A Students First Lesson Learning To Land A Plane |Diamond DA40|

Students quickly realize after the first lesson learning to land a plane that it is not as easy as it looks. It takes practice and perseverance to master this skill. Ride along with Luke in a Diamond DA40 as he gets his first taste of landing a plane.
You can check out Luke's progress after several lessons here: • Learning To Land Takes...
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[@PlaneAwesome747]

That “I’m gonna smack you” was personal 😂😂😂 2:48

[@v1switch]

Question for you…. I fly a DA40 all the time, and I normally go full prop only once I get on final and at approach speed. Any reason you do that so early in the pattern? Just curious.

[@diamondstarpilot]

There is no technical reason to go full prop when reducing the power on downwind. My rationale is twofold-1.it seams logical to group power reduction, full prop, fuel pump and full rich into a single group and 2. it allows for a quick double check on base or final affording two opportunities to ensure it was done. I try to keep the workload on final to a minimum. Some students have a hard enough time remembering to put the final notch of flaps in because they are so focused on aiming point and speed. The official Diamond checklist shows it being done on final but, this is the way I was taught and I think for the reasons I listed, it makes sense. Thanks for watching.