The approch looked ok to me , But for a soft field you are to add a touch of power on touch down and hold the nose wheel off for as long as you can, then yoke full aft to protect the nose wheel. I did not see any of that and looked like you hit the ground harder then you should have for a soft field landing
How much power you use is specific to the aircraft you're flying, you can't really extrapolate your specific knowledge out to every video you see and apply it to others in corrective fashion. The yoke position isn't shown in this video, but it is full aft, as is always my practice. The wheels touched down perfectly smoothly but the field is rough that's why the bumps continue on down the runway instead of just one hard hit and a smooth ride, try to hold a camera still during that.
Adding power controls your sink rate, for soft field landings, gentle sink rate and aft yoke input prevents the wheels from plowing. When I got my CFI, they taught the difference between rote memorization and understanding a concept. it's not a question of dumbly applying power, but achieving the landing goal. The field is firm and short so I'm not going to add corrective power and eat up runway to fix a flare that is already progressing smoothly. Be a thinker not a tape recorder.
Very good approach and soft field landing. There is a local soft field by me that has a short runway inbetween the front and back 9 holes of a golf course. That is a lot of fun to land and take off from. A plane coming in always gets the golfers attention. The RWY starts off grass and then transitions to paved. It's called Butter Valley Golf Port (7N8) if you want to look it up.
This is awesome! I love the approach to this runway, looks fun. A+ on the landing. The approach is really what was amazing. Real precise. My only guess for that; you must fly that a lot.
@jofus2019 Thanks for the compliment. I was actually pretty low time when I shot this. Credit goes to a good flight instructor who understood that a proper approach into this particular field was critical and held me to a high standard in training.
The terrain in real-life looks a lot more appealing than on Flight Simulator 2004; I tried FS, but it wasn't as fun as it looks on your video. Too bad the developers didn't put a whole lot of thought into the terrain.
FS 2004 is fun. You just have to play it for a really long time. I'm an entry-level pilot; soloed after 11.2 hours. I only have about 20 hours now. But learned a LOT from FS2004. I bought it when it first came out and I STILL play it occasionally. Its the best $50.00 I ever spent in my entire life. I'm at the top of my class because of that sim.
Great Landing! I'm practicing these now on a concrete runway. Beautiful area of the country where is it? Ohio? PA? Also, any tips for the student pilot? hehe
Oliver Springs, Tennessee. Just northwest of Knoxville. Best tip: sloppy approach = sloppy landing, good approach = good landing. Consistent stable square pattern, good turn to final lined up perfectly and be exact with airspeeds. Remember the line from the movie "The Patriot": "aim small, miss small". Cheezy but true.
Yeah thanks. If this 2800feet, could I land my Cirrus SR22? And do you know what the elevation for the airport is? I was thinking about doing another Cross-country flight in the Cirrus. And I have been looking for some smaller strips.
Yeah it's 2,800 feet and it's a lot of fun to fly in and out of. There is, however an 8:1 slope to clear with trees and a high ridge on the departure end. You can just turn crosswind before hitting the ridge so the trees are your main concern. If you take off, get that power in as you're rolling around to line up and use good soft field technique. The difference between good/poor nosewheel & power control shows when you get close to the trees, especially in a faster acft like the sr22.
Also: elevation is 790 ft. we only land on rwy 15 b/c there's a huge mountain out there that I don't think is shown in the clip. So basically winds are fairly critical as to whether you will want to go but I only remember having unfavorable wind *direction* once so you're typically ok, possibly b/c of the mountains affecting wind direction.
C172, very similar. We have a C150 Aerobat in my flying club and it has a similar layout and the same color tan trim around the instrumentation. The 150's so much fun 2 fly b/c of the easy control pressures but it's cramped and doesn't have enough power to make me feel comfortable w the trees @ the end of the runway with 2 ppl aboard on a hot day.
Without a doubt. Even when I was 11, flying a brand new Cessna 152 from Portland to Olympia with my dad it was major cramped. Not to mention susceptible to most any gust. Dang!
I only have like 6 hrs in a 172 and so I purposefully erred on the high side of the final approach airspeed to get the feel of it b/c of the possibility of turbulence around the two mountains on either side during final approach.
yeah, has something to do with the framerate and the exposure since it's going faster on the outside. Did the same thing on my cell phone cam only worse when i shot a video.
Good job
BigGmeHunter 2 months ago
well done, buddy. Would love to fly to this airfield too...
klausbmj 10 months ago
Is this runway open to the public?
MrAmericanrebel 10 months ago
why is the camera on LSD
evoldevildogs 11 months ago
The approch looked ok to me , But for a soft field you are to add a touch of power on touch down and hold the nose wheel off for as long as you can, then yoke full aft to protect the nose wheel. I did not see any of that and looked like you hit the ground harder then you should have for a soft field landing
MrTerryP72 11 months ago
@MrTerryP72
How much power you use is specific to the aircraft you're flying, you can't really extrapolate your specific knowledge out to every video you see and apply it to others in corrective fashion. The yoke position isn't shown in this video, but it is full aft, as is always my practice. The wheels touched down perfectly smoothly but the field is rough that's why the bumps continue on down the runway instead of just one hard hit and a smooth ride, try to hold a camera still during that.
sham8723 8 months ago 5
@MrTerryP72
Adding power controls your sink rate, for soft field landings, gentle sink rate and aft yoke input prevents the wheels from plowing. When I got my CFI, they taught the difference between rote memorization and understanding a concept. it's not a question of dumbly applying power, but achieving the landing goal. The field is firm and short so I'm not going to add corrective power and eat up runway to fix a flare that is already progressing smoothly. Be a thinker not a tape recorder.
sham8723 8 months ago 6
nice one. Whats that sound after touchdown ?
dhakagod 1 year ago
nice landing, difficult runway like ours here in bavaria ! :-)
wildflyer1de 1 year ago
Very good approach and soft field landing. There is a local soft field by me that has a short runway inbetween the front and back 9 holes of a golf course. That is a lot of fun to land and take off from. A plane coming in always gets the golfers attention. The RWY starts off grass and then transitions to paved. It's called Butter Valley Golf Port (7N8) if you want to look it up.
AviatorAV8R 1 year ago
Let me guess!! C172N?
MrAndrew1907 1 year ago
amazing , what was your final approach speed ???
stealhty1 1 year ago
Congratulation this is the combination of soft and short field landing
stealhty1 1 year ago
NIce.....
mopar92 1 year ago
Nice flare!
sexcation 1 year ago
Awww, I can't wait!! Nice, beautiful approach and landing my friend.
alesis7 1 year ago
This is awesome! I love the approach to this runway, looks fun. A+ on the landing. The approach is really what was amazing. Real precise. My only guess for that; you must fly that a lot.
jofus2019 2 years ago
@jofus2019 Thanks for the compliment. I was actually pretty low time when I shot this. Credit goes to a good flight instructor who understood that a proper approach into this particular field was critical and held me to a high standard in training.
sham8723 2 years ago
Nice landing, real smooth!
stimpymedic 2 years ago
Textbook landing. Well done. Landing on grass is so much fun,
simpilot459 2 years ago
NIce landing !!
youtrein 2 years ago
GREAT landing
Rightway111 2 years ago
Even heard the stall horn at the end, well done!
yoshiite 2 years ago
Yep ditto, nice job on the landing. !!!
jmoylan69 3 years ago
Wow, very smooth. Nice job. Get a lot of up/down drafts on short final there? Looks like you could get some strange winds coming off those hills.
mytube1968 3 years ago 2
looks fun. my flight school wont let us land their planes on anything but concrete =(
darcougar 3 years ago 2
they are silly, because it is on the contrary on concrete that it is more difficult to land, i find.
zorro051969 2 years ago
The terrain in real-life looks a lot more appealing than on Flight Simulator 2004; I tried FS, but it wasn't as fun as it looks on your video. Too bad the developers didn't put a whole lot of thought into the terrain.
SenorSpode 3 years ago
FS 2004 is fun. You just have to play it for a really long time. I'm an entry-level pilot; soloed after 11.2 hours. I only have about 20 hours now. But learned a LOT from FS2004. I bought it when it first came out and I STILL play it occasionally. Its the best $50.00 I ever spent in my entire life. I'm at the top of my class because of that sim.
jofus2019 2 years ago
Great Landing! I'm practicing these now on a concrete runway. Beautiful area of the country where is it? Ohio? PA? Also, any tips for the student pilot? hehe
SpaceMedic 3 years ago
Oliver Springs, Tennessee. Just northwest of Knoxville. Best tip: sloppy approach = sloppy landing, good approach = good landing. Consistent stable square pattern, good turn to final lined up perfectly and be exact with airspeeds. Remember the line from the movie "The Patriot": "aim small, miss small". Cheezy but true.
sham8723 3 years ago
Well done text book landing
cornell3206 3 years ago
Thanks :)
sham8723 3 years ago
Yeah thanks. If this 2800feet, could I land my Cirrus SR22? And do you know what the elevation for the airport is? I was thinking about doing another Cross-country flight in the Cirrus. And I have been looking for some smaller strips.
drummerdude6485 3 years ago
Yeah it's 2,800 feet and it's a lot of fun to fly in and out of. There is, however an 8:1 slope to clear with trees and a high ridge on the departure end. You can just turn crosswind before hitting the ridge so the trees are your main concern. If you take off, get that power in as you're rolling around to line up and use good soft field technique. The difference between good/poor nosewheel & power control shows when you get close to the trees, especially in a faster acft like the sr22.
sham8723 3 years ago
OKAY, thanks!
drummerdude6485 3 years ago
Also: elevation is 790 ft. we only land on rwy 15 b/c there's a huge mountain out there that I don't think is shown in the clip. So basically winds are fairly critical as to whether you will want to go but I only remember having unfavorable wind *direction* once so you're typically ok, possibly b/c of the mountains affecting wind direction.
sham8723 3 years ago
Nice dude! Awesome job with your landing!!!!! What airport is that and where?
drummerdude6485 3 years ago
TN08 Oliver Springs, TN. Thanks.
sham8723 3 years ago
Well done - very nice landing - complete with stall horn during flare.
Kentuckyhorse1 4 years ago
how long is that runway?
lik2waterski 4 years ago
2800 ft. and we only land on rwy 15 b/c of the mountains you see on approach
sham8723 4 years ago
The panel reminded me of a Cessna 150 panel.
SenorSpode 4 years ago
C172, very similar. We have a C150 Aerobat in my flying club and it has a similar layout and the same color tan trim around the instrumentation. The 150's so much fun 2 fly b/c of the easy control pressures but it's cramped and doesn't have enough power to make me feel comfortable w the trees @ the end of the runway with 2 ppl aboard on a hot day.
sham8723 4 years ago
Without a doubt. Even when I was 11, flying a brand new Cessna 152 from Portland to Olympia with my dad it was major cramped. Not to mention susceptible to most any gust. Dang!
SenorSpode 4 years ago
Good landing! That stall horn sure is a welcome sound during the flare.
stukabomb88 4 years ago
Hey, can you MSG me with the location of your airport? I wanna try that with my FS2002. Thanks! Good flight and film, BTW!
SenorSpode 4 years ago
Great soft field landing, floated a bit, at least the strip was long enough.
bushpilot172 4 years ago
I only have like 6 hrs in a 172 and so I purposefully erred on the high side of the final approach airspeed to get the feel of it b/c of the possibility of turbulence around the two mountains on either side during final approach.
sham8723 4 years ago
yeah, has something to do with the framerate and the exposure since it's going faster on the outside. Did the same thing on my cell phone cam only worse when i shot a video.
sham8723 4 years ago
the propeller looked wierd
theskyismyhome 4 years ago