Landing with an Engine Failure | EV97 Eurostar Part 2 - The Circuit

[@briand4000]

Great video and instruction for free! Cheers from a Sportstar owner in the southwest USA.

[@peterdisley5327]

Another informative video Ben. I must say that i am very impressed with your instructor. Obviously a skilled pilot in his own right but its the fact that he is taking you through some fun/serious situations. Love the dead stick landings and the white line hopping. I think he is also having some fun and the mutual respect is so apparent. Thanks for sharing .

[@BenAtkinsonVideos]

Hey Peter, really appreciate comments like this! Makes it all worthwhile. Thanks for watching and following along. Ben

[@musoseven8218]

Peter Disley I think David Young is a microlight pioneer, thousands of hours under his belt?

[@BenAtkinsonVideos]

Yeh nearly 10k and that’s just instructing!

[@flyingkub]

Great point about the go around, into the wind, especially if it was from a forced landing as the engine is likely to fail again.

[@BenAtkinsonVideos]

Yeh - I was disappointed with that one - but other than that - a very good productive session!

[@flyingkub]

@@BenAtkinsonVideos Don't be disappointed, it is all part of the learning curve, you probably will not make the same mistake again.

[@JoeRichardson02]

Wow, nice flying, I'm sure that prop stopping focuses the mind!

[@BenAtkinsonVideos]

It really does joe! Great to practice with an instructor and a huge runway.....only!

[@JoeRichardson02]

@@BenAtkinsonVideos yes haha I was thinking it's the sort of thing that if it goes wrong, you've got an awful lot of explaining to do

[@BoB4jjjjs]

Nice.

[@BenAtkinsonVideos]

Hey nice one Bob thanks for watching

[@maggygwire]

Loving these videos mate it’s great to follow the lessons. I’m so looking forward to getting flying again soon 👍

[@davidknight7617]

Another good one Ben, well done.

[@BenAtkinsonVideos]

Cheers mate...awesome fun!

[@ranbirsingh7666]

Great video Ben.. 👍🛫🛬🛫🛬🛫🛬👌

[@BenAtkinsonVideos]

Cheers mate!

[@ForFunFlyer]

Nice video, mate! I like the EV97 very much, awesome plane! The view outside looks a lot like my plane... 😉

[@BenAtkinsonVideos]

Mate its so so good this aircraft....thanks for watching !

[@ForFunFlyer]

@@BenAtkinsonVideos Thank you for taking the effort to share your flying on KZbin!

[@GolfFoxtrot22]

Hi Ben, still working through the back catalogue. I really like the low level line weaving. It certainly has a good glide ratio for the engine failures.

[@andrewmartin8739]

Job well done 👍

[@BenAtkinsonVideos]

Hey 👋 Cheers Andrew

[@JodelFlyer]

Good job, well done!

[@musoseven8218]

Nice work Ben! Seems like the Eurostar is a bit less forgiving (metal wings, low wing & smaller ailerons) and more of a challenge, but a lot of fun and more "sporty". Nice day for it too! Lovely little aeroplane, a bit disconcerting when the air cooling fan at the front got switched off though LOL!

[@BenAtkinsonVideos]

Hahaha yes a little. Great to try it tho. Yeh it’s less forgiving but simply wonderful to fly!

[@musoseven8218]

Ben Atkinson Certainly looks that way and ergonomically it's more like a GA aircraft. You must be clocking up some nice hours, with better aircraft availability/choice now :-)

[@RoryOnAir]

Excellent Ben! I’ve never done a dead stick landing myself so it’s cool to see it done. I’m laughing at how far you can glide and how long you have to decide on a field with the Eurostar compared to the helicopter. I might have to do a comparison video. 🚁✈️👍🏻

[@BenAtkinsonVideos]

It’s odd to think how much extra drag you get off the static prop. Certainly good to experience. Haha honestly - the Eurostar glide distance catch’s me out on my next video...my worst approach ever 😂😫 yes a comparison video would be amazing....!! 👍👍

[@RoryOnAir]

Ben Atkinson yeah I was always warmed it would create more drag but haven’t experienced it. I’ll look forward to your video. 👌

[@PrivatePilotFlightVlogs]

Wow that’s awesome dude

[@BenAtkinsonVideos]

Thanks mate....slow reply....sorry! Good fun....!

[@MrAlwaysBlue]

Probably a question for Dave. Is the benefit of practicing PFL with engine off actually worth the safety risk? If a person/animal/vehicle encroached the runway just before touch down, you would be fortunate to successfully restart and execute a go around.

[@BenAtkinsonVideos]

Yeh I think thats a good point - however....we were certainly in, and it was a closed airfield - also - with such a large amount of ground you can see animals etc. I fully trust him and it was good to train for that...it felt very different. But - great point taken on. Ill ask him ...and let you know!

[@musoseven8218]

MrAlwaysBlue Anywhere else, with anyone else, in other conditions and circumstances? I think it would be a no, no, not worth the risk. It's all about choices, decision making, risk assessment relative to experience. I get the feeling that the instructor knows the aircraft and airfield very well.

[@TheMicroPilot]

I have never flown an A/C with the prop stopped haha

[@BenAtkinsonVideos]

Ah mate - its SO WEIRD!!!