Can you do a series on perfect patterns and landings showing the right speeds and talking about any differences between a sling tsi and anything else we might have flown in the trainer world. Be sure to mount the garmin on the tail if you do end up doing these and thanks for all you do your videos are awesome!
Thank you Mike. This is another excellent video. I completely agree with you that setting VS on the autopilot, as opposed to coupled to VNav is a more stable descent. You did an excellent job explaining why. Would love to see a video on some practical IFR flying from you. Some of the things you consider for go vs no-go decisions and planning etc.
Thanks Mike, I tend to use time. So at 500ft descent rate it will take you 2x the altitude you are required to lose (eg 10kft = 20mins), use VS and adj throttle to keep speeds in check. Enjoy your tips.
Interesting video! I also liked hearing how it's done at the airlines. In my airplane, which has similar performance to your Sling TSI, I keep it simple and start my descent based on time. If I'm at 15,5k' and need to get down to 3.5k', that's 12k'. 500 FPM is a comfortable rate, so 12000/500 = 24 minutes. If the air is smooth I'll leave the power in and gain some speed while descending, which means I should start the descent a minute or two earlier. I keep an eye on the ETE number in ForeFlight (or whichever nav system being used) and start down when the time comes.
@@slk23 Ooh, I like that even better! Just double the altitude you need to lose and that’s your TOD in minutes, plus a couple minute buffer. Nice! (My rules of thumb are from a bygone era when we didn’t have GPS giving us a nice ETE. 😆)
Agreed 3 degrees is too fast of a descent rate in the TSi. Mine has the GTN 650 so I changed VNAV from the default 3 to 2 degrees, and that does a great job gently guiding the plane down from high altitudes. I haven’t had your issue with the plane diving too steep on autopilot, you could probably tweak the AP configuration to be less aggressive and resolve that.
It's not actually the autopilot itself that's the problem. (I've got my AP config dialed in pretty well. It does great on approaches!) It's really how the VNAV reacts to a change in groundspeed after descent has begun, and therefore a change in the vertical speed required. It may be that your GTN handles this better than the G3X VNAV.
Hi Mike, I met you at the party at Oshkosh this year, I have 782MB. Great video. I'd like to learn more about thermostats for both coolant and oil. What are you using?
@@bentaves8924 Great meeting you at Oshkosh. I’d like to learn more about thermostats, too! I don’t have either. I don’t really need an oil thermostat down here in the south, but I know folks up north like them to help the oil temp warm up quicker in the winter. I’d like a coolant thermostat, mostly to keep the coolant temp warm enough to keep the cabin heater effective. Right now I just tape the radiator in winter. I hear the Franz thermostats are good. I know a guy with a Rans S-21 who was going to install them. I’ll reach out to him and find out how well they’re working for him.
Thanks Mike really helpful. TSi owner from the UK here. I'd like to see a full IFR approach,. I am interested in the button ology - what when, plus TSi configuration and speeds. I believe you approach at 90 kts. What power settings do you find work well. When do you deploy flap ?
@@eglkFlyer I like 100-110 knots better for approaches. Seems more speed-stable there. Feels like the TSi doesn’t like to stay at a steady 90 KIAS. Wait until you breakout to deploy flaps (or just land flaps up). I’ll put this on my video idea list.
I’ve got the GNX 375, too. When you use the VNav on the G3X, do you need to set the flight plan on the G3X to use internal vs. external source, or does it work even with the 375 as the source?
Hi Mike, off the subject a bit, I noticed your Amber "Traffic Fail" message. I have the same message (ADSB OUT in my Sling 2 - I do not have ADSB IN and my ADSB appears to be working normally with no queries from ATC) The message only appeared after loading 9.41 update G3X. Unable to clear the message - contacted Garmin but no solution yet - any ideas from your side.
Nice! Good reminder, simply and clearly explained with examples. I don't think it could be any better.
Stellar video. Thanks for your hard work and excellent explanations, and for the viewer poll to help inform its content!
Great videos Mike. Lots of useful tips to take from this!
Thanks for your efforts, Mike…as a new TSi guy and new to Garmin, I appreciate the training that you and some of the other guys are doing!
Excellent video.
Can you do a series on perfect patterns and landings showing the right speeds and talking about any differences between a sling tsi and anything else we might have flown in the trainer world. Be sure to mount the garmin on the tail if you do end up doing these and thanks for all you do your videos are awesome!
Thank you Mike. This is another excellent video. I completely agree with you that setting VS on the autopilot, as opposed to coupled to VNav is a more stable descent. You did an excellent job explaining why. Would love to see a video on some practical IFR flying from you. Some of the things you consider for go vs no-go decisions and planning etc.
Thanks Mike, I tend to use time. So at 500ft descent rate it will take you 2x the altitude you are required to lose (eg 10kft = 20mins), use VS and adj throttle to keep speeds in check. Enjoy your tips.
Helpful. Thx.
Interesting video! I also liked hearing how it's done at the airlines.
In my airplane, which has similar performance to your Sling TSI, I keep it simple and start my descent based on time. If I'm at 15,5k' and need to get down to 3.5k', that's 12k'.
500 FPM is a comfortable rate, so 12000/500 = 24 minutes. If the air is smooth I'll leave the power in and gain some speed while descending, which means I should start the descent a minute or two earlier. I keep an eye on the ETE number in ForeFlight (or whichever nav system being used) and start down when the time comes.
@@slk23 Ooh, I like that even better! Just double the altitude you need to lose and that’s your TOD in minutes, plus a couple minute buffer. Nice! (My rules of thumb are from a bygone era when we didn’t have GPS giving us a nice ETE. 😆)
Gonna have to watch this a few time for the math... but a great video for planning decent!
Agreed 3 degrees is too fast of a descent rate in the TSi. Mine has the GTN 650 so I changed VNAV from the default 3 to 2 degrees, and that does a great job gently guiding the plane down from high altitudes. I haven’t had your issue with the plane diving too steep on autopilot, you could probably tweak the AP configuration to be less aggressive and resolve that.
It's not actually the autopilot itself that's the problem. (I've got my AP config dialed in pretty well. It does great on approaches!) It's really how the VNAV reacts to a change in groundspeed after descent has begun, and therefore a change in the vertical speed required. It may be that your GTN handles this better than the G3X VNAV.
Hi Mike, I met you at the party at Oshkosh this year, I have 782MB. Great video. I'd like to learn more about thermostats for both coolant and oil. What are you using?
@@bentaves8924 Great meeting you at Oshkosh. I’d like to learn more about thermostats, too! I don’t have either. I don’t really need an oil thermostat down here in the south, but I know folks up north like them to help the oil temp warm up quicker in the winter. I’d like a coolant thermostat, mostly to keep the coolant temp warm enough to keep the cabin heater effective. Right now I just tape the radiator in winter. I hear the Franz thermostats are good. I know a guy with a Rans S-21 who was going to install them. I’ll reach out to him and find out how well they’re working for him.
Thanks Mike really helpful. TSi owner from the UK here. I'd like to see a full IFR approach,. I am interested in the button ology - what when, plus TSi configuration and speeds. I believe you approach at 90 kts. What power settings do you find work well. When do you deploy flap ?
@@eglkFlyer I like 100-110 knots better for approaches. Seems more speed-stable there. Feels like the TSi doesn’t like to stay at a steady 90 KIAS. Wait until you breakout to deploy flaps (or just land flaps up). I’ll put this on my video idea list.
I’ve got the GNX 375, too. When you use the VNav on the G3X, do you need to set the flight plan on the G3X to use internal vs. external source, or does it work even with the 375 as the source?
@@EdwardHefter It works with the 375 as the source.
Hi Mike, off the subject a bit, I noticed your Amber "Traffic Fail" message. I have the same message (ADSB OUT in my Sling 2 - I do not have ADSB IN and my ADSB appears to be working normally with no queries from ATC) The message only appeared after loading 9.41 update G3X. Unable to clear the message - contacted Garmin but no solution yet - any ideas from your side.
That only happened on that one leg, then it cleared up after that. Not sure why. When I've had it in the past, a subsequent software update fixed it.
Thanks Mike - I see there is a 9.51 update - will give it a try