show of hands who's ever done a real
soft field Landing tell me in the
comments below while we play the intro
what is happening m0a Nation Jason
Shepherd here I'm going to read those
comments so you better tell me if you've
ever done a real soft field Landing I'm
talking on the grass bonus points if it
was like dirt or gravel or extra bonus
points it was like a riverbed or
something amazing hey why you're typing
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Landings so before we head into the
airplane let me teach a little bit here
in studio all about soft field Landings
you see the purpose of a soft field
Landing is to get airborne truly as
quickly as possible and in fact to take
it a step further the name of the game
is protect the nose wheel what do I mean
when I say a soft field it's a soft
surface it's mud grass anything dirt a
riverbed like I alluded to here you see
what we're going to do in this soft
field takeoff is we're going to use
ground effect as an advantage and the
key is actually to stay in ground effect
so the airplane doesn't settle back to
the ground so we must attain our climb
out speed in ground effect before
attempting that climb out so I want to
head to the airplane now and just like
last week another throwback video
classic Jason from a few years ago and
classic23 Mike Zulu before the big panel
upgrade so real quick let me show you a
soft field take off they'll come right
back here for a soft field Landing
soft Field Taxi and takeoff today I'm
gonna show you pushing up in the ground
in fact everything else right now I'm
showing you the taxi taxing with that
nose all the way back avoiding breaking
my run-up was already done back on an
area that was nice flat and solid and
you're going to see me do a rolling
takeoff in this case when I come around
this turn here you're going to watch us
take off how bumpy it is here keeping
that nose back coming on through
avoiding braking
coming on through around around giving
it some power
and smoothly applying full power here
back on that yoke
air speeds alive noses up protecting
that nose wheel she's ready to fly well
it's the traffic A3 must face the final
two three we'll stop I will and we're on
average ground effect
look at that and flying on through hold
an in-ground effect building up our
AirSpeed and we are up and out of here a
nice easy soft field takeoff
so I told you that was a quick video and
you spoke we spoke in there about ground
effect and ground effect
um is in effect creating drag is reduced
right when the aircraft is close to the
ground disrupting the airflow over the
wing and in fact the closer to the
ground the less drag on the airplane so
if you're like me you're asking so Jason
is ground effect a good thing or is it a
bad thing and the answer is both
in this case it's good but in the case
of you trying to nail that short field
Landing from last week it could be bad
because it causes you to float but in
this case it's good because it helps the
airplane get off the ground quickly I'm
trying to get off of that bumpy unpaved
Runway now there's a lot of takeoff
considerations though you see rolling
from takeoff to taxi did you see I
avoided stopping because I didn't want
to sink into that that's like in Florida
we have something called Saint Augustine
grass it's just a smooshy grass there's
a lot of that on that airport I was
using you could just sink into it here
you also see that I held the nose at a
nose High attitude why was that I was
trying to reduce the weight in
particular on the nose wheel remember
the name of the game we said is to
protect that nose wheel then you saw as
air speed increased as lift began to
develop there was less wheel weight less
weight on those wheels so I was able to
get the airplane Airborne at a speed
that's slower than usual however it's
not safe to climb just yet so although
we popped up what did I do I pushed it
Forward not a lot just a little bit to
hold it and keep it in ground effect
it's a lot of that finesse there and I
built up my AirSpeed until at least VX
and then I initiated that climb out
assuming there's an obstacle and then
once accelerated through that or above
my obstacle a nice VY climb out as well
now you may consider by the way leaving
your landing gear out momentarily
especially if you just flew through
muddy conditions let let the air get
some of that off and everything else but
follow your POA just to win to retract
flaps and year as well so now saying
that let's talk about a soft field then
we'll head up into the airplane
obviously the goal is to touch down like
every Landing as smoothly as possible
but in this case also as slowly as
possible it's very similar to a normal
Landing but I want to hold the touchdown
off in ground effect to achieve that
nice slow air speed let the mains touch
down let the wings support that weight
and again the name of the game is
protect that nose so I'm trying to hold
that nose off as you'll see and just
like that takeoff I have that yolk
almost back in my chest eventually as we
slow down enough if you're too fast and
you have that there you'll end up flying
again so get that down and then just
slowly kind of like how you slowly work
in Cross and we'll talk about that next
week but slowly working that back
pressure use your flaps as directed by
the manufacturer be mindful of carb Heat
by the way with this we'll talk about
that be mindful of carpets because
if you're coming in carpete is nothing
more than unfiltered air going over your
exhaust and into your fuel system
essentially so you'll see me use carpete
on Darwin on base and on Final turn it
off so I don't stir up a bunch of grass
and junk into my carburetor but I still
need it all the time really so anyways
let's go show that Landing we'll come
right back here
The Landing is going to take a little
bit more work here we're on the downwind
already made the radio call everything's
looking good the big thing here is again
the game is to protect that nose wheel
well now I know I protect the nose well
I also want to avoid the use of carpet
carburetor heat is just unfiltered air
coming right on up and into my fuel
system so if I need carpet I can use it
here like would be my touchdown Point
carpete power back 10 degrees of flaps
but I'm gonna have to remember on Final
to go ahead and take that carburetor
heat and turn it back off and we'll
subtract two through Mike Zulus turning
left base Runway one eight the grass
Runway at Williston all right coming on
and here I got someone else using two
three that I see it's not going to be an
issue so I'm making a little bit of a
tight base here just so I don't conflict
with them
pattern of the southeast and everything
is looking great before landing
checklist everything looks set verifying
all looks good I'll go ahead go 20
degrees of flaps coming on down again
soft field we're touching down on the
mains we're protecting that nose wheel
and meanwhile we don't need to use any
car beats I'm going to turn carpet off
now just so I don't forget in this case
and when we touch down we also want to
avoid breaking and get back on that yoke
to protect that nose wheel here again
I've literally taxed that there's a
airport I was going to saw you later
that and there was a sinkhole in the
middle of it I unfortunately was the one
who found it no damage to the airplane
thank goodness because I had the nose
all the way back Wilson traffic to there
Mike Zulu's turn and final 1 8 the grass
Runway at Williston I say that because a
lot of people use the grass Runway at
Williston here
everything is looking really really nice
looking good and now you're going to
notice something different here right
I've got no Center Line I've got no
markings in this case quite a bit
different down here now isn't it
everything's looking really really good
I can see roughly where I want to touch
down
look and realize that wind coming over
those trees
powers back floating on in here traffic
okay
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holding it off protecting that nose
protecting that nose holding it off
holding it off holding it off it's windy
okay we're down the ground protect that
nose avoid breaking and protecting the
nose avoid and break and that should be
your Mantra here holding it back
holding it back oh it's Gusty
events that nose is going to set it on
down and we're going to bring it on back
up in that case
so again you got to see a short field
takeoff a short field Landing a bit of a
throwback as well hey I told you I'm
going to read every comment so if you
watch this video and couldn't say yes to
having done a soft field uh take off or
Landing before make that a 2023 goal and
don't fall into the excuse so it's hard
to find a soft field there are plenty of
public grass strips around there grass
strips aren't just private air strips I
know of dozens in Florida especially of
public grass strips maybe if you leave a
comment too with some public grass
strips in your local area share where
you're at I'm in Ohio and the I know
these strips are available just so
others can start adding some
destinations they want to get to and go
practice it with an instructor first why
do I want you to practice this
because I don't want your first real
sawfield Landing to also be your first
in-flight emergency what do I mean by
that well if we were to have an engine
failure there's a high likelihood you're
Landing in some Farmer's field somewhere
right I you need to focus on that
Landing not going oh my engine quit and
this is my first time ever landed on
grass
right we want to be as safe as possible
we're going to talk more about that on
June 29th by the way I'll be teaching
the secret to perfect Landings I'll be
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