C182 Garmin G3X - FL100 Blackpool To Perranporth

Join me on a flight down to Perranporth Airfield in Cornwall in the C182. I initially depart VFR before transitioning to IFR over Wales climbing to FL100! This particular Cessna 182S is fully equipped with a new Garmin Glass Cockpit including G3X Touch, G5, GTN 750 and GTN650!
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[@christopherhadsell9049]

Oh! Lovely! What a nice flight! Thanks for sharing!

[@PlaneOldBen]

Thanks Christopher, such a fun aircraft to fly!

[@keithmoore4776]

Another great video Ben, really enjoyed it. Lovely aircraft too!

[@PlaneOldBen]

Thanks, Keith!

[@CJThePilot]

This C182 is absolutely stunning with a beautiful set of avionics. Garmin upgrades are always an absolute must and something any credible group shares should always be looking into for their aircraft where appropriate. Being able to do such detailed approach briefing along with the tools available on SkyDemon is very impressive and vital for good situational awareness. I'm glad to hear you're doing well Ben with lots of commercial flying alongside your GA flying. Hours must really be racking up now!

[@PlaneOldBen]

Thanks, CJ!

[@bearpilotuk]

Great to see you back Ben! Great video and what a lovely Cessna 182. Cool flight 😀👍

[@PlaneOldBen]

Cheers, Kevin!

[@charlesday6886]

Great video and what a lovely plane with state of the art instrument deck. Perenport looks like a cracking airfield. Keep the GA videos coming Ben - very inspiring! Thank you.

[@PlaneOldBen]

Thanks Charles, I’ve plenty more planned!

[@johndakin9466]

As a former 172/182 pilot - now 82 - 550 P1 hours - this brought back lots of wonderful memories - living near Land’s End and familiar with both airports. Just a thought - would have liked to have seen the pre-flight checks & engine run-ups in the video - purely from the point of nostalgia- not a criticism - Loved the video !

[@PlaneOldBen]

Haha thanks for the comment, John! Glad it brought back some memories. I try cut down the videos to as short as possible without losing context, all the pre-take off checks usually saves a good few minutes.

[@kch2005]

@@PlaneOldBen But the "pilot stuff" is one of the main reasons for enjoying aviation videos on youtube :-)

[@user-ki4fc7xn2e]

Awesome to see the G3X in action, nice one Ben!

[@PlaneOldBen]

Thanks Sam!

[@droge192]

So great to see you back in more conventional GA Ben! Gerat video, commentary and insight, as always.

[@PlaneOldBen]

Thanks a lot, definitely more GA videos to come!

[@paulmark63]

Hi Ben always great to see your videos 🎉well done paul in Kent

[@PlaneOldBen]

Thanks, Paul!

[@jeffbridges666]

Good to see you back Ben, I always enjoy the videos

[@PlaneOldBen]

Thanks, Jeff, hope you’re well!

[@kevchilton908]

Great video Ben, and also good to see you flying again. That plane has some amazing equipment! Good to see it all being used so effectively too. Hope to see you post again soon 👌👍 👏👏👏

[@PlaneOldBen]

Thanks, Kev!

[@JoeRichardson02]

Some sick kit in that plane, nice flight Ben!

[@PlaneOldBen]

Cheers dude!

[@willcamden9684]

Excellent video Ben! Nice to see you flying GA again.

[@PlaneOldBen]

Thanks, William!

[@edmoore4431]

Enjoyed that Ben, nice to see you back on the GA adventures. I was just at Hawarden the other day doing an aerial shoot: twin commander and two strikemasters all in formation with an A330. Great fun. Recognise the Hawarden Radar controller!

[@PlaneOldBen]

Thanks Ed! Hope you’re well.

[@LewisFerguson471]

Class vid yet again!

[@PlaneOldBen]

Cheers, Lewis!

[@dirkmellen5061]

Great video and I like the commentary and insights. Could tell me what kneeboard you use? It seems to combine a clipboard as well as it holds the iPad mini? I did not like the kneeboards for the iPad mini so far especially how they hold the ipad and yours looks quite different than the ones I have seen. Keep up the great work. Greets from good old Germany

[@musoseven8218]

Lovely aeroplane Ben, cracking video too✌️😊👍 Is Birkdale Sands nearby? Is that still active?🤔🤔

[@PlaneOldBen]

I think it is active now and again haha

[@musoseven8218]

@@PlaneOldBen Nice to know, I think it's quite historic🤔 Can I ask; how do you get on with the A20s and the aviators, does the latter let much noise in? Not that being able to hear the engine at times is a bad thing. Thanks, again, in advance 👍✌️😊

[@TheFlyingReporter]

Very good Ben. I'd fly with you. Haha! Classic Plane Old Ben is back!!

[@PlaneOldBen]

Can’t wait for some adventures together!

[@geardownandlocked]

Excellent video Ben, hope you are still enjoying life as a paid pilot!

[@PlaneOldBen]

Thanks a lot, it’s definitely good to be paid to fly!

[@kch2005]

I can see that you have 10000 feet set for wpt LUFTU and 4000' for PLYMO. none for the other wpt's. Is it for situational awareness for you, or do you use vertical navigation (missed that part in the video). I normally don't have much luck using the Vnav feature of the GFC500. Nice video, especially the parts where you include you considerations, use of avionics, ATC etc. great stuff.

[@PlaneOldBen]

It was for descent planning and potentially using VNAV.

[@OllyJ2k9]

Legend

[@Longbyname]

Awesome video as always, Ben. Out of curiosity - what kneeboard is that featured in this clip? Keep them coming!

[@PlaneOldBen]

It’s quite an old kneeboard now I don’t think it’s for sale anymore tbh!

[@stephenwalker3072]

Interesting stuff. As someone who flies a very similar C182 I was a bit surprised by your fuel settings though. At one point I saw 15 gallons per hour in the cruise at FL100 (for a TAS of 146 knots) which seems incredibly high - not to mention incredibly expensive! By comparison we fly the same engine at approx 10.2 gph at FL100 for about 133 knots TAS (depending on conditions of the day). And we could probably comfortably lean even further from peak. So Ben I'm curious, why do you fly so rich of peak? You've got the engine data monitor there to lean, so it's not a big job. It's an awful waste of fuel for not much speed gain, plus it dirties up the engine and spews out more exhaust. At today's AVGAS rates you could be saving £40 plus per hour easily (that's eighty quid on this one trip), while only taking a few minutes longer to get to your destination. Isn't that a win-win situation?

[@PlaneOldBen]

One of the CHT temperatures gauges is potentially over-reading by 20-40 degrees so flew it rich of peak to keep within limits hence the higher fuel burn. Normally we achieve 12/13gph at the higher power settings - it’s being looked into at the annual end of the year.

[@stephenwalker3072]

@@PlaneOldBen Ah OK. Of course you can achieve lower CHTs by going the other way, lean of peak. We had a high CHT on cylinder 2 and by leaning to 10.5 gph or less on 22/2300 the temp came down plenty. Seems to me you pour way too much expensive fuel into your engine for very little performance gain - but what the hell, I stlll enjoy your videos!

[@romeomike3945]

After a long day at work, you come home and Ben is flying an awesome C182!! I didn’t even kiss the wife… 😂 Great video Ben, lovely aircraft!!

[@PlaneOldBen]

Hahahah cheers Mike!

[@AviationWithAbrar]

Hey! ive been watching your channel a while and i recently started training for my ppl at blackpool. Ive seen this plane many times would love to fly it someday, i also fly out of hangar 3 on a pa28 registered G-BFNI. Blackpool is a great airport for training.

[@PlaneOldBen]

Enjoy your training, Abrar!

[@gordonbruce2416]

I spent 4 years based at RAF St Mawgan, now Newquay Airport, the correct pronunciation of St Austell is “Snozal”. If you pronounce it St AustEll the locals will know you as an “Emmit” or a “Grockle” aka a tourist! By the way, another great vid.

[@PlaneOldBen]

Hahah I was trying to say the correct pronunciation!

[@gordonbruce2416]

@@PlaneOldBen far too polite

[@whiskeybravoaviation]

Does the G3X allow QFE? It's not allowed on the GI275. Apologies, I'm a pedant on this since as a pilot community we have started to put a reliance on this equipment in GA but are not always reading the manuals and system limitations.

[@PlaneOldBen]

I don’t really understand how you can’t set QFE to be honest! You can set QFE on an ancient analog altimeter so why not on the G3X? It would be no different to landing on a QNH.

[@whiskeybravoaviation]

@@PlaneOldBen from the Pilots Guide of the GI275. Suspect it relates to terrain awareness but they don't really elaborate. WARNING: Do not use a QFE altimeter setting with this system. System functions will not operate properly with a QFE altimeter setting. Use only a QNH altimeter setting for height above mean sea level, or the standard pressure setting, as applicable.

[@tomb3338]

If the cloud base was low, would you then have had to file an ifr flight plan for this route? Or could you just fly this route with ifr rules?

[@PlaneOldBen]

The weather was good enough for a VFR departure and recovery, if the cloudbase was lower near Newquay I’d have done and ILS for a cloud break or then diverted and landed there.

[@tomb3338]

@@PlaneOldBen so if on departure the cloud base was low, and you had to take off ifr rules, what would be the protocol then? Just get a clearance from ATC without having to file?

[@PlaneOldBen]

Affirm!

[@tomb3338]

Great video. Just a question of interest, when you flew to fl100 did you have to fly ifr as you flew through clouds? And if so did you have to file a flight plan to do so? Was it classed an ifr flight? Thanks in advance

[@PlaneOldBen]

It was IFR en-route there was no flight plan requirement as I didn’t need to go in the airways as it would’ve taken longer.

[@tomb3338]

@@PlaneOldBen Thanks 👍

[@tomb3338]

@@PlaneOldBen did you have to request an on route ifr in ATC?

[@PlaneOldBen]

No I was outside CAS.

[@tomb3338]

@@PlaneOldBen I get so confused with the vfr/ifr protocols 🤣

[@mikegmdw1]

interesting video, ref route why not direct to Perranporth? btw, I am based at Ince.

[@PlaneOldBen]

Less time over the water and more scenic! It’s not all about getting there in the fastest manner.

[@kurniawane]

Slightly odd G3X 10'' panel placement, I would place it in the centre above the yoke.

[@PlaneOldBen]

You could try, but you can’t on the S model! Hence it’s position.

[@kurniawane]

@@PlaneOldBen Ah ic, not enough vertical space in the panel?

[@isaacridge4493]

out of random, is it your own aircraft

[@PlaneOldBen]

Hahaha if only!

[@kevinpointer1187]

Excellent airmanship and very polished Ben but you should be wearing a life jacket especially given the height your flying at ,having said that why are you flying so low ?

[@PlaneOldBen]

I had a life jacket and raft on board, I wasn’t able to climb higher due to Liverpool inbounds - you’ll note I climbed as soon I was able too clearing CAS.

[@kevinpointer1187]

@@PlaneOldBen Thanks for the reply Ben ,and yes I did notice that you were cleared to a much higher FL .Just out of interest why are you flying alone as I was going to mention safety and workload then the penny dropped with the garmin G3x with Auto pilot ! .Be safe

[@PlaneOldBen]

It’s not an overly complex flight and easy to do single pilot, the G3X definitely adds a level of automation to enhance safety especially with the autopilot!