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hi all, i was just wondering if any would mind if they made a video (cockpit view) of an IFR because i can never do it. i have read the forums over and over again but i cant do it. so if ne1 wud b kind enuf to make a video i wud b very grateful!

thnxs muz

Hello muz24
What do you mean by a ideo of IFR? Do you mean a vide of a flight while flying IFR or what? IFR means INSTRUMENT FLYING RULES . I know that the money has a IFR panel . Is that what you are talking about.  ??????

Try going through the instrument lessons AFTER going through the PPL lessons

Yeah he means the checkeride.

Isnt that the one thats bugged-out?

You have to be able to fly VFR before you can understand IFR.  Meaning learning how to use the VORs, NDBs, ILS approaches, etc.  It might be worth while to practice the lessons, and keep researching and reading.  If you have a particular question about flying IFR we would be more than happy to help.  A particular question might be, how do I navigate from one VOR to another? Or how do I intercept the localizer for the ILS approach?  Or what is a localizer, what is an ILS?

You have plenty of real world pilots and enthusiasts that are here to pass on their knowledge to you.

i mean a ILS approach, sorry. i can never do it and it is very annoying. tht is wot i wanted the video of. a ILS approach in a cockpit view just to see what i am doin wrong.

           thnxs muz

one suggestion I would make is to turn on the visual landing aide. This will put rectangles circles telephonepoles or a road in the sky that you can follow right to the runway. You will need your nav1 tuned to the ILS freq. and to set the course or OBS to the correct heading of the runway in order for this to work. You can find out what these are by going to mapview and clicking on the airport you are landing at. scroll down untill you see the runway you will be landing at and it will tell you the Freq and the heading of the ILS.
 I would say that you are either coming in to fast or to slow, and you need the flaps set to at least 10 degrees to help keep you airborne at the slower speeds.
 You have to watch your airspeed and angle of attack.

Everyone's right of course; your best course is to go through the Learning Center. The Instrument rating is one of the most difficult a private pilot can obtain. (I haven't yet - not likely to happen in the near future either.)
Still; what you suggest poses a challenge. As already stated; I'm no instrument pilot, but I'll give the video a shot; let's see how accurately I can fly my home airport blind.
(I actually did this in the flight school's simulator a while back out of curiosity - was able to take off; fly to the airport, enter the circuit and turn final; then everything wnet to worms. LOL - more practice neeed. At least FS9 don't cost $35 an hour.)

Where are you getting an Instrument ticket for $35?  I wish mine cost that much.

No crud! Im spending $100+ an hour, where are you getting that deal!? CAP?

LOL - no; that's not for instrument flight time - that's how much to rent the on-site simulator for an hour. Instrument flight instruction is $120/hr.

Thus proving it's cheaper to learn in the States.  My local airport flying school (EGSH) wants

Better start saving your money Will

I pay $65 an hour for the aircraft rental, plus $30 an hour for instruction.

Grr at Andrew LOL.

Best of luck to you mate.  One day when I'm rich I'll come out there for a month....

MUZ24,