First solo instrument flight with IMC rating. Hand flying in hard IMC in a Cessna 182 inc mistakes
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- čas přidán 25. 08. 2024
- This is what you can do if you're a PPL holder and you get your IMC rating. This was a challenging but enjoyable flight. Pushing myself in the deep end for faster learning.
Hand flying it in hard IMC was challenging. It got away from me briefly in the climb at 14m30s you'll see the VSI suddenly drops as I unintentionally bank right into a spiral dive, but notice and recover within a few seconds.
Being VFR on top is always magical. But the cloud cover was solid and I had to use the ILS approach to RWY 26 at Exeter to break the cloud before I could return to Dunkeswell.
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I nearly lose it at 14:26 nose goes high then it banks over to the right into a dive, caught it quickly though. That unusual attitude recovery practice came in handy!
Fantastic video thanks
Hey Charles...know you posted this some time ago but just started watching your channel. Love this one - I also have had IR(R) for 4 years now and really do try and use it....as you say the more you do so the more you have confidence to do so. Nothing more satisfying than departing and climbing through a lowish cloudbase to cruise in sunshine on top and then perform and instrument approach to break cloud at minimums....and see the runway you were expecting to appear in. front of you!! If you ever head to Blackbushe, let me know.
Hi David, thanks and welcome to the channel. Yes I’m planning to transition to always flying instrument rules even in VFR conditions just to make it feel more routine. I used to be based at Blackbushe! What do you fly?
@@CharlieLamdin thanks for reply and yes looking forward to getting my CBIR done during this year…that’s the plan. I fly a TB20 , great aircraft, very capable tourer - as is the 182 of course.
I really enjoyed that Charlie! Definitely inspired me to complete my IR(R) training. #ex-bfc
That’s amazing. It’ll be one of the best steps you’ll ever take in aviation!
Excellent Charlie. Having watched your climb through cloud, yes you lost the climb attitude, but you recovered it quickly. The moment you burst through the cloud layer is pure magic. We can literally see your shoulders drop as you relax once you're on top, but you're absolutely right to remain in the instruments mindset. In fact you transition to attitude flying really nicely. You will achieve your dreams if you keep working hard and building the experience and confidence. Good work from your fellow Aviation CZcamsr 👍
Another great video Charlie, keeping proficient by regularly testing your skills is key!
Absolutely
Excellent pair of videos Charlie. I really like the way you share your thought processes and are honest with your own feedback. It is good to stretch yourself in whatever you are doing and keeps us all on our toes.
Fantastic footage again, Charlie! I get the most enjoyment from flying when I push myself.. and I identified with your feeling of excitement and satisfaction when you landed having made the braver but excellent decision to fly IMC. Well done 👏👏
Love your videos 👌
It's such a good feeling! Thanks for your feedback
Nice one Charlie. Could not work out either your daughter's smile or your smile when you arrived into the blue was the largest smile.
As another commenter put it, breaking out into the blue on top never gets old!
Excellent reminder what's possible.
Great video, cheers Charlie.
You’re welcome, thanks!
Well done Charlie, another good one with lots of valid learning points. Always rewarding to pull off a successful IMC mission.
Can I ask, what's the occasional red flag we see on your HSI? (eg at 19:20). Is it A) the navigation beam bar going in and out of VOR coverage, or B) the compass heading itself misbehaving? Answer A is ok, answer B less so!
On the subject of the HSI, I find it quite helpful to put each of my planned 'tracks required' between turning points on the CDI beam bar, and then couple it to the GPS unit. Now the HSI beam bar is pointing somewhere useful, and you can use it for track keeping. Looks like you have pretty capable avionics, and so depending on your GPS & autopilot set up you may even have a GPS Steering mode. This allows sequential linking to your HSI of each leg along your flight plan, and avoids track-crawling from the Sky Demon map.... although a really useful app, it or the iPad can let you down occasionally.
Forgive me if I'm pointing out stuff already in your toolbox!
Appropriate levels of automation are indeed recommended at any time of the flight, the key word being appropriate. Use of the autopilot, especially when single pilot reduces workload, as you pointed out. Manual handling skills are necessary, but cockpit task management is very much a part of the the whole IFR skill set.
Well done, keep it up and love the picnic basket! 😃
Hi Rupert, thanks for the feedback. It was A) the nav beam bar. That's great advice thank you - this video is a year old or so, but just today I was flying and tinkering with the autopilot and nav settings! The autopilot does connect up to the GPS, and yes, the iPad (or to be fair the SkyEcho gps) does let me down, frequently!
Charlie, very nice videos. To your point "planning and flying IMC is actually less stressful than skud running"... I absolutely agree 100%! In my situation, for example, I'm way more anxious flying VFR through the LA Class B than I am picking up a full IFR clearance for the same destination. Thanks for posting. Wayne (DA40 KSBA)
Thanks Wayne, good to know it’s not just me!
Good stuff! I'll be starting my IMC/IR(R) training soon!
Great decision, good luck! It's such valuable training, potentially life saving even if you don't qualify.
@@CharlieLamdin I agree. The end goal for me is to get into a Bonanza, and I think it would be unwise to get into something that quick without an IR
Great video, couldn't agree more about your comments about the tone of the radio controllers, Farnborough especially I have found the hardest to work with, they don't make you feel welcome whereas London information are just like the guy you described from Bournemouth, it must be due to the training and recruitment process at Farnborough as I have experienced it with several controllers, something isn't right regardless of how stretched they are
I’ve had the occasional nice surprise from Farnborough, including in my weather diversion video when I had to divert into Blackbushe and they were excellent. Otherwise I have found similar to you, but to be fair to them they are handling arguably the busiest GA airspace in the country, wrapped around the busiest airport airspace in the world!
Firstly, another good learning video for all of us. Secondly, You don’t half make life difficult for yourself. Departing grass strip AD into IMC with no experience; IPad as a primary aid? Oh dear! You have what looks like a GTN750, a great piece of kit which should be loaded with your route and used as your primary GPS. I use iPads for SA, flight time logging and for approach plates only. AP is your best friend, get confidence in using it and it could save your life. I operate out of Cambridge but regularly use Norwich, Humberside, Teeside and others for approaches. You need to build lots of experience in using your new rating, but do it in VMC and perhaps under the hood with a P2. I’ve done 100+ IFR approaches since I’ve had my IMC and I still occasionally have little cock ups. There’s an attitude that’s it’s only there as a get out of gaol joker, my instructor would disagree. Also the IRR minimum of 500’ is a recommendation only, you are entitled to descend to DA as published on the chart if that’s 200’ then it’s 200’, hopefully your instructor will have trained you down to minimums. Good luck Charlie
Thanks Andy. And yes, practice practice practice is what I need! This video was the last time I (accidentally) used my iPad as primary. Won't happen again. Such a good lesson, and such a bad habit, now broken. Agree on use of AP, which I did on this flight, for intercepting and holding the correct heading all the way down the glide slope at Exeter, I just hand flew the descent. It was a great day, and a small but meaningful step forward in terms of experience, being the only solo IMC flight I have done for 8 years.
Your SkyEcho gives you no end of trouble. I enjoy your videos and learning from your mistakes though! Please ignore the backseat CFIs who will arrive shortly.
To be fair I'm overdue to give the SkyEcho a firmware update from March this year, that will hopefully improve its reliability. Glad you enjoy the videos and get something from them. I so wish I'd had CZcams when I did my PPL! Bracing myself for the CFIs....
@@CharlieLamdin firmware will sort the issues, had the same problems until it was updated
There are so many flights that you remember...
First solo.
First flight with passengers.
First flight when the radio fails and you have to remember what the procedure is.
First cross-channel.
First time you have to fly under the clouds and rain, look for a church steeple to see the wind direction, then smell the smell from a turkey farm to find the runway.
First night flight.
First IMC.
First flight across water with no land visible for a long time.
First US Flight, especially when there are weird calls from Edwards Air Force Base.
First flight across the Amazon rain forest with no alternatives and no radio help.
First true use of instruments in really bad weather.
First time the RAF greeted you with a red carpet and band (Thinking you must be important, arriving by private 'plane... then your dog gets out, runs up the carpet and pees on the bass drum)
First thunderstorm with a scared dog.
First time the USAF make you get out of the plane and put your hands up because they think you are dropping drugs over the Mexican border.
First time you get back to the UK, having told your wife that you will be back by 8:00 pm, then call her from a disco near Luton at 2:00 am saying you won't be home until tomorrow...
Sounds like you are having fun, and I would love to tell you some of the stories above.
Best,
Jon
And I’d love to hear some of those! Would you be up for a video call to share one or two of them for me to put out on the channel?
@@CharlieLamdin Love to... I forgot about my Native Indian guide helping me navigate from LA to Page Arizona, then flying back through the Grand Canyon... and my favourite... the Irish one!
(I love funny stories!)
Great video! Autopilot is your friend..would it have lowered your workload in the climb too? When you start speaking quickly it might be time to put it in :) Also interesting your comment re tone of ATC, how do you think the tone of your transmissions affect their stress levels? Love your videos, an education for us all, keep them coming!
Great question which I hadn’t considered. I know I often speak to quickly over the radio but when I’m not under any stress I do try to communicate as clearly and in as friendly a manner as possible.
Love your videos Charlie. They're always so honest....
Sorry about the Gopro on the wing. Did the forward facing one in the cockpit fail? From about 21 mins the only angle is of you from the side.
Thanks Andrew. Yes, battery died and although I carry spares I was concentrating so hard on flying I overlooked it. Sorry...! Extra gutted about the lost footage from the wing camera though. Oh well.
Hi Charlie, always interested in your videos. I’ve recently passed my full IFR rating so watching this video was interesting. Firstly there is a known issue with the Sky Echo in that it disconnects when you least want it to. I believe there is a firmware update available to cure it. Typically yours “failed” when you needed it to work and this lead to you being distracted whilst hand flying in IMC. One thing I’ve learned when IFR (particularly in IMC) is use whatever you can to make your life easier. Autopilot !!!! I would have had that on at 300 feet. Save the hand flying practise for when you have a safety pilot on board. Did you file an IFR flight plan ? That may have helped you also.
Thanks, really appreciate the input. I feel like using Autopilot is cheating a bit, at least until my hand flying is better! It definitely helped me on the glide slope though. And no, I didn't file an iFR flight plan and yes I will next time.
@@CharlieLamdin It’s ABSOLUTELY not cheating. It’s part of threat and error management. IMC/IFR flying is about conducting your flight accurately and safely, so if you have an autopilot use it. Once you progress to the full IFR you will have to regain your hand flying skills but this is literally to ensure you have them. You will be taught (particularly in the approach phase ) to ensure you have a stabilised approach. Absolutely no better way to achieve this than with an autopilot. It’s there to reduce the workload, reduce the stress and improve your ability to manage the aircraft and the systems. You were initially distracted by the failure of the Sky Echo which distracted you from flying the aircraft and all of a sudden you’re potentially lining yourself up for task saturation and a situation developing which has potentially serious consequences. No criticism intended here whatsoever - simply advice. Professional pilots are on autopilot at about 300 foot, they’re not cheating. They’re being professional. Get it on and keep it on until minimums, load the hold also - so that you are fully prepared if you have to go missed!!! A flight plan will help you and all agencies co-ordinate you through their airspace and will reduce your workload further. There’s a free auto routing system you could use at www.autoroutes.aero.
Hi Charlie, great video. It’s so nice when you break out of the clouds. We’ve been trying to fly IMC and fly an approach at least once a month and we’ve been learning a lot, every airport is a bit different. We just have a Garmin 430 GPS but a great Garmin GFC 500 autopilot. Have you trained on RNP i.e. GPS approaches yet? Worth considering as a lot of airports in the UK without ILS have RNP approaches and being able to shoot an RNP approach opens them up in IMC. Interesting you lost your SkyEcho. Luckily, mines not let me down yet but the iPad itself has occasionally frozen. If you have trouble with the SkyEcho can you just revert to using the iPad internal GPS. No traffic but at least you’ll have a moving map to backup the 530. Hopefully bump into you at some point again.
Hi Ken, good to hear from you! No I’ve not trained on gps approaches yet. At some point I need to upgrade my avionics to do that. Keep flying safely! And yes hope to bump into you soon. Scotland seems an age ago now!
Hello... posting from USA. What is with the canard modification. Have not seen before on C182.
Hi Thomas, it's a USA modification! Todd Peterson's Stol conversion. I explain it in this video czcams.com/video/Ab-BEBgGGeA/video.html
@@CharlieLamdin Thanks. Went to that link. Was also wondering about the USA registration. One might think there would be provisions for registrations for foreign STCs. Guess not.
There are STCs in Europe for more common conversions, but the number with this conversion is in single digits I think, so I expect deemed not worthwhile. In fact, keeping an aircraft on the N reg has some benefits.
@@CharlieLamdin Thanks for the info. I have a small amount of experience flying a standard C-182 (have USA commercial/instrument/multi) and feel it was the most pleasant aircraft I have flown.
The 182 is often cited as the best all-round GA aircraft ever made! It's so versatile. A great plane.
Its very rewarding to use the IRR rating isn't it? Pushing the boundaries a little bit at a time is the best way to gain confidence and skills.
It felt amazing.
Enjoyed your video as i am currently taking my LAPL out of Bournemouth and yes the controllers there are very good. Note on your gopro worried me. I only know this as asked my instrutor if I could put my spare GoPro outside for good footage of my first Solo. As i understand it you MUST have it checked by an engineer and siged off before flight. I just googled that as well and it looks like my instructor at Bliss Aviation is spot on with that information. You might want to remove this vidio and or the bits showing the gopro before the CAA see this or someone reports you?
Thanks Rob. Am aware of the CAA rules but it’s an N reg US registered aircraft with different rules. Also I’ll only be using approved secured mounts from now on.
@@CharlieLamdin That does explain why i have seen several UK based youtube video's with wing mounted GoPro footage. Every day is a school day :-)
Many thanks for the video, which was absolutely fascinating.
I’d forgotten how stressful it is flying in IMC for the first time with ‘only’ an IR(R).
Hopefully, you will aim to do the full IR which enables things to get much easier by flying in controlled airspace.
See. czcams.com/video/v3g3w58QDMg/video.html. for an example.
Best of luck and keep using the autopilot - the pros use it all the time except takeoff and landing.
Getting my full IR is the plan. Glad you enjoyed it!
Congratulation🎉🎉..how do you contrast the body sensation on IMC FLY?You follow only the struments but the body give you othere sensation…right? 🫶
That’s right. It takes real effort to overcome the body signals.