Pilots! Want PERFECT landings? Try this to get better landings every time you fly.

po po po po po don't land it don't land our you're trying to land it there you go now you're landing a plan i'm jason miller a full-time professional flight instructor on the finer points channel you can join me as i bring you tips and tricks that I've learned in 20 years on the flightline [Music] [Music] [Music] hello aviators welcome back to the finer points in this video we're talking about the five phases of landing if you divide your landing up into five phases it allows you to be a little bit more granular about where you're doing well and where you're not so instead of just saying oh that landing sucked or all that landing was good you can say well my approach was good my round out was good but boy I blew that flare right so everybody wants to have better landings and dividing it up into these five parts is the first step in getting there the first phase is the approach and you know what you're looking for in the approach phase is to be stabilized that is a constant airspeed and a constant rate of descent when I do this I do it power off as much as possible but if you're using power just know that you're free to manipulate the power the two things you want constant or your airspeed and your rate of descent you want to be using an aiming point alright so as you approach the runway assuming you're stabilized you're gonna look for that point in the windscreen that's not moving there's only one point in the window from which everything kind of emanates and learning to identify that point is key by the way if you're interested in like CFI tips and tricks on how i mean i'm gonna go deep on this and patreon and talk about exercises instructors can do and that sort of thing but for the purposes of this video I'm trying to get through all five phases so the approach again has to be stabilized and you have to be using an aiming point now in my little model here we're gonna say that that little rectangle is our aiming point this is the one point in your windscreen from which everything is emanating I just hold 65 and then just tell me what the aiming point is what's right in half on right downwind or 3-0 it's a bit further down than that like forth straight past three zero one two three four or five actually four or five okay five the fifth stripe is long no notice that Rob and I are at a long runway we are not pre-selecting the aiming point at this phase and his training we are simply learning to identify the aiming point we've got power to idle we've got our approach speed so we're approaching the runway at the proper speed powers to idle and then we're playing that game of looking out the window saying what is the aiming point can we identify it if you can't identify that point you're gonna have a really tough time setting it yourself so as you're approaching the runway the next phase is the round out you round out when some point about a hundred feet in front of your aiming point begins to disappear under the Cowen now this is an approximation but that should give you an indication of when you should start to transition your vision to the end of the runway and round out the airplane when the stripe in front of it not the one you're looking at but the one in front of it it starts to disappear coming up soon soon right here good night gently look all the way down the runway this is when the flare begins now the flare is this concept of holding it off the ground or not letting it land kind of teasing the energy out of the wings such that in a perfect world the main wing stalls at the exact moment the main wheels touch the ground those high pull pull pull pull pull don't land it don't land it you're trying to land it there you go now you're landing a plane now the touchdown has to be over the centerline and aligned with the runway so you would say I want the longitudinal axis of my airplane aligned with and over the center line of the runway most rough landings in my experience are due to a lack of alignment and not due to an actual hard touchdown you can drop that airplane from a foot or two and if you're you know lined up with the runway the spring steel is gonna is gonna save that but if your so much is a little bit out of alignment it's gonna feel weird when you hit the ground so you really have to work on being aligned with the runway aligned with the centerline and over the centreline we really have to get Rob going over the center line that's not a battle I'm fighting at this phase and his training but it's a battle we have to fight and win before you solos the rollout is this concept of flying it all the way to the tie down so you keep pulling back and pulling back and pulling back until the elevator sort of gives up on its own right you don't want to de rotate the airplane this isn't a big jet you kind of want to stall it onto the ground keep pulling back and eventually the nosewheel will settle down to the ground and now you are flying it to the tie-down you're positioning the flight controls for the effects of wind during taxi keeping your attention on the rollout not responding to air traffic control until you've cleared the runway stopped the airplane now you can talk to air traffic control perform your after landing checklist and begin the flight to your tie-down spot Paul Paul that's what it looks like when you're landing remember that let the nose give up on its own there you go you should always just kind of pull until the nose ironic gives up now there were a couple times when Rob and I were out there practicing where his airspeed was not stabilized he was not on target and in those circumstances just practice it go around get yourself conditions to this thought that if I'm not stabilized on final approach I'm going to go around a go-around is something you're tested on on your practical test it's a skill that you have to have down it's a great opportunity to practice using right rudder as you add power first power then flaps and then pitching to a climb attitude and making the call so it's always good to practice go arounds if your approach is not stabilized simply go around so this is pressure a lot lower and a lot slower so there's a different kind of sight picture that law there - yeah this feels a little more like what I'm supposed to be though of the angle and maybe in space but not with this much dragon power okay yeah maybe gliding sure but now watch what happens you're slow on the flare here okay if anything's wrong just go around alright a meters that's all for this episode of the finer points I hope that you got a lot out of that and the next time you go flying whenever that is definitely consider those five things so after your landing think how was my approach my round out my flare my touchdown and my rollout no landing is simply good or it's those five parts that make the difference a huge thanks to the sponsors for their support of this show and to the patrons if you want bonus content and you want to follow along with Joe my ifr student all the way through his rating please come visit me at patreon.com slash learn TFP also if you want a free gift video please come to learn the finer points com the huge thanks to you the best fans on the internet for watching this video please hit the like button subscribe to the channel share with your friends all that YouTube stuff I'm Jason Miller and until next time be safe and fly your best [Music] you

Channel: The Finer Points

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Id: wPzT8SD3cU8

Length: 7min 42sec (462 seconds)

Published: Thu Mar 26 2020