Essential flying skill, energy management.

The importance of energy managment and speed control for pilots.
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[joeheitz]

hands down best aviation channel on the YouTubes

[Midniteattack]

Student Pilot here. Working on short field landings, you make them look so easy! Definitely gonna rethink my maneuvers now after this vid

[Deserthacker]

Wow, just wow! The skill required to pull off these landings.. Also, amazing landscape

[knotfreak]

As a student pilot from the PNW, this channel have inspired me in too many ways to count.

[JonMulveyGuitar]

You are such a gifted and skilled pilot! You are one with your plane. I really enjoy watching you fly! Thanks for posting!

[MrWes]

Very nicely done and explained! Thanks for sharing!

[reyjurado]

70hrs de vuelo en TI-BBI buenos tiempos en Aensa con Romero. Termine mis licencias ( Instrument, Commercial, CFI) y bachiller aqui en Utah, USA. Me emociona mucho ver su canal por el tail number Tango India y la calidad de piloto que es! Un saludo, espero algun dia poder volar con usted!

[mlr]

Awesome country, great flying & airmanship...

[pappybo]

Well done and very instructional. If your viewers are paying attention, they will learn. The key is to practice what you’re demonstrating... in a safe environment. But remember, it takes more than just watching a YouTube video made by a great 👍 pilot like you and just running out and jumping in an airplane. Master the techniques being taught here. Get a competent instructor to ride along with you and recognize and help correct your mistakes.

[cameronsmyth]

Great Landings and beautiful scenery. It is always good to be reminded of tge basics. I enjoyed this video.

[istvanbardi]

Awesome control of the aircraft. This is aviation mastery.

[lwmorgan]

I'm thinking you need to be a pretty skilled pilot to do these kinds of landings/takeoffs anyway. Many of them look as though you only have one shot at doing it right and if you don't there won't be a second chance. What is the stall speed on the Cessna 182? I hear the stall warning several times in your videos but not sure what your speed is.

[marcmarc]

I appreciate these video; I don't fly but one day I will because of *you*!

I love the point that you make here at 2:39: "the slower I want to go, the more power I add" sounds unintuitive but checkout his other video on power curve.

You're talking about being behind the power curve. As a plane's speed decrease, the overall drag (mostly parasitic drag from the fuselage) decreases for a while. As the plane nears stall speed, the parasitic drag continues to fall but the induced drag increases (from increased AOA and airflow separation), eventually winning, causing the overall drag to go up.

For a pilot this requires decreasing the throttle to maintain decreasing speeds for a while until nearing stall (when you fall behind the power curve); at this point you begin increasing power to maintain slower and slower speeds until full stall.

Edit: This is under the assumption of level flight and constant airspeeds!

[oleringstad]

Thank you again for a superb video! I really like your style and way of flying. Keep it up! Sincerely, the Norwegian.

[sonia]

Another excellent video - gracias por compartir!

[gtaever]

Airspeed, altitude and brain, at least you need always 2 of them; said my flightinstructor John.

[bernardc]

Yes Another excellent video Unlike the Shuttle you & your energy are by yourself learn it well practice practice practice

[stormyaviation]

Are there airstrips in the cost rica/ Idaho backcountry that you haven’t flown into?

[ranh]

Great video thanks, very interesting you have a lot of fun!!

[pfsantos]

I've always thought of energy as being speed and altitude which is kinetic energy and potential energy. You refer to power as energy. Would you agree that would be potential energy, assuming the throttle is not at its maximum? Would like to hear your opinion.