Full Stall Landings

Description of the full stall landing technique, which is commonly taught to new pilots learning landings for the first time.

No clip references- all clips used in this video are my own.

[chapmanflying]

Thanks everyone for lots of great feedback!

Corrections:
1:39: cues, not queues (cringe)
2:25: the video isn't a good example of a hard landing caused by low approach speed. What's shown is actually just a short field landing. I should have used an animation here instead since I don't have any clips of that mistake.

[DougAdomatis]

This 4-minute video is everything I was taught over a period of weeks.

[lancehymers]

I was a CFI of a soaring club and have 140-odd hours as a private pilot. Great video - I’m rather shocked by how few views it has, and how few subscribers you picked up.

[mitseraffej]

Having spent most of my working life flying jet airliners, I think putting the wheels on the ground in the correct spot is of the utmost importance to a safe landing
If you can achieve the following three things all will be ok. Stay on track, on speed and on profile ( slope). If you can do these three things regardless of what else is going on then you are a good pilot.
To be a great pilot ( in the eyes of the airline that is) you need to also be on time.

Fantastic presentation. I wish I had this when I went through my first PPL lessons! And it does not matter how much you have already flown, a refresher on the essentials is always useful. Well explained and visualised, no nonsense and to the point. Keep up the great work.

[Rhaman]

1966, Piper Colt, working towards a private pilot license, I recall THE best landing up to then. It was a tough-go but in my happiness I almost forgot to add power and take off! Perfect landings, at least for me, were rare but joyous occasions. Thanks for bringing those memories back.

[jonathanbaird]

I feel it's often overlooked outside of the tactical aircraft community, but it's important to remember that "pitch for airspeed" is not so much about airspeed in particular but about aoa. Pitch up to increase aoa, pitch down to decrease aoa. Landing on-speed AOA is how you avoid bouncing if you're fast or dropping if you're slow. Personally, I'd like to see AOA indicators/indexers added to GA aircraft as they're something you use literally every flight in tactical aircraft, though I've seen not only ambivalence but even pushback from GA pilots about it on forums for some reason.

[jordaner]

I got my PPL in 82V, wasn't expecting to run across her again in a random youtube video! Lots of good memories at I73. Nice informative video, keep it up.

[tomsparks]

This just turned up in my feed unannounced and uninvited. But it encapsulates everything I was taught and gave me a new way of looking at a few things. IOW, it put it all together in a nice little package. Thanks Chapman Flying, whoever you are!

[trainliker]

I once observed many landings, thousands of them, using a full stall. it was the "Gooney Birds" on the Midway Islands (the "Layson Albatross" and the "Blackfooted Albatross"). They come in, often just gliding (they glide really well with their over 6-foot wingspans) and get low to the ground. Maybe flap a little and stall in the air maybe a foot above the ground and just gently settle straight down. On many TV shows, you will see them tripping and tumbling upon landing. But this is only the first day or two after returning to land from living at sea. Young ones can live at sea for up to five years before returning to land and get used to landing on water where they do NOT completely stall and sort of water ski in a little. When they try that on land, they get tripped up. But they learn fast. Also, if one lands on a building for some reason, it will starve to death if somebody doesn't help get it off the building. They need a long running takeoff and without it they don't try. They don't understand they could just hop off the roof edge and be flying. I don't know if there is anything pilots can learn from watching a bird like this. Maybe.

[ivstov]

Straight to the point, good explanation. I've seen so many CFIs trying to explain something and not been able to find the words.
Good job my friend 👍👍👏

[matthewrammig]

This is the most exceptional video I’ve ever seen of landing procedure in a single engine airplane.

[ParisianZee]

Well this was just a great video to watch. I’ve been landing too flat (as you can tell by my recent vids) and otherwise ballooning my landings when trying to flare more adequately. This video makes it so much clearer.

[Istandby]

This reminds me of when I was 9 year's old(1981). We got our first airplane (N51305) a Cessna 150J. The grey paint will later to be found out to have been radar absorbent paint. The RG on the tail stands for Roger's county in Oklahoma and most of the stickers on the nose are from Edwards Air Force Base.
As you were talking about it, I could actually see it. It was scary the first few times landing. We had a tail skid added to help avoid tail strikes.

[michaelrussell]

I remember my Chipmunk days in the early 60’s when I was taught to round out and bring the stick back progressively until the full stall angle was reached and then the aircraft would sit down gently on its three wheels. Always was very satisfying when done properly. It certainly put my landings in good stead for future flying experiences when full stall landings were preferable to greasers.

[hexadcml]

Excellent explanations behind the techniques. An extremely well done video.

[melclark]

Wish this was explained so clearly when I was learning to fly. Simple, easy, and very clear - great explanation, thank you.😀

[dutchflats]

Pitch plus power = performance. If power is fixed (full power climb or idle descent), pitch controls airspeed. If power isn't fixed, then pitch controls attitude and hence altitude while power now controls airspeed.

[kata]

If you ever think about flying bigger planes, don't watch this. As a private bush pilot you can do whatever you want, but there are way better ways of doing it. Keep the approach path going to your aiming point (correct, not the one shown on the video) with yoke (pitch/roll) and use power/thrust for speed. Flare slightly in the end and cut the power early enough when entering the ground effect (with small planes one wingspan over ground, not 5ft). Learn it the correct way from the beginning and it will be easier to fly the bigger planes one day. Additionally you will end up doing tail strikes with this technique pulling too much on the yoke or doing some aerodynamic braking. I was first taught the wrong way and had to learn the right way in flight school before going for the airlines. Don't just take my word for it, ask any other airline pilot how they fly.

[scytheviper]

Amazing video. Ive decided on a career change after a major injury last year, and Im getting ready to start flight lessons soon. This video makes it feel accessible for anyone. Thank you! Subbed.