I was supposed to solo today, ARB tower knew i was going to solo after my instructor and i do a few laps, as soon as we take off and turn crosswind, tower calls saying wind changed, 11 knots at 120 gusting 21, rwy 6 was in use. So my instructor pulled a stack of sticky notes and says okay well no solo today as hes covering the GPS up with sticky notes and he says "Take me to Marshall!" (RMY) so i got my first XC today which was an awesome time. It really made me super excited about flying again getting to leave the practice area and really fly the plane.
So awesome to see new students get it. I struggled initially and took a lot of repetition to overcome it. Now it's rare I don't have a landing I feel great about. I can't imagine the patience it takes to teach that but it seems like you have it Lew! Your students are lucky to have you.
As a sailing coach in the UK I completely resonate with the focus on teaching the student to figure out their own mistakes, we always talk about "coaching the student to become their own coach" - if you're debriefing a student and you don't do much talking, that's when you know you're doing a good job! Nice teaching mate, as always!
Nice. My backseat rating: Her landings overall were decent for a student with rust. Her radio calls were good also just slight trimming with the "wake turbulence" part but otherwise very precise and good phraseology. Interesting watching her revert to primacy falling back on the analog instruments. Those G5's are super powerful once you get used to them.
I had the same issue looking at the G5 for airspeed. One day my CFI just turned it off making me look where I was supposed to. Fixed it in a single flight.
Ella seems to be making pretty good decisions for this early on in her training. Not that it matters from a private pilot, but I completely agree with your assessment. Her landings will smooth out with time, although she had a couple greasers in there. Really love to watch her train. Her response to "500" from the Garmin was EPIC! lol Can't wait to see her solo video!! BeardedAv8r
Ella has the best dynamic proactive Dutch roll technique for holding the centerline that I have ever seen. This steering wheel (yoke/aileron) use is making landings much more difficult than necessary, however. On short final, where the steering wheel adverse yaw wing waging gets most pronounced, we certainly do not want to turn. If we don't want to turn, we don't need any aileron usage for bank. If we nail the centerline between our toes (side by side offset of pilot) with dynamic proactive rudder only, the wing will remain level. If we bracket the centerline walking the rudders for slight yaw, correct yaw, the wing cannot bank. The problem with any aileron usage here is that unless we lead rudder there is delayed coordination. Unless we lead rudder, the nose will go the wrong way initially. Students at altitude don't even notice the nose going wrong until they step on the ball. Sloppy but works in turns to heading at altitude. Turns to target when low should be coordinated from the git- go (lead rudder) and rapid dynamic proactive rudder walking negates any need for coordinated turns on short final. Slight correct yaw to bracket the centerline is much less confusing than adverse yaw caused by the aileron moved quickly. Anyway, she has sorted it out with fair coordination. Give her a brake. Take the yoke, have her put her hands in her lap and walk the rudders to maintain centerline exactly between her toes. Oh, it will appear to between your toes as well. It is an optical thing. She has that mastered, but the adverse yaw is working her way too much. She knows what longitudinal alignment is but adverse yaw is messing with her. Good job Ella. Hope finding what an excellent trim devise the rudder only is will make landing easier. Coordination has its place, but not to keep the wing level on short final.
Hey Lew, I've been watching your videos since i got my PPL back in Dec 2019. I just passed the Instructor flight test and became a CFI last week. I hope to be as great of a teacher as you some day. Thanks for the inspiration! 🙏😄
Towards the end it felt like she should be "poppin the collar" and you just faning her singing "Notorious PIC!" 😂.. I realized talking through all phases on what you see, expect and will do next, tremendously helped me through to my checkride. You go girl!
i'm a pretty green CFI, and my last 200 or so hours flown this past 10 months have been pretty much exclusively flying Beech Bonanzas all over the US, so going back to the very very basics is something I have to think about consciously again. it's a weird feeling knowing the person next to you has no clue how to fly or land an airplane. it's like being a parent.
There is supposed to be a placard near the flaps that says "avoid slips with flaps extended" and there is a statement in the POH that slips should be avoided with more than 20deg of flaps, because the flaps shadow the elevator and destabilize it. If you have never experienced that, then it's worth trying it out at altitude by doing a full slip with 30deg flaps. In any case, I would not take the last notch of flaps until I was already on a stable approach.
Yea it says “steep slips should be avoided with flap setting greater than 20°”. I’ve never had an issue slipping any aircraft light aircraft I’ve ever flown. Always heard about these oscillations but never felt them.
@@LewDixAviation It might have been a 172 with 40 deg flaps, but I have only experienced it putting my foot into the firewall to demonstrate an emergency descent. Definitely not normal procedure.
I flew today and had one decent landing 6 hours In - Im not sure if I experienced hypoxia at 3k feet but I had a memory wipe type feeling and super nauseous and felt like I forgot what happened completely and couldn’t barely remember anything at all
@@LewDixAviation I am sure it is hard to teach someone to land also because at some point in time it becomes automatic and your body is making all the corrections without you even thinking about it.
I was supposed to solo today, ARB tower knew i was going to solo after my instructor and i do a few laps, as soon as we take off and turn crosswind, tower calls saying wind changed, 11 knots at 120 gusting 21, rwy 6 was in use. So my instructor pulled a stack of sticky notes and says okay well no solo today as hes covering the GPS up with sticky notes and he says "Take me to Marshall!" (RMY) so i got my first XC today which was an awesome time. It really made me super excited about flying again getting to leave the practice area and really fly the plane.
Great instructor!
So awesome to see new students get it. I struggled initially and took a lot of repetition to overcome it. Now it's rare I don't have a landing I feel great about. I can't imagine the patience it takes to teach that but it seems like you have it Lew! Your students are lucky to have you.
Thank you! I love being a part of their successes 🙌🏻
I will always remember my first instructor telling me "don't worry about landing the plane, no one has left one up there yet!"
As a sailing coach in the UK I completely resonate with the focus on teaching the student to figure out their own mistakes, we always talk about "coaching the student to become their own coach" - if you're debriefing a student and you don't do much talking, that's when you know you're doing a good job! Nice teaching mate, as always!
Absolutely.. cheers mate!
Awesome thanks for letting us in.
Thanks lewdix always good to see your videos.
Thank you!
Nice. My backseat rating: Her landings overall were decent for a student with rust. Her radio calls were good also just slight trimming with the "wake turbulence" part but otherwise very precise and good phraseology. Interesting watching her revert to primacy falling back on the analog instruments. Those G5's are super powerful once you get used to them.
I had the same issue looking at the G5 for airspeed. One day my CFI just turned it off making me look where I was supposed to. Fixed it in a single flight.
Ella seems to be making pretty good decisions for this early on in her training. Not that it matters from a private pilot, but I completely agree with your assessment. Her landings will smooth out with time, although she had a couple greasers in there. Really love to watch her train. Her response to "500" from the Garmin was EPIC! lol
Can't wait to see her solo video!!
BeardedAv8r
Ella has the best dynamic proactive Dutch roll technique for holding the centerline that I have ever seen. This steering wheel (yoke/aileron) use is making landings much more difficult than necessary, however. On short final, where the steering wheel adverse yaw wing waging gets most pronounced, we certainly do not want to turn. If we don't want to turn, we don't need any aileron usage for bank. If we nail the centerline between our toes (side by side offset of pilot) with dynamic proactive rudder only, the wing will remain level. If we bracket the centerline walking the rudders for slight yaw, correct yaw, the wing cannot bank. The problem with any aileron usage here is that unless we lead rudder there is delayed coordination. Unless we lead rudder, the nose will go the wrong way initially. Students at altitude don't even notice the nose going wrong until they step on the ball. Sloppy but works in turns to heading at altitude. Turns to target when low should be coordinated from the git- go (lead rudder) and rapid dynamic proactive rudder walking negates any need for coordinated turns on short final. Slight correct yaw to bracket the centerline is much less confusing than adverse yaw caused by the aileron moved quickly.
Anyway, she has sorted it out with fair coordination. Give her a brake. Take the yoke, have her put her hands in her lap and walk the rudders to maintain centerline exactly between her toes. Oh, it will appear to between your toes as well. It is an optical thing. She has that mastered, but the adverse yaw is working her way too much. She knows what longitudinal alignment is but adverse yaw is messing with her. Good job Ella. Hope finding what an excellent trim devise the rudder only is will make landing easier. Coordination has its place, but not to keep the wing level on short final.
Loved this video, great instruction and she is doing such a great job!
Cheers mate!
I start flight training in August. I really hope my flight instructors have similar demeanors to yours.
i wish my instructor was as good as Lewis...
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Always Great! Best content on the.....well you know!
Thanks mate!
its really hard to control the rudder with level off to keep aircraft over center line
Hey Lew, I've been watching your videos since i got my PPL back in Dec 2019. I just passed the Instructor flight test and became a CFI last week. I hope to be as great of a teacher as you some day. Thanks for the inspiration! 🙏😄
Hey mate, that’s great to hear. Congratulations on a huge achievement and I’m so flattered that you want to model yourself off me. That’s so cool.
@@LewDixAviation thanks heaps mate, apreciate it. Looking forward to more of your videos 👍
Towards the end it felt like she should be "poppin the collar" and you just faning her singing "Notorious PIC!" 😂.. I realized talking through all phases on what you see, expect and will do next, tremendously helped me through to my checkride. You go girl!
What a video! Makes mee feel like my first landings again, can feel my stomach drop
Thanks! It’s a journey to find those perfect landings. What an adventure!
Good to see Ela again. She's fun.
settle down maverick
Hi Lewis, I've finally arrived back in the UK and have downloaded out meet and greet chat for my Sun n Fun video. Good content as always. :)
I gotta say she has superior radio skills! As someone who is starting CFI training, I would love to have a student like this lol.
She’s worked hard at it. Hard work pays off!
I’m about to start my student pilot here in Sarasota in a piper warrior I can’t wait I’m gonna start to fly in may see you in the skies
You’re gonna love it. Especially in the PA28 🙌🏻
Did you get some kind of ambient microphone? Great to be able to hear the engine reacting to power changes!
Impressive all round
i'm a pretty green CFI, and my last 200 or so hours flown this past 10 months have been pretty much exclusively flying Beech Bonanzas all over the US, so going back to the very very basics is something I have to think about consciously again. it's a weird feeling knowing the person next to you has no clue how to fly or land an airplane. it's like being a parent.
well, that was unexpected.
There is supposed to be a placard near the flaps that says "avoid slips with flaps extended" and there is a statement in the POH that slips should be avoided with more than 20deg of flaps, because the flaps shadow the elevator and destabilize it. If you have never experienced that, then it's worth trying it out at altitude by doing a full slip with 30deg flaps. In any case, I would not take the last notch of flaps until I was already on a stable approach.
Yea it says “steep slips should be avoided with flap setting greater than 20°”. I’ve never had an issue slipping any aircraft light aircraft I’ve ever flown. Always heard about these oscillations but never felt them.
@@LewDixAviation It might have been a 172 with 40 deg flaps, but I have only experienced it putting my foot into the firewall to demonstrate an emergency descent. Definitely not normal procedure.
Love your videos! How can I try and schedule a time for a lesson with you?
I've been overshooting too, was it's because she creepers towards the runway on downwind? That's what I think I'm doing
I flew today and had one decent landing 6 hours In - Im not sure if I experienced hypoxia at 3k feet but I had a memory wipe type feeling and super nauseous and felt like I forgot what happened completely and couldn’t barely remember anything at all
the overhead light is on Lewis.
So is the one in one of the planes I'm learning in. Must be a Cessna thing!
landing a plane hard is even more difficult; to figure out that sweet spot between accident and incident; rarely mastered!
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Landing is definitely the most difficult part of learning to fly.
Definitely
@@LewDixAviation I am sure it is hard to teach someone to land also because at some point in time it becomes automatic and your body is making all the corrections without you even thinking about it.
How can I come train with you? I’m about to start my commercial
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Landing is certainly the hardest part of learning to fly..
It is!
There's nothing hard about landing the plane
Being able to use it afterward takes practice
You can use planes again after landings? Who knew?!