Hey bud, something threw me off on the video, you said flaps are combat mode & automated on setting 1. I promoted a discussion in reddit about this, and the response I got back was someone had dug into source code and confirmed the flaps are jus5 set to 50% at setting 1.
The flap 1 setting is definitely just a fixed amount of flaps yes, I definitely got that bit wrong. I think I was getting myself confused with the F45 auto flaps.
The leading edge flaps are automatic so possibly whenever I looked back from the cockpit and saw that they were moving with AoA changes, I must have assumed it was part of the current flap setting. My bad🤷♂️ But hey, it's not like I was lying intentionally, like Fox News.
So, I just did a browse of your channel: I recognize VTOL VR is not what your channel is known for, but I am *so* glad you made this video (and others like it for V_ V_). I learned more about the instrument panel and general V_V_ flying in these 20 minutes than I have in several hours of watching other people's videos. Can't wait for my VR hardware to arrive.
Thanks for saying. I used to do Teardown videos during Covid lockdown to ease the boredom, but I only do flying game related stuff now when I have some spare time 🤷♂️
Subtitles are available for those viewers that can't penetrate the accent. Also, as with all these vids I say 'airspeed' even though the instruments are reading 'true airspeed', whereas a lot of what I'm saying is true only for 'indicated airspeed'. But in these flight regimes and altitudes it makes little difference to the results.
Yeah they're not a very intuitive instrument to read quickly, especially if you haven't flown with one for a while. They're not that common in aircraft these days and are usually only a backup instrument. AoA readouts are much better implemented in modern fighters and are even seeing a lot of use in crop dusters etc in recent years (mainly situations where aircraft weight varies a lot each flight).
Well I guess that's the beauty of the AoA indexer, no matter which aircraft, or it's configuration, payload, etc, just keep the yellow circle illuminated and you're at the correct approach speed 😉
Hey bud, something threw me off on the video, you said flaps are combat mode & automated on setting 1. I promoted a discussion in reddit about this, and the response I got back was someone had dug into source code and confirmed the flaps are jus5 set to 50% at setting 1.
The flap 1 setting is definitely just a fixed amount of flaps yes, I definitely got that bit wrong. I think I was getting myself confused with the F45 auto flaps.
@@SLGY No worries! I'm a CFI, you covered the real stuff perfectly as far as I can tell.
The leading edge flaps are automatic so possibly whenever I looked back from the cockpit and saw that they were moving with AoA changes, I must have assumed it was part of the current flap setting. My bad🤷♂️ But hey, it's not like I was lying intentionally, like Fox News.
Title is very misleading, this very useful and has certainly helped me with my carrier landings!
Haha thanks for saying ☺️
So, I just did a browse of your channel: I recognize VTOL VR is not what your channel is known for, but I am *so* glad you made this video (and others like it for V_ V_). I learned more about the instrument panel and general V_V_ flying in these 20 minutes than I have in several hours of watching other people's videos. Can't wait for my VR hardware to arrive.
Thanks for saying. I used to do Teardown videos during Covid lockdown to ease the boredom, but I only do flying game related stuff now when I have some spare time 🤷♂️
Subtitles are available for those viewers that can't penetrate the accent.
Also, as with all these vids I say 'airspeed' even though the instruments are reading 'true airspeed', whereas a lot of what I'm saying is true only for 'indicated airspeed'. But in these flight regimes and altitudes it makes little difference to the results.
I'm french and i understood everything without subtitles x)
Thanks for the video i learnt something ^^
Another good video mate, you'll have us all certified pilots before we know it ha
haha thanks. Next time I should probably do a video that ppl will find useful - but all the useful topics have already been done!
@@SLGY I definitely find it useful. We can all throw a plane at a runway and hope it sticks, but there something satisfying about doing it correctly
@@SLGY covered or not, i feel like you'd be able to cover it in an understandable way with the way you use S-Cam and all that
I love all this useless information.
Great video, smart usage of the S-Cam!
Thanks!
I appreciate the subtitles
Nice, I can hardly understand myself talking so it'll be handy for me too when I rewatch this video someday
Thanks for the detailed info, i've been wondering what that insturment does :)
If I can help even 1 person with this video then it was worth making 👌
From what I gather, green means speed up, red means slow down. Excellent!
Yeah they're not a very intuitive instrument to read quickly, especially if you haven't flown with one for a while. They're not that common in aircraft these days and are usually only a backup instrument. AoA readouts are much better implemented in modern fighters and are even seeing a lot of use in crop dusters etc in recent years (mainly situations where aircraft weight varies a lot each flight).
Great video , I learned a lot!
How do I determine which AOA to land for different aircraft. Do I have to actually flight it?
Well I guess that's the beauty of the AoA indexer, no matter which aircraft, or it's configuration, payload, etc, just keep the yellow circle illuminated and you're at the correct approach speed 😉