Diamond DA62 IFR Sydney | Heavy Rain | Thick IMC | Severe Turbulence
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- čas přidán 5. 04. 2024
- Sydney IFR approaches in a Diamond DA62; we had 100mm of rain on this day in Sydney; IMC flying in thick clouds and heavy rain, IFR flight; Using Foreflight in Australia; Multi-engine instrument flying, Richmond ILS and missed approach, Bathurst RNP and missed approach, SPECI, Sigmet for Severe turbulence, RNP approach into Bankstown, wet runway, General Aviation Sydney.
Nice vid! Long time single pilot IFR operator here - it's important to keep yourself current in actual IMC, which is hard to come by in Oz! If I can offer a single piece of advice/feedback: Always know your current Va. This varies substantially in small aircraft. So when ATC asks you for your best speed, you can actually tell them how many knots indicated you can give them, and you know for sure you won't exceed any load factor limits in the bumpy conditions you were in. A series of in-flight breakups since the beginning of the year in light singles and twins make for a stark reminder.
This is great advice. I am aware of the Va (range) for the DA62 but didn’t think to advise ATC in the moment… good tip for next time thanks
First time I watched a video from you and you’ve got yourself a new subscriber from another pilot at Bankstown
Awesome, thank you! Say hi if you see me.
Cheers for the ride along. Great video.
Glad you enjoyed it! Thanks
Great videos please keep them coming.
More to come! Thanks
Great flight.
Thanks for these videos Steve. Currently self studying irex and it’s great to see some of the practical side of things through your videos. 👍🏼
I also went the self study path for IREX and CPL. Good luck! It’s worth the effort.
As it's unlikely I will ever get my medical back 😭 (nor win the lotto), I am now flying vicariously through you! ✈ You need to fly in Victoria more, so I can pretend it's me! 😆
Haha. Ok I’ll try. Actually I’m flying Sydney to Perth later this week! Big one!
can always join microsoft simulator 2020 community
@@jamesleicher My entire setup for 2020 is already for the 62. I still want to cry that I can't fly the real one. 😭 This isn't the place to go on a rant about CASA medical rules...
@@diamondairtaxis be sure to dip your wings when you come over the MacRanges! ;)
Well flown, great plane for the weather, it wasn’t challenged at all. I can see how the simple engine controls and advanced avionics lessen the workload. Really appreciated the chart overlays in the video to see where you were at.
Great feedback. It’s a bit of extra effort editing in the chart overlays but glad to hear it’s worth it! And yes you feel quite comfortable in the 62 in those conditions. Great SA with the satellite weather and radar also.
Great video Steve. Very informative.
Thanks 👍
Love your content thank you..😊
And I love these comments thanks!
Great flight & video!
Thanks a lot!
Excellent ride along, enjoyed the high workload and IFR
Glad you enjoyed it. Thanks for watching
Love these vids, action in the cockpit, I'll study all this radio work for my ppl
Great. I try to include lots of radio in the video for people like you!
First time I’ve seen one of your vids. Great work. Subscribed.
Welcome aboard! Thanks
Great video
Thanks!
That was fun. Great commentary. I felt like I was there. I've been flying VFR for 50 years and worked for 22 years in Sydney Flight Service. Very interesting to see what IFR pilots do.
Great. Thanks for watching. I’m glad you enjoyed it.
Awesome videos mate
Thanks 👍
Dream personal aircraft, so really enjoying the vids. Keep them coming! When you get taxis service running, I will book a joy ride :)
Excellent. I look forward to taking you for a spin sometime!
Like always wicked video Steve, IFR looks so fun but pretty intense at the same time looking forward to going for my MEIR hopefully at the end of this year after my CPL. Read a comment that your coming to Perth next week ill be keeping my ears peeled for you over the radios. Keep it up mate.
Yeah MEIR is worth it. Can be intense but most of the time it’s totally fine. I like to push myself a bit sometimes to build the competency. Yeah I’m flying over in my DA40NG which has been sold to a new owner in Perth. Callsign “X42”
A good tutorial on cockpit flow and procedure. Reminds me in the early 2000s flying a Seneca III in an east coast low from BK to PMQ, torrential rain from door to door with a 600' cloud base at PMQ. Just about to do a missed approach when the runway became visual. In those days I had a flight director, HSI, Garmin 450, radar and autopilot - no glass, and six levers to play with, eight including the cowl flaps. What a difference 25+ years make - the DA62 is a very similar aircraft to the Seneca III in both performance and capacity (though the Seneca's range sucks in comparison), but due to all the electronics and glass vastly easier to fly, and dare I say vastly safer. NO PAPER!!! 👏 (and no updates 👍)
Great comment. And yes I agree the technology makes the flying much safer. Flying the baron is far more challenging! I’ve not flown the Seneca but I imagine it’s similar to the baron.
Fantastic
Thanks
Hey it's still raining cheers.
I am a local to bathurst, There has been someday's when i have gone flying that has been shocking for turbulence in which i was surprised the flight school still wanted to go up in the conditions, Another great video showing what its like flying IFR with bad weather conditions
Yeah it was pretty bumpy! Not the day for circuits.
Love that you embarked on the challenge Steve! Would you do a video talking through the start procedure (and then on to an IFR flight)?
Thanks Lachy! No worries will do!!
Nice work..I used to fly alot of IMC with steam gauges and no autopilot in all sorts of weather and night time etc. It would be nice to have all the toys you have in this plane.
Yeah that would be a much higher workload for sure. I do like to hand fly (sometimes) to keep the skills up!
It may sound mad, but I quite enjoy flying in actual IFR.
Me too! IMC conditions are far more challenging and I find it more rewarding!
Nice video mate, see you next time at blueys.
Thanks!
It reminds me of many years ago teaching IFR procedures to minimums out of LBA in the UK in a C152. A VOR/ILS an NDB, with markers and a stop watch. Crap weather and gusty winds were guaranteed.
Sounds like fun! We have so much technology onboard now! Thanks for watching
Hey Steve! Love the videos.
What prompted the use of foreflight over ozrwys or avplan?
Suspecting it has something to do with the Garmin interface??
I was on rhe ground, that day, almost direct below you, on Bell's Line as you left 6. I was in a 1997 hilux, soaked to the skin, after being bitten by a dog, skiding sliding over a road which in cuttings waterfalls poyring onto, semi's in my 'airspace'; so seeing you there suoer chill in nice dry shirt was ah galling😅😂😂
Haha. Sounds like a tough day for you!
Exercises scheduled 👍
Yeah… apparently. Hard to believe.
Great Vid Thanks. Any chance you can get a camera on your PFD for the next IFR flight? Look fwd to the next one.
I’ll try and get it happening in future. If you look at my earliest videos I did that. Thanks for watching
I thought, with Richmond being a RAAF base, you wouldn't be allowed anywhere near it. Looks like it was fun flying over 'tiger country' in that weather.
Yes you can flight plan through RIC airspace. You need a clearance. It’s also got an ILS so is commonly used for practice ILS approaches.
Awesome video
Any chance of a ride for myself and my 11 year old son please?
Love from Tamworth NSW
Do you want to go anywhere in particular? when? email me Stephen.boyd@diamondairtaxis.com
Utrstanding - Huge Diamond fanboy! Fly the new DA42 in MSFS.
I’ll have to try it, MSFS is amazing
Good fun eh.
Yes it was!!
How did the Mermaid @26:40 assist with concentration and the RNP into Bathurst?
Haha. I was trying to turn the music off I think! Hot hits!!
For size reference could you let me know what iPad you have there?
11” iPad Pro. It fits nicely
Couldn't deal with having the stylus on the left I see 😛
Correct! I started to have the same issues with volume button so I made some other adjustments! Fixed now.
What is the deal with Richmond, being an air force base? Is there a GA part to it? Or do they allow GA to do things like missed approaches for training/practice, but just never land?
Probably gives their controllers something to do as well, as there are a lot of times when aircraft movements are few and far between.
There used to be a RAAF flying club there (not sure these days). No GA. But you can get a clearance to overfly and to do approaches
Hi Steve, Thank you for the ride along video. I am curious, do you own the DA62 or just renting? You're very professional in your approach to flying, keep experiencing IMC weather every chance you get. Thank you again. Captain Robert Healy, retired American Airlines.
Thank you for your comment Robert. Yes I own this DA62. It’s only 3 months old. I really enjoy flying in IMC and at night. Great for improving skills! Thanks again for watching.
If I was going to fly in that kind of WX, it'd be in a DA62. I'm working on whether the 42 or 62 will work better for my mission. I'm considering Angel flights, so there's a balance between ingress and safety for my particular mission. Any thoughts on those two?
Both are excellent aircraft. The DA62 is substantially larger internally with a higher useful load. It all depends on your mission. I’ve flown both and they are very nice to fly!
Casually doing missed approach over flooded flight line…
It’s funny. I didn’t notice the flooded flight line until I was editing the video! Glad you noticed!!
Great video - my sone does the Richmond ILS regularly - now I know what it looks like
Yes. I do it often to keep current on the 3D approach. It’s also in the IPC so good to be competent with it.
Again great videos Steve, you're pumping them out lately! lol. Which email is best to contact you on?
Stephen.boyd@diamondairtaxis.com
@@diamondairtaxis awesome! just sent you an email!
Heels on the floor, never got to ask the question when we flew together, what this term actually referred to ?
Not using toe brakes as when you’re later in the takeoff roll accidentally applying them can hurt your speed and the tires
Gets your feet off the brakes on takeoff
@@Wabs11 And then you need to get BACK on the brakes quickly at take-off to stop the wheels spinning when raising the gear!
Ok so with the diamonds it’s easy to inadvertently be putting some pressure on the brakes (toe part of pedal) if you don’t have your heels on the floor. This can cause skidding and puncture at landing as there is no ABS.
Thank you for all the explanations
Happy to be corrected, but I think you had to stay at 5700’ from NC to NI. The recommended altitude between the two points was 5700’ and the note also emphasized that 5700’ was the minimum to NI when coming from NC.
Check out the Airservices chart. This shows you need to cross NC at 5700 but that, once passed, you can descend to 5200 prior to NI. And that 4600 is the minimum for the NC to NI segment.
@@diamondairtaxis Yep, I saw that. What about note 1 on the profile view? It indicates that you cross NI at 5700 from NC, while note 2 indicates you can cross NI at 5200 from NA and ND. Am I missing something here?
@@diamondairtaxis or does that note, together with the graphic mean that you can descend to 5200 once inbound to NI from an the initial waypoints?
That’s how I interpret it… as it shows a descent to 5200 before NI
what aircraft are you flying
Look at the title line.
This was the Diamond DA62
You seem to be not very proficient with the onboard wx radar, Archie Trammel is a great resource to improve your skill using it.
I’m working on it thanks
we should talk
Sure!