Since Stef mentioned the cover on the Pitot Tube…. If you’ve ever wondered why pilots say “airspeed is alive” early in the take off roll, it’s because you need a certain amount of air flowing into the Pitot (more than taxi speed) before the airspeed indicator works. If the pitot tube is blocked (e.g. because the cover was left on it) you won’t get any reading at all no matter how fast you’re going. So it’s important to confirm early, because a lot of decisions the pilot makes in the next few seconds of the take off depend on having an accurate airspeed indication, but you don't know that the airspeed indicator is working at all until you've started the takeoff roll and gained some speed.

Awesome interior. & the Vision Jet is a marvel.

The fact that your gtn’s have a QWERTY layout makes them 100x better

❤️ (What else can I say?) I fly with steam gauges, augmented with an older GPS (Aera 796), an Insight engine monitor and ForeFlight on the obligatory iPad mini.

As an absolute avionics nerd, I loved this. I’m kind of makes me jealous of the touchscreen tho but I don’t mind the g1000 NXi that the king air is fitted with

Great video Stef! You should do more technical episodes! :)

Been waiting for this ever since you got the new avionics installed!

5:21 - I've always called them Pitot covers. Going forward, they will be referred to as "Pitot socks". Actually makes way more sense, and they look like socks. 5:38 - This is a favorite location for CFI's to place colored removable tape over it, to make sure we're paying attention to preflight.

Cool, nerdy vid Stef. But the real question we want to know is- when are you finally going to get Jacqui on board (literally)?

One of the best videos of its kind! Thank you Stef.

Super and very informative video!! Your right!! "Never too much technology"!!

That bump on the head after checking pitot tube :D

Mate your content is class! You deserve more subs keep up the great work!!

Nice head knock on the left wing 😂😂 . Cracked me up but another Awesome video from you with very informative content . Keep them going 👍👍👍

Always love you videos keep up the great work

Really enjoying your content as I’m excited to start my pilot training next year this channel really helps

Good job Stef !

Awesome, thanks Stef!

Dude i love these videos! :D Gonna start my flight training in a year or so im only 15 atm. I also didnt know that the standby instrument actually stayed on if everything else goes black, thats so cool! keep up the good videos bro love them, fav youtuber! :D

Great video - I'm the total nerd too. You are correct - you can never have too much technology. 😎

Great video Stef! I've toyed with the idea of getting my PPL but have too much on my plate at the moment. Just a side note, the end cards didn't show up...

Really love this more in-depth tour of your flying. Keep it up

I’m always so happy when I see a new video of yours on my timeline😍 really love your videos!

Really enjoyed this presentation & one can never have enough technology!

I’d love to know the approximate cost of converting to a glass cockpit like this - $10k? $50k? $100k? A fully-integrated stack like this would be my dream aircraft!

I am amazed the autopilot will actually switch on when on the ground..... that could be a hazard for a less experienced pilot not 100% familiar with all the systems onboard....

I live for tech videos like this!

Thank you for the presentation. Very informative. Looking forward to the next video.

When you first started flying and look to the checklist, 😢Hands up who thought Pitot tube was a misprint of pilot tube?

great video... but the most important thing is... doesn't matter if they're all blank... the plane will not stop flying if you lose the panels.

Thanks for the video, quick and informative :)

Great video! Brief but interesting. I should do one for the glider glass cockpit too, and how it works with no alternators... you've inspired me!

Really cool stuff 😃 Must be a lot of fun 🥳

I love your videos Stefan! I have been looking at the cirrus Sr22, could you please do a video on the ownership cost? Thanks :)

Awesome

Great video mate

Nice video. Love the vids btw

Love the details, love the videos as always. Always forever curious though… how do you afford a cirrus and a beautiful all garmin glass panel?

Stefan could you please let me know the model of the suction cup/arm you use to hold the iPad? It looks really good.

If you could get Netflix on your MFD, CASA would be on ya tail!

Love it!

Great job with the avionics mate. I wonder if this means that EYZ is now ready to go on a round the world flight ??. Thanks Stef

Stef, Do you use a normal computer monitor spray and cleaning cloth for cleaning the displays of the Garmin units or do you use something else which works much better?. How easy is it to update the NAV ARINC databases on the Garmin? Do you use an on-going paid subscription to Garmin or organisations like ARINC or Jeppesen for navigational data & for your iPad app & Garmin glass system?. Does your Garmin setup also allow you to fly in say greater Asia, EU, US & also include their additional databases & approach plates or is that an additional paid subscription?. My only concern of your Garmin glass setup is the battery runtime of your standby instrument & was wondering if Garmin offered additional battery packs. Love the Cirrus range of aircraft but if they had 3 extra features I'd wished they would be: a) Rubber boots on the leading edge instead of de-icing fluid which could deplete if forced to stay above the clouds in known icing conditions b) A compressor to allow limitless flow of pressurised oxygen in the cabin with a standby O2 bottle in case one needs an emergency descent c) They improved the layout of the nose gear as if you were in extreme crosswind it seems possible to damage it due to lateral movement & its perceived inability of the nose gear to swivel

Your back up display, how long is its the battery life rates for?

Do you drive a black Toyota if so I saw you at a servo near pakenham

Hi Stefan, love your videos. Am not a pilot but say aviation geek. Fly regularly low cost airlines without displays and would really like to follow my flight. Have been looking at Garmin watches, but not sure that as a passenger they really give you much information. Google Maps and app like flyover too limited with info. Any advice you (or anyone on the channel) can give?

I wonder though how they keep the plane level because gyros will always drift over time. I guess it correlates the GPS movements with the G sensor and slowly susses out the direction of gravity. Because there is no direct way to measure gravity in a vehicle that can accelerate. That might also mean that a loss of GPS will make the gyro drift. Maybe something sloppy can be hacked together with compass data that's good enough. With computerized ATC we wouldn't need to write stuff down on paper or confirm back. Or even talk to ATC at all. And most would be direct. Can the main display should synthetic vision only? remove all the clutter.

Did you do the second ADAHRS?

In a scenario where you were to have a complete blackout of all cockpit systems (including the standby instrument) what would happen?

what ipad app you running, foreflight?

I see you flew a PC12 with Edwin a while back. How did you managed to record ATC audio in the PC12? Thanks 😊 👍

How long did it take you to adapt from the avidyne you had previous?

Hi Stefan, Dave from Adelaide, do you ever fly at night? Do you need a special night certification to fly at night? would be cool to see some of Melbourne city light from the air.

What happens to the flight controls when you lose all power?

5hat looked painful

Too much avionics ? , its a bit like “the too big workshop” or “the too big bank account” 😃🤪

When you hit your head on the wing and dropped the J Word L O L

third to arrive :)

Must be nice to come from a wealthy family. 🙂

Now, Lets talk About the Pitot Tube cover, and how multiple times it has caused issues if left on flight