Precisely Scoring an ILS Approach - Hand Flying IFR in Gusty Wind

Hand flying a windy ILS - Precisely scoring a flight with CloudAhoy.

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I am a "weekend warrior" private pilot, I fly for fun with no intentions of going commercial. I have had my PPL for over 15 years, but still consider each flight a learning experience - I generally take detailed notes after each flight to remind myself what went well or what I could do to improve.... Having GoPro cameras to record flights like this is invaluable. I find these self analysis videos very helpful in my constant quest to improve, and am happy to share. Feedback is invited; however, please keep it positive.

[jtharmon]

Nothing feels better than an ILS flown to mins and even though you KNOW those needles are centered, looking up at 200' and seeing that runway right there just gives you a feeling of "this is what flying is about', with a little bit of 'yeah, still got it', especially in gusty conditions (it can be a shock sometimes to see the runway way off to the side due to the crab). I will have to give CloudAhoy a try and see how my scores look the next approach (never good enough)...and I am due for some recurrency.

[radbaron]

All that technical talk just threw me back 20 years into the ATR-810 simulator I used at ground school for my IFR training (Piper Navajo)

[philconey]

I did all of my training on a G1000. Now that I'm working on CFI, I'm on a 1973 Cessna 172 with a 6 pack, a single VOR receiver, and no GPS. It's a LOT of fun and also challenging.

[blake.crosby]

I was super impressed at Steve's handling of the approach (and landing). He set the bar high for me when I finally get my ifr ticket; <3

[TheKevintegra]

Nice teamwork on display, you’re both becoming very good pilots: thoughtful, systematic, discerning, and comprehensive.

[tamtam]

When you looked up and saw the runway I realised I had been holding my breath! Great video Steve.

[goatflieg]

I let my CloudAhoy subscription lapse because I wasn't flying enough to really use it. I promised them I'd re-subscribe when the RV-8 is complete. Looking forward to keeping that promise; assembling the paint booth around the fuselage now. Speaking of tailwheel, the DCT Decathlon resurrection is almost complete; hope to be flying that soon! And in other news, hearing rumors the border might open up in July. Gotta get back in the Chippie!

[mattyh]

Yeah I'm doing my PPL in a PA28 Warrior and we turn carb heat off on final as part of our C.R.A.P checks( Carb off, Runway Clear, Approach Stable and Permission ).

[LateDeparture]

You should make some competitions using Cloudahoy amongst your pilot viewers to see who can get the highest score! It sounds like this could be a fun activity for students at a flight school too that could help improve ILS approaches through a, hopefully, safe and friendly competition.

[mrsaskriders]

Very nice video. My dad flew out of Regina with air ambulance in the 50s 60s and 70s. I'm just a sim pilot but I watch lots of real flying videos. Before I lost my leg above the knee my dad paid for some flight lessons and two weeks before my amputation I got seven and a half hours in. I'm starting to learn ILS on the SIM but with Garmin 1000 in a Cessna 172 and a TBM 930.

[Joe_Not_A_Fed]

I'm digging this cross country. It covers a lot: steam gauge IFR, Jurassic Autopilot and everybody getting used to a new aircraft type.

The intake for Cessna's carb comes from outside of the lower cowling, so the air is always at ambient temps. Piper's (at least the cherokee 140 I had) had the carb air intake above and behind the right bank of cylinders, so the air gets somewhat heated. Also in my Cherokee...I rarely used full flaps because I would run out of elevator especially when there was another person on board. Besides...the thing did not need any more help falling out of the air.

[bernardc]

Great to refresh the Old school ways..Steam worked for Many many yrs.

[richardkrentz]

Great job Steve. I'd fly with you anytime.

[bnelsonbraveheart]

That was a terrific flight. Neat technology at work!

[___Chris___]

Independent of the Piper vs Cessna situation: Carb heat slightly reduces performance, therefore if it was used during descent (which I would always do at least whenever the outside air temperature is below +20°C), I would still always turn it off on short final in order to have full power available in case of a go-around.

[flyingkub]

I was trained to decend with carb heat but always have it off for final so you have power for a "Go Around". You often get a reduction in power with carb heat due to the reduction in air decity with heat.

[JabFlyer]

Awesome Steve. IFR’s not in my real flying budget at this time (i.e. non-FSX!) so this was a great experience - it’s not just another vid with a few ATC calls, but you share your whole thinking, planning and learning process. I find that fun esp with the steam gauges) but also invaluable even as a VFR driver. Maybe one day....!?

[Iflyfreight]

From what I understand, the air intake in pipers routes the intake over the engine exhaust and warms it before entering the carburetor while Cessna doesn’t. So piper preheats air prior to the carburetor while Cessna relies on the carb heat to do that

[scottmiller]

I was told that reason you don’t need to worry about carb heat on Pipers vs Cessnas is because the carburetor is located on top of the engine vs bottom on Cessna so it gets a lot of heat from the engine naturally.

[AviatingWithMel]

Great work, that looked like it took a lot of concentration to do that.


As far as carb air, I have always left it on until around 200ft before touch down then it goes back to cold, but I have only ever flown O-200 equipped C120 and C150 that are notorious for icing, the O-320 in the 172 seemed less so but we used the same technique.

Mel