Thanks for taking the time to make these videos. The Piper Malibu series are my favorite type of aircraft, so being a part of your missions is a great experience. One day I will have my own and take the time to document my flights to help others find the drive to achieve their own goals. I fly out of Glendale (KGEU) with an RV12, it’s no Malibu but is good old fashion stick and rudder. Thanks again!
Great video, thanks for having a camera on the panel. I just got my Mooney back from the avionics shop getting a new panel. My panel is almost like yoursm I now have GPSS on my plane and getting used to the buttonology has been a process. LOL. I stopped the video and rewound it several times to see what buttons you were pressing.
Great flight, I get nervous/anxious when the autopilot does something weird when on an approach even more so when IMC! Good job you were ready with the CWS....
love your videos, I live in Payson AZ. if you ever come up for breakfast let me know, would love to meet you. we fly a skywagon 180 out of Payson. once again you do have some great videos.
Love aviation vids!! Noticed at 10:09 that your PFD and your secondary digital airspeed/altimeter (above the AP) was off by 4kts/40ft respectively. Not sure if that's a known issue, but just making a note of it :D
I'm not familiar with the G500Xi. I assume that is a smaller version of the G1000 system? Anyway, I didn't see the glideslope indicator near the HSI. Is that it in the upper right hand corner of the display? Beautiful aircraft and very professional IFR approach. I'm green with envy!
Hi, the glideslope is left of the altimeter bar. It is not displayed until he activates the Localizer display by touching the CDI button at 6:47. Been equipping helos with G500H TXi here. Good to see video demonstrating ILS approaches on this unit.
Love your videos, your commentary is extremely helpful, trying to analyze your glass panel. Still need to work out when you intercept the glide scope indicator on your panel, where it is on the Garmin Thanks hooked on your instructional videos , great job
I am no expert about your particular autopilot/Garmin system, but if I had to guess, you probably pressed the "approach" mode while you were still in GPS needles, and only then you switched to green needles. I suggest when you're vectored around a terminal area, and especially when told to expect an ILS and been issued radar vectors to go ahead and switch to green needles. You can expect that the clearance is def *not* going to be to track a GPS plotted course as part of your approach clearance, hence no reason to have to wait that long to switch that CDI. Once you have the correct needles up, and checked that you've got correct sensing (ie loc needle is on the side it should be, and G/S needle is on the portion it should be, preferably above you), correct identifier has been verified, and been issued an approach clearance which is within tolerance of what your autopilot can capture, only then press the approach mode in your A/P
Hi Daniel. Thanks for the input. This is consistent with most of the responses I've received so I'll modify my procedure for vectored ILS's and see how it works...
I like the split views on landing and the yoke camera mount! Katey needs a Neck Sleep cushion, I highly recommend the BCOZZY chin support on Amazon! Thanks for the video!
Noticed in the middle of the video that you were flying with the yaw damper on. Do you turn it off for landing? Enjoyed the video and comments about green needles.
Hey bud, enjoy your videos. I just did a big upgrade on my mooney ovation using the G500txi, and gtn 750 with all the trimmings. I have a question, how did you get that dme window to come up below your vertical speed? Mine doesn't display that or im not sure how to get it up there. Any hints or tips or tricks? thanks!
Great to be flying with you anytime Malibu flyer because I'm looking forward to finally getting the time to complete my study time to get prepared to get signed off to take the real IRA exam so if you are on a cross country flight around the north eastern region come on down to KCJR to pick me up to meet up
@@MalibuFlyer excellent video an plane Sir, but talking about BBQ's, you should try the Argentinian ones lol ;) Nice landing, contact SAEZ ground at 121.750, haha... Cheers! ;)
What year is your malibu sir she looks lovely. I have use of a 07 malibu mirage with the full avidyne glass cockpit. flew it home from the factory for the owner. Doing it again next year. Happy flying bud
@@MalibuFlyer she looks well for her age sir, lovely panel well equipped. Does yours have speed brakes i believe there a must in this aircraft especially when coming down through the flight levels in cold England to keep the front cylinders warm. Would you agree that cowl flaps would help engine temps in the decent?
Great to see Big Sandy Field again...did some training out there 35 years ago when World Wide Church of God owned it...they had a falcon and G3 fly into there...wonder when the last time it was repaved...thanks for the fun
Thank you. I'm not sure what you're wanting me to clarify. At 6:54 when I switch the CDI from GPS to VLOC (green needles), you can see the immediate 5º pitch up.
You're absolutely right and thanks for pointing that out. I reviewed and noticed that I switched to ground, made contact, and received my taxi instructions, all before exiting the runway.
@@MalibuFlyer You know it is natural to respond to the tower hand-off by switching over as soon as the tower announces "contact ground...". My law of Primacy kicks in because when I first learned to fly that is what we did because having turned off the runway meant you were clear. I am still having to get used to it.
You mentioned that when you switched the G500 to ILS instead of GPS it suddenly pitched up looking for the glide slope. I don't know for sure but I think you should have turned to the "Green Needles" before you activated the approach, as soon as you were given vectors. In fact, and again, I can't be sure, but I think there is a setting in the GTN750 that automatically switches to the "green needles" for the approach. If you are being vectored and have an ILS setup and altitude hold engaged, it should, once the approach is armed, turn on to the localizer and then intercept the glide slope and follow it down. I definitely suggest you sort that out in good VFR at home base because I noticed a similar thing happened on another ILS approach and, in my view, a pilot flying IFR alone needs to have absolutely as much going for them as possible and that means not having to fumble with the AP and GTN750 during critical stages of an approach. Distractions at that stage can be disastrous. I enjoy your videos, and this comment is intended to be helpful and is not in any way meant to be mean or unkind.
Thanks for the comment. I'm not sure if switching the CDI to VLOC mode (green needles) on the G500 before activating the approach mode on the AP would change anything in this case. As you can see @ 6:55, the Flight Director immediately commands the climb which tells me that it's coming from the 750. It's important to note that even though the 750 is in VLOC mode, it's the CDI setting on the G500 that determines what is driving the AP. You've inspired me to get to the bottom of it...
@@MalibuFlyer I don't think I was clear. The GTN 750 is primed for the ILS, but the G500 and consequently the AP is set to GPSS. When you change the G500 to ILS instead of flying the heading and assigned altitude, it starts to follow the ILS (that's what you told it to do) but the ILS is showing you are below the glideslope. You know that is because you haven't intercepted yet, but the AP has now been told to follow the ILS and thus tries to capture the glideslope. So I surmise that the correct procedure when being vectored is to be in HDG and ALT mode with "green needles" and then engage APR when cleared for the approach. Alternatively, if you are cleared to a point on the approach course, maybe the FAF then, if you have the GTN 750 set to automatically switch modes, you can fly GPSS to the FAF and the GTN 750 will figure out when to turn the needles green and intercept. I stress that this is from my reading of the GTN manual and not from practical experience, but it sure seems logical to me.
@@N1120A I don't think this particular issue is any reason to not do coupled ILS approaches. In reviewing the synchronized raw video, I see that as soon as I switched the CDI, the AP canceled ALT hold and went into GS mode for exactly 3 seconds then cancelled. I'm looking into it.
Nice job with the CWS to mitigate the unexpected climb, that’s a high level of airmanship.
So Grateful for the Panel shots!
Great video, sexiest Malibu with a great panel.
Thanks for taking the time to make these videos. The Piper Malibu series are my favorite type of aircraft, so being a part of your missions is a great experience. One day I will have my own and take the time to document my flights to help others find the drive to achieve their own goals. I fly out of Glendale (KGEU) with an RV12, it’s no Malibu but is good old fashion stick and rudder. Thanks again!
Thanks Andres! I've never been in an RV12 but they sure look fun to fly!
I personally love the RV12. Anytime you want to go up in one and your in Arizona let me know. 👍
Awesome shots
Great approach and awesome plane!
nice video. love your plane. totally awesome. Gday from Australia
Thank you for sharing a great video!!!
Great video thanks for your time!
great video , nice panel , perfect IFR weather there this spring in texas .
Great video, thanks for having a camera on the panel. I just got my Mooney back from the avionics shop getting a new panel. My panel is almost like yoursm I now have GPSS on my plane and getting used to the buttonology has been a process. LOL. I stopped the video and rewound it several times to see what buttons you were pressing.
Man your doing a great job with you Malibu videos ! Thank you very much Enjoying every one of them
Thank you sir! If you have any suggestions, I'd sure love to hear them. I'm concerned that I'm running out of interesting/valuable content.
Great video ! First time here, but WILL be back ! Safe skies ! 🇺🇸🛫
Welcome back! Been waiting for a flight to be posted. Well done!
Thanks again... loving all your very well-made and extremely interesting and informative videos...all over again ..
Love the panel.
Great video. You have an awesome airplane.
Great video. They just keep getting better... I look forward to your Vids. Thanks! :)
That was a short taxi route :-). Thanks for sharing this video.
Great flight, I get nervous/anxious when the autopilot does something weird when on an approach even more so when IMC!
Good job you were ready with the CWS....
Great video. Appreciate the 3 views on landing. That had to take some time in the edit.
excellent. thank you for sharing these.
Great video
Awesome!
love your videos, I live in Payson AZ. if you ever come up for breakfast let me know, would love to meet you. we fly a skywagon 180 out of Payson. once again you do have some great videos.
Hi Jeff. Thanks for the comment and we certainly will let you know next time we head up for breakfast.
Thanks 👍
Great Video thanks for sharing . You need to get a new FO
lol
Love aviation vids!! Noticed at 10:09 that your PFD and your secondary digital airspeed/altimeter (above the AP) was off by 4kts/40ft respectively. Not sure if that's a known issue, but just making a note of it :D
Hi Brian. It's a known issue that I have on the list. Thanks for the heads-up.
I'm not familiar with the G500Xi. I assume that is a smaller version of the G1000 system? Anyway, I didn't see the glideslope indicator near the HSI. Is that it in the upper right hand corner of the display? Beautiful aircraft and very professional IFR approach. I'm green with envy!
Hi, the glideslope is left of the altimeter bar. It is not displayed until he activates the Localizer display by touching the CDI button at 6:47.
Been equipping helos with G500H TXi here. Good to see video demonstrating ILS approaches on this unit.
great job
I thought your FO would never stop talking, what a distraction! Great videos!
Caught a glimpse of the time on the PFD. 5:15am as he's setting up to capture the ILS. I don't think she wakes up for duty until a least 10am :D
Your daugher should love you for uploading videos while she was sleeping lol.. nice vids!
Well done. We hope to be Malibu flyers ourselves one day (just ticking those hours off)!
Love your videos, your commentary is extremely helpful, trying to analyze your glass panel. Still need to work out when you intercept the glide scope indicator on your panel, where it is on the Garmin
Thanks hooked on your instructional videos , great job
I am no expert about your particular autopilot/Garmin system, but if I had to guess, you probably pressed the "approach" mode while you were still in GPS needles, and only then you switched to green needles. I suggest when you're vectored around a terminal area, and especially when told to expect an ILS and been issued radar vectors to go ahead and switch to green needles. You can expect that the clearance is def *not* going to be to track a GPS plotted course as part of your approach clearance, hence no reason to have to wait that long to switch that CDI. Once you have the correct needles up, and checked that you've got correct sensing (ie loc needle is on the side it should be, and G/S needle is on the portion it should be, preferably above you), correct identifier has been verified, and been issued an approach clearance which is within tolerance of what your autopilot can capture, only then press the approach mode in your A/P
Hi Daniel. Thanks for the input. This is consistent with most of the responses I've received so I'll modify my procedure for vectored ILS's and see how it works...
You know, modern glass cockpits, so nice in IMC. Must make learning instruments really easy, and if nothing else, flying in them.
I like the split views on landing and the yoke camera mount! Katey needs a Neck Sleep cushion, I highly recommend the BCOZZY chin support on Amazon! Thanks for the video!
Thank you. What Katey really needs is to learn how to fly so I can get some sleep :)
@@MalibuFlyer Ha ha! LOL ;^D Well played! :^D
i like the XTK displayed
Noticed in the middle of the video that you were flying with the yaw damper on. Do you turn it off for landing? Enjoyed the video and comments about green needles.
Hi George. Yes, the yaw damper gets disengaged before landing.
Hey bud, enjoy your videos. I just did a big upgrade on my mooney ovation using the G500txi, and gtn 750 with all the trimmings. I have a question, how did you get that dme window to come up below your vertical speed? Mine doesn't display that or im not sure how to get it up there. Any hints or tips or tricks? thanks!
It's configuration setting you have to enable in config mode. You have to have an unlock card to get to that mode.
@@MalibuFlyer thanks!
Great to be flying with you anytime Malibu flyer because I'm looking forward to finally getting the time to complete my study time to get prepared to get signed off to take the real IRA exam so if you are on a cross country flight around the north eastern region come on down to KCJR to pick me up to meet up
Great video! A question ,i hear 500 and then minimum how do I set this on the G500txi? Greetings from Germany
What was the round number for the G500 Txi and the GTN retrofit? PArts + labour? Thank you.
I wish we knew you were in town! We would have treated to BBQ :)
Thank you! I would have taken you up on that offer. Texas is without a doubt the BBQ capital of the world!
@@MalibuFlyer excellent video an plane Sir, but talking about BBQ's, you should try the Argentinian ones lol ;)
Nice landing, contact SAEZ ground at 121.750, haha...
Cheers! ;)
The Garmin 500
What year is your malibu sir she looks lovely. I have use of a 07 malibu mirage with the full avidyne glass cockpit. flew it home from the factory for the owner. Doing it again next year. Happy flying bud
Hi Karl, thank you. Mine is an '86 which was the first year for electric flaps and Parker-Hannifin gear.
@@MalibuFlyer she looks well for her age sir, lovely panel well equipped. Does yours have speed brakes i believe there a must in this aircraft especially when coming down through the flight levels in cold England to keep the front cylinders warm. Would you agree that cowl flaps would help engine temps in the decent?
@@karljames1694 Yes, I have the speedbrakes installed and use them regularly.
@@MalibuFlyer awesome. Keep her flying sir may God keep an eye on your flight plans, fly high fly safe sir
Are you still flying the Malibu? I’m based at KCHD.
Hi Gary. No, I don't have the Malibu anymore.
Great videos. Are you still flying?
Great to see Big Sandy Field again...did some training out there 35 years ago when World Wide Church of God owned it...they had a falcon and G3 fly into there...wonder when the last time it was repaved...thanks for the fun
I don't think it has been repaved since then... It's rough.
@@MalibuFlyer lol I agree
Thanks for the video. Could you clarify with the five degrees pitch up when changing display mode?
Thank you. I'm not sure what you're wanting me to clarify. At 6:54 when I switch the CDI from GPS to VLOC (green needles), you can see the immediate 5º pitch up.
Malibu Flyer thank you for your reply. Was there a reason for the 5 degree pitch up? Is this what you expected?
@@goutvols103 No, that was completely unexpected. I'm trying to determine why it happened.
Thought you were supposed to wait until crossing the double bars at the end of the C2 before switching from tower to ground and contacting ground.
You're absolutely right and thanks for pointing that out. I reviewed and noticed that I switched to ground, made contact, and received my taxi instructions, all before exiting the runway.
@@MalibuFlyer You know it is natural to respond to the tower hand-off by switching over as soon as the tower announces "contact ground...". My law of Primacy kicks in because when I first learned to fly that is what we did because having turned off the runway meant you were clear. I am still having to get used to it.
You mentioned that when you switched the G500 to ILS instead of GPS it suddenly pitched up looking for the glide slope. I don't know for sure but I think you should have turned to the "Green Needles" before you activated the approach, as soon as you were given vectors. In fact, and again, I can't be sure, but I think there is a setting in the GTN750 that automatically switches to the "green needles" for the approach. If you are being vectored and have an ILS setup and altitude hold engaged, it should, once the approach is armed, turn on to the localizer and then intercept the glide slope and follow it down.
I definitely suggest you sort that out in good VFR at home base because I noticed a similar thing happened on another ILS approach and, in my view, a pilot flying IFR alone needs to have absolutely as much going for them as possible and that means not having to fumble with the AP and GTN750 during critical stages of an approach. Distractions at that stage can be disastrous.
I enjoy your videos, and this comment is intended to be helpful and is not in any way meant to be mean or unkind.
Thanks for the comment. I'm not sure if switching the CDI to VLOC mode (green needles) on the G500 before activating the approach mode on the AP would change anything in this case. As you can see @ 6:55, the Flight Director immediately commands the climb which tells me that it's coming from the 750. It's important to note that even though the 750 is in VLOC mode, it's the CDI setting on the G500 that determines what is driving the AP. You've inspired me to get to the bottom of it...
@@MalibuFlyer I don't think I was clear. The GTN 750 is primed for the ILS, but the G500 and consequently the AP is set to GPSS. When you change the G500 to ILS instead of flying the heading and assigned altitude, it starts to follow the ILS (that's what you told it to do) but the ILS is showing you are below the glideslope. You know that is because you haven't intercepted yet, but the AP has now been told to follow the ILS and thus tries to capture the glideslope.
So I surmise that the correct procedure when being vectored is to be in HDG and ALT mode with "green needles" and then engage APR when cleared for the approach.
Alternatively, if you are cleared to a point on the approach course, maybe the FAF then, if you have the GTN 750 set to automatically switch modes, you can fly GPSS to the FAF and the GTN 750 will figure out when to turn the needles green and intercept.
I stress that this is from my reading of the GTN manual and not from practical experience, but it sure seems logical to me.
With these various ILS AP issues, have you considered sticking with RNAV LPV approaches when you are doing autopilot coupled approaches?
@@N1120A I don't think this particular issue is any reason to not do coupled ILS approaches. In reviewing the synchronized raw video, I see that as soon as I switched the CDI, the AP canceled ALT hold and went into GS mode for exactly 3 seconds then cancelled. I'm looking into it.
@@LimeyTX Good food for thought. Thank you.
Nice video! What camera mount do you use on the exterior? Filmed an approach recently with a bit of icing. Check it out on my channel.