Instrument Rating Lessons | Epic Flight Academy - Instrument Rating Course: 1.3.1 - Pitot Static Instruments

Welcome to Epic Flight Academy’s Instrument Rating Course! In this lesson, Mike Thompson takes a deeper look at the Pitot-Static System and the instruments that depend on it. Understanding how these systems operate is essential for any Instrument Rated Pilot, as they provide critical information about airspeed, altitude, and vertical movement—key factors when flying under Instrument Flight Rules (IFR). You’ll learn how the altimeter, vertical speed indicator, and airspeed indicator function, the different types of altitude and airspeed, and how to identify Pitot-Static System failure modes during flight. By mastering these fundamentals, pilots can make accurate instrument readings and respond effectively to system malfunctions. #InstrumentRating #EpicFlightAcademy #IFRTraining #InstrumentPilot #FlightTraining #PilotTraining #LearnToFly 📘 Video Chapters 0:00 – Introduction 1:20 – Pitot-Static System 3:05 – Altimeter 4:00 – Types of Altitude 4:24 – Vertical Speed Indicator 5:32 – Airspeed Indicator 6:00 – Types of Airspeed 7:30 – Pitot-Static System Failure Modes 🎓 Start Your Instrument Pilot Training: https://epicflightacademy.com/prequalification-enrollment Learn more about Epic Flight Academy’s Instrument Rating Course: https://epicflightacademy.com/instrument-rating/ This course is taught by Epic Flight Academy's own Mike Thompson. Mike Thompson is the author of "Telling Is Not Teaching", which promotes the idea that the “new school” of teaching that embraces electronic technology cannot sacrifice the “old school” of human relationships because the human brain stills learns in largely the same way that it has for millennia. "Telling Is Not Teaching": https://www.amazon.com/Telling-Not-Teaching-Instructors-Handbook-ebook/dp/B0752BPPW7 Enjoying our content? Like this video and SUBSCRIBE to our YouTube channel so we can continue to produce more Epic content! Follow us on social media to stay up to date on EVERYTHING happening at Epic Flight Academy! Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/epicflightacademy Twitter: https://twitter.com/epicfltacademy Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/epicflightacademy LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/epic-flight-academy Website: https://epicflightacademy.com/