Inside a Single-Engine Aircraft | How a Cessna 172 Works

[@Joyplanes]

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[@czecher]

hey a week ago i built the joy trainer mini any tips on what i should do with it and how to get better with tail-sitters?

[@ArchieTabajonda]

thank you for this

[@rodolfocastillo2821]

Felicitaciones. Yo apenas llevo 25 horas 😢

[@ElioSch1423]

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[@จันจันจัน-ฟ7ส]

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[@MrThescopel]

As a flight instructor for 11 years, this is the best video I have ever seen to explain an airplane in details. Congratulations!

[@gsus330]

100%

[@nazim194]

Perfect

[@yashpatel2345]

flight instructor for 11 years still learning hats off, I am student pilot right now

[@manifold1476]

I'm sorry to hear your life has been so impoverished. You have my sympathy.

[@Lysteez]

agreed

[@AviatorGM]

I'm a former CAD designer. I can attest, a TON of work went into making this video. This is top notch 3D design. Excellent work! Thanks much for the education.

[@manifold1476]

Too damn bad some effort wasn't put into the *SO CALLED* narration of the video. It might have been worth listening to.

[@AviatorGM]

​@@manifold1476 I heard a narration. Basic stuff, but good.

[@globalimpactsyndicate666]

but pronunciation is quite funny

[@misskc82]

The narrator had an accent. If I had to guess, I would guess Spanish, maybe from Latin America. But there was absolutely nothing wrong with their narration. ​@@globalimpactsyndicate666

[@AlexGearon]

I’m a pilot and have done most of my training in 172s. Anyone working on ANY certificates in a 172 should watch this. I consider myself knowledgeable and still have never been able to understand systems as in depth as I’m able to after watching this video! Kudos!

[@aerozg]

As a UX/UI and 3D/CAD designer, and also currently a PPL student, i can truly appreciate the utterly and completely insane amount of effort that went into creating this video. From setting everything up in Blender, to animating the views, cameras, rendering, exporting, writing the copy, recording the voiceover and syncying it correctly with the video - and these are just the general tasks - to then sharing it FOR FREE on KZbin! 🤯🤯🤯 Thank you!! I will check the Pilot Institute, i hope they are EASA certified because i live in Europe. The materials i am currently using for my PPL classes leave a lot to be desired. They are just simple PDF files with minimum graphic explanations. I am a visual learner and explanations like these will help me understand thing MUCH better. Thank you again, this is brilliant!

[@christiaangrobbelaar3338]

It is indeed. What type of software and program are used to create these type of videos and animation? On the institute videos are some good animation also of class airspaces. How was this animation done? Christiaan from South Africa. Pilot also

[@simpilot001]

@@christiaangrobbelaar3338you could do it all in blender, it’s open source so it’s free. You need a decent computer, but it’s the single greatest free tool in this field and there is a ton of tutorials

[@fazioliu1526]

yeah, but too bad he just stole the models and animations from others.

[@SWExplore]

@@fazioliu1526 Really?? He stole the models and animations from others?

[@oldowl4290]

@@fazioliu1526 What proof do you have to make such big accusations?

[@po1ly414]

Excellent video, I’ve got 300 hours in the skyhawk and basically everything was perfect. Amazing work

[@pilot_in_commend]

I second it. I have over 300 hours in 172s so I have nothing to add or correct.

[@shockysocky5396]

@@pilot_in_commendI third it. I have just about 1000 hours in light single engine aircraft, and 700 of them are in the Cessna 172S so I didn’t see anything to correct if I really have to add something, then it’d be the fact that he could have explained the vacuum pump just a little bit more, but hey, you don’t get a lot of time to fit everything in for a KZbin video, so I get it. Good luck!

[@Joyplanes]

Yes, the vacuum pump would've taken me some extra work but again, there are many details missing, like the fresh air intake to the cabin, how the magnetos work, a detail view of the trim mechanism and the Yokes and how they work with chains, etc. it was going to make the video also too long and I would still be rendering :). Appreciate the response of the community.

[@Stechkin-l7s]

I have 71 hour's, and this is awesome!

[@Jeffopar]

If you want to get super picky the firing order is incorrect. The lycoming O-360 is 1-3-2-4.

[@FlightFixer]

I went school 3 years to learn all that. In 24 minutes you resume it all. Excellent video

[@Dont_Think_Do_Films]

Should have done part 61

[@thecomedypilot5894]

@@Dont_Think_Do_Films Me personally, I'm fine learning this at an institution. I only need 1,000 hours for the airlines, and I am a much more competitive candidate.

[@jimm9157]

@@thecomedypilot5894 It doesn't make you a better candidate.

[@thecomedypilot5894]

@@jimm9157 Yes it does… it most certainly does. You jealous or what?

[@jimm9157]

@@thecomedypilot5894 I'm not jealous I'm just stating a fact. 141 doesn't make you more competitive. They just want you to think that so you spend more money.

[@holl0918]

Fantastic work! This is an excellent overview of the major systems of a C172. Pretty much everything is spot on. The fuel servo which meters fuel for the injected engine is also mechanical, not electrical, but automotive injection systems are electrical so that's an easy one to miss. It has a venturi similar to a carburator which regulates the pressure in the fuel line between the engine driven fuel pump and the distributor on top of the engine (aka "fuel spider"). Also, the firing order for Lycoming engines is 1-3-2-4, with 1 being the front right cylinder and 2 being the front left. Continental engines have cylinders numbered from back to front, opposite of lycomings. I think the firing sequence animation just got a little confused as it is running backwards.

[@ryanbagaason]

This is the overall most informitive video on a C172 I've ever watched

[@Lively_1185]

As a beginner learner pilot, this was very helpful and well done. Such impressive work.

[@Joyplanes]

I really appreciate your support, I wasn't expecting this. Thank you.

[@scottfranco1962]

I suspect this just became a standard part of training at flight schools. Good job.

[@ArmaGuyz]

No he has a disclaimer that strictly prohibits its use at any flight school.

[@scottfranco1962]

@@ArmaGuyz Errr... why?

[@zioles66]

@@scottfranco1962 It's his property, he decides. no whys need to be asked

[@jazza1479]

As a commercial pilot this is the most comprehensive, accurate and well communicated video I have seen for SEP aircraft. 10/10 amazing work mate.

[@wannabepilot9624]

This might be the only video that so many pilots aren’t criticizing. Excellent job on the video. Highly recommend to student pilots!

[@michaeljohn8905]

As an A&P this is just great. Thank you.this in my opinion is one of the best airplanes ever made. It has trained more People than any other trainer around the world. It is a legend in the aviation world.

[@khorquinn135]

As a flight instructor at a cessna pilot center, ill be showing this to my new students! great job!

[@MrWiseman91]

First time on this channel. While I was watching this video, I've felt like I was watching a Discovery Channel program. Absolute monumental level of work and such a simple, interesting and informative result. I've had my eyes glued to the screen all the time like a small child.

[@filakyle3663]

This is exactly what student pilot shall see at very begining of his training. It is just so perfectly made to understand. Best video about this I had seen so far.

[@loveoneanotherasihaveloved8327]

I hope the creator of sees this message! I’ve been flying Cessna for over 10 months as a Student Pilot this exact model. This is by far the best video I have ever seen in aviation. Thank you for your time and effort it’s greatly appreciated!

[@auroravintilescu229]

Started flight training a few months ago and it's been really challenging for me to grasp some of the concepts, especially around the engine, electrical systems, etc. Thank you so much for all your work here, and hope you publish more content like that!

[@Joyplanes]

Thank you for the comment and the contribution!

[@danielfradd802]

Brilliant video mate: Basic, accurate and informative, and unreal graphic modelling. Well done!

[@joelramirez2846]

Have had my PPL since 2015. I consider myself a visual learner and even though I’ve read material on the systems of this planes and how things work on them I still didn’t understand how certain systems worked until watching this video. Thank you so much for the time and effort you’ve invested to provide us viewers with such great material!

[@davidinflorida6814]

Ditto! Luckily I had an instructor that painstakingly went over the ground school items but this video was a great reminder. (Sadly I haven't been able to pass a flight physical for a long time. Sigh.) Every C-172 (and probably C-152) instructor should watch this video with his student very early in training. Congratulations on a great job. 10 out of 10! (Like a few others said there is a detail here and a detail there that could be different but that is not a criticism...the CFI can comment on them when they and their student watch the video together.)

[@ModelBuilders]

Really impressive video. I work as an aircraft mechanic I (not alone) maintain about 15 172s and 40 152s that’s my day in day out. You got this pretty much spot the heck on man. Couple little details here and there but this is pretty accurate. I’m not going to nit pick because this is a really good and informative video. You only can notice things that are off if you stare at them all the damn time. 10/10 impressive!!!

[@eclectichoosier5474]

I only saw one factual mistake. (About fuel injection.) For a video like this, that is truly impressive.

[@ArmaGuyz]

So I take it your Training videos back in 144 were also from the 70s and understand just how badly the AMT schools could use this. We are watching material from when I our Instructors went through School 20 years prior and that's ridiculous.

[@patricksawyer9779]

Gonna have to correct you on the fuel injectors... most fuel injection systems in general aviation use are mechanical units, with little to zero electronics involved. There’s some flow rate and pressure sensors, but those are used to drive gauges in the cockpit. Fuel metering is driven by a fuel servo mounted in place of the carburetor and uses mechanical, pneumatic, and fuel pressure forces to determine how much fuel is delivered to the injectors. Said injectors are continuous flow units which deliver fuel all the time to the intake manifold just before the intake valve, but it is not atomized for use in the engine until the intake valve opens. There’s some interactions there that I understand the concept of, but have trouble putting into text without an image to help explain.

[@aryanterror88]

@@miporschethe Continental IO-360-KB engine in the newest model can do 195hp

[@eclectichoosier5474]

The flow rate is a pressure sensor. A clogged injector can actually indicate a very high flow rate because the pressure goes up.

[@StarBoy-ew3yx]

Can u link a video explaining and showing what you mean. Thanks

[@calvinnickel9995]

No carburetors in fuel injection. Maybe you mean throttle body?

[@devinjones9614]

as a skyhawk pilot myself, i found this very informative and thorough. good job keeping your facts right!!!!

[@Joyplanes]

Much appreciated!

[@jcjollant]

Beautiful work. Thanks for sharing. One nit : Fuel vent is tucked behind the wing strut for protection.

[@TonyDing-l8y]

This should be a mandatory CFI teaching material for student PPL. Great job on the video!

[@jayo6725]

I’m a GA pilot and a retired college instructor and administrator of trade programs. This training video is awesome and I commend all those involved in its production. I was involved in early iterations of online training about 12 years ago and the advances in learning technology are stunning. I hope community colleges are on top of these advances because they are going to radically change education-- for the better. Almost makes me wish I was still in the game.

[@eclectichoosier5474]

Very good video. You got all the basics spot-on. One thing that might be different from what you showed would be that on newer planes, they put the landing and taxi lights on opposite wings. In much older 172s, they may have the landing light on the nose, under the propeller. One thing that is slightly inaccurate is that the fuel injection system does not use electronics to control fuel flow. The pilot is in complete control of air and fuel. The system is pressurized and a constant stream of fuel is injected into the manifold, but only sucked into the cylinder when the valve is open. The electronics are only used to monitor fuel flow and report it on the display, so the pilot can adjust as necessary. The engine can run even if the electrical system fails completely. (You covered that part correctly when talking about magnetos.) A minor quibble is that you call the control cables "wires." The cables are made of wires, but they are multi-stranded, like steel ropes. Even if a few wires break, you won't lose any control, and in fact, having a few wires broken in a cable is acceptable, depending on how many, and where they are broken. (I realize that is outside the scope of the video, but if people think it's a single "wire," they may get the impression that if one breaks, the plane could lose control.) Finally, while 100 octane Low-lead fuel is standard, many engines allow the use of unleaded fuel, some as low as 91 octane. (Alcohol is not allowed to be blended into the fuel. Some engine manufacturers allow a tiny amount, but you cannot use the 10% ethanol fuel from common gas pumps.) 100LL is still standard because a lot of older engines require it, and keeping different grades of fuel in stock is very expensive for airport owners. Again, outside the scope of the video, but people may find it interesting.

[@davewetherald6628]

I was going to comment on the fuel injection system and it's lack of electronic control, however you have already perfectly explained how they work! Very crude injection system compared to automotive designs... I also see students and seasoned pilots thinking the injectors meter the fuel electronically. Commonly misunderstood topic!

[@vintubeable]

This video gives a complete idea in a nutshell, about the construction, working and controls of a Cessna 172, the most popular single engine aircraft. Thanks for the efforts in bringing out in a multimedia presentation for a clear understanding.

[@aviatordube]

hands down the BEST video on youtube. as a student over in the uk who hasn’t flown recently it was great to watch this to refresh my knowledge on the Cessna, although i fly the C152, they’re basically the same! Great video however!

[@Alex--ART]

Working in aviation since 1992, this video is the best I've never seen to explain the basics.

[@hermanfeeblebottom5002]

This is a very well done description of this aircraft; one of the best I’ve seen. The creator offered one mistake, however, having to do with the pitot/static system and how it measures airspeed. Air doesn’t flow into the pitot tube, strictly speaking. Instead, as the aircraft moves forward, the pitot tube senses the pressure of the air impinging from directly ahead and compares that with the static ambient pressure it senses from the static tube. The difference in pressure works on a bellows and crank mechanism in the airspeed indicator to display the aircraft’s airspeed, or IAS. IAS must be corrected for altitude (i.e. outside air pressure that varies with the airplane’s height above sea level) and temperature (an indirect measure of air density) to yield true airspeed (TAS). Often there is a little sliding scale in the airspeed indicator (ASI) that the pilot can adjust according to the outside air temperature (OAS) to give a direct reading of TAS.

[@Joyplanes]

Thank you for the correction, indeed it doesn't make sense that the air "flows" but the pressure created by the speed is what's measured as you said. What I wanted to show is that the pipe where this pressure is retained goes to the respective instruments.

[@kuckoo9036]

Noticed that, too. Figured such a description probably goes beyond the scope of of this video, which is excellent. Indeed, you can make an entire video just on the pitot-static system and the associated instruments. One can go into quite a bit of detail just on how the instruments themselves work, with the gyros, diaphragms, mechanical linkages, etc.

[@andrewlalis]

@@kuckoo9036 ERAU has some fantastic videos about the pitot-static, gyroscopic, and vacuum instruments.

[@eclectichoosier5474]

Well, if we're being technical, it flows in.... a tiny bit. Then stops. I'm more concerned about the size of the hole that was rendered into the tube in the video. It looks like a pitot from a 737 :)

Thanks

[@Litepaw]

What a great and clear video. I'm not even a pilot, just a curious person. But now i have a much clearer idea on how small aircraft actually work.

[@oscaraguirre602]

Hello Joyplanes good sunrise, congratulations on your excellent video, a whole journey through the world of aviation. I'm an aviation enthusiast, and this video, this explanation about this wonderful aircraft, shows practically everything about how it works. Thank you to your new fan, your friend Oscar.

[@aomwebsites]

Crazy graphics, and detail. PPL students flying the 72 will be lucky to use this video as resource. I’m amazed..

[@officialbritishtaxpayer5609]

I think that anyone about to take a ride in a light plane for the first time should watch this video. Speaking from my own experience, that first ride can be bit nerve wracking so knowing about all these systems and how the aircraft is put together is very reassuring and this video makes it interesting too. Excellent! I was lucky to be fully briefed when I took my first flight and forty years on, I am still enjoying every moment of it.

[@danitodanny]

Im in A&P school and this video sums up a lot of what I've learned in classroom, more in depth. Incredible video.

[@alechendryx7023]

Best video I've ever seen on something like this. Textron should hire you or pay you to use this. I do want to mention something. Most new planes with the computer screens have eliminated the vacuum systems on the planes and the backup horizontal indicator is electric or even new ones are small digital ones with computer screens and a backup battery. Go look at a Garmin G5. New Cessnas don't have vacuum systems. The old planes with vacuum driven gages, of course, still have the systems. Many owners are converting to all digital and LCD screens like you show and eliminating the entire vacuum system. Maybe someone mentioned this before, but I didn't scroll thru the comments. In the end, absolutely incredible effort on this. I'm sure you learned so much. This type of skill should be invaluable to some company. JUST WOW!

[@aga080]

never realized how perfect the cessna 172 design is...classic

[@zafrullahabdul7251]

@joyplanes this video is the best I've ever seen on the c172. Could you also make one on commercial airliners? Maybe the latest A350?

[@MarEpor]

this is amazing. even though some of these things i’ve learned during my training, this video makes it much easier to understand. this video will be used for future generation of student pilots 🙌

[@gustavofuentes9119]

Thanks!

[@MarcPagan]

From a retired airline pilot and instructor with tons of C172 time - thanks for a brilliant video. One correction, per my first instructor - it's not the powerplant/thrust combined with lift that makes a plane fly ...it's money. :)

[@johnopalko5223]

An airplane (boat) is a hole in the air (water) into which one pours money.

[@MarcPagan]

I'll clean this up a tad. Also per my fist instructor "If it flies, floats, or fornicates ...it's cheaper to rent it" @@johnopalko5223 Cheaper mind you, not necessarily better :)

[@eclectichoosier5474]

I've always heard that the powerplant was the part of the plane that converts money into noise

[@calicash]

Just want to clear something up, at 19:44 it is said in case of any fire the fuel shutoff valve should be pulled out but the POH says it should only be pulled out during an engine fire. In a cabin fire, wing fire or electrical fire you would leave the fuel shutoff valve pushed in because there’s no need to shut the engine down mid-flight in those scenarios. If I’m wrong or confused someone please correct me. Amazing video, I learned a lot and I really appreciate the time and work you put in to make it happen!

[@jesseekkerd]

Amazing video! Best description of a general aviation aircraft I've ever seen. 👏

[@markpell8979]

Very good job on this video, fully explaining without bogging down on details that are irrelevant to most folks. This took me back so thanks. I learned in a 150 and 172 in the '70s. Nice airplanes.

[@RealBMK]

Thank you for this incredible video!!!

[@Joyplanes]

You're so welcome!

[@Zorroxyz123]

The mid part of the main wing spar is so thin, interesting.

[@byronhenry6518]

Thousands upon thousands of airline pilots got started right here in a Skyhawk, including myself. I miss it. I’ll have to go rent one of these someday and see if I still got it! Manually flying an airplane low and slow is fun.

[@alanjupp363]

In my 59 years maintaining and managing maintenance of many small and not-so-small aircraft (Helicopters and fixed-wing types) this video is in my opinion the best I have ever seen. The effort to produce this exception work must have been enormous. Well done Joyplanes. Thank you very much for this great work.

[@Project_EG2]

Me watching the entire video even though I’ve never flown a plane

[@Joyplanes]

Thanks for watching! Most aviation enthusiasts are not pilots.

[@eclectichoosier5474]

If it interests you, you can find a local flight school and ask for a "discovery flight." It may be around $200 for about an hour of ground instruction and an hour or so of flight. (Prices vary depending on the school.) The instructor will even let you take the controls for a while! (If he's any good, that is.) After that, you are not obligated in any way to continue with instruction, if you don't want to. There is no age limit. You can do it as soon as you're big enough to reach the controls. You don't need any kind of license. (The instructor will have one.) You don't have to be any good at it. The instructor has a set of controls, so he can take over at any time.

[@cdsnider9496]

It's never too late to start learning how to fly. I started 3 years ago when I turned 40.

[@yankhofreemansomanje6433]

U are not alone

[@londonmoren9611]

@@eclectichoosier5474 he may let you control a lot more than you would expect.

[@KSanofficial]

As an aviation and huge blender nerd, I highly appreciate the effort you put into it. It requires great skills to produce something like this!!

[@BaderB-l9g]

Impressive video. The video that explains an airplane in detail is the best I've ever seen.

[@mertvaran5733]

Correction: @5:36 IO360 is a mechanically injected system it does not require any electric power for the injection system to run. The alternator only exists to drive accessories and avionics like most other GA aircraft.

[@one-o-four889]

…and charge the Battery.

[@mertvaran5733]

@@one-o-four889Battery counts as accessory when your engine doesn't require it to run

[@brewedawakening6577]

Little known fact. The airplane propeller besides assisting the plane to get off the ground and fly also helps to keep the pilot cool. That's why when the propeller stop spinning, the pilot start to seat. My respect to the inventor.

[@EmazingGuitar]

Many of us men believe we can fly a plane with just a few pointers 😂

[@Tankwatcher_Vince]

Landing it safely takes a bit more than "pointers" 😂

[@motlatsimolefe1077]

I’ve watch enough videos to fly 🫣🫣🫣🫣

[@londonmoren9611]

@@motlatsimolefe1077 go to your local smaller airport and ask for a discovery flight, see if its part 61 it can usually be fairly good price

[@TireSlayer55]

@@motlatsimolefe1077How hard can it be right? 😂

[@motlatsimolefe1077]

@@TireSlayer55 like the days we hope our parents would be incapacitated while driving so we can take the wheel 🤣

[@StratoArt]

Awesome use of Blender!! As a former private pilot (1990s era) of the C150, C150 Aerobat, C152, and C172 this video is spot on! And as a fellow Blender user now, I want to say, thank you! for producing this awesome video!! I know these are so challenging to make!

[@davewetherald6628]

Absolutely the BEST video on a 172 I've ever seen. As a current flight instructor, I'm sending this to ALL of my students from zero-timers to CFI applicants. Great job! Only thing I noticed was you have the fuel injectors a little bit wrong (they constantly inject fuel that is only pulled into the cylinder when the intake valve opens), but someone commented on that below. Thank you for sharing this!

[@francoisjosephbessala4294]

As a “flying machines” lover, this is the best video providing me the foundation of what I’m getting into. Thank you so much.

[@caseymyanmar2200]

I am beyond thankful. This video is the most informative source I've found to learn about the Cesna 172 as a pilot student. It's incredibly helpful.

[@manuelflores7123]

I’m not a pilot but I watched the entire of the video, woooow this is amazing, very very well done 🤩🤩🤩

[@swisstraeng]

Additionnal details 17:30 : Stall Indicator which doesn't seem to be modeled in this video, is often essentially a switch that is pushed up or down depending on the angle of the incoming airflow. It will simply play an audible alarm on a speaker inside the aircraft, or also often directly into the headsets of pilots through the audio panel. Some aircrafts also have a stick shaker that is generally linked to the speed indicator, to warn that a stall is near. 17:33 : Pitot tube often have a smaller hole at the rear to get rid of the water, and there is often two pitot tubes linked to two separate speed instruments for redundancy. 17:43 : The static ports are extremely often found on both sides of the fuselage, not only the left side, and they are linked together. This is to equalize pressure from the left and the right side of the aircraft, to get more accurate readings. Generally they are placed around the beggining of the tail of the aircraft, to be less impacted by speed. Some static ports are also heated, comparable to the pitot tube. 19:56 : Electrical wiring is now Copper wiring, insulated in PTFE (teflon), and are generally white in colour, and have unique codes printed all along to quickly find them on the aircraft's schematics. Large copper wires, such as the ones used for the starter, used to be sometimes made in aluminum to save weight. This is often removed and replaced by copper wires today, as aluminum loves to make corrosion over time, potentially creating an electrical fire. Extra notes: The entire interior of aircrafts is now made of fire resistant materials. Those materials can burn as long as you keep a heat source near them, but they can not continue burning by themselves. Essentially making fires in aircrafts impossible if they are not fueled by fuel, oil, or if heat is continuously supplied by electrical wiring. Circuit breakers are not very advanced, they generally trigger using a thermal mechanism, but they do not detect faults if it is not over current consumption. Or do any kind of active monitoring.

[@avdronebr]

I am an aeronautical engineer and a private pilot, this is the best video of the 172 I have ever seen! This must have taken so much time to create! Thank you so much for sharing it with us!

[@joeligrani2671]

A&P mechanic here who works on 1996 and on 172s with G1000s. This is spot on! Excellent job!

[@michaelfischer8415]

Im an a&p mechanic and worked in a cessna certified maintence station for many years. I have replace, repaired, assembled, or otherwise, my knowledge, every component. Over all this is a very good, accurate video. Theres just a few small details mainly in the animation that arent quite right. Io 360 doesnt have angled valves as showed, the valves are parallel and straight in the engine. The injectors are not intermittent spray like a car, they spray continuously reguardless of the postion of the valve, its just a calibrated orifice. The flaps are operated electrically, true. But there is a single motor in the right wing, with cables that run to a bellcrank in the left, not a motor in each wing. The fuel tank vent should be placed directly behind the wing strut, its to reduce the ram air pressures into the tanks. (Theres a whole service bulletin about it)

[@bd5289]

This video should be mandatory viewing for ANYONE who wants to start their journey towards becoming a pilot! VERY WELL DONE! Congrats!

[@shahrokhbiniaz5862]

A BIG THANK YOU!!!! Amazing video. Wonderful work. Loved watching it.❤❤

[@DynamicDave-z8r]

A fine job of research and presentation. I've flown on a Cessna 172 so many times as a passenger next to the pilot in Papua New Guinea where we'd often land on uphill airstrip of grass and dusty grounds as well. Thank you.

[@SD_AV]

100% the best visual reference and detailed video of a 172 I’ve seen on the internet, excellent job my friend

[@LaminHtun-uy7xz]

10/10 as a visual learner, one of the best videos I’ve seen to explain it spot-on. Earned a sub.

[@JasonMW3]

I'll hopefully be getting my A&P soon and watching videos like this always makes me remember why i got into aviation maintenance in the first place. Solid Vid!

[@NIcholasLiddell-im5pn]

I have been a flight instructor for over 30 years and your video is the best I have seen and would be an excellent video to show a student pilot before they get too far into the syllabus. I can see the amount of time that you have put into producing this video, but its technically spot on with excellent graphics! Very well done!

[@hans-joachimschmid3783]

Being just a "virtual" pilot using MS Flight Simulator I very much appreciated this video, since C 172 is one of my favorite planes available on that platform. This is a very well made video with excellent technical information. Thanks a lot!

[@temarito1]

This is the best explained and most detailed video I've ever seen and everything is well explained and 100% accurate. That's amazing. Congratulations for that an thank for bringing us your amazing work here.

[@rezakiani6396]

this is the best video I have ever seen to explain an airplane in details. Congratulations! well done! and thanks a lot.

[@anointing2011]

This is excellent and more easier to follow and understand than most videos out there. I especially love the cad model and wish I could have the detailed drawings since I plan on building a high level 172 at home as an experimental project

[@Gabriel.Bonfim]

One of the most amazing animated videos I've ever watched on KZbin concerning aviation mechanics. Thank you so much for such a hard yet beautiful work!

[@rowebil00]

What an amazing video. The engine section really can be applied to any vehicle engine. I don't think I've ever watched a video as detailed as this.

[@dreadroberts5627]

As a student pilot, and visual learner, I cannot thank you enough for this video!

[@ziggurat-builder8755]

Absolutely amazing video, it’s fantastic to see everything explained in detail in a single video. Bravo!!

[@rahmhoa]

Amazingly done, I'm a commercial student and one watch of this doubled my understanding of my plane and skyrocketed me thru my grounds. I'm sharing this with all the instructors at my school to use as a teaching aid and I will be using it as well when I'm CFI. Great job man and thanks so much for taking the time to build this vid, helped me immensely. If ur looking for ideas for more vids, I would love to see stuff on aerodynamics and maybe malfunctions? Even weather would be huge!... love it keep it up

[@vjaceslavsgaidalonoks3128]

I can't even imagine amount of work you've put into this. Amazing

[@youssefn.3437]

This video was so well-researched and presented-impressive on every level

[@flightclubonline]

Beautiful work. Thanks for sharing.

[@romulocasas4906]

I’m a mechanic for these and this is basically 100% spot on. Great visual aid for all the systems

[@mirrortv364]

I honestly can't praise you enough for the effort, time, and knowledge put to produce this video. Many thanks!

[@gj8683]

Flew in (but did not pilot) 172s in the 1970s before the computer graphic displays shown here. It's very cool to see how the plane has upgraded since then. Thanks so much for this awesome video.

[@diego.silverio]

Best Cessna 172 video I've ever seen! Actually, don't remember watching a more complete explanation video about any aircraft like this one. Wish you much success and thank you a lot for this masterclass. Congratulations!

[@cartercampbell4646]

DUDE! This is genuinely one of the best videos I’ve ever seen! Definitely showing this to every last one of my students moving forward.

[@denisneumann6465]

Absolute sick how much work went into this one video. Thanks so much

[@aaron235423]

This is truly an excellent video for anyone interested on learning how to fly. Everything on this video will come in handy when doing your check ride! Kudos to the creators!!!

[@Ryan-or9do]

This is quite possibly the best educational video I’ve ever watched. Thank you

[@emmanuelcadman3923]

So happy to have you back

[@TamasLaszlo-83]

Skyhawk is one of my favourite aircraft. This video is highly recommended for everybody who likes general aviation! I saw a very detailed presentation with an awesome graphics... Nice job! 😉

[@Moe-yx5ue]

your dedication, skill, and attention to detail is truly impressive..

[@airmotivewelding8012]

Congratulations! I have been inspecting and maintaining these aircraft, C 172, for years and your renderings and graphics are very good. Very well described and organized. Very cool to see a graphic representation of structure. Best video I've seen on the general C 172.

[@chris30v]

Very interesting and informative I like learning about this plane and you have explained alot of detail I have not seen before thank you.

[@flynbenny]

Very well done. I have spent more time wrenching on 172s than flying, and the first thing I noticed is how the structure is perfectly boxed around the main spar, struts, and the front of the door frames to support conventional landing gear, the setup a Cessna 170 was designed with, not the tricycle gear the 172 has. Unfortunately flight school students occasionally land on the nose gear, which in the best case blows out the strut. In the worst case it wrinkles or damages the firewall. In this video you can clearly see the structure around the front of the doors and the wing struts, super strong, which made me immediately recognize the Skyhawk's heritage when I was working on them.

[@coreyjordan2745]

Wow. This is awesome. I would like to thank you for doing this. Huge help in further explanation of the pursuit of my PPL ( private pilot license). You should do other videos of flight training. You would be great (ground instructor). including how to pass and study for the FAA written test. Also, instruments, commercial. Multiple engine test as well. Thank you again.