First CTSW Lesson

A brief clip from my first lesson in my Flight Design CTSW light sport airplane. Good times!

[@lowerthefriction4328]

Great camera angle.

[@cholubaz]

Congrats!! That looked great. The CTSW looks like a fun plane to learn in. Great visibility in it,. Subscribed and looking forward to more of your progress.

[@w5cdt]

Great job!

[@Aviafilms]

Awesome! Very nice camera angle too.

[@RaysDad]

I was taught to land using ailerons to level the wings, rudder to touch down straight and on the center line, elevators to bring the nose wheel a little higher than the mains on touchdown. I usually idle the engine well before touchdown, often on the base leg, but every plane is different. The CTSW looks like a spiffy plane, but I wonder if it's hard to land for some reason.

[@EddieCarter]

Nice. I like the cockpit.

[@rrcroman]

@TurboThaddeus It's a GoPro HD Hero2. Intercom audio is piped into the mic jack using an adapter that splits it off of my headset.

[@Goproflying]

@RicardoNY1 It should apply to all aircraft to some degree, some more than others depending on the lift profile of the wing. In a crosswind obiovusly you can crab or sideslip, I'm not saying you shouldn't use them at all, but you should use the rudders more. When doing stall training you should practice this at altitude, yoke/stick all the way back, stall warner active, maintain attitude via rudder only. Wingtip stall at slow speeds & low altitude can be fatal.

[@uconnkoala]

nice first landing !

[@Goproflying]

@aaron8862006 I'm not saying the guy in this video is flying inncorrectly, the point I was making was in regards to the comment made at 1:03 stating "make our corrections with our ailerons to the right". I have always been taught to minimise aileron use when flying at slow speeds to prevent stalling of a wingtip. For his first lesson I thought it was a great landing, but the pilot should always be aware of the consequences of flight control movements at critical stages of flight

[@RicardoNY1]

@Neutrinoghost Is that something that applies to this aircraft in particular or ultralights, etc? I've never heard that advise before. What would you do in this aircraft during a crosswind approach or landing as far as aileron control?

[@sseeker21]

Great landing for a beginner!

[@ThaddeusReeves]

What sort of cam was taking the footage? That looks super fun!

[@craigmclean8260]

Nice job! My early landings in a CTLS didn't look that pretty!

[@rrcroman]

@fly4fun I learned from the best. :)

[@aaron8862006]

@RicardoNY1 - Please read my response to Neutrinoghost. I don't think this guy is qualified to be giving anyone flying "tips." Keep flying just like you've (probably) been taught- making small lateral corrections with aileron, reserving rudder input to maintain coordination and directional control. Just go check his video of a landing in a Robin HR-200 on his channel. Apparently his own technique is a little lacking.

[@aaron8862006]

@Neutrinoghost - I don't want to be a jerk, and I don't know what your qualifications are, but you are dead wrong. (I'm a low-time CFI, if you're wondering.) The use of rudder for lateral control is an exception to the rule, generally made for some high-performance aircraft. If you're making your landing approach in such a way as to necessitate that kind of control input to maintain positive control, you are WAY too slow. Follow approach speeds.