Aspen Departure 10/2/24

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Evan Anderman

Күн бұрын

Beautiful day for a steep and quick departure out of Aspen up over Independence Pass!

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@StudentPilot4Life 2 ай бұрын

Great views! I am in the Denver area as well and I have been to Maroon Bells and the nearby areas… seeing it from up above is quite something. Thanks for taking us along. Looking forward to more Colorado views!

@EvanAnderman 2 ай бұрын

Thanks, I wish I had time to do these more often but life seems to get in the way!

@Summitspeedfly 25 күн бұрын

Perfect time of year for that trip. I try to get to Aspen the 1st week of October every other year or so, to paraglide off Aspen Mountain over those amazing yellow trees.

@aaroncrewse5746 Ай бұрын

Great video, I love that area.

@e1000sn 2 ай бұрын

Beautiful flight, I love seeing these local routes and I really appreciate your presentation of the takeoff and climb performance.

@erichetherington9899 2 ай бұрын

so cool Evan, I had some training in early 1980's era out of Leadville, and your video here brings back memories. thank you Evan, stay safe. :)

@EvanAnderman 2 ай бұрын

Leadville is a common destination on a mountain checkout ride, it's really not that hard once you've been there a couple of times, just need to pick the right day!

@NatesRandomVideo 2 ай бұрын

Nice day at ASE. Ski season ramp insanity hasn’t set in up there yet, looks like. Ha! Independence is a rough climb in my former 182… as you mentioned Hagerman sets you up better for an “out” by starting down valley and doubling back on the ridge line to the north, and Independence can have horrific winds at the top also with less good outs in a normally aspirated airplane. But on the right day, and with that turbo of yours, Independence makes for a very nice flight back to the Metro area. Thanks for the ride along. Cheers.

@EvanAnderman 2 ай бұрын

Thanks for coming along, it is a beautiful route on the appropriate day, although Hagerman isn’t too shabby either!

@JerryGray-j7n 8 күн бұрын

First time with you pretty cool

@flubbyhog 2 ай бұрын

Have my PPL but haven't flown for 4 yrs and trying to brush up and this showed up. Nice content

@EvanAnderman 2 ай бұрын

I understand, I actually took 20 years off from flying to concentrate on my career and family, but am happy that I was able to get back to it. Keep it up!

@jackterry7664 3 ай бұрын

Beautiful flight out of Aspen. Totally suprised you took that route. Most take the northern departure and to Eagle or Steamboat on the way to Denver. The performance of your 206 is a lot better than the 182's I flew.

@EvanAnderman 2 ай бұрын

@@jackterry7664 thanks again, Jack, the turbo definitely helps for this route but I’m guessing that plenty of 182’s how flown that route as well, they just might have to circle to gain the altitude needed. There are a lot of peaks around Independence Pass so flying that route depends on what the winds are doing. Otherwise you can fly over Hagerman Pass and fly over what they call “The Ridge” on your way in or out. I did my mountain checkout flying up to Leadville in a 172, but I’m glad to have the turbo 206 when I head to the mountains now. The Kremmling/Eagle route is a good alternative, just not the straight line that I can do.

@JB_Hobbies Ай бұрын

Nice. Hoping to fly out to Colorado in the next year or two for some mountain flying training. It would be so cool to get to fly through the Rockies someday.

@EvanAnderman Ай бұрын

Thank you, it is nice to know my videos inspire other pilots. I recommend looking at the Colorado Pilot's Assn mountain flying webpage, it is a great resource. It's a must to get some training before you fly in the mountains, and also important to have the right airplane and proper weather. With all of that it is great fun to fly up there!

@JB_Hobbies Ай бұрын

@ I will definitely check it out. Thank you!

@ticklefritz5406 2 ай бұрын

I appreciated the technical jargon on the runway for sure, the more the better in my opinion. But I really came for the aerial view of the mountains I love so much. I was bummed that you edited those parts out. I like how you knew the drainages and had respect for the flight even though you've probably flown over the Rockies a thousand times.

@EvanAnderman 2 ай бұрын

Thanks, I did put up an extended version that includes views of all the scenery, check that one out.

@ticklefritz5406 2 ай бұрын

@@EvanAnderman That was great! Almost totally satisfied, but I still wanted to see Lost Creek Wilderness, HA! I feel like a woman, never satisfied. You let out a WHOO! as you cleared Independence Pass, makes me wonder if experienced pilots actually have anxiety flying over the high passes in clear weather? By the way, I love all your camera placements. Thank you Evan, I'll look for more of your videos.

@adriannye 2 ай бұрын

For any pilots watching this, it's a lot safer to climb over Aspen until above 12,000, then head for the pass (or choose an easier pass). Why bet your life that you will make it direct? Many pilots have died attempting Independence pass direct without circling first or not circling high enough. It is not a matter of power - a 300HP bonanza crashed there just a few years ago. They realize they are not climbing fast enough too late or get a downdraft and it is too narrow to turn around because that high, your true airspeed is very high and you need a lot more turn radius.

@EvanAnderman 2 ай бұрын

Thanks Adrian, this is a great point. Obviously it takes the right equipment, training and experience to successfully fly routes like this, not to mention the right weather! I did not make it abundantly clear that my Plan B was to circle if I needed to gain the appropriate altitude to cross the pass, something that I am comfortable doing because of my training and experience. Doing that over the town of Aspen before you head toward the pass may be a better plan for some.

@Summitspeedfly 25 күн бұрын

@@EvanAnderman - As far as choices, circling up over Aspen gives you a lot more engine-out options, as compared to flying up the entire valley in a sketchy position should the worst happen. Also less likely to get into the box-canyon situation. Never forget, you only have one engine in that machine. The very turbo that allows you to climb a bit faster and higher, also makes you MORE susceptible to engine failure. Ask me how I know. Plus somewhat gusty winds in the valley at ASE, is a warning that the pass might be in wind shadow. Just stuff to think about. I grew up flying next to Lake Michigan, and would never fly over it single-engine, unless I could get high enough to glide 50 miles (from the middle) to the other side. It was a real PITA to circle south over ORD to avoid flying over the lake, but I realized it was always worth it for safety. 20,000+ hours, 5 engine failures from recips to jets. They almost always happen at the worst possible time.

@EvanAnderman 24 күн бұрын

@@Summitspeedfly Thanks for sharing your experienced viewpoint, I hope I don't get the experience of an engine failure! Lots to think about when you're out flying in situations like this. It's funny you mention paragliding off Aspen Mtn because on the way in the controller pointed out a paraglider that was off my wing, weird being on the same level with them!

@Summitspeedfly 24 күн бұрын

@@EvanAnderman At Aspen, it's not uncommon for some of the local paragliding pilots to get up to 17,999' MSL, often flying over to Snowmass, or back into Ashcroft. To me, here is how you have to think about engine failures. I always assume the engine WILL quit, and at the worst possible moment. If you fly long enough, odds say that will happen. In the airline world, for EVERY flight, we have to calculate our plan and flight path for an engine failure at the worst possible moment, literally a moment or 2 before we are about to rotate on the runway, with not enough runway remaining to stop. When we fly over mountains, we also assume an engine WILL quit, and have to figure out where we will land, the weather at those possible escape airports, and/or whether we can maintain a high enough altitude to cross over all mountains on our route, with a safety margin. Keep in mind, we have 2 engines, very reliable jet engines, but we always assume 1 will fail, on EVERY flight.

@EvanAnderman 21 күн бұрын

@ thanks for the reminder, it is easy to get complacent,isn’t it? But I’m guessing a lot of the airline training is is around engine put procedures, the GA sector could benefit from that!

@oliversibbs 2 ай бұрын

Valuable content especially for me. I am at the tail end of my training. I will be scheduling my check ride for PPL within the month.

@EvanAnderman 2 ай бұрын

Good luck on that, what an exciting time to be at! They say the PPL is a license to learn, so get out there and fly and don’t be shy about continuing to work with an instructor if you have questions.

@EricEsser 2 ай бұрын

Thanks for sharing, awesome.

@ralphwoodard609 2 ай бұрын

Hey Evan, just came across your channel and loved the photography and the descriptions. Especially liked it when you pointed out the mountains and everything with the markers. I went ahead and subscribed to your channel and look forward to more

@EvanAnderman 2 ай бұрын

Thanks Ralph, wish I had time to do more of these but other things just keep getting in the way!

@chrisss73841 2 ай бұрын

I was working across the street from the Aspen airport when you took off! You should do a 4k upload next time!

@EvanAnderman 2 ай бұрын

I use up to 6 cameras for these videos and 4K just seems like overkill!

@elpowderman 27 күн бұрын

Hey - I just bought a TU206G that I haven’t flown much as a bunch of differed maintenance is taken care of. Would love to hear a bit about the plane’s performance on climbout - fuel burn, fpm, that kind of stuff.

@EvanAnderman 25 күн бұрын

That's awesome, I love this TU206G and the one I had before it, very useful airplane although I feel guilty because most of the time it is just me. My cruise climb speed is 105 knots and the mixture is full rich, probably around 20 gph, I never really pay too much attention to what the climb rate is because it can vary so much with the wind, I just worry if I'm not going to clear whatever ridge I'm trying to fly over. I usually cruise at 27" / 2300 rpm and lean to 50° rich of peak, that's around 17 gph and 135 knots. Recently I have been doing lean of peak which slows it down a few knots but gives me ~12.5 gph, a lot more range. You'll just have to get out and do some flights and what it gives you. Do you have an autopilot?

@elpowderman 25 күн бұрын

@ Nice! Thanks for the reply! Good stuff. I operate at high DA a lot so climb and load carrying is really what I bought the plane for. 17gph is what I’m expecting, kind of brutal but I’ve come to a point where I just don’t think I care. I’ll do GAMIs and run LOP eventually, I have operated other planes that way for years and it is much better all around. No autopilot in mine - yet - but it is doing the full rebuild which will include a full panel including GFC500. It’s really more than I need, but it’s the only one worth putting in as far as I can tell and I’d really like to have *something*. Thanks for sharing!

@EvanAnderman 24 күн бұрын

@@elpowderman I have the GFC500 and love it, got 2 G5's as well and completed my instrument rating in the plane. It cost about $27K from Advanced Aerotechnologies Group in Greeley, I highly recommend them!

@boogerwood 2 ай бұрын

I enjoyed the video, but since you had the footage, longer external shots would've been nice. As you called things out it was a rapid fire slide show. Would LOVE to see an extended cut of this. Real time even. I enjoy hearing about the plan, seeing it executed, and viewing the beautiful vistas.

@EvanAnderman 2 ай бұрын

Thanks, I try to keep the videos short so people will watch them, but maybe I overdid it on this one, when I have time I'll see about making an extended version.

@dealer197 2 ай бұрын

You can manipulate your magenta line (flight path/track) on ForeFlight by holding down your finger on the line and move it where you need it (valleys)..

@EvanAnderman 2 ай бұрын

Thanks, I am aware of that capability, for this flight the routing was just there as a guideline and I was navigating by looking out the window.

@toddjones1403 Ай бұрын

Sometimes private jets are stacked on both sides of the taxi way.

@raysprof Ай бұрын

Next time, bicycle over the pass. The descent is a blast.

@dwaynemcallister7231 Ай бұрын

I would like that!

@EvanAnderman Ай бұрын

I have done that as well, the problem is the descent goes by too quickly compared to the climb up!

@dwaynemcallister7231 Ай бұрын

@@EvanAnderman Agree, one needs to be up for the climb as well.

@thedolt9215 Ай бұрын

They used to have a bicycle race from the top of independence pass in to Aspen… They don’t do that anymore.

@MartyNoonan Ай бұрын

Evan, What mounts do you use for the tail view and wing view? I assume Go-Pro cameras? I fly a V35B Bonanza with tip tanks, so a little limited on wing mount. Marty

@EvanAnderman Ай бұрын

I use a variety of mounts, but really like the FlightFlix Rock Steady Surface GoPro Ball Mount. I made a mount for the top of the tail with an aluminum strap based on an idea from Chris Wheeler, check out this video from him kzbin.info/www/bejne/d3yunIOGmNdsipY.

@MartyNoonan Ай бұрын

@@EvanAnderman Thanks, interesting video and application.

@EvanAnderman Ай бұрын

If you send me an email I’ll send you some pictures of my homemade mounts, evan@evananderman.com.

@jimmydulin928 2 ай бұрын

Nice ride up with fuel energy. In the 65 hp Champs and Taylorcraft and even the powerful 85 hp C-140 I flew there, I depended on ground effect energy to get zoom reserve airspeed to safely climb and down drainage egress as you took on 33 and orographic or thermal lift on the ridge downwind of the valley. With 12 gallons of fuel or so, it was pretty iffy trying to circle up to high altitude with possible high headwinds. I instructed for Fred Shotenboer at Monte Vista in his C-140. When pulling on the stick didn't seem to be getting students up as fast as they wished, I told them fly a little flatter/faster and look for up air and then pull up. In down air dive a bit to get through quickly. Same as a glider. They had a nice slow/short radius of turn for the turn back if necessary. Into the wind and steep bank shortened the radius and they let the nose go down as designed for a 1 g turn at any bank angle. Where vertical space is so ample and horizontal space so tight, it is silly to try to maintain altiutde and chance stalling. Very pretty country.

@EvanAnderman 2 ай бұрын

Good point, sounds like you had some good training! You always have to be aware of the wind when you're around the rocks, the turbo helps stay out of trouble. Thanks for watching!

@TheWayfaringMan 2 ай бұрын

I wonder how a RV-12 would do on that route?

@EvanAnderman 2 ай бұрын

I don't know anything about the Vans airplanes so I can't help you with that question.

@martyhill8342 2 ай бұрын

How about finding a good Mountain Flying Instructor and get some dual in your plane!

@EvanAnderman 2 ай бұрын

@@martyhill8342 I have had lots of instruction in mountain flying, thanks!

@NatesRandomVideo 2 ай бұрын

@@EvanAndermanMarty is replying to WayfaringMan. lol 😂

@erichetherington9899 2 ай бұрын

y likes here ty :)

@stuartfeen9236 2 ай бұрын

Evan, Where’s your oxygen?

@EvanAnderman 2 ай бұрын

Good question, the oxygen is built in to my airplane, but because I spent less that 30 minutes above 12,500’ and did not go above 14,000’ I did not need to wear it.