Piper Comanche 250 KRFD to KMLI Bouncing My Way Home

This is the flight back from Rock Ford, IL after the new Servos were installed. It was rather bumpy.

[@1dullgeek]

33:55 Re: editing, the part that I like about your videos is how it feels like I'm sitting in the airplane with you while we have a nice conversation - usually about airplanes!

[@fillnc]

Awesome video, learned a lot with it

[@StainlessRocky]

Hi Mike, nice to see you again! Good news to simmers, A2A Simulation released their Comanche 250 for the new MSFS sim. Great one plane to fly again! BTW I like the new yokes you installed for the girl 😀 As always, Liked the video!

[@pipercomanche2506]

Very cool, I have watched some videos of the sim and it looks pretty good.

[@Jahus]

Came here because of the A2A Comanche…

[@johnmaguire2185]

Same wonder how many subs will come of that.

[@johnmaguire2185]

Some high res photos of the livery and inside. Might be made for A2A and get famous.

[@samcowell7969]

very hard to overheat on the ground normally you can't even get the oil temp up over 210 Mike, Sam Here great video

[@Likearollingstone174]

Great video! Here because of A2A as well, but it is so good to cross check what I am doing to what a real pilot is doing. Question though, you did speed call outs on approach, but your callout wasn’t matching the speed display in mph in the analog gauge in the upper right corner of the video. Is that gauge not correct?

[@pipercomanche2506]

Hi RollingStone, I am calling out my indicated airspeed and the gauge is showing my GPS derived Ground Speed, since I am normally tried to land into the wind, my ground speed should be slower then indicated. A good thing for a pilot to remember, is the wing flys by indicated airspeed, that is the number that matters Ground Speed is important for flight planning.

[@TheTerrypcurtin]

On the ground a long time there. Engine temp becomes a big deal waiting. I had one side quit on my Twin Beech a minute before cleared. Never again. I worried until cooler air in AZ. That could have been a probable cause moment. It happens so fast.

[@pipercomanche2506]

The cooling on the Comanche is pretty good. With the stock cowling, I have not yet experienced a problem. I don't know if the guys with the 2 aftermarket cowls have issues. Mike

[@williamkennedy2069]

2 months .... 2 months, since your last video, you haven't done any flying this summer

[@pipercomanche2506]

Hi William, no I am flying I just don't have anything worth recording. :-). Besides I really do not like the editing part. Just not my cup of tea. I am going to record some Instrument stuff using the auto pilot.

[@treyhedgepeth9598]

Is that a gfc500?

[@pipercomanche2506]

Hi Trey, Yes that is the autopilot I ended up with. Mike