Hey everyone. Jason Schappert,
here, MzeroA.com. Here's something we don't do often.
Right traffic. I'm going to make
right traffic. I assume. I'm going to call tower here and get right traffic here for
18. I'm out to the Southwest. I assume that's going to be the case. Let's go ahead and give them a
call real quick.
(Radio Chatter)
Afternoon. Ocala Tower. Skyhawk 23 Mike Zulu.
"23 Mike Zulu. Ocala Tower." Five miles Southwest
India. Full stop. "Skyhawk 23 Mike Zulu, report
3 Southwest for the right downwind runway 18." Call you three miles for a right downwind,
18. 23 Mike Zulu. Three miles for the right downwind
for 18. Right traffic isn't something we do
all that much. Real quick, let me knock out my before landing checklist here.
Get everything set as far as that goes. Everything's cleaned up. Lights on.
I know myself before landing checklist, complete in this case. Bringing this airplane on down.
So what I like to teach with
right traffic...we want to make sure the spacing is right.
A tendency with right traffic is to get a little bit too close
to the runway. I'll explain why here. We're getting up there in just a second here.
Maybe just barely start to see the Ocala Airport there. I'm still making
a 45 to right downwind in this case. I'm still flying that...
This is why it's so important to kind of know the right distance you want to
be on the downwind. Wether it's left traffic or right traffic, to be able
to eyeball that in this case. Let me give them a call real quick here. And Ocala Tower
23 Mike Zulu is three miles.
"23 Mike Zulu, roger and continue report midfield. There is a
Cirrus. He's just pretty much over the
departure into 18. He's climbing at 2,000
and will be turning the 230 heading." Understand. I have the traffic in site and call you midfield. 23 Mike Zulu.
"23 Mike Zulu okay. Disregard the midfield call. I've got you in sight.
You're number two following a Cessna on the right base turning final."
Number two and I have that traffic in sight as well. 23 Mike Zulu.
"23 Mike Zulu. Number two. Runway 18, clear to land. The wind is 16006."
Number two. Clear to land on 18. Thank you. 23 Mike Zulu.
Alright, I'm turning my right downwind. Now again, the tendency
is to oftentimes be a little bit too close if anything
in this case. Now you have to remember, I'm sitting in the right seat. You're normally sitting in the left seat. You
want to...it's a lot to stretch over and kind of look that way in this case.
Now in a low wing airplane especially too, oftentimes you're not even seeing
the runway at this point too. So just something else to kind of
ponder and kind of think about here. Finding ways to practice right traffic. I've got a little bit of
wind here as you can hear. Listening to him. I've got one there. I'm number
two. I'm already cleared to land 18. Again, you add a busy environment. You
add right traffic, you add kind of gusty conditions. You can see the weather's kind of
coming in here a little bit. You add all of these factors in here, it makes it
a difficult little landing. A difficult day for someone here.
(Radio Chatter)
Abeam my touchdown point. Also abeam that
aircraft. He's about over the numbers here. Carb heat. Power back slightly.
Ten degrees of flaps. Got a little crab in the wind. Now judging when to turn.
We turn just like we always would. That 45 degree point
off we'll go ahead and make that turn. Feels weird making a right
traffic sometimes. But what if it was on your checkride, you got shown right traffic
asked to do right traffic. And Jason you've never done right traffic. You've done it
once or twice. You're about to make some very important landings. Very expensive landings. They don't
work out and you haven't done much right traffic. So perhaps
finding an airport that has right traffic. Approaching a towered field when their using
different runway from that direction when you know they are going to give you right traffic.
That is of a benefit to you in this case. I'm on my
now right base in this case. Keeping it square. Keeping that same distance.
Flying it like a normal approach. I'm going to land with just 20 degrees
of flaps in this case too since it's just a little bit windy.
Watching that runway. Keeping it in sight. Now this is where's is tough in a low wing
aircraft, knowing when to turn and everything else. Again the tendency was to be too close.
The tendency also in right traffic, it's too close in the downwind, the tendency
is to turn a little bit too early in this case and
undershoot. Now I would rather undershoot than overshoot, so I'm kind of just babying
my turn on through in this case as I'm coming in to 18.
Babying myself on through. Bringing some power back. Knowing it's a little bit gusty,
know I'm kind of turning into the wind here, dealing with that crosswind from the left.
Anticipating that as well as I'm coming on through. Already cleared me to land.
My traffics already down and I see them off the runway up there.
And the runway is mine here.
Crabbing into that wind.
Again just one last
little check. Double checking everything.
Wind check please.
"Wind 160 at 6".
160 at 6. Okay. It's not too bad. I'm feeling it up here though. When I get below these trees, we'll see if it gets
a little bit better here. Airspeed's looking great. I'm looking at that, I don't know
if you can see that wind sock. But it's not showing 160, but that is A-okay.
And again, right traffic, left traffic. Final all looks the same. It doesn't
really matter in that case now does it. Let's get that upwind wheel down first.
Yeehaw. Holding it there. Getting that nose down
as well. Don't forget to put in a little crosswind correction here after wards too.
Makes your taxi a little bit easier. I'm going to get off this
runway and get out of his way here. Onto Alpha six.
A little aerodynamic braking action. Slowing this airplane
on down.
"Cessna 23 Mike Zulu. Turn left alpha six. Going back to the T-hangar sir?"
Yes sir. "Okay. Taxi via alpha and alpha
two. Just monitor ground point four if you would please." Alpha, alpha two. Monitor
point four. Thank you 23 Mike Zulu. Alright I've got all that set up
I'm going to go ahead and clean up the airplane. Can't wait to read your comments below this video. Have you done
some right traffic? That's what I'm curious to know about. Enjoy
the rest of your day and most importantly remember,
a good pilot is always learning. Have a great day guys. We'll see ya. I wrote the Private
Pilot Blueprint with the intention of if I could do my flight training over
what I wished someone would have told me. And I want that book
to be yours for free. All I ask is that you pay shipping. Visit
PrivatePilotBlueprint.com to get your free copy.