10 Tips To Improve Your Landings | Cessna 172 and Others
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- Struggling with your landings? Here are 10 tips to fix your landings! In this video, I explain some basic landing tips IN DETAIL that will definitely improve you're landings if they aren't very good. In this video, I'm using a Cessna 172 to explain these 10 landing tips, but these will work in most other training airplanes!
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I’ve been flying since 1966 and I have never seen a more distinct, clear and a simple explanations on how to fly. Please keep it up!
Thank you so much! That means a lot!
I need this kind of instructor. He teaches adversities without alarming. Good job instructor.
Thank you! I don’t like that either. That’s why I teach the way I do
I have about 300 landings and am still dealing with some of these issues. Thanks for the video!
Hopefully this helps you out! You’re welcome!
@Justincruise_officialHows it going?
This video was SPOT ON!! Tips 4-10 were the answers to my prayers 💐I’ll give you your flowers now sir.. Excellent content
Thanks! I’ll take ‘em!
As always, thanks again! With just 14 landings behind me I needed this!!
You’re welcome! Glad you’re finding this helpful!
Thanks a lot. I am doing my PPL in EU, just after 6 hours of flight, but besides my very good CFI, I learn a lot from your videos.
Thank you so much for this AND the Super Thanks! It means a lot!
I really love your video. I'm a instructor myself, but your tips are easy to understand and understand right away for new student pilot.
Thank you! I really appreciate that!
Wow, I did a lot of touch and goes yesterday and this video could’ve helped me. Great videos!!!! Please make more
Thanks! Will do!
Got to do some ascending and descending turns today, your vid’s have definitely helped my confidence. 🙏🏾
Awesome! I’m so glad I could help
Another fantastic video from you ,thank you so much-what makes you so special you really know what new pilots might struggling with and hit the point precisely but comprehensively ,well done
Thank you so much! I only know because I struggled with the same things! Lol
Thank you! I had my first landing today and the front tire touched first, must have bounced at least 3 times. Nerve wracking but very excited to get back out there and try again with my instructor
You’re welcome! Go have some fun and make some good landings!
Excelente Vídeo very detail honest clean and true
I wish I found this channel a waaaay before! My ppl check ride is about to happen :) Thanks a lot for all your efforts to make these videos! Love it! So simple and so informative at the same time!
Thank you so much! I appreciate that! I hope to make many more!
I have watched years of different instruction videos and yours are very well done...great job...excellent, clear tips Captain 👌🏽👌🏽🙂🙌🏽🙌🏽🙌🏽🙏🏽
Thanks Ryan!
Thank you for all the amazing videos. I have been watching since the beginning of my private pilot course. I am now past instrument and about to finish commercial and I got to tell you, I have watched almost all your videos, really good stuff easily one of my top 5 or even top 3 channels. Hopefully some Commercial content coming out soon!
You’re welcome! I’d like to start working on some instrument stuff soon. I still have a few PPL videos to work on
Thank you so much for this video!! Feeling really overwhelmed with landings. This really helped.
You’re welcome! So glad I could help!
This is so helpful. Thank you so much for sharing
You’re welcome! Thanks for watching!
Great video. I found many of these tips very helpful. Thanks.
You’re welcome! Thanks for watching!
This video was soooo helpful! Thank you!!
You’re welcome!
This helped me a lot. Thank you.
You’re welcome! Thank you so much for the Super Thanks!
As always good and useful lesson!
Thanks!
I know I make a lot of comments, but don't take that the wrong way. I very much appreciate your work and I learn something new with every one of them. I would just like to mention that at 28:12 you comment that airspeed deteriorates exponentially. Without power, your airspeed is overwhelmingly governed by the effects of the total drag curve. I think your demo is the best I've ever seen that shows how that works. The curve is usually steeper on the lower airspeed side of the point of minimum total drag, thus airspeed bleeds off at an increasing rate as it decreases.
No, I REALLY appreciate all the comments! Thank you so much for that. I actually discussed that in quite a bit more detail in this video right here: ua-cam.com/video/KXoz7EyWpog/v-deo.html
You’ll probably like it
Thank you, this has been instructive
You’re welcome!
I’m doing my first landing on my next lesson. Im glad I found your video. Thanks for the tips!!!
You’re welcome! Thanks for watching!
Great video Josh. Thank you for the tips. 🇺🇸🛩️
No problem! Thanks Kevin!
Awesome, thanx!
You’re welcome!
Thank you so much! this video helped me today to have good landing!
You’re welcome! Glad I could help!
Thanks for this one!! Not started getting my licence yet but this all is great to prepare me for that early muscle memory.. I think due to these videos I'll enjoy things better..
You’re welcome! Thanks for watching!
Excellent! Going to try out tommorrow!
Thanks! Let me know how it goes
I’m a student pilot and love your videos! Thank you so much for making this content!
Thank you! That means a lot! So glad they’re helping you!
Awesome stuff. I am working on my PPL and at this very stage. This is some really good stuff
Cool. Glad I could help!
New student here. #1 is spot on. I wasn't descending when I put in flaps at my touchpoint on the downwind.
I don’t know how many times I’ve seen this!
@@FreePilotTrainingnice to know I’m not the only one
To be real this video has been helpful, I watched it yesterday today I was released solo, my approach was stable on the glide slope and my landings were smooth 👏🏾👏🏾👏🏾… I’m tuned for more tips 💯
Thanks ✌🏾
Awesome! Congrats! Thanks for the comment!
This has to easily be one of the best explanation videos ive ever seen in the aviation world…. And boy have i seen alotttt of videos!!! Thanks, def subscribed after seeing this
Thanks JP! That means a lot
Nice tips I loved it
Thanks!
These videos are so great! I bet you are an awesome instructor! I wish you continued success!!
Thank you so much! That means a lot!
AWESOME VIDEO !
BRILLIANTLY explained & set out 👍
WELL WELL DONE ✨
Thanks! I appreciate that!
Thanks for a great lesson! I needed some swing thoughts before heading to my lesson today. The chair flying suggestion is great, so helpful to visualize everything and have your pattern procedures set. Also nice tip about anticipating overshoot based on wind direction.
You’re welcome! Let me know if these help at all
This is one of my favorite youtube videos. It is very clear and helpful. I am always nervous when landing, and I can’t control the speed and height. This video is a good answer to my confusion. I know that I am not doing it right. adjust the throttle is very important.thank you !!!
Thank you! That means a lot! I’m so glad you found this helpful!
These videos really are great! I learn new tips every time I watch one.
Thanks! I’m so glad you’re finding these helpful
It took me forever to get my landings down ... a different instructor basically taught me what your showing in this video ... Kudos to your methods of teaching!
It’s not uncommon to struggle with landings. Glad you figured it out
AWESOME THANKS
You’re welcome!
Thanks you for some good and helpful tips! Greetings from Germany.
No problem! Thanks for watching!
Muy buen video mi pana de mucha ayuda 👏
You’re welcome
Great video and so helpful as a student pilot. Thank you!
You’re welcome! Thanks for watching
I came up with Speed Height Center Nose...that's the priority list on final......great video
I like that. That’s a good one! Thank you!
This was a great video, one that I think I really needed to see. Landings have been my biggest problem so far and I've been trying to improve, but just wasn't really sure what the key was. This was very helpful. Hopefully it makes a difference for me!
Thanks! Hopefully it does! Let me know if it does!
Great Great Video! AIr Speed really is KING
Thank you! Yes it is!
Great review. Just coming back after a long involuntary hiatus ! Thank you !
Thanks! Welcome back!
Thanks! Welcome back!
Very useful tips, thanks. Tips 6-9 exactly what I needed to fix my hard landing 😊
Awesome! Glad I could help!
Hey Josh, thanks for the videos they’re super helpful! Will you be making a video on advisory circulars?
You’re welcome! Yes, I’m hoping to get to the within the next 2 months
Another big thanks man! I've watched every one of your landing videos multiple times, and thanks to you, am really starting to get some buttery ones! You should totally make the video about dropping flaps in a turn, I would be so interested in that!
Thanks Grant! That means a lot! I’m so glad I could help! I made the video! You should check it out: ua-cam.com/video/YWitXcjrE64/v-deo.htmlsi=uzUii80IK-x4lhSL
Oh shoot! I'm so sorry, can't believe I missed that. Will watch it right now@@FreePilotTraining
Amazing video
Thank you!
Thank you so much for this channel!! Just passed my PPL check ride. This video regarding landings was crucial. Again, thank you.
You’re welcome! And congrats on passing!
Any advice on what to study for PPL checkride and oral?
BRILLIANT TIPS 😊😅❤😂 TEACHING US ALL TO BE BETTER PILOTS..😊😮😢❤😂 SAFER..COOL..THANKS
Thank you so much! That means a lot
11:50-13:36 you’re an awesome CFI, I wish I had a CFI had instructions like yours.
Thanks! That means a lot!
Thank You Sir
You’re welcome!
You are amazing
Thanks!
Thanks. Great tips. My next flight is Friday. I’m sure to apply these tips to improve my landings.
You’re welcome! Let
Me know how they work for you.
@@FreePilotTraining thanks. I greased the first couple, then got sloppy haha
I've used the analogy of driving a manual transmission many times to help people understand why muscle memory is important!
Very true! That’s exactly what it feels like
Hello from Bixby, OK. Really cool to see runways I land at on other people's videos.
Bixby is a great area! Thanks for watching!
This is by far the absolute best teaching video on how to land that I have watched.
Thanks Mike! That means a lot!
You are the best of the best
Thanks!
13:32 - "I'm off centerline" Dude is way over in Europe so far off lol
Lol
This guy the goat
Thanks Cade!
This video is very helpful for newbie Pilots like me 👍
Awesome! So glad I could help!
best video 🎉
Thank you so much!
Such a great video! Keep it up! And on a side note……What are those sunglasses???
Thanks! They are the flying eyes ospreys. There’s a link in the description if you’d like to check them out. There’s a 10% off discount code in there too
This is interesting b/c in Canada our training is to start our descent at the turn from downwind to base rather than abeam the numbers as I see in many videos. There are many little differences between FAA and TC rules for training but it is mainly about being consistent.
That’s right. Consistency is key. Are you lowering 2 notches of flaps right away? Just curious
@@FreePilotTraining I was taught to reduce power and pitch for ~75kts at the downwind to base turn, lower 1st notch of flaps in the white arc, 2nd notch at/after the base to final turn, and full flap on short final. This is in a C172.
@@HamBown nothing wrong with that at all. That’s just my technique. It’s just good to do the same thing every time until you get enough experience
Great video. I'm getting a flight sim setup to help with the "chair flying". Something tells me it'll be a good investment, especially with a teen daughter about to start flight school this summer.
Thanks! Yes, I believe it is. I’m doing the exact same thing
This was an Awesome instructional video and The only time I have seen someone memorise a checklist and was required was fighter pilots in Canada on a documentary watching students becoming a fighter pilot. I understand you simply don't have time to use a paper checklist when the enemy is comming . they won't wait till you go through the paper checklist lol
Thank Mike! Yeah, you don’t have to memorize all of them, but I recommend that my students memorize the before landing checklist
Awesome video with very helpful practical tips and instructions! Thank you! Question: what GoPro Mount did you use on the front dashboard? Was it sticked on, suction cup or magnetic? Cheers
Thanks! I appreciate that! Is a stick on mount
Thank you, my CFI is great but I still benefit from people such as yourself.
You’re welcome! So glad I could help!
Excellent video. I will use this info with my students as well. Just curious, did you make that video regarding using flaps in a turn? I'd like to see that. Thanks!
Thank you! Yes I did. Might be creating a part 2 to this in the near future. ua-cam.com/video/YWitXcjrE64/v-deo.htmlsi=R3Sm7kaSHuHwU5Vv
@@FreePilotTraining Awesome!
Not on topic but the scream at the beginning sounds like the beginning of, “Better off Dead”, an 80’s movie with John Cusack. Great tips BTW! Like the video!!
😂 that might be what it’s from! Lol. Thank you so much!
This is a great video to learn before l attend to flying school. I must subscribe to this channel..
Thank you so much! That means a lot
@@FreePilotTraining with your very knowable and helpful videos, I, god willing, might get my license soon.
My instructor told me off for putting down flaps in a turn, so I'm interested to see your take on this.
Yes, I think it will be a good one!
I never thought about chair flying the pattern, usually I chair fly to practice maneuvers at home. My instructor said my landings were a lot better!
It works! Super cool! So glad I could help. Thanks for watching
“Left base four 36” to you newer students eliminate using 2 or 4 before giving a runway. This can easily be confusing for other pilots listening to you and can be a safety hazard. “Left base three six” is all you need to say.
Besides that as always amazing content! Love the videos
Thanks! Funny that you should say that. I usually ale my radio calls like that, but for the sake of the video, I try to be more clear lol
in Europe, correct phraseology would be "Left base runway three six". Same for other legs. Saying "runway" gets rid of ambiguity in the case of, for instance, runway 26 (two vs to). "Short final two six" vs "short final to six".
@@FreePilotTraining my CFI was such a stickler for that. The emotional trauma I went through when putting number before the runway will never go away 😂😂😂
I really like your gross control movement when necessary and then take half out. I continue this with dynamic proactive rudder only movement when we capture the centerline extended. The camera eye is a bit back from yours I think and really shows up the dot moving inches left and right of the centerline with any aileron movement once you have captured centerline extended. Walk the rudders finely now. By dynamic proactive continuous rudder movement and no aileron movement, the dot will stay on the centerline. The tail will wag a bit but the dot will be almost frozen on the centerline. Get really stabilized on short final and have both you and the student remove hands from the yoke. Use rudder only to bracket the centerline finely. Keep the dot exactly on the centerline. Even with the light gusts you had, you would have hit my thumb jammed under on side of the yoke or stick. Ailerons and with them adverse yaw is the absolute major disturbance to longitudinal alignment. Coordination is working with the gross changes to correct. When far from centerline extended we need to turn to correct. Once on centerline we need only rudder to bracket and thereby nail the centerline from there on in regardless of crosswind (side slip approach) or gusts (rudder brings the wing back up without over controlling) crab (butt to centerline with wings level can be nailed only with rudder and no aileron.) You are on the right track with your ten tips except for dynamic proactive rudder. While necessary to keep tailwheel from ground loop, nose gear will correct once it comes down. That, however, is where the squeak and black marks come from. In that C-130 you have the centerline between your legs (the nose would have you in a 45 degree crab) and you can differential the throttles a bit I guess. You also have a big rudder. Anyway, this one is major in my experience. I can't help much with the stabilized approach as I was always no more than 200' up.
Thanks for this. Great info
Hi. I really like that chair muscle memory image.
It works!
If only I had this video when I started! My first instruction was the ancient computer simulator with Ron Machado! Great teacher but these are the actual issues from the cockpit.
Thank you so much! Yeah, I really wanted to make something that helps people with some of the biggest issues
hey capt, where exactly did you buy that mockoup for the cessna? thank you for your videos!! they help me so much
You talking about the cockpit poster? If so, you can grab those for free from sportys.
great vid! which model GoPro's are you using? super quality
Thanks! I have a 7, 9, and an 11. They all tend to overheat, but in the cold weather they work great
thanks! i'm restarting my flying, used to fly 172's now going to PA-28's and finding it so hard to get the roundout and flare right... i'm using gopro 3's!!!@@FreePilotTraining
Excellent video well done 👨✈️can you do a side slip to positioning your self centreline to the runway with a p28 ? Cessna doesn’t allow because it takes the airflow away from the horizontal stabiliser and you will end up with a tail stall,
I will try that at high altitude and see how much effect there will be
Thanks! Yes, I slip the PA-28 all the time with full flaps. Maybe I can make a video in the near future
@@FreePilotTraining thank you that will be excellent
I’m 11 years old and the tips you gave are very helpful
Awesome
Good video, you need to practice keeping your nose wheel off longer, 3 point landings are easy to cause purposing and prop strikes.
Apart from superb content, how effective is the headset ear sealing of your David Clark? There might be some difference in the ANC function of different manufactureres. But wearing glasses and a basecap myself I think it all starts with good ear sealing under real conditions, i.e. with glasses and basecap on.
I actually don’t have a problem with an ear seal because the sunglasses I have on are specifically designed for headsets. They’re super thin and fit great under hats and headsets. The David Clark’s are great. The sound quality isn’t quite as good as the Bose A-20s, but I personally like them better for everything else
Here in The Netherlands, the standard pattern altitude is 700 ft AGL. In that case, starting the descent abeam the numbers will be a bit too early. I usually start my descent after the downwind-to-base turn.
I had no idea! Thanks for the comment!
160 hr PPL here, I still find your explanation very helpful. The only question is why the touch-downs in this video appear to be flat with all three wheels contacting the concrete at the same time. I was taught to always get the mainwheels touching down first and keep the nose high as long as I can for airbrake effect.
Thanks! My mains usually touch down before the nose. One rare occasion, I’ll have a three point landing. I’ve found that the smoothest touchdowns are achieved when the nose touches right after the mains. A lot of instructors teach students to raise the nose way up, but this really isn’t necessary, and often results in a balloon. I typically only use the airbrake on short field landings. There is generally not a need to airbrake on normal landings.
@@FreePilotTraining Your advice is enlightening - a smooth landing does not necessarily require a high AoA flare.
In my PPL training I had four different instructors at different times(the instructors were part time in our club). Interestinly they had different styles and preferences. One of them wanted me to flare like a space shuttle - basically you won't be able to see the centre line at the moment of touchdown. She owned a chipmunk. while another was never keen to raise the nose too high. In touch-and-go he always told me to "push everything forward" (yoke carb throttle) immediately after touchdown - he was a B737 pilot. Another instructor encouraged me to touch down on one main first in cross wind. He flew a motor glider. My last instructor preferred airbrake as he wanted me to be prepared for short grass strip.
Hey, just wanted to ask how to dond centerline on grass threshold, where often you do not have lines etc.? Many VFR airstrips does not have concrete/asphalt, just grass especially in europe.
That’s a great question. You have to look at the whole runway. It’s definitely more difficult to tell if you’re off centerline, but if you can look at the whole runway it can help you determine if you’re aligned
Question, I'm about to start my PPL. Do you recommend using a flight simulator, like Microsoft 2020? As opposed to chair flying?
Microsoft Flight Sim is an awesome tool. Highly recommend. I still recommend some chair flying to go with it though. Anything as simple as thinking through your checklist flows while your driving helps
Where did you get that chair flight picture? My CFI is very big on telling me to chair fly; that picture would be helpful.
Also - I didn’t quite get the flare part. Do I understand correctly to pitch, hold, and then flare once you start to sink?
Last I checked, you can get them for free on Sporty’s. Check the description. I may have put a link in there. For the flare, bring the nose to the horizon and hold it there. The reason I say “flare” is because you will be adding more and more pressure as the airplane begins to sink
I did have a bad landing on my first solo back after being sick lol I bounced 5 times safely stopped it and thought maybe I broke the plane and just requested to exit of the runway 😭I’ve always had safe to butter smooth landings so that kinda spooked me but I swear my approach was perfect I just didn’t flare enough and so I landed flat and the oscillation of the plane went on and on and on
Yes, that can be super scary. Obviously, the best choice in this situation is to go around, but if you just relax your grip on the controls, a lot of times the airplane will settle onto the runway
@@FreePilotTraining you are right that happened yesterday I went back solo like an hour after I made the comment and watched the video made it back safe i need to shake that flight off thank you
@@indiexoxo9420 no problem
Any suggestions on setting up an Aim point in a flight simulator
If the mag compass is on the dash try using a spot just above that 👍
A C-172 is a glider. You have to jump up and down on the seat to get it to come down for a landing. : )
😂
I have trouble pulling the yoke smoothly at flare with one hand. I saw you using both hands on yoke for your last landing, and when I do it, my cfi just tell me to put one hand on yoke the other on throttle.
Yeah, he wants you to be ready for the go around. That’s a good habit he’s teaching you. As you gain experience and faster reflexes, there’s nothing wrong with using two hands. If I think a go around is a possibility, I will move one hand over early
Yes flap turning is okey also in my view … that no no no put lost of fear in a new pilot flap in the right speed don’t not matter if you turning as fast keep the flap speed
When you say horizon do you mean end of the runway or treeline meets the sky? I live in a hilly area so the horizon changes all the time 😅
Typically, it’s where the tree line meets the horizon, but you have to imagine it in mountainous areas
50 landings, and my CFI is ready for me to solo. It's definitely an interesting mix of emotions.
Nice! It’s definitely an interesting feeling