yourself included (in other videos) that say as a part of their landing checklist "Fuel on the fullest tank"... then switch tanks. Please feel free to tell me to mind my business. I have a lot of respect for what you do, and how you do it not to let you know what's on my mind. Perhaps you might want to rethink through that checklist item in future flights. The checklist should really say "Fuel on a tank that has enough gas" and not force you to switch tanks at a moment when the workload is pretty high, and you should be minding other more important tasks. Its purpose is to make you verify you have enough gas, not randomly switch to a tank with more of it. Switching fuel tanks is inherently a possible source of trouble, and in your situation added no extra margin of safety, rather it could bring you grief in a number of ways, like accidentally switch in between tanks, switching to a tank that has developed a problem (you don't want to sort that out at 700'), or distract you from a radio call you were supposed to make, or ... "insert your favorite thing here". IAgain, I hope I didn't offend you, just trying to add to your already brilliant airmanship. Keep up the good work. I enjoy watching your trips, and hope you stay safe. Ciao, Marco.
I appreciate this kind of feedback! You make a very good point about the risk induced by making fuel tank switches at critical stages of flight. Thank you for taking the time to offer that suggestion.
Malibu Flyer My pleasure.
Hello, I also like your plane and everything about it! I’m currently finishing up my commercial rating and thought about purchasing my first aircraft, hopefully one like yours. If you could please lead me in the right direction with helpful information on a ballpark figure for an aircraft like yours, the cost of annual, insurance etc. Thanks for your help..
Where did you get your LOGO/prop “Malibu Flyer” intro done?
I started with the classic Radio Flyer logo in Photoshop and morphed it into this. I did a simple keyframe animation in Final Cut Pro to make it spin.
Malibu Flyer looks great, love it.... I’m just not that good at it yet.......
If you have an idea of what you'd like to do, I would be happy to help get it done. Nice channel! I enjoyed you trip to LA and noticed that you are using the Halo headsets (I think). Let me know how you like them as my wife really wants to get something that doesn't clamp her head.
Malibu Flyer Yes we’re using Halo headsets, my wife like yours has long hair and she didn’t like the earmuffs making her sweat and the head band smashing her hair down, giving helmet head hair - HA!, we both LOVE them super light hardly know you have them on once you get used to them, THANKS for the offer I’m not sure what kind of logo/Intro I want yet, something simple...... something with a TWIST on “PARR 4 the Course”...Just started flying at 60, got my Instrument at 61, hard to teach an old dog new tricks, we get there just a little slower - HA!
Been playing around with an intro, not near as cool as yours, but trying to figure it out....
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Did you ever get that pitch proposing cleared up? That must be annoying.
Hi Kyle. I replaced the pitch servo not long afterward and it fixed the problem.
@@MalibuFlyer Thanks for taking the time to post your real-world flying experiences. Keep them coming!
Answer Lauren's question, jerk. "What is a Localizer?" at 48:00. Otherwise a really great video as usual.
Kind of grey area for you because I'm sure you're operating Part 91 but if you have a co-pilot or crew you both should have your headsets on at all times. I say that because there are FAA inspectors on here that like to bust pilots.
Front seat occupants were clearly passengers, not co-pilot nor crew!