I like the tip about pointing the plane towards you. It definitely helps with depth perception and determining where the plane actually is. On wind, my big cub loves landing into the wind, cross or otherwise. It lands so slow it’s almost a zero rollout landing.
Michael your advice helped me save my 35 % MSX-R from a dead stick. This video played in my head until I landed it in the longest 12 seconds of my life. Lol
I've watched many of these "how to" videos on landing, and while they often have great tips they rarely, if ever, cover the most important step: the transition from cruise speed to slow flight. Where and how this is done is never discussed in the kind of detail that is needed by a beginner pilot. And it's obvious that a lot of experienced pilots - even jet pilots! - don't know how to make this transition. You can't control altitude with throttle until the plane has made this transition behind the power curve, and you have to know your plane and it's stall speed to fly there safely. I hope you will cover this in a future video!
My video of landing turbine Jets may deal with it a bit better than this video. BUt I will take it under advisement and see if I can address it. Thanks for the input. I guess I assumed most know how to slow it down, but you are right.
This is spot on question mate ! I started to make ornithopters 3 years ago and after that scratch built depron planes. I had nowhere to learn flying them buy from the internet. But as you probably know internet is enormous junk tip. We need to dig through tons of garbage to eventually find some useful informations, but then you don't know which one is correct. My No 1 cause of crashes is on landing. Among many different landing theories (some of them wrong) I could not stick to one yet. Way of landing with cutting power off 1m above ground and start flare and hold on 2 inches above ground did not work for me. Landing with power worked bit better with random luck flying planes to the ground at slowest speed just ABOVE stall and try to increase AOA just before touch down in split of second. I noticed one thing Michael mentioned in this video that he flies just BELOW stall speed in the final approach and then using throttle for altitude. Could you please explain that transition from slow cruise to below stall flight in few words what exactly you doing with elevator and throttle at any moment before touch down. Thanks !
Thanks Mike,,, I learned so much from your videos,,, you know what your talking about with action, facts,,,, Landing WAS the most hard for me to learn, understaind , until I seen your video,,,
I have been watching this video a lot lately. Two things I have gotten from Michael Wargo's videos is have the plane pointing towards you when landing and let the plane fly onto the runway. It really works. Thanks Michael
Great Tips Michael . Been a drone pilot for 4 years but only started flying Planes a week before Xmas gone, Bought a Flex QQ 300 the other day and love it for 3D , Been Watching your All your Videos for the last 6 Weeks . Very Helpful info . Nailed the Knife Edge yesterday. Many Thanks for all your hints n tips, Keep em coming
Thanks friend! You’re so right...the plane will do what it wants, especially in the wind. We deal with cross wind landings all the time at RCACF Orlando. But it is great for learning how to finesse the plane in the wind.
One thing not mentioned in this video is that when you are flying a fan jet with the internal motor, they will stall faster than a prop plane because you do not have the airflow from the propeller going over the wings.
One thing about landing that helped me from one of your other videos was to use rudder only for aligning the approach and keep the wings as level as possible.
That field with the rv in the back and the pond at back of the runway where you did rolling harriers into landing with the katana I believe is my home town field (moonport modelers club)
Hi Michael, thanks for all the great tips. I recently got a Cirrus SR22T 1.5m, and have been bouncing on landing. Based on your tips, I'll try a long approach, slower speeds next and see if that helps. If you have any other tips for me, please let me know! Thanks
Learn your aircraft. In the air, find what throttle setting will hold your plane in a slight mode high and a slow decent. This throttle setting shall be used at base and final. Maintain pitch but use small throttle changes to manipulate your glide slope. Add a pinch of power at the end for a smooth landing with increased elevator until fully pulled back while rolling out to a stop.
As a newbie my biggest problem is when the a/c is on final and I can't seem to get the aileron inputs correct when the a/c is coming towards me I get the inputs reversed. Of course when the a/c is flying away from me I put myself as if I was in the a/c and the inputs are seemless once I get established on final is when I start to over correct the inputs in the wrong direction. I wish someone would explain that skill and how to do it correctly.
Good news is that you will get it. Bad news is it is just experience or turning sideways to imagine you are in the cockpit. BUt Honestly, it is just keep doing it. Experience is the key. I would fly the aircraft toward you (not landing) and just tip the wings back and forth and try to just get it!
Hi, I have very little experience with Gliders. Just never captured my interest. There are a lot of nuances and specialized skills associated with it, so since I am far from an expert on gliders, I will keep quiet and let the experts do it.
I really want to get back into flying, my basement is full of (busted up and ready to build) planes but the world is such a mess i don't know when I'll be able to do it again.
Having my student repeat slow flight down the runway while attempting to fly lower on each pass made for quickest improvement. Objective is smooth level flight 2ft off the ground. First hour is usually above 30ft so I have enough time to flip trainer switch and prevent crash. Slow flight is being fast on all controls. Tricky. I still do this for my own skill set when I have not flown in a while or I have difficult conditions for landing. I don't think I could ever teach someone to do Harriers. I would never have time to flip the trainer switch.
I think It is better to walk along the runway a bit & land PAST the pilot. In this way one can judge the final height in the approach & get the flair right. When the plane is coming towards you it is harder to judge height. As it passes in front one can see exactly the height.
That's the problem I have with landing my F-15 has upgraded 8S power system when try to slow down decent rate increases rapidly to arrest it I increase throttle then more often I'm touching down used up half the runway running off the end. Go around's I get one time maybe to try again at most pushing the battery.
I would love.to watch how you would land my 1/5 twin engine beech 18. Or my 1/3 spacewalker. I can't for the life of me land either without overrunning the runway. Then again our clubs runway is really short. I would say 100ft max.
Take the scenario where throttle is not increased trimmed for level flight. What will happen to the airspeed if up elevator is applied, (change atitude)? Your air speed will decrease. (Like a car in cruise control for level driving at 60 MPH will slow down some when trying to go over a hill). Again don't touch the throttle and apply down elevator AirSpeed will increase. Still trimmed for flying with wings level, now decrease your throttle the plane will now lose altitude maintaining the same angle of attack. Still trimmed for level flight increase throttle the plane will gain altitude. RC Flyers will usually increase throttle before the application of elevator for climbs, and decrease throttle if they're planning on descending we do it so automatically that we don't think about it. The two work in harmony with one another this example just gives us the flyer a greater appreciation for what occurs when changes these changes occur.
Im sorry I am probably in minority if you have runway length in name of safety first why? Do harrier style landing, uneeded risk, borders on stunting, unnecessary.?!
You are right. But understand, like a demo I did at a club this weekend, I did a harrier landing. It is showing off. Absolutely. Purely for the sake of showing piloting skill and or the capabilities of the aircraft. When I perform at airshows, it is usually the goal, and aircraft risk is a secondary consideration. BUt for a non sponsored pilot with nothing to gain, you should not risk it. Good post!! thank you.
Hmm, great tips but the usual “mistake” of RC pilots, landing too far down the runway. Seems many pilots touchdown at the point on the runway opposite to the point they are standing (usually halfway down the runway). This is often regardless of how short the runway is or the landing speed of their aircraft. Just my observations in general, clearly not a problem to someone possessing the skill set Michael has :)
Nope landing is the best part of flying.!! . soon as you get the plan in the air then turn right back around and land it.. keep going until you are comfortable!! Now go play with the plane..
I did that my first season of flying. I was intimidated by landing so one day I went to the field when nobody was there and did 50 take off and landings. By the end I had become comfortable and confident and never looked back. I love landings. Currently a 28 year veteran of R/C flying.
Thanks for pointing it out. I meant to say just above that stall speed. THanks for catching it. I think most know what I meant. IF it stalls it will fall out of the sky. BUt I meant above. Slightly above, but you want it to stall onto the runway. Fly until it stops flying.
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Pointing the plane at me when landing.... Brilliant! Never thought of that. Thanks
I like the tip about pointing the plane towards you. It definitely helps with depth perception and determining where the plane actually is. On wind, my big cub loves landing into the wind, cross or otherwise. It lands so slow it’s almost a zero rollout landing.
Michael your advice helped me save my 35 % MSX-R from a dead stick. This video played in my head until I landed it in the longest 12 seconds of my life. Lol
Totally Made my day!!!!!! Thanks for sharing that with me. Really glad it helped.
Nice aerobatic landings!!
I've watched many of these "how to" videos on landing, and while they often have great tips they rarely, if ever, cover the most important step: the transition from cruise speed to slow flight. Where and how this is done is never discussed in the kind of detail that is needed by a beginner pilot. And it's obvious that a lot of experienced pilots - even jet pilots! - don't know how to make this transition. You can't control altitude with throttle until the plane has made this transition behind the power curve, and you have to know your plane and it's stall speed to fly there safely. I hope you will cover this in a future video!
My video of landing turbine Jets may deal with it a bit better than this video. BUt I will take it under advisement and see if I can address it. Thanks for the input. I guess I assumed most know how to slow it down, but you are right.
This is spot on question mate ! I started to make ornithopters 3 years ago and after that scratch built depron planes. I had nowhere to learn flying them buy from the internet. But as you probably know internet is enormous junk tip. We need to dig through tons of garbage to eventually find some useful informations, but then you don't know which one is correct. My No 1 cause of crashes is on landing. Among many different landing theories (some of them wrong) I could not stick to one yet.
Way of landing with cutting power off 1m above ground and start flare and hold on 2 inches above ground did not work for me. Landing with power worked bit better with random luck flying planes to the ground at slowest speed just ABOVE stall and try to increase AOA just before touch down in split of second. I noticed one thing Michael mentioned in this video that he flies just BELOW stall speed in the final approach and then using throttle for altitude. Could you please explain that transition from slow cruise to below stall flight in few words what exactly you doing with elevator and throttle at any moment before touch down. Thanks !
Oops ! I will watch your video channel videos first.
Thanks Mike,,, I learned so much from your videos,,, you know what your talking about with
action, facts,,,, Landing WAS the most hard for me to learn, understaind , until I seen your video,,,
Wow! Very good skills and very informative!
Thanks. Saved my plane.
Thank you Brother for emphasizing that coming in too fast can be just as bad, if not worse, than too slow
Thanks for tips; I hope I can practice son!!! Big hug!!!
those last landings...👌🏿👌🏿👌🏿👌🏿
Priceless. I had been doing landings differently and now thanks to your instructional advice I will be even better. Thank you!
I have been watching this video a lot lately. Two things I have gotten from Michael Wargo's videos is have the plane pointing towards you when landing and let the plane fly onto the runway. It really works. Thanks Michael
Michael Wargo, thank you for that little demonstration on landing, you were right on point,
I had my first successful landing today because of this vid! Carbon z cub ss. It's my first plane ever.😅
That is awesome. This comment absolutely made my day.😊
Excellent video thank you
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Great Tips Michael . Been a drone pilot for 4 years but only started flying Planes a week before Xmas gone, Bought a Flex QQ 300 the other day and love it for 3D , Been Watching your All your Videos for the last 6 Weeks .
Very Helpful info . Nailed the Knife Edge yesterday. Many Thanks for all your hints n tips, Keep em coming
Thanks Mike. Great video as always. I've learned so much from you. Greetings from Norway!
Thanks much wish more people would share their knowledge like you.
Excellent video. I have my first flight after a very long break from the hobby and these tips should really help.
King Michael the greatest!
Thanks friend! You’re so right...the plane will do what it wants, especially in the wind. We deal with cross wind landings all the time at RCACF Orlando. But it is great for learning how to finesse the plane in the wind.
Great tips especially pointing the nose at myself when landing, thank you Michael
Very nice tutorial landing rc plane
I watched this over and over again...
Great! Thank you. Will watch many times over, like all of your instructional videos..
Very good! Thank you.
Excellent information! I really appreciate your taking the time to post this video. Good theory behind the practices you clearly use yourself!
So far, I've watched at least twice and shared once.
Thank for video.
Very nice.Thank you
One thing not mentioned in this video is that when you are flying a fan jet with the internal motor, they will stall faster than a prop plane because you do not have the airflow from the propeller going over the wings.
This guy is a pro.
Fantastic stuff
good video, i wish that could be a virtual lines for more descriptive lands for the cross winds.. :D
Really excellent video!
One thing about landing that helped me from one of your other videos was to use rudder only for aligning the approach and keep the wings as level as possible.
which video was that please?
Thank you, sir.
Awesome flying sir....
Great stuff! More please!
That field with the rv in the back and the pond at back of the runway where you did rolling harriers into landing with the katana I believe is my home town field (moonport modelers club)
Always great as usual would love to have a flying lesson..
Hi Michael, thanks for all the great tips. I recently got a Cirrus SR22T 1.5m, and have been bouncing on landing. Based on your tips, I'll try a long approach, slower speeds next and see if that helps. If you have any other tips for me, please let me know! Thanks
Learn your aircraft. In the air, find what throttle setting will hold your plane in a slight mode high and a slow decent. This throttle setting shall be used at base and final. Maintain pitch but use small throttle changes to manipulate your glide slope. Add a pinch of power at the end for a smooth landing with increased elevator until fully pulled back while rolling out to a stop.
god bless you ,thank you lot's
LEGEND!
As a newbie my biggest problem is when the a/c is on final and I can't seem to get the aileron inputs correct when the a/c is coming towards me I get the inputs reversed. Of course when the a/c is flying away from me I put myself as if I was in the a/c and the inputs are seemless once I get established on final is when I start to over correct the inputs in the wrong direction. I wish someone would explain that skill and how to do it correctly.
Good news is that you will get it. Bad news is it is just experience or turning sideways to imagine you are in the cockpit. BUt Honestly, it is just keep doing it. Experience is the key. I would fly the aircraft toward you (not landing) and just tip the wings back and forth and try to just get it!
Hi, Any videos for beginners to fly gliders
Hi, I have very little experience with Gliders. Just never captured my interest. There are a lot of nuances and specialized skills associated with it, so since I am far from an expert on gliders, I will keep quiet and let the experts do it.
Thank you was great
thanks for the tip:)
Great Video
I really want to get back into flying, my basement is full of (busted up and ready to build) planes but the world is such a mess i don't know when I'll be able to do it again.
Thanks, that's very helpful.
Why does my plane balloon up when it's on approach?
well my mig aint gunna have enough room to land so i gotta use that aircraft carrier technique with the rope at the end
Having my student repeat slow flight down the runway while attempting to fly lower on each pass made for quickest improvement. Objective is smooth level flight 2ft off the ground. First hour is usually above 30ft so I have enough time to flip trainer switch and prevent crash. Slow flight is being fast on all controls. Tricky. I still do this for my own skill set when I have not flown in a while or I have difficult conditions for landing. I don't think I could ever teach someone to do Harriers. I would never have time to flip the trainer switch.
Good slamming onto the ground.
I think It is better to walk along the runway a bit & land PAST the pilot. In this way one can judge the final height in the approach & get the flair right. When the plane is coming towards you it is harder to judge height. As it passes in front one can see exactly the height.
Thanks Michael, Very C@@L & Informative... ;~)
What is this red jet
Stabilized approach is key.
That's the problem I have with landing my F-15 has upgraded 8S power system when try to slow down decent rate increases rapidly to arrest it I increase throttle then more often I'm touching down used up half the runway running off the end. Go around's I get one time maybe to try again at most pushing the battery.
I would love.to watch how you would land my 1/5 twin engine beech 18.
Or my 1/3 spacewalker. I can't for the life of me land either without overrunning the runway.
Then again our clubs runway is really short.
I would say 100ft max.
Well, if you get anywhere near Central Florida, let me know!!!!!!! I will give it a shot.
I did the same thing and once flew my plane at myself
Rule no1 for full size flying, Throttle for Altitude and Elevator for Atittude.
Take the scenario where throttle is not increased trimmed for level flight. What will happen to the airspeed if up elevator is applied, (change atitude)? Your air speed will decrease. (Like a car in cruise control for level driving at 60 MPH will slow down some when trying to go over a hill). Again don't touch the throttle and apply down elevator AirSpeed will increase. Still trimmed for flying with wings level, now decrease your throttle the plane will now lose altitude maintaining the same angle of attack. Still trimmed for level flight increase throttle the plane will gain altitude. RC Flyers will usually increase throttle before the application of elevator for climbs, and decrease throttle if they're planning on descending we do it so automatically that we don't think about it. The two work in harmony with one another this example just gives us the flyer a greater appreciation for what occurs when changes these changes occur.
Im sorry I am probably in minority if you have runway length in name of safety first why? Do harrier style landing, uneeded risk, borders on stunting, unnecessary.?!
You are right. But understand, like a demo I did at a club this weekend, I did a harrier landing. It is showing off. Absolutely. Purely for the sake of showing piloting skill and or the capabilities of the aircraft. When I perform at airshows, it is usually the goal, and aircraft risk is a secondary consideration. BUt for a non sponsored pilot with nothing to gain, you should not risk it. Good post!! thank you.
Hmm, great tips but the usual “mistake” of RC pilots, landing too far down the runway. Seems many pilots touchdown at the point on the runway opposite to the point they are standing (usually halfway down the runway). This is often regardless of how short the runway is or the landing speed of their aircraft. Just my observations in general, clearly not a problem to someone possessing the skill set Michael has :)
Don’t take off if you don’t want to land
Nope landing is the best part of flying.!! . soon as you get the plan in the air then turn right back around and land it.. keep going until you are comfortable!! Now go play with the plane..
Ty4sharing ...nice.
I did that my first season of flying. I was intimidated by landing so one day I went to the field when nobody was there and did 50 take off and landings. By the end I had become comfortable and confident and never looked back. I love landings. Currently a 28 year veteran of R/C flying.
landing is only hard when you are landing your 1000 hours of hard work.
“…so that it’s right below that stall speed…”
I had to listen to this 3 times to make sure that I heard it correctly.
This is complete nonsense.
Thanks for pointing it out. I meant to say just above that stall speed. THanks for catching it. I think most know what I meant. IF it stalls it will fall out of the sky. BUt I meant above. Slightly above, but you want it to stall onto the runway. Fly until it stops flying.
what? flying junk. come on
Awesome video thank you Sir salute
Very nice, thank you!!