Estonian Air Regional SAAB 340 - Cockpit DVD - Flight Deck Action

[PhilipDK5800]

I'm flying with Estonian from 16 to 19 march! :D

[cuckos95]

one day i want to fly with Estonian air flight! looks very nice to me, and safe!

[airBBtest]

Magnifique points de vues. Sa donne vraiment envie de voler.

[flygsaab]

After V1 hand left pilot takes his hand off the power lever. Comon procedure on the Saab 340. The CTOT system automatically keeps constant torq value as set when System is engaged at takeoff roll. CTOT system is switched off when setting climb power above 1000 feet AGL

[TheCurtisLeMay]

@flygsaab

Hi!

I am fully aware of CTOT and Saab 340 takeoff procedures. My point is that machines and computers can and do breakdown. At critical moments of flight it as ALWAYS best to have at least one hand on the throttles, regardless of what is written in some flight manual somewhere...

[rumor2509]

@TheCurtisLeMay Yes but, some companies apply different policies about rejected take offs. Some of them consider the captain as the only one responsible for reducing PL's during the take off run and it is the captain who hold his hand on power levers until V1 is achieved. In this case it is not possible to know if the captain had his hand on the PL's

[TheCurtisLeMay]

Super video, but why does Eesti fly damn airbusts??

[ollo1982]

@TheCurtisLeMay Airbusts? hehe... Estonian Air fly 2 737-300,2 737-500,2 Bombardier CRJ900,and two Saab 340A... the Saab 340A is a Swedish aircraft :D

[Pvjinflight]

@TheCurtisLeMay Haha, another side of the sea our national airline Finnair flies almost all Airbus fleet, they have few embraer and few 757´s though. And like said Saab 340 is made by swedish Saab not by Airbus. I love Airbus aircrafts anyways.

[TripleDK90]

OMG the Reverser...

[TheCurtisLeMay]

The F/O was P/F in the first takeoff.

I do not like to take my hand of the throttle during takeoff, personally. In fact, when the FAA does checkrides on commuters I know for a fact that the P/F always has a hand on the throttles - during the entire flight - during the checkride...

If one loses an engine during the takeoff roll and takeoff, don't folks want to have a hand already on the throttles??

Just asking...

[chairliftsrcool]

@TheCurtisLeMay I have only completed private pilot courses, but I always have a hand on the throttle because the C172 throttles tends to slide out about a quarter inch on takeoff. I am surprised he took off with two hands on the yoke, we are taught to fly with one hand on the yoke and one on the throttle, like the P/F at 3:15

[TheCurtisLeMay]

@chairliftsrcool

You are right. It's definitely safer to keep one hand on the throttles at takeoff. Keep doing it, no matter what some other pilot tells you. I promise you'll never fail a check ride either that way ;)

(I flew Saab 340's for quite a while...)

[pilotnicco]

4:04 Ouch...

[nelson12367]

<3

i love it

[nelson12367]

<3



[dondycluck]

At 5:24...what the Hell...Is he Using The Reversers To give his airplane a pushback

[SalvageMuzikk]

@dondycluck I was thinking that exact thing. Planes don't have a revers =S. Was that just for the video? or is it a practical thing for every prop liner flight

[VikingAviationPhoto]

@SalvageMuzikk & @dondycluck Yes, the use of powerbacks are cool. This is a regular thing and not specially for the camera.

[MultiPushback]

@dondycluck yeah! :D

[Pvjinflight]

@dondycluck Nothing unusual about that, its standard thing to do with some aircrafts.

[ollo1982]

@dondycluck some aircraft can do that... Macdonald Douglas DC-9 does it tt :D

[dondycluck]

@ollo1982 Oh ok thanks bud

[ollo1982]

@dondycluck Np mate! :D btw,the 727,C17 etc does this to... It is called Powerback :D Forgot that in last message...

[CMRLV]

@dondycluck Turboprops use their engines for so called powerback

[dondycluck]

@CMRLV Oh Oh thanks for the help bud,I appreciate it

[Bartholomeus2]

@dondycluck

It is common procedure.

[camarogod93]

@dondycluck 4:53 "Power Pushback approved"

[chaddiekemp]

looks so pretty cool stuff!!

[Aruchan16]

@dondycluck I think it's ok with a turboprop plane. I would never do it on a jet, but simply reversing the blade angle doesn't seem to harm the engines.

[F14EddieWong]

@Aruchan16 Northwest did so with their DC-9s.

[Aruchan16]

@F14EddieWong Ok, it's just that now we are instructed NEVER to do that. It might come from the fact that the engines now are high by-pass with a smaller ground clearance. But I know that using reversers for push back aswell as doing a static take off improves the risk of FOI.

[bumzuaheisl01]

@dondycluck no problem for a turboprop. saves money not using a pushbag-tug. Pretty usual in the US with Jetplanes

[RnnBeatz]

@dondycluck

Yeah. That's normal. Small planes do it usin' the reversers, but bigger planes like boeing 747s doesn't use reversers.

[Suursaadik]

It's cool and my favorite!

I was this flying!

:-)

[neevin2009]

Great video. I'm sure these guys are going to be great on top of the market for developing cockpit DVDs. However, I'd like to make a comment on the first take off you see in this video. As far as I know, the PNF should say, 'positive rate...gear up' only when he sees a positive climb in both VSI and altimeter. But if you look closer to the first officer's VSI and altimeter, it shows a reading a lot later. I know these guys are experienced but I believe it's good airmanship to apply the basics.

[pilotmel99]

@neevin2009 Nowadays it's PM not PNF, but he was bit too fast - although you have to consider that right side instruments are pneumatical and those are some seconds behind the airplane and left side instruments (which are not pneumatical).

[neevin2009]

@pilotmel99 Great information, thanks for that...I should have done some research before I commented that way. Anyway thanks.

[raphy1123]

@pilotmel99 Both captain and first officer have what you call barometric or pressure instruments and these are the anemometers, altimeters, artificial horizons, vertical speed indicator. The data is collected by the pitot and static tubes. So both the captain's and the first officer's have a delay in their readings.

[raphy1123]

@neevin2009 In Instrument meteorological conditions you would have been right. But the pilot monitoring confirmed the positive rate of climb visually.

[Slaterator]

Awesome ! I love it !!

[EightCharlieFox]

Looks great. Just ordered. Great to see some regional airplanes!