How Flying a Plane Puts You in a FLOW STATE

[@SoCalFlyingMonkey]

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[@mrb13676]

Such a good description of the focus required - this is what I love about flying - there is simply no room for any of the concerns of the world - only those directly influencing the flight. It’s super relaxing and improves the rest of the week to no end…

[@FlywithDave]

My wife and I just flew into Sedona in our Cherokee 6 on Sunday 12/1 for some trail hikes. Great get away. Thanks for sharing.

[@SoCalFlyingMonkey]

Sedona is an amazing place to fly to! Hope you enjoyed the hikes.

[@BrianSiskind]

One of your best! Love how this looked and felt and nice landing! 8/10 easily!

[@skyepilotte11]

Great flight and wrangling the wind at the destination. Thx

[@SoCalFlyingMonkey]

thanks!

[@mikeshort3838]

As always, great video! I personally find it easier to keep my speed up and leave the flaps out in those conditions. Nice job!

[@ForFunFlyer]

Awesome video! I loved our trip to and back from Catalina in April. One of my personal highs of 2024! 👌🏻

[@brianberezowski5352]

Another awesome video. Great story telling. Like how you kept your passenger informed via casual conversation, what to expect, all normal. 👍 Thanks for sharing. Two thumbs up for CYQT.👍🇨🇦👍

[@SoCalFlyingMonkey]

thank you so much. I try to keep passengers informed on expectations especially if they havent flown a lot with me.

[@csandera]

The story telling in this video was just absolutely fantastic. Great ride as well 😊

[@SoCalFlyingMonkey]

Glad you enjoyed it! Thank you so much.

[@wh2410]

Landing on 21 is always fun. The runway is level for about the first 300 feet, then starts an incline of about 1.5 degrees so you lose about 83 feet from 21 to 3. Best to land close to the numbers so you have space to stop, otherwise you get into ground effect. If you watch the throttle you see him move it a bit. That's because the wind flows off the end of 21 drops, but the wind is then pushed up by that last little hill off the end of 21. Your decent drops to zero, so you pull power. Then the bottom drops out and your back with power. Fun and beautiful airport. You did a nice job.

[@nathanwildthorn6919]

Wow, what a ride! 😅 That was an exciting approach, man. I was admiring your yoke and rudder control on short final, when the wind was yawing you around, and you refused to let it blow you off of centerline. Wow! You rated your landing a '7', but seeing you wrestling the wind with such skill had me agreeing with your friend. It was most definitely a 10. Good show, man! Good show!

[@SoCalFlyingMonkey]

thank you very much! I appreciate it. There's always room to improve!

[@steve2122]

Always appreciate the content, and I totally agree that flying puts you into a Zen-like Flow state! Not that you asked, but from the video it looks like you could be much more consistent if you try to keep more of a “wing low” method over the crab method. When I teach it, I just say (in this case) hold just enough right rudder to keep the nose straight and then use the ailerons to stay on centerline - knowing that the wing will need to stay a little low on the side of the wind. The amount of rudder you need will change as you get close to touchdown (left turning tendencies), so stay alive on the rudder (Flow State) to keep the nose straight and ailerons to stay on the center line. When I started doing that, every landing became much more consistent and you land one wheel at a time almost every time. Cheers!

[@SoCalFlyingMonkey]

I usually kick out the crab when I'm rounding out. In this case the wind was super shifty from 60 degrees to direct headwind...and gusty too.

[@cherokeerookie]

Great landing given the conditions! And best of all your debrief on how it could be better.

[@SoCalFlyingMonkey]

Thank you! Always room for improvement!

[@timothycheuvront8284]

That was a "sporty" landing! Well done! Love the scenery there!

[@SoCalFlyingMonkey]

It definitely was. LOL Sedona is definitely a fun place to fly to!

[@dzurisintube]

I got a little chuckle with my internal commentary "no room for anything but this exact, present, moment....entering the flow...AH SHOOT I OVERSHOT THE BASE TO FINAL". I kid.

[@SoCalFlyingMonkey]

haha yeah

[@billfly2186]

Well done Eric. If it was easy it wouldn't be as fun.

[@HairHelmet]

Landing on a windy mesa it’s safer to aim for the 1000ft marks, I wouldn’t call that overshooting. Seems to be an unnecessary expectation for ga to land on the numbers and get off the runway asap.

[@aeroringordmngr8739]

Well done. I did find myself biting my nails on final. Safe travels. DW

[@SoCalFlyingMonkey]

Glad you enjoyed it thanks Donny!

[@ericsd55]

Flow sate is my meditation in motion. I fly with a guy that is/was a cinematographer and instructed another guy way back when who was also a camera guy. I believe that camera guys make good pilots because it's technical/nerdy, hands on, and eye-hand-result orientated. Until, the light is right and the scenery makes for a good shot. Then y'all fall apart for a sec or two lol. Nice after landing debrief! Question for ya, I'm a hack at making my own videos, I do it just for fun and curious of the career path you've been on. What camera gear are you using for your primary handheld shots?

[@SoCalFlyingMonkey]

Haha that’s funny. I mostly use an iPhone but sometimes the LUMIX s5iix.

[@Kevin91322]

Love the videos! Can you do a video on your GoPro settings/setup you use for flying?

[@SoCalFlyingMonkey]

I’ve got a whole series of Go Pro tutorials from capture through post production on our Patreon. Gear, settings, filters, how to everything. Patreon.com/socalflyingmonkey

[@Kevin91322]

@ thank you!

[@mikemccarron1162]

Looked like you came into this landing with 3 notches of flaps, and with this crosswind you had, might it have been better to use only 2 on the flaps, with a little more speed on final to help with the wind. It seems to help me more with carrying the extra speed for these. Love the video and wondering what your thoughts are on this..

[@SoCalFlyingMonkey]

I was on final with full flaps but reduced to 2 notches. You can see me do it in the video. I usually land with partial flaps when gusty or strong crosswinds for a more responsive feel in the final moments before touchdown.

[@mikemccarron1162]

Ok, I did not catch that. Thx for reply.

[@Mike4444x]

Nice flying my friend 👍

[@SoCalFlyingMonkey]

Thanks 👍

[@scottbeyer101]

There are two small strips near me with funky mechanical turbulence over the numbers. On (smaller) mesas but with trees thrown in for added funkiness. You never know what to expect -- even the locals will tell ya that. Always a partial flap landing into those.

[@SoCalFlyingMonkey]

yeah good call. I was coming in full flaps and changed to partial because of that and the gusts and stronger winds.

[@realulli]

Excellent cinematography during the landing. It looked very much like these unrealistic 1960s/1970s aviation movies, with pilots fighting the wind, getting tossed around like crazy, while the horizon stays rock solid. What camera are you using to get the exposure correct enough both inside and outside? Black Magic?

[@SoCalFlyingMonkey]

It's a GoPro7 in ProTune mode with some more advanced grading in Resolve. I have complete tutorials on our Patreon. patreon.com/socalflyingmonkey if you want all the tips, tricks, and/or deep dive.

[@Roboambo]

Amazing! How you were able to stabilize the horizon and have the aircraft rotate on final? Camera tech, incredible editing, secret film business magic?

[@SoCalFlyingMonkey]

It’s just a GoPro 11. The thumbnail has a bit of editing for visual interest…

[@dsinha99]

Did you repaint your airplane? Excellent landing!

[@SoCalFlyingMonkey]

Back in 2018 yes. I have a video about the renovation on my channel. But haven’t painted it again since then.

[@chrisc161]

You did good buddy. Not a bad landing.

[@SoCalFlyingMonkey]

thanks!

[@Jake-Day]

That thumbnail is aesthetic af.

[@johnnunez17]

Nice job👍🏻✈️🇺🇸

[@SoCalFlyingMonkey]

Thank you! 🙏

[@thebadgerpilot]

10:06 The more you know!

[@bigtires100]

Always fun watching your videos but 3 commercials (including yours) in 16 minutes? 😮

[@SoCalFlyingMonkey]

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[@cuttingconversations5161]

I hope my check ride is one of those flight lol

[@SoCalFlyingMonkey]

Good luck on your Checkride!

[@SMcda]

Hey with that wind, I give you 8.75+

[@SoCalFlyingMonkey]

thanks! I'll take it!

[@SMcda]

@SoCalFlyingMonkey that was 30° 10g20 right? In light GA that should get our attention

[@SoCalFlyingMonkey]

@SMcda it was around 13G20 from 60 degrees (150) to direct headwind. (210). It was super shifty all over the place.

[@SMcda]

@SoCalFlyingMonkey well done and you held the nose off!!

[@reyesben]

East coast flying monkeys request a visit

[@SoCalFlyingMonkey]

would love to put something together!

[@reyesben]

@ Martha’s Vineyard Katima airport grass strip on the beach, from there you can hit Nantucket Cape Cod, New York City skyline Acadia national Park, Bar Harbor, Maine

[@azcharlie2009]

When are they going to make you Californicans go to electric airplanes?

[@SoCalFlyingMonkey]

Hopefully soon! I love my electric car.

[@sqwk2559]

You over shot the runway due to being you being unprepared, not because of the winds.

[@SoCalFlyingMonkey]

I definitely didnt overshoot the runway. Landing on a windy mesa it's much better to land a little longer because of downdrafts and turbulent airflow at the approach end. I barely used the brakes and still had probably 1000 feet of runway left....

[@davidmartinsen332]

There supposed to be million dollar HD cameras but every picture is out of focus

[@SoCalFlyingMonkey]

What are you even talking about? Select 4K 2160 from the settings.

[@tropicthndr]

Quit doing stabilized approaches as if your in a twin acft, pull the throttle to idle on half mile final and see if that barn door Cherokee six can float to the runway. You should always make approaches in a high drag aircraft especially like the six as if your family is in the plane and you lost an engine on approach, red over white is a death sentence on single Eng aircraft and the engine is not spinning.

[@SoCalFlyingMonkey]

I was definitely low coming in. And it’s a good point about it being better to be high with this plane. I do usually try to come in high…often white over white because this plane is incredibly easy to slow down and get down. In the PA28 occasionally I’d forward slip it when high. But with the PA32 I don’t think I’ve ever had to do that. Chop and drop like a brick.