Instrument Rating Lessons | Epic Flight Academy - Instrument Rating Course: 1.3.3 - Gyroscopic Instruments Explained

Welcome to Epic Flight Academy’s Instrument Rating Course! In this in-depth lesson, Mike Thompson takes a hands-on approach to explaining Gyroscopic Instruments and the principles that make them work. Using handmade diagrams and reference models, Mike demonstrates how gyroscopic precession affects the attitude indicator, heading indicator, turn and slip indicator, and turn coordinator during flight. By visualizing the internal mechanics and learning how to construct your own reference gimbal, you’ll gain a clearer understanding of how these instruments maintain orientation and stability under Instrument Flight Rules (IFR). This is a must-watch for any student pilot aiming to strengthen their understanding of instrument fundamentals and gyro operation in flight. #InstrumentRating #EpicFlightAcademy #IFRTraining #InstrumentPilot #FlightTraining #PilotTraining #LearnToFly 📘 Video Chapters 0:00 – Introduction 1:05 – What is a Gimbal? 2:40 – Attitude Indicator 2:58 – Constructing Your Own Reference Gimbal 4:25 – What Happens if the Gyro Leaves Its Rigid Plane? 6:32 – Constructing Your Own Heading Indicator 8:20 – Internal Workings of the Turn and Slip Indicator & Turn Coordinator 10:08 – Advantage of Moving from Turn & Slip to Turn Coordinator 12:10 – Summary 🎓 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/