Sean & John thank you very much for your excellent channel. My son CJ is developmentally disabled but an avid aviation buff. We watch every video at least two times. If not for his disabilities I'm sure he would be a Corporate Pilot; your channel gets him as close to his dream as possible. For that, I'm extremely grateful. BTW the videos are unbelievable lifelike when watched on a new Apple TV and a Sony 75 inch UHD!
Fun to watch these local flights. I started my flight training at OPF almost 40yrs ago...did the majority of my flying out of TMB, so seeing the SFL landscape is always welcome. Now live 20min from AVL right under the approach path....hope so see you on final one day coming into Western NC.
Corporate Pilot Life sometimes I do my own background music while you two are doing your thing. Music like Metallica, AC/DC, etc. Next time you guys are flying into Teterhole, try Highway to Hell.
On your final approach. You say something ten sinking 9.. or something line that. What are you talking about? Love the vlog. You two are true professionals, pleasure to watch.
Thanks! The first part is "Ref and 10" meaning the speed is Vref plus 10 knots. Vref is 1.3 times our stall speed for that configuration. The "sinking 9" is our vertical speed in hundreds of feet per minute. We like to see somewhere between 600 and 1000 on final for most airports.
You guys are AWESOME and lots of pilots favorites. Maybe soon start filming in 4K ??? Keep the videos coming. Some channels make some videos and then fade away. We could watch you videos forever. Thanks a ton
Thank you! I have the ability to film in 4k, but the problem is the editing. I need a better computer to handle all the processing of 4k. Maybe someday...
Commercial UAS has to request via LAANC/ or an airspace waiver (auth) depending on what they are looking for in that area. Most likely filed a NOTAM as well to ensure deconfliction. Didn't think they would put that out on the radio that was pretty cool.
Wonderful as always, guys! FYI, flying any sort of R/C craft near a tower controlled aircraft requires the pilot to notify the tower. It's always been that way and I would assume that with the proliferation of drones they have added notifications to ATIS. And the regulations have always required us to remain below 400'--it typically wasn't a problem because you couldn't see your aircraft that well that high anyway. But with larger R/C aircraft being popular and "self-flying" drones it might be a bigger issue now.
You're exactly correct. I do a bit of drone flying myself, so I deal with those regulations quite often. It was just kinda weird hearing them mention it on the ATIS. But like you said, they are getting more and more popular. We have to figure out a good way to share the airspace.
I’m glad you guys made it across safely. If the schedule permits, please get some footage of the major sights. We love seeing you guys interacting away from the “CPL G4” also, plus it makes great b-roll.
The drone type is also an interesting topic, as a Global Hawk is a drone the size of a jet fighter, and a drone can also be the size of a small toy. A Global Hawk would certainly damage the windshield of .... well....anything.
Very nice as always Shaun, looking forward to your backlogged vids, as well as the new vids after your girl came out of maintenance. Will you give a tour of anything new?
Am looking forward to that as well, and hope the updates have made it easier on you guys..especially when you have busy legs like this video finished one.
Corporate Pilot Life we demand you ignore your lovely family and crank out CZcams videos for the enjoyment of random people you will never ever meet. Yeah, I’m kidding
I am going for my commercial drone license. Not to far into it yet but this is in my course Drone Pilot Ground School ... if you need to operate in Class B, C, D, or E airspace, you need to request airspace authorization or a 107.41 airspace waiver, and get prior approval to operate in that airspace.
Great videos!!! Couple of questions,, 1. On the view out the rightside, what are the numbers on the window for?? 2. What are the yellow knobs below the throttles?? 3. When landing and the reverse thrusters are engaged, you seem to keep the throttle at idle, do they really help slow the plane down if the throttle is not providing thrust?? Thanks
Good questions. 1. Those numbers ore for the electrical connection points for the heated window. Nothing very cool or special. 2. The yellow knobs are the fuel shutoff handles. That's how we start and stop the engines. 3. When the thrust reverser levers are pulled, the TRs deploy. We can then pull the TR levers even more and the engines add thrust. Even at idle reverse, they are quite effective, but adding the thrust definitely helps. I hope that answers your questions. If not let me know...
Shawn, UAS/drones operations are authorized in Class B, C, and D up to a 400' only in certain areas around an airport. The authorized altitude decreases the closer you get to the airfield. Of course, all of this is only approved with a waiver, LAANC will not be available until July in Florida. Check out this link of the UAS authorized airspace maps, faa.maps.arcgis.com/apps/webappviewer/index.html?id=9c2e4406710048e19806ebf6a06754ad. If you would like to talk more about it let me know. Love the channel.
“It’s only fuel” How much fuel did this trip use? (Getting ready for mind blown) 😀 So cool see the auto throttles work. Great video. Loved it! Thanks , bill in Utah
I can't remember the exact fuel burn for this leg, but it was somewhere around 1500 pounds. So something like 225 gallons. That doesn't include taxi fuel...just takeoff to landing.
Corporate Pilot Life Thanks for the reply! Please keep these coming. Love the angles of the cameras (that shot seeing the throttles and instruments is just PERFECT) and all of the ATC /CRW really is great content. Take care
Surprised to see the Shake on Yokes in autopilot...would think that drastic would really rattle electrical connections as opposed to being dampened accordingly ...I notice Jon puts his hand on the back occasionally to stop the shutter....????... ;-)
That's actually from the turbulence. The cameras are mounted really solid to the plane, so it's hard to tell when we are in turbulence, but they do shake quite a bit though.
thanks for the video every flight is cool to me. shaun could you do another short video on some system procedure emergency or normal gulf 450 tips and tricks or how to. what about an in air start procedure or engine inflight shut down and secure and reasons why. maybe a flaps won't retract condtion. or how to determening if warning light or buzzer is true or faluty.if and when you get time thanks a lot . airplane junkie needs a g450 tips fix bad
now that's a faster lineup than usual. is the usual very slow lineup for the passengers? i also noticed last video in TEB you took quite some time between takeoff clearance and starting the roll but i guess that's how your procedures are designed :)
When they cleared us for takeoff, we were still a ways down the taxiway. I should have switched to the forward camera to show that in the video...my bad. We never even had to stop at the hold short line...just kept on rolling.
We are both fully qualified captains, but Jon has seniority so he just stays in the left seat rather than moving headsets back and forth all the time...changing seat positions...etc.
Personally, I thinks NO drone should be flown anywhere near the airport. But if so, must be fitted with some kind of gps or some sort of signal planes can tune in to, and if there is one in the way, the drone's computer automatically flys the drone out of the way or returns to were it took off from. Especially as they grow in popularity.. Awesome quick trip lads, but them silver gas stick's ? throttle things, When your in auto and the plane is flying, when it starts doing its thing, forward and backwards, Sometimes not level, Is that due to one engine needing more fuel than the other, Or one engine is slightly worn more than the other engine and needing the little bit extra ? Also a extremely daft question, but how do you turn the plane when its on the ground, never see your hands on the steering wheel at all, Computer doing its bit ? follow's the yellow lines while on the ground ?. As usual, great video . Mark.
Hey Mark! The drone thing is very new, and the rules and regulations are still very much being looked at. The way I see it is that any airplane less than 400 feet above the ground should be within 1.5 miles from the airport, and at 100 feet, they should be over the airport property. So in my opinion, there is really no danger of a drone flying at 50 feet over the ground 2 miles from the airport. I'm not the one making the rules though, so we'll see where it goes. To answer your other questions, the auto-throttles move slightly independently due to a slight difference in pressure and temperature readings for each engine. The plane tries to keep them putting out the same power, but sometimes they get a little split from each other. To steer the plane on the ground, we use the tiller. I actually have a video showing it in detail. Here is the link: czcams.com/video/cGvsaFYftkM/video.html
Often times I see the yoke whipping back and forth, and fore and aft when the autopilot is engaged. Is there ever any danger of breaking a finger or a wrist if they anywhere near the yoke?
One thrust reverser is all that's needed to slow the plane most times. Using only one does give a slight pull to that side, but not enough to really make a turn. I think he was just stowing one then the other.
Shaun do you still have access to the G IV simulator? Wonder if you can add some sim scenarios to the vlog like bird ingestion after takeoff, Abnormal and Emergency Procedures, Engine-Out Procedures
The reason i was asking when i flew with my dad i never saw the controls shake that much. He was flying a bigger plane. Again Thanks and keep the videos coming....
Awesome videos! Do you guys ever use max thrust for takeoff? What's the typical thrust setting for takeoff? I know it is dependent on passengers, runway length, fuel etc... but just curious of the typical thrust for taking off!
These engines are actually de-rated quite a bit for structural reasons, so technically no, we cant use max thrust of the engines. But as far as the max thrust that we're allowed to use, yes...we use it quite often. Thrust for this airplane is measured in EPR. A typical max power setting would be around 1.70, but can vary a bit based on atmospheric conditions.
So what you're saying is.... The engines are so powerful they have to be held back or they'll break the plane? That stinks they should make the jet tougher!
It's actually more about controlling the aircraft if one engine fails. If they used the full potential of the engines and one engine failed, the rudder pressure required to keep the plane going straight is more than the average person's leg can apply.
I got 26,027 people that say you and Jon are a little above average 👊 BUT Safety First I guess! BTW that number went up by 3 subscribers between the time I read your reply and started to type this. All kidding aside there are a lot of above average aviators these days just think about all of the most recent aviation incidents. It was the crew that made the difference in the successful outcome.
No doubt. That's the first time I've never been able to understand a word of what the controller said. Hats off to Shaun for figuring it out. #alittlelessredbull
It would be a nice shot if we could see a close up of just the primary flight display for a take off and landing, inset into the outside view. It'd be a cool way to see the performance of the aircraft as we could see just how fast it was climbing and accelerating.
We've though about that, but we haven't come up with a way to safely mount the camera without interfering with us flying the plane and seeing the displays ourselves. We'll keep trying to figure it out.
Corporate Pilot Life I wonder why Honeywell can’t do a video out, like for their HUD. Better not confuse them I guess. Or every screen will have a red X over it
Great vid again guys, heavy workload on such a short flight. I noticed that immediately on touch down you took control of the yoke. Why is that please? regards gareth
Do you guys ever think about going to an airline? What’s the pay like vs an airline pilot? Not your personal salary of course but do they keep it pretty competitive. I’ve heard of commercial airline pilots leaving higher pay to fly Corp. Ive heard you guys get way better perks but your schedule can be a lot more hectic .
You pretty much have it nailed. I'm not really interested in the airline thing. I really like the lifestyle of corporate aviation. The pay is a little better on the airline side long term, I think. It's just not really for me.
Great fight as usual .... A question... I see the Green glidescope information to the right of the attitude indicator. Where is the localizer(sp?) deviation displayed?
Unfortunately with that camera angle, the yoke blocks it. It is displayed below the attitude indicator. I'm working to get a better camera angle to show the PFD.
Congratulations! That video was actually a few months old. I'm trying to get caught up. I'm going to get several videos out in the next few weeks to make that happen.
We were actually still quite a ways from the runway when they cleared us for takeoff...that would have been much more obvious had I switched to the forward camera at that point...my bad. But yes, we always check them on the taxi for functionality. We do also use them to save the brakes while taxiing as well. Brakes for this thing are something like $25,000 per wheel, so $100,000 for all 4.
Corporate Pilot Life so if you ever stand on the brakes and the G-IV shudders to a quick stop with smoke drifting from the mains, that is an expensive endeavour?
Sean, can you tell us about the tablet and the software you use? I'm not very familiar with electronic flight bags. Are they just Jeppeson charts, or are they somehow integrated into the avionics? Just a rookie question. I enjoy your channel very much!
Sean Lester looks like an iPad. As far as efb, Foreflight is extremely popular www.foreflight.com/ I guess the days of tuning a VOR and watching the TO FROM flag are long gone. I feel incredibly ancient some days
The first one is "Ref and 10" which is the speed. Vref (ref) is a calculated speed of 1.3 times the stall speed. We fly final approach at that plus 10 knots. The "sinking #" is the vertical speed in hundreds of feet pre minute.
That makes the power go to full, then it pitches the nose to maintain whatever speed we have set. Usually 200 knots at first, then 250 until 10,000 feet, and then 300.
longlat39 CAS is Crew Alerting System. On the old King Air 200 I used to fly, there were a bunch of alerting lights in the glareshield (Serious warnings) and down at the pedestal (Cautions and green advisories). The G-IV appears to be a hybrid, the glass flight deck appears to have most of the warnings displayed on the screen(s), but some individual warning/advisory lamps still exist. Eg the callout "six lights" when reverse thrust is engaged, or "two lights" when an engine is first started
It's a safety feature to prevent a trim runaway. They both have to be used together to move the trim. If one half gets stuck , but the other half doesn't, the trim won't run away from you. If there was only one piece and it got stuck up or down, it'll just keep on going.
It's part of the company procedures. We can go VFR, but the flight tracking for the company is much more difficult and changes how we report things a bit. Just easier to go IFR.
What was the 'ooof' at 1:43? Looked like an unexpected bump? DJI Phantom at 140kias would be real bad coming through one of the front windows -- least if it went through one of the engines its way behind ya! Save those expensive brakes, you've paid to use the whole runway!
What is the point of the copilot holding the controls and then giving them to the pilot right before rotation? And then the pilot giving the controls back to the copilot immediately after touchdown, before the plane is slowed to taxi speed?
rippito since you asked my question for me with Shaun's help I'll see your Google search and raise you one CPL video! czcams.com/video/cGvsaFYftkM/video.html
Erik Kaufmann ideal and required. When you hear Shaun/Jon calling out “ref and ten, sink and six”, they are referring to the calculated vref plus ten knots, descending at 600 feet per minute. I wish I had had these guys when I was learning to fly. Would have gone more smoothly. They are pros.
Sean & John thank you very much for your excellent channel. My son CJ is developmentally disabled but an avid aviation buff. We watch every video at least two times. If not for his disabilities I'm sure he would be a Corporate Pilot; your channel gets him as close to his dream as possible. For that, I'm extremely grateful. BTW the videos are unbelievable lifelike when watched on a new Apple TV and a Sony 75 inch UHD!
The most interesting aviation channel on CZcams, by far.
Thank you!
Gun Nut That's your opinion. Mind your own business.
Im thinking he was trying to lead you to other channels you may not have known about. Hostility much?
It's as low as it gets posting on someone's channel about another source for similar content. Fuck off.
Sir, watch the language. No need for the vitriol
Thanks for sharing your videos! I really like seeing what you guys go through!
Love the channel and the way you guys are always out ahead of the plane. Great work n vids.
Awesome, thank you for taking us along!
Excellent as usual Gents.
Happy to see you at 25k subs soon to be 50k. Best aviation channel ever.
Nice man! My friend recently flew Presidential so it's so cool to see it from a pilot's perspective!
Vids keep getting better and better. Love the picture-in-picture landings.
Glad to see new videos. I was beginning to have withdrawals.
Great VLOG as usual, you guys work well as a team - David in Sussex UK
SUPER LIGHT - and nothing feels better than getting HOME!
After watching many videos, I finally heard a familiar tail number and voice on atc. Flashback Thursday! Enjoy your days off!
That was an interesting flight and the drone information on ATIS was interesting. I don’t think I ever heard that before.
Another great day to fly!!
Fun to watch these local flights. I started my flight training at OPF almost 40yrs ago...did the majority of my flying out of TMB, so seeing the SFL landscape is always welcome. Now live 20min from AVL right under the approach path....hope so see you on final one day coming into Western NC.
It's been about a year since I was in AVL...beautiful area.
I so love it that we hear just you and the jet. If I want music I'll play something myself, thank you. :)
I've been getting the impression that most people don't like the music, so I've been trying to minimize it's use. Great to hear the approval.
Corporate Pilot Life there is something almost ... calming ... about Jon’s Vader-like breathing. You could say hypnotic .... so sleepy ...
Corporate Pilot Life sometimes I do my own background music while you two are doing your thing. Music like Metallica, AC/DC, etc.
Next time you guys are flying into Teterhole, try Highway to Hell.
Yeah, see? That's not my kind of music at all! Like I said: I f I want music ... :)
Brazen NL exactly. I also use headphones so nobody else is bothered. Wish more folks would do that
Hope you two had a chance to take part in the festivities
You guys rock!
On your final approach. You say something ten sinking 9.. or something line that. What are you talking about?
Love the vlog. You two are true professionals, pleasure to watch.
Thanks! The first part is "Ref and 10" meaning the speed is Vref plus 10 knots. Vref is 1.3 times our stall speed for that configuration. The "sinking 9" is our vertical speed in hundreds of feet per minute. We like to see somewhere between 600 and 1000 on final for most airports.
You guys are AWESOME and lots of pilots favorites. Maybe soon start filming in 4K ??? Keep the videos coming. Some channels make some videos and then fade away. We could watch you videos forever.
Thanks a ton
Thank you! I have the ability to film in 4k, but the problem is the editing. I need a better computer to handle all the processing of 4k. Maybe someday...
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Where's the VAMONOS?! hahaha great vid! Happy landings!
nice video. Safe travels
awesome!!
Commercial UAS has to request via LAANC/ or an airspace waiver (auth) depending on what they are looking for in that area. Most likely filed a NOTAM as well to ensure deconfliction. Didn't think they would put that out on the radio that was pretty cool.
You guys passed over Yellowstone today. I am jealous of your views!
Wonderful as always, guys! FYI, flying any sort of R/C craft near a tower controlled aircraft requires the pilot to notify the tower. It's always been that way and I would assume that with the proliferation of drones they have added notifications to ATIS. And the regulations have always required us to remain below 400'--it typically wasn't a problem because you couldn't see your aircraft that well that high anyway. But with larger R/C aircraft being popular and "self-flying" drones it might be a bigger issue now.
You're exactly correct. I do a bit of drone flying myself, so I deal with those regulations quite often. It was just kinda weird hearing them mention it on the ATIS. But like you said, they are getting more and more popular. We have to figure out a good way to share the airspace.
1second already 3 views, keep it up.
Greetings from Abu dhabi
Thanks! Isn't it the middle of the night over there?!?
Just the beginning, 20h45
Nice short hop.
Nice work. Just noticed you guys (or another crew) flying N269WR YYZ-LTN, currently 2hrs 12min until sched arr time as Im watching this.
Yep...that was me!
Corporate Pilot Life could have been worse. You could have been sent to YWG.
I see the ‘CPL G4’ might be doing some fishing today, across the Pond.
Yep...just got to Luton
I’m glad you guys made it across safely. If the schedule permits, please get some footage of the major sights. We love seeing you guys interacting away from the “CPL G4” also, plus it makes great b-roll.
Corporate Pilot Life the hiking, exploring, fishing is interesting too. Eg next time into KLAS, try the Scanlon Ferry Road
You there for the royal nuptials?
The drone type is also an interesting topic, as a Global Hawk is a drone the size of a jet fighter, and a drone can also be the size of a small toy. A Global Hawk would certainly damage the windshield of .... well....anything.
Very true
That steveo1kinevo just got his TBM 850 back and flys out of their quite often. You guys should hook up sometime.
Very nice as always Shaun, looking forward to your backlogged vids, as well as the new vids after your girl came out of maintenance. Will you give a tour of anything new?
I will certainly show the updates. Give me a little time to get it done, but you bet!
Am looking forward to that as well, and hope the updates have made it easier on you guys..especially when you have busy legs like this video finished one.
Corporate Pilot Life we demand you ignore your lovely family and crank out CZcams videos for the enjoyment of random people you will never ever meet.
Yeah, I’m kidding
I am going for my commercial drone license. Not to far into it yet but this is in my course Drone Pilot Ground School ... if you need to operate in Class B, C, D, or E airspace, you need to request airspace authorization or a 107.41 airspace waiver, and get prior approval to operate in that airspace.
You guys make this stuff look so easy, so why isn't everybody doing it? lol.
Great videos!!! Couple of questions,, 1. On the view out the rightside, what are the numbers on the window for?? 2. What are the yellow knobs below the throttles?? 3. When landing and the reverse thrusters are engaged, you seem to keep the throttle at idle, do they really help slow the plane down if the throttle is not providing thrust??
Thanks
Good questions.
1. Those numbers ore for the electrical connection points for the heated window. Nothing very cool or special.
2. The yellow knobs are the fuel shutoff handles. That's how we start and stop the engines.
3. When the thrust reverser levers are pulled, the TRs deploy. We can then pull the TR levers even more and the engines add thrust. Even at idle reverse, they are quite effective, but adding the thrust definitely helps.
I hope that answers your questions. If not let me know...
Great Channel, lots of technical stuff which i like.
One quick question, why do the yokes vibrate when in auto pilot mode rather than a smooth action?
That's due to the autopilot fighting the air turbulence. In smooth air, that doesn't happen.
The phantom will do little to your windshield and will damage the engine if injested. That would be my guess based on other things that have happened.
Shawn, UAS/drones operations are authorized in Class B, C, and D up to a 400' only in certain areas around an airport. The authorized altitude decreases the closer you get to the airfield. Of course, all of this is only approved with a waiver, LAANC will not be available until July in Florida. Check out this link of the UAS authorized airspace maps, faa.maps.arcgis.com/apps/webappviewer/index.html?id=9c2e4406710048e19806ebf6a06754ad. If you would like to talk more about it let me know. Love the channel.
WOW! That's a fantastic map...thank you! I will definitely be talking to you more about this.
“It’s only fuel”
How much fuel did this trip use? (Getting ready for mind blown) 😀
So cool see the auto throttles work.
Great video. Loved it! Thanks , bill in Utah
Jet A is like money... comes from trees or something right?
I can't remember the exact fuel burn for this leg, but it was somewhere around 1500 pounds. So something like 225 gallons. That doesn't include taxi fuel...just takeoff to landing.
Corporate Pilot Life even with the “scenic” route, what was that 70 nm?
Corporate Pilot Life
Thanks for the reply! Please keep these coming. Love the angles of the cameras (that shot seeing the throttles and instruments is just PERFECT) and all of the ATC /CRW really is great content.
Take care
You only have too much fuel when you’re on fire!!! A great saying at my company!😂
Have to ask why do the yokes shake constantly in flight. Love the vids guys👍.
That's from the turbulence. The cameras hide the turbulence very well, so it's hard to tell that we are in it.
Surprised to see the Shake on Yokes in autopilot...would think that drastic would really rattle electrical connections as opposed to being dampened accordingly ...I notice Jon puts his hand on the back occasionally to stop the shutter....????... ;-)
That's actually from the turbulence. The cameras are mounted really solid to the plane, so it's hard to tell when we are in turbulence, but they do shake quite a bit though.
It probably means they gave clearance to fly a drone to inspect something or some other good reason in that airspace so close.
thanks for the video every flight is cool to me. shaun could you do another short video on some system procedure emergency or normal gulf 450 tips and tricks or how to. what about an in air start procedure or engine inflight shut down and secure and reasons why. maybe a flaps won't retract condtion. or how to determening if warning light or buzzer is true or faluty.if and when you get time thanks a lot . airplane junkie needs a g450 tips fix bad
Great suggestion! I know I've fallen way behind on the Tech videos. I'll get them back on track this week.
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We flew over a drone on final into TEB two days ago...probably 200’ below us 😬
No kidding! That's crazy!
Drones on ATIS... who woulda thunk? In Canada it’s a no fly zone 9km around the airport!
Strange...
Bryan from Vancouver
now that's a faster lineup than usual.
is the usual very slow lineup for the passengers?
i also noticed last video in TEB you took quite some time between takeoff clearance and starting the roll but i guess that's how your procedures are designed :)
When they cleared us for takeoff, we were still a ways down the taxiway. I should have switched to the forward camera to show that in the video...my bad. We never even had to stop at the hold short line...just kept on rolling.
Great videos! A question: why if you have 4 stripes too, you're always seating in the right seat?
We are both fully qualified captains, but Jon has seniority so he just stays in the left seat rather than moving headsets back and forth all the time...changing seat positions...etc.
Enjoy the rest guys.
18 NM! Should have asked for a T&G at Hollywood! What is that black item at your right shoulder marked 4 3 2 1?
The upside down 4 3 2 1 is the electrical connector for the electrically heated window
Geez...is anything working normally at KFXE???
Personally, I thinks NO drone should be flown anywhere near the airport. But if so, must be fitted with some kind of gps or some sort of signal planes can tune in to, and if there is one in the way, the drone's computer automatically flys the drone out of the way or returns to were it took off from. Especially as they grow in popularity.. Awesome quick trip lads, but them silver gas stick's ? throttle things, When your in auto and the plane is flying, when it starts doing its thing, forward and backwards, Sometimes not level, Is that due to one engine needing more fuel than the other, Or one engine is slightly worn more than the other engine and needing the little bit extra ? Also a extremely daft question, but how do you turn the plane when its on the ground, never see your hands on the steering wheel at all, Computer doing its bit ? follow's the yellow lines while on the ground ?.
As usual, great video .
Mark.
Hey Mark! The drone thing is very new, and the rules and regulations are still very much being looked at. The way I see it is that any airplane less than 400 feet above the ground should be within 1.5 miles from the airport, and at 100 feet, they should be over the airport property. So in my opinion, there is really no danger of a drone flying at 50 feet over the ground 2 miles from the airport. I'm not the one making the rules though, so we'll see where it goes. To answer your other questions, the auto-throttles move slightly independently due to a slight difference in pressure and temperature readings for each engine. The plane tries to keep them putting out the same power, but sometimes they get a little split from each other. To steer the plane on the ground, we use the tiller. I actually have a video showing it in detail. Here is the link:
czcams.com/video/cGvsaFYftkM/video.html
Often times I see the yoke whipping back and forth, and fore and aft when the autopilot is engaged. Is there ever any danger of breaking a finger or a wrist if they anywhere near the yoke?
The camera makes it look worse than it really is...I don't think there's any real danger of that
I saw your walk around pre flight video. How often is the airplane looked at by someone besides you two pilots??
Every time we go to home base, our maintenance guys look it over.
At the beginning of the video is Jon *separately* actuating the reverse thrusters to turn the plane during the taxi?
One thrust reverser is all that's needed to slow the plane most times. Using only one does give a slight pull to that side, but not enough to really make a turn. I think he was just stowing one then the other.
Shaun do you still have access to the G IV simulator? Wonder if you can add some sim scenarios to the vlog like bird ingestion after takeoff, Abnormal and Emergency Procedures, Engine-Out Procedures
Last time we were in the simulator, they wouldn't let us record the session. We'll try again in a few months...
Did you deliverate pushed the yoke just after touchdown? If yes, why? To improve braking action?
Yes. That puts pressure on the nose tires for steering traction. Also, that prevents the plane from trying to lift back off the ground.
Really enjoy watching your videos. Question why does the controls shake/vibrate so much during flight?
That's from turbulence. The cameras are mounted very solid to the plane, so it's hard to tell when we are in turbulence.
The reason i was asking when i flew with my dad i never saw the controls shake that much. He was flying a bigger plane. Again Thanks and keep the videos coming....
Awesome videos! Do you guys ever use max thrust for takeoff? What's the typical thrust setting for takeoff? I know it is dependent on passengers, runway length, fuel etc... but just curious of the typical thrust for taking off!
These engines are actually de-rated quite a bit for structural reasons, so technically no, we cant use max thrust of the engines. But as far as the max thrust that we're allowed to use, yes...we use it quite often. Thrust for this airplane is measured in EPR. A typical max power setting would be around 1.70, but can vary a bit based on atmospheric conditions.
So what you're saying is.... The engines are so powerful they have to be held back or they'll break the plane? That stinks they should make the jet tougher!
It's actually more about controlling the aircraft if one engine fails. If they used the full potential of the engines and one engine failed, the rudder pressure required to keep the plane going straight is more than the average person's leg can apply.
I got 26,027 people that say you and Jon are a little above average 👊 BUT Safety First I guess! BTW that number went up by 3 subscribers between the time I read your reply and started to type this. All kidding aside there are a lot of above average aviators these days just think about all of the most recent aviation incidents. It was the crew that made the difference in the successful outcome.
John B de-rating also helps extend engine life. Turboprop and especially turbofan engines are really, really expensive to overhaul.
Drones below 400, FXE ATC thatspeakssofastyoucan'tunderstand-yourdirections. It's a miracle some days.
No doubt. That's the first time I've never been able to understand a word of what the controller said. Hats off to Shaun for figuring it out. #alittlelessredbull
Fred Thorne I can’t talk that fast drunk how can anybody machine-gun speak sober?
Jerry Korman - Thas right Jer. I'm not as think as you drunk I am, an' I can fly you and the whole famn damily to Tetebro.
Fred Thorne ;-) I would just poop myself if Shaun or Jon talked like that. It would be too funny
Please Don't......
Hi at 1:39 after selecting gear up there is a buffet is that from the gear retracting and doors closing?
Yes. Sometimes the gear comes up a little firm
It would be a nice shot if we could see a close up of just the primary flight display for a take off and landing, inset into the outside view. It'd be a cool way to see the performance of the aircraft as we could see just how fast it was climbing and accelerating.
We've though about that, but we haven't come up with a way to safely mount the camera without interfering with us flying the plane and seeing the displays ourselves. We'll keep trying to figure it out.
Thanks Shaun, I realised that might be a problem immediately after I posted the comment.
Corporate Pilot Life I wonder why Honeywell can’t do a video out, like for their HUD.
Better not confuse them I guess. Or every screen will have a red X over it
Great vid again guys, heavy workload on such a short flight. I noticed that immediately on touch down you took control of the yoke. Why is that please?
regards
gareth
That's so Jon can get his left hand over to the tiller to be ready for steering.
OK guys, got it and thanks again, really enjoy your videos.
regards
Gareth
Do you guys ever think about going to an airline? What’s the pay like vs an airline pilot? Not your personal salary of course but do they keep it pretty competitive. I’ve heard of commercial airline pilots leaving higher pay to fly Corp. Ive heard you guys get way better perks but your schedule can be a lot more hectic .
You pretty much have it nailed. I'm not really interested in the airline thing. I really like the lifestyle of corporate aviation. The pay is a little better on the airline side long term, I think. It's just not really for me.
What does the "presidential" in your call sign mean?
You guys must have be pretty flexible.
yes indeed
Great fight as usual .... A question... I see the Green glidescope information to the right of the attitude indicator. Where is the localizer(sp?) deviation displayed?
Unfortunately with that camera angle, the yoke blocks it. It is displayed below the attitude indicator. I'm working to get a better camera angle to show the PFD.
I thought that might be it! Thanks for the quick answer. Are you invited to the wedding at Windsor on Saturday?
:-)
I may go into London tomorrow to see the festivities...we'll see
Or ... I'd recommend the observatory in Greenwich; they have a great museum all about longitude and time
Corporate Pilot Life I like this angle, can see the screens. Not to mention Jon picking his nose when he thinks nobody is looking
Say good bye to the engine. that is what would happen. Windshield would most likely not break but would definitely need replaced.
Sean or John, what would the range of that bird over water be with 4 passengers & baggage?
A little over 4000 nautical miles with no wind.
Just finished my instrument rating at FXE on Tuesday. When did you fly in?
Congratulations! That video was actually a few months old. I'm trying to get caught up. I'm going to get several videos out in the next few weeks to make that happen.
Christopher Oliver good news, way to go!
At 0:26, is Jon using thrush reversers to slow down for the turn onto the runway? Saves on those pricey brake pads?
"Thrust." not "thrush.""
He's probably doing a stow test. You're supposed to test that the thrust reversers stow to ensure they won't accidentally open during flight.
We were actually still quite a ways from the runway when they cleared us for takeoff...that would have been much more obvious had I switched to the forward camera at that point...my bad. But yes, we always check them on the taxi for functionality. We do also use them to save the brakes while taxiing as well. Brakes for this thing are something like $25,000 per wheel, so $100,000 for all 4.
Corporate Pilot Life so if you ever stand on the brakes and the G-IV shudders to a quick stop with smoke drifting from the mains, that is an expensive endeavour?
$100k for brakes? That is crazy insane!
Sean, can you tell us about the tablet and the software you use? I'm not very familiar with electronic flight bags. Are they just Jeppeson charts, or are they somehow integrated into the avionics? Just a rookie question. I enjoy your channel very much!
Sean Lester looks like an iPad. As far as efb, Foreflight is extremely popular
www.foreflight.com/
I guess the days of tuning a VOR and watching the TO FROM flag are long gone. I feel incredibly ancient some days
Thanks for the info!!!
Yep...they are standard iPads with Jeppesen charts and ForeFlight on them. I'll do a video shoeing them in more detail.
Corporate Pilot Life excellent make sure to explain FLCH too
When landing u call numbers sink 7 ? What do these mean is it height and decent rate ?
The first one is "Ref and 10" which is the speed. Vref (ref) is a calculated speed of 1.3 times the stall speed. We fly final approach at that plus 10 knots. The "sinking #" is the vertical speed in hundreds of feet pre minute.
When your bird was in for maintenance did they upgrade any of your systems ?
We got some avionics upgrades. I'm going to do a video showing it.
Corporate Pilot Life SVS?
Omaha!
what was with the nose gear up? never seen it shake the camera like that
Yeah...it came up a little hard. Not really sure why.
Corporate Pilot Life I was used to that in a King Air 200. The gear cycles very quickly
Why does the yoke shake so bad sometimes? I've seen it in a few videos now
It's from the air turbulence. The cameras are really good at hiding the turbulence, so other than the yoke shaking around, you really can't tell.
Good watch with cardboard viewing. Just like sitting there.
You guys are my favorite flyers. What is "Felch?"
Robert Szelestey FLCH flight level change.
That makes the power go to full, then it pitches the nose to maintain whatever speed we have set. Usually 200 knots at first, then 250 until 10,000 feet, and then 300.
Wow , what was that yoke jiggle 2x, at "gear Up" and then 2 secs later during gear swing....?? It looked like the STick Shaker motoion...but..??
It does that in-flight as well. It looks like turbulence affecting the yoke.
Yeah...sometimes the gear retracts a little firm and makes the yoke move a little bit.
Was that Miami International you passed on your right side at 5 minutes ?
FLL
Ft. Lauderdale International
Wait, does the speed tape go down when you increase speed?
Yeah...the G-IV speed tape is upside down. A little hard to get used to at first.
I understand what TCAS is, but what is CAS? I hear you referring to it on your checklists, but what is it?
longlat39 CAS is Crew Alerting System. On the old King Air 200 I used to fly, there were a bunch of alerting lights in the glareshield (Serious warnings) and down at the pedestal (Cautions and green advisories). The G-IV appears to be a hybrid, the glass flight deck appears to have most of the warnings displayed on the screen(s), but some individual warning/advisory lamps still exist. Eg the callout "six lights" when reverse thrust is engaged, or "two lights" when an engine is first started
It is a little screen that shows any warnings/alert. When its clear, all is good.
Great explanation, thanks!
All correct. They are displayed on the left side of the lower center screen. Blue messages are advisory, amber are caution, and red are warning.
Thanks. Got a good look at it at at 0:25.
Just noticed (because of sunlight on the control wheel) that the elevator trim switch is split. Wondering why.
It's a safety feature to prevent a trim runaway. They both have to be used together to move the trim. If one half gets stuck , but the other half doesn't, the trim won't run away from you. If there was only one piece and it got stuck up or down, it'll just keep on going.
Thanks
Are you having a good time in St Martins
I wish...we took an airline home the same day.
Sean, just curious why you wouldn't do this flight VFR and go more direct?
It looks like it was IMC at or above 3,000...Probably too dangerous to fly below that especially in crowded southern Florida airspace.
It's part of the company procedures. We can go VFR, but the flight tracking for the company is much more difficult and changes how we report things a bit. Just easier to go IFR.
Just one more thing, John needs to add Vamanos to the pre-takeoff check list ! Keep up the great videos.
What was that ‚uff‘ and the ‚bump‘ at 1.45?
The landing gear retracted a little firm into the wheel wells...that was my "ouch" reaction.
Corporate Pilot Life it wasn’t me.
Really
What was the 'ooof' at 1:43? Looked like an unexpected bump?
DJI Phantom at 140kias would be real bad coming through one of the front windows -- least if it went through one of the engines its way behind ya!
Save those expensive brakes, you've paid to use the whole runway!
The gear came up a little firm, that was the "ooof" you heard.
I'd be pissed if I hit a drone on final.
Short and sweet, back home. I am really curious who downvotes these videos
Jerry Korman some rebel
David Rosenfeld we will find these Rebels, and they will be dealt with accordingly
Jerry Korman hahaha, yes, Lord Vader will dispose of the Downvoters
What is the point of the copilot holding the controls and then giving them to the pilot right before rotation? And then the pilot giving the controls back to the copilot immediately after touchdown, before the plane is slowed to taxi speed?
The person in the left seat keeps their left hand on the tiller until 80 knots, so the person in the right seat keeps the yoke until then.
Thanks for asking I was curious about that too!
Oh, I just had to google “tiller in airplane” I had no idea that big planes were steered this way. The yoke switcharoo makes since now. Thanks bud.
rippito since you asked my question for me with Shaun's help I'll see your Google search and raise you one CPL video! czcams.com/video/cGvsaFYftkM/video.html
looked a bit bumpy today
yeah...a little bit.
Let us know how Toronto is doing..
Weather is beautiful up here!
He didn't say vaminose.
No "Vamanos"??
I know...he missed it on that one.
Corporate Pilot Life he feeling a bit under the weather?
You guys going to the wedding
I haven't decided if I want to brave the crowds tomorrow or not. Perhaps I'll go and get some footage for you guys!
Corporate Pilot Life I personally have attended two of my own weddings. Seen one, seen ‘em all. The divorce party was far more fun
Who’s in the back?
Just the flight attendant.
Guys, what hole we at 01:44 after gear up?
Yeah...the gear came up a little hard. Not really sure why.
Corporate Pilot Life thank you for the reply
I thought it was a little odd m
Keep the videos coming
Really enjoying them as a chopper guy
What does "ref" mean when you are landing?
Erik Kaufmann the “vee ref” is an airspeed calculated by the FMS, based on weight, temp, airport elevation
Jerry Korman so is that the ideal speed to land then ?
Erik Kaufmann ideal and required. When you hear Shaun/Jon calling out “ref and ten, sink and six”, they are referring to the calculated vref plus ten knots, descending at 600 feet per minute.
I wish I had had these guys when I was learning to fly. Would have gone more smoothly. They are pros.
Erik Kaufmann to be technically correct, vref is 1.3 x calculated stall speed
Jerry pretty much got it all covered. Vref is 1.3 times the stall speed at that configuration. We fly final approach at that plus 10 knots.