This video is BORING - Lazy 8s in an RV12!

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Жыл бұрын

One of my favorite, most difficult, and most BORING maneuvers to do (if you do it right). Today we talk about Lazy 8s for your commercial pilot check ride!
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@craighoward5486 11 ай бұрын

Now I'm a new subscriber. This is a terrific demonstration. I have been approaching this too fast, too steep. Super useful. Thank you!

@NorthwestAeronaut 11 ай бұрын

So glad! Thanks for watching and subscribing! 🙌🏻🙌🏻🙌🏻

@greglong1492 Жыл бұрын

I'm really enjoying these maneuvering videos. Especially in the RV-12 since I'm a new RV-12 flier. I just built mine and have about 11 hours in it so far. Most of my 600 hours are in a C172. I look forward to practicing them in my experimental RV-12.

@NorthwestAeronaut Жыл бұрын

That’s awesome, Greg! Congrats on the new plane and I’m glad you’re enjoying the series! Let me know if there is anything else I could address to help!

@greglong1492 Жыл бұрын

Now that you mention it. A video(s) on crosswind takeoffs and landings would be great in the 12. I had my first real crosswind landing about a week ago and it didn't go as I had hoped. I landed okay but did not feel in total control all the way to all wheels down and stable. It was a 50 to 60 degree crosswind at 10 knots gusting to 17 so essentially a full crosswind. I used one notch of flaps and wondered if that was a mistake. Of course that's also essentially greater than the 11 knot demonstrated crosswind for the 12. Any pointers would be great. The POH is some help but doesn't address flaps with xwind.

@NorthwestAeronaut Жыл бұрын

I will see what I can do! I actually do have a crosswind video I’m working on editing, but it’s not in the RV. Really isn’t anything different in the RV. It’s just more sensitive to the wind because of its light weight and that’s just something you have to expect and be ready for 👍

@GregLong-rh6oy Жыл бұрын

@@NorthwestAeronaut 🛩👍

@1dullgeek Жыл бұрын

"This video is BORING" is next level click bait. I think you could make a drinking game out of everytime you say "Slowwwwwwly". It'd probably kill someone. :) This video answers the question of how to do a Lazy 8. And I really like the deconstruction into the vertical and horizontal components. But I'm not a commercial student. Why is this maneuver important for commercial pilots and not private pilots? What is accomplished by knowing how to do this maneuver?

@NorthwestAeronaut Жыл бұрын

Haha I don’t think I’d make it through the first 2 min in that game 😆 that’s a great question and the answer is it’s beneficial to ALL pilots. It teaches you mastery over your aircraft and shows you know how to coordinate the controls and fly the airplane through multiple aerodynamic states with shifting dynamics in a smooth and comfortable fashion. I do sometimes introduce it to my primary students, but the reason it’s not required for the private level is because it does take quite advanced skill to perform and most commercial candidates have a hard time learning and executing it. For a brand new pilot it would be quite the workload and you just don’t have the skills necessary that early on to fully understand and execute it properly. Not that you couldn’t learn and be taught! But that’s why it’s not required for the check ride :-) go out and give it a try and let me know what you think!

@dreamcreator2552 Жыл бұрын

It is hard to explain to non-commercial candidates what the commercial maneuvers actually do and their purpose as one cannot understand them until one attempts each of the maneuvers. All combined the maneuvers really make you a better pilot and the maneuvers demonstrate where the edges of the flying envelope extend to. Mastery of the aircraft is the goal as stated in the ACS.