Over, Under or Around, when you MUST stay VFR?
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- Опубліковано 23 бер 2024
- When you have a wall of shower cloud ahead of you and you must stay VFR, do you go over, under or around the cloud? Join me for some real world scenarios where sometimes all those options are bad.
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My name is Terry Kent and I am a General Aviation PPL private pilot operating out of Andrewsfield EGSL about 25 miles to the north east of London in the UK. Short Field is my channel focused on the lighter side of General Aviation including flight and airfield reviews, equipment unboxing and review plus all things private pilot related. I use various cameras to record my videos including GoPro and Insta 360 and stills and edit them in Adobe Premiere Pro, I am an animator as well and often use animations to describe situations more clearly I use Blender and Adobe After Effects for these. I always attempt to post my videos in the highest possible quality, normally 4k.
I fly a 2011 Pipersport two seat single engine aircraft that is also known as the PS28 or SportCruiser in the USA (America) it is known under the FAA as an LSA or Light Sport Aircraft and can be flown on a very basic license. In the UK it is a Part 21 airplane which requires a full licence but it's generally cheap to run, affordable maintenance and great value for money. It cruises at 100 to 105 knots and has superb short take off and landing or STOL capabilities. I visit farm strips, back country and short airfields, some of them dangerous and I try not to crash :-), as well as international airports and try to learn something new every time I fly.
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I fly VFR and IFR as well as visual and instrument approaches.
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You are a very good UA-camr. Very much in the spirit of the origins of UA-cam. No over-production, just enough to communicate your story and be very relatable.
Thank you so much, I want to keep it real and if I don't I want you to tell me. So appreciated. Terry
An extremely important thing to know about aircraft batteries is that you MUST NOT take off if your battery was discharged and you needed a kickstart. You MUST ensure it's charged up to operational state before leaving the ground. Aircraft voltage regulators are not designed to deliver the trickle charge that lead-acid batteries need and will overload a discharged battery, which can cause a fire in flight.
I have a terrible, terrible problem. Ive nearly finished watching all your videos, now what!?! I'll have to watch them again! Thank you for the awesome channel! Highly recommend everyone go back and watch them all, theyre all great! Thank you so much for the content!
You sir are amazing. Thank you so much, when I started out making these it was a hobby, you sir, make it a passion. Thanks again Terry
Congratulations on getting the speaker gig at Private Flyer Fest, Terry! That's it, it's official now - you're a celeb! Take care mate.
I demanded a couple of riders, I want a jar of just red M&M's, I want my own trailer with a built in swimming pool and I asked for a suit made out of banana skins. I was a difficult booking Bob :-)
I think what you do in your videos is make us feel like we are in the cockpit with you. Which is where we would love to be, having a bible over the English countryside.
Thank you so much Simon.
Top notch! One of my favorite UA-camrs. Terry, you just ooze genuine kindness and content for life. Thank you for being you!
Too kind sir.
The weather truly has been awful this winter, glad you managed to find a day without horizontal rain to get out!
The view from the unobstructed pit brother is amazing. 👍🏻
Sorry for the late reply, I know it is a great place to film from as well Luke.
I always feel like I’m flying left seat in your videos, very informative
Sorry for the late reply. Such a kind comment thank you sir.
Thank you, sir! I couldn't fly today so this was a nice relaxing trip in your little aero plane. 😀
Thank you. Terry
Also from Melbourne Austalia. Love the way you keep your videos "real" and relatable.
I recently flew to a tiny town called "Mt Beauty" in my Evektor Sportstar (similar to Sportcruiser), and had the same sinking feeling of a flat battery. Entirely my fault, I left the beacon and landing lights on whilst we went for lunch. Fortunately, the aviation community is pretty strong and someone had a starter pack for me to get home.
Someone suggested a Lithium Battery for the aircraft but it's not allowed on my certified SportCruiser and anyway apparently they are a fire hazard. Thanks so much for the kind comments.
That was a very moist flight!
I was pleased to see you arise once more from your hibernation. Seems we both made it through the winter :)
I know, airfields are the coldest places in the winter.
Those clouds scream go home, not let’s go flying VFR for some scud running!
It wasn't that bad.
Well done on the Private Flyer Fest! Hope it goes well - I am flying to Hamburg in July to talk about weather for the PPL-IR conference. Exciting year ahead!
Thanks Robbie and so deserved on your recognition. We need to get together this summer. All the best buddy.
Terry
I know flat batteries are fairly rare, but I often tinker in the cockpit with master on and the avionics on, and considered fitting a couple of external power lugs to be able to jump start off or just charge the battery. I’ve seen aircraft with them fitted.
LOVED the Sportcruiser while I was flying it...
G'day from Melbourne, Victoria, Australia! How are you going Terry? I subscribed to your channel when Stef Drury mentioned it on one of his videos.
I can say I am definitely happy with your content. I love it.
I've been subscribed for a little while but thought I'd pop in and say G'day.
Thanks so much Luke. Would love to visit Aus and do some flying there. So appreciate your kind words. All the very best, Terry
@@ShortField You're most welcome Terry, you'd love flying in Australia 🦘
Greetings from New Zealand. You and Jodel Flyer are my go-to aviators when I'm not flying myself (Alpi Pioneer)
I know you as well from Tim's channel. Hope all is good with you and thank you for your wonderful support. I still see Tim and fly into Nayland now and again.
Great video Terry, so frustrating when they dont start, after i watched your video on you trying to fly into Stoke and bottled it, i had a go in a C42, i did find the power lines a bit daunting but just focused on the runway and was all good, hope youve been back since? Also totally fed up with the rain now to. Heres longing for dry flying weather.
Weather has been dismal, glad to see you are getting some opportunity for flying. I haven't flown from my local farmer's field for over six months now because of the wet. Looking forward to warmer times...
Me too Mark.
As always, a thoroughly enjoyable watch and a great way to spend 15 minutes. Thank you. 👍
Cheers Paul.
Ah, the joy of flying under a band of nimbo stratus and the gloom of the lights going out 🤣 Glad your battery woes didn't stop you getting up for a flight 👍Fingers crossed for better weather - it's not got that much better than it was back in January!!
I know Mike, still got to get upto you.
Hi Terry.
Nice to see a man scratching an itch by getting out and about [eventually].
Yes, thanks Phil :-)
Cyrus, homeopath in California, I fly a 2009 Dynamic WT9. Had an RV12 before that. 2000 total. Learn a lot from you. Thanks.
Amazing I so want to fly in the US. Really appreciate the kind comment sir.
Great to see another one of your videos, Terry! Thank you. They’re always interesting and you have a great way of presenting them in a digestible way. All the best, Rob.
Cheers Rob.
I did my LAPL last year and honestly, your channel is by far my fav. It’s just real and if one day I can afford a share then you’ve convinced me it’s the way to go!
Firstly congratulations, well done. Secondly, thank you so much for the kind comments.
@@ShortField no probs Terry, i’ll look forward to the next vid, flying season is almost here!
Good to see you back in the air, Terry. Congratulations on getting your gig 👌🏻👏🏻👏🏻
Thanks Kev, I am absolutely terrified about doing it :-)
@@ShortField 😆 you'll be great... just be your charismatic self! 👍🏻
Great video Terry. It’s truly been an awful winter. So happy it’s finally Spring.
You and me both Vince! Thanks buddy, without you, I'd be stuck in doors this winter.
Love the airbus cap…
Thanks, I had a Boeing one but it fell off :-)
Me too but not in cockpits
Great video! Greetings from Costa Rica, central America.
Thank you so very much sir 👍
Really enjoy your channel - thank you.
So nice of you, cheers Sean.
Incase you have Electricity in your Hangar, I have connected a C-Tek charger to keep the Battery in shape (CTek Lithium XS). Comes with everything you need in the box. I have the Plug in the opening of the Oil Reservoir).
I think we need one.
Always good to see content from you, Terry. 2024 is looking to be the year I finally obtain my NPPL so here's hoping I catch you at one event or another! Take care and best wishes. 👍
When you get it, let's meet up! Thanks for the kind comment.
@@ShortField I'll genuinely hold you to that! Keep up the great work, sir. 👍
So pleased for you Terry and I know you will do the Q&A justice with al your light aircraft and short strip flying. The joys of low voltage batteries. You jinxed the weather ..haha. Thanks for the content Terry.
:-) Thanks Giles.
Thanks Terry!
Cheers James, love comments from the Pros.
@@ShortField There’s never a day we all stop learning :-) safe flight :))
I just faced this issue on a flight in Washington State (USA). Large groupings of scattered clouds and had to cross a mountainous area. I climbed up to 12,500ft but still had some clouds that were taller. So I flew around those taller, over a few lower ones. Lots of vigra, and I got hit with some snow (was not under a cloud at the time, it just blew over on me). Was heading towards Class B airspace and had to decide if I wanted to try to go under the clouds and above the mountains, or divert further south and look for an opening outside of the class B but no mountains. I was able to navigate to a known pass that I know you can clear at 5,500 and followed that to stay below the class B and clear of clouds.
Was very educational. WA has a 3 large mountain ranges (heading west to east). Frequently weather will be ok over Seattle (but not great), clouds over the mountains, then clear on the other side, then horrible clouds over the next mountain range :) I'm IFR rated, but the freezing level is often around 3-5000ft so I can not enter the clouds for the most part until things warm up.
I really enjoyed your VFR on top video from previous and your content. Please keep up the good work, it's always helpful to see how other pilots handy these issues.
Wow great story and thanks so much for the lovely comments 👍
Great little Video! ✈️
Thanks a lot appreciate the comment and kind words!
Brilliant vid
Thank you.
Great to see you back up in the air .... we really must have a proper catch up once the weather sorts itself out.
We will Chris.
Hi mate, CPL / MEIR Holder here. As you can imagine I don't get much VFR flying in these days! Love to watch the VFR stuff and is great to keep track of the regulations! Always helps to keep myself upto date! Great to see real, pure, UK VFR flying the likes of which is hard to find elsewhere, keep it up!
Oh thank you so much, I flew lots of hours IFR (not in this aircraft) and sometimes I think marginal VFR is harder and a bit stupid, but you know me :-)
I finally don’t always have to obey vfr. Got my instrument rating about a week ago. Also comes with a night vfr when current. Hoping to exercise it soon
Well done Glenn that is awesome. Been watching your sim stuff as well.
loved the video!! wishing you better weather lol. cheers
I'll raise a glass to that, thank you.
Im from germany and only fly sim, but your videos inspired me to try out short strips, stoke medway is a lot of fun!
I love MSFS and will do a video about how real world and sim compares for GA soon. Thank you so much sir.
@@ShortField nice! Is the DA40 closest to your sport cruiser? Took that one several times when flying e.g. stoke
Love your videos and found them really good and informative when I was on my microlight course just a couple of years ago.
Great to hear Martin! Thanks buddy.
love your content, always entertains
Thank you sir.
Comment from Germany: realy enjoy watching your UK flaying, Keep going. Still lot to learn from you :-)
Awesome, thank you! This comment means so much, really appreciate your kind words.
Another great video Terry! Congratulations on the speaker slot, thoroughly well deserved 🎉👨🏻✈️
Thank you kindly!
What a beautiful flight. I wish the VFR rules were that generous in the US. Love watching!
Thank you so much for the kind words. But the US is the home of aviation I am very jealous.
Great video. Thank you for posting. Building a Pietenpol here. Greetings from South Africa.
Thank you sir, SA is the home of my second fav small single, the Sling.
Nice vid, enjoyed the reality, cheers from Australia . 😊
Thanks so much Terence, and I am a Terence too.
Really enjoyed the flight 😁
Sorry for the late reply, thank you so much.
Great videos as usual very informative!!
Flew into North Weald yesterday , not been in for a good few years, really changed for the better!!
Welcome back! Where did you eat?
@@ShortField Rosey Lea Cafe, very busy not a table free, food good but not like the old Squadron days!!
VFR over 3000ft Terry just to clear things up you must have 1000ft seporation above and below from cloud and a horixontal seporation on 1500m from cloud with a forward viz of 5km. This is important as you can get squeezed between cloud layers. By the way North Repps is doing well at draining but the fields around are still soggy and as such I have not been away much this year.
Thanks Algy as always you are 100% correct good to point that out. Need to get up there soon for a coffee and cake.
1000ft above and below cloud to increase the chance of avoiding an undeclared a/c that suddenly breaks cloud cover immediately above or below you !!!
@@CP-sy9cd only legally required at or above 3000 ft on QNH
@@CP-sy9cd a legal requirement in the UK at transit altitude 3009ft on 1013.2mb.
Nice one Terry, we have all been there with the cold engine start.
Thanks Lee.
Such great videos! I really appreciate the effort you put in to be informative and entertaining. As a local to North Weald and Epping - I really like seeing the local countryside from GOOPY.
Awesome, come and say 'Hi' if you see me at the airfield.
Another great video Terry, pop over to Knettishall, although grass we have to my knowledge never been water logged, I’ve operated my DynAero from there for about 7 years now and I’ve never been denied flying. Also consider a mini solar panel with integrated trickle charge for your battery if your hangar slot allows. 😀
Didn't we meet there? Will let you know next time, be great to meet up again.
Your Bloody welcome Terry, I very much enjoy your video's & am still blown away you sent me that parking card ha ha! Have a great year mate! On a sad note My Nanna just passed away after a bad fall, she was Born in England in 1933. Stay safe out there & Happy Flying!
Glad you got it. My condolences to you and my best wishes.
As a former CFI (then CFII) said to me: when you are in that situation, reflect on life choices, go back in time and get that IFR rating. (yes, he was kidding to make a point)
Aircraft is VFR only :-(
@@ShortField Ah! In that case go back in time and buy a new aeroplane! 🤣
@@michaelhoffmann2891 🤣
Gday Terry enjoy your content. Could you do a video on your camera setup and how you connect it to your Bose headset.
Hey thank you. I will do that, great idea.
The atrocious weather here in the UK together with life getting in the way of our passion makes it very difficult to get in the air. We have a 28day rule on our club aircraft...meaning over 28days then a checkout with an instructor is required. This is usually no more than a circuit or two. This adds to the logistic problems of getting all the ducks in a row.
I think you mentioned that you had not flown in 6 weeks. Do you ever ask anyone to fly with you, just to check out your skills? That's a stupid question...you have 15.9K subscribers checking you out.
Thanks as always for the great vids and enjoy the Private Flyer Fest at wonderful Wycombe.
Thanks so much for the lovely comments. I have a Biennial (two yearly) check by an instructor but apart from that as you say I have UA-cam to tell me when I'm doing it wrong :-)
All the Rotax installations I am aware of do not have a mechanical fuel pump but an electrical one only. This means if you loose electrical power, your engine stops immediately. If this is the same with your airplane, you might reconsider your decision to go flying with a 'flat' battery.
We have both.
Another great video, I've flown into North weild, shame its closing as its gonna become a google data centre so ive heard, one of the few concrete runways, I flew with a friend to weild and St Andrews and had a good ham and egg chips lunch, I l9ve the turn out and heading back to Rochester as I live by the Dartford River crossing..
Have u ever flown into lakeside as there is a small airfield there..
Thanks again for all your vids, love them, weather been awful last months, Rochester been shut for a while.
North Weald is not going anywhere, the Google Data Centre is what's paying for it to remain. Rochester is really rough and seems to get water logged really easily. Damyns Hall or Thurrock are the two nearest to Lakeside that I am aware of?
@ShortField that's brilliant news about North Weild, thanks for the clarification, safe.flying
Discovered your channel recently and have been binge-watching. Great content and very well presented. You mention in a few of your videos that you yourself hold an instrument-rating, but your aircraft isn't IFR capable. Is this something you can change with an avionics upgrade? Is it worth doing? What would you have to do in order to fly IFR?
Oh that's amazing thank you so much. Aircraft unfortunately maybe capable of IFR flight but not allowed due to light wing loading. Oh well it's fun trying to stay VFR :-)
When I saw the first view without the cowling, I said, "That looks like a Rotax".
Then I saw the cylinder-head covers.
I do like the Rotax engines but one of their major drawbacks when faced with the situation in which you found yourself, a flat battery, is that you will drive yourself insane trying to hand-prop the bugger!
They don't use magnetos and the prop is connected to a reduction-gearbox (AKA a re-drive), so you will be highly unlikely to be able to get one to kick over by hand-propping it.
You are correct you'd never manually start it.
@@ShortField - I still take every precaution when pulling through the prop, though (such as when "burping").
Double check that all four switches are off (I have two in the front and two in the rear) and stand such that if it does kick, it won't amputate body-parts.
Hi Terry, Hope you're well. I'll be at the Golf/Air Show at Wycombe airpark on 17th and 18th. I hope we can have a chat at some point. Cheers, Simon
Yes come and find me Simon and we can grab a coffee.
Hi Terry. Recovering an aircaft from EGSL when the runway is a quagmire is no joke. I did it once to reposition to EGSL so the group could continue flying during the winter.
On arrival on the apron at EGSL, there were two commercial pilots walking across to flight briefing and they asked if I'd just recovered the aircraft from a forced landing in to a field it was that badly caked in mud!
Didn't they put some mesh down on the runway to improve the surface some years ago?
Mesh just makes it more muddy but it does keep it just about useable Graham.
@@ShortFieldISTR there were occasions where the concrete track alongside the runway was used on rare occasions - very dodgy!
Another great video Terry👍😊
Sadly I won't be able to get to my dad's first flying club haunt, Booker, but well done, you're now a subject matter expert - good luck and enjoy 😊✌️👍
One question with the depleted battery did you try a restart on the ground before take off - just in case you had to do a restart mid air🤔🤔
Sorry to hear that it, would have been great to meet up. I am no expert as few of us are, I just like sharing the fun of these little planes. Once it was running it charged up pretty well and a restart would have been no issue. Thank you.
Great channel. Wish you were my Dad 😂
😂😂😂😂
Nice video but for decades I advocate not to wear those look-out limiting devices (baseball caps) in any cockpit 🙏🏻🙏🏾
Good point! You end up with a very hot head without something that canopy is a nightmare in the sun.
@@ShortField I use a hat typical for gliders ( but that doesn’t look cool of course ) and a non irritating sun lotion.
There are many alternatives to ensure a mandatory look-out.
Safety is still a number one priority.
I have a large collection of Base ball caps that look cool but I wear them only outside cockpits.
Regards and safe flying
Frank
Did you know that the VFR rules for a gyrocopter are actually very slightly different?
Although VFR "on-top" is legal for you, my PPL(G) states that I MUST be in sight of the surface AT ALL TIMES, which means that VFR "on-top" isn't totally legal (unless the cloud is broken and I can see the surface through a hole which is suitable for me to use for an emergency descent).
I have done VFR "on-top" flying but I have had to hop from hole to hole in order to comply with the terms of my licence and VFR "on-top" above a properly overcast layer is out of the question.
I didn't know that, now I do thank you.
Nice one, glad you got started. Please excuse the ignorance but do you have magneto ignition on these aircraft? I ask as wonder what happens if you have an alternator failure after take off, does your ignition stay live or does a flattish battery cause further problems?
Absolutely we do. If it fails then there is a back up ASI and Altimeter. Plus the Dynon D1000 MFDs have a back up battery which is good for minimum of 45 mins. BTW. I replaced the battery in GOOPY and she’s now all perfect again.
@@porkorosso7885 Thanks yes I was meaning what powers the engine ignition, verses the instrument panel in the event of electrical failure…? Magnetos would keep the motor running for sure, requiring no electrical power supply of their own, once the engine is running….. but some of these replacement electronic ignition devices, I am unsure what powers them if the battery is flat and the alternator were to fail…..
We need a GPS license so everyone with modern avionics can fly IFR. VFR is much too restrictive/dangerous. It made sense 100 years ago when instruments weren't a thing but not today.
The notion of VFR is literally 100 years old.
Unfortunately the navigation part of IFR flight is not the killer, IMC is. Good comment though Dan.
If you want to let goopy go ...contact me
Hi there, G-OOPY is not owned by me, sadly, however I will mention your comment to the owner 👍
Marginal VFR weather, not very safe....
I agree but it wasn't that bad.
Single pilot flying, but not concentrating on the flying part, potentially make an unsafe pilot....
:-) I know I must sort that out.
Been watching your videos for a while now. Something occurred to me that I'd like to share. Your aircraft (admittedly in my humble estimation as a layperson largely unaquainted with aviation) seems wholly inappropriate to the type of flying you do. To my mind, the largely seldom used grass fields you like use would be better navigated with a tail dragger of some sort, with big low pressure tires at the front to carry you over soggy grass or broken concrete or whatever happens to be lurking just under the topsoil. Also, the high wings would lift you airborne on even the shortest of strips. Also, given the inclement weather you have in the UK, an IFR rating and avionics would untether you COMPLETELEY from the ground, should it be advantageous to to so. Granted, this all comes after many hundreds of hours flying an armchair.
Sorry for the late reply. You should be a pilot Stanely, you make some great points. Although I have an instrument qualification this aircraft, unfortunately, is VFR only :-( Thanks for watching the videos I am honoured sir.