Instrument Flying, GPS, and Autopilot tutorial for the X-Plane 11 Cessna 172
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 6 ต.ค. 2020
- A quick tutorial flight in the X-Plane 11.5 Cessna 172, showing basic operation of the GPS, Autopilot, and NAV radios. A flight from Booker airfield in Buckinghamshire to Oxford Airport, United Kingdom.
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Note that the compass that was calibrated at the start of the flight is a gyroscopic track indicator, not a true magnetic compass. The magnetic compass is located in the middle of the cockpit, above the dashboard.
YEP EXACTLY WHAT I WAS GOING TO ADVISE. ITS A DIRECTIONAL; GYRO WHICH UNLESS IT IS ELECTRONIC, SUFFERS FROM PRECESSION
I know it's been a (relatively) long time since you put this out, but thank you. I just recently bought this game because I noticed it supported VR (I also recently got a Quest 3), though I used to play X Plane back when iPod Touch was briefly a thing. It wasn't for a while that I was able to afford a PC that could actually run a flight sim, though I did enjoy playing around in MSFS back during the time of Windows XP... Anyway, playing this game today with a VR headset (via Steam VR) and being able to set up the autopilot with a flight plan (shout out for showing Little Navmap btw, it's like the program I never knew I needed) means that I can now set up a youtube video in the Quest's browser. It behaves as if I were in "pasthrough" mode, so even though the surrounding screen darkens somewhat, I can still make a PIP-type situation with a video placed over where the copilot's yoke is. I just tried all this out making a flight from JFK (NYC) to Logan (Boston) in the Cessna. So relaxing, though I did at first forget to press the "NAV" button twice, and was wondering why I was flying out to sea lol. Also I am still terrible at landings, and *may* have broken the propeller off of the plane. The main thing is that I was safe and in Boston. xD Thanks again for this, I was feeling rather intimidated trying to do everything manually, and the panels seemed so mysterious to me, but now I feel like I am finally coming to grips with it all. My next goal is to learn how to interact with ATC
Great video, as I'm getting into flight simming to supplement my real world instrument rating. That said, as you may be aware, that's not a magnetic compass--it's a gyroscopic heading indicator which loses its bearing over time. You have to realign it with the magnetic compass (top of dashboard) every so often. The compass has its own faults during climbing and turning, but together they give you what you need.
A few other points for those interested: The GPS "TRK" doesn't give you a compass reading, it looks at your last few points in space and figures out which direction you're heading based on that.
Also, don't drop flaps at speeds above the white arc. Again, great video, helped show me what X-Plane can do IFR-wise, just wanted to point out some things outside the scope of the video.
Excellent step-by-step process from start to finish. Super appreciate showing how to do this calmly, slowly, and methodically. Great Job!
You're very welcome!
Pity that there isn't an "I like this a LOT!" button to click! I'm pretty new to X-Plane, had a few lessons in a 172 many years ago (that only had steam dials and basic radio kit) but had to give it up.... so it's great to get back to it in some fashion. I've been staring blankly at those boxes and screens on the right of the panel - now I've got some basic idea of what to do with them! That was an excellent introduction to their usage - concise, clear, methodical and practical. And LittleNavMap - what an amazing thing! Just that has been a total revelation! Liked, subscribed, and shall now eagerly go through all your other stuff. Thanks enormously!
LittleNavMap is excellent :)
Why on earth did I say "top of departure" when looking at LittleNavMap - of course I meant "Top of Descent" :)
Very well done tutorial, the kind that makes you wonder why nobody else trying to explain it could get it right. Thanks.
I’m wondering if you’ve done a video on using the VNAV feature of the Garmin 530. I completely understand the concepts behind it all, but I think Garmin’s workflow/process/UI designers need some updated training to learn how designers at Apple, etc get it right. The Garmin way seems about 30 years old …
Thanks so much for the explanations. A very, very interesting video again!
Thanks Jonathan. I'm jumping back in the C172 from months on the A320 so this was a really good refresher course before my first flight.
Glad to be of help!
Great video, and explained a lot, thank you.
Novice sim pilot here. Great video! Thanks for the wonderful explanation of how to use the nav. It was massively helpful! You've earned a new subscriber!
You're welcome!
It's slightly less realistic but on the x-plane if you click on the Garmin 530 or 430 nav instruments it pops up a new window right in front of you with the instrument easy to see. Wonderful explanation and flight!
you can even assign a hotkey to cockpit panels.
Thanks for this demonstration.
well done Jonathan! This is the best video of the subject than anything else I have been able to find. You explain very well and in sufficient detail to understand everything. Thank You. I have actually flown this same aircraft (real life) except with the Glass cockpit, but I find this more interesting. Fred Aley
Nice navigation, and you are a bit more experienced than me as I'm learning more instrument techniques. Helped me learn some move nav. I was very satisfied to see you squirm around the runway on landing, which is very typical of my landings right now :-)
Great tutorial Jon. I am new so this is a great help.
Glad it was helpful!
Thanks for a great video. I learned a lot.
You're welcome :)
Thanks for this, it was incredibly useful.
You're welcome
Thank you for a excellent tutorial...
You are welcome!
This was really helpful. Thank you
You're welcome!
To counter left turning tendency you use rudder not aileron or aileron trim.
Great Tutorial, Thanks
You're welcome!
Great tutorial.👌
You're welcome :)
The one not aligned to your course is a heading indicator, magnetic compass is actually the one on top of the radio.
Thank you, werry usefull and informative.
Glad it was helpful!
Very Helpful, Thanks
You're welcome!
As a C172 CFI, there are a few things done / said that I would not recommend. But what a cool simulator! I'm jealous.
Thanks :) Would love to chat with you at some point - maybe do a video covering the type of things sim fliers (such as myself) get wrong. There's always something new to learn!
Thanks pal!
No problem 👍
If you press the letter D on the keyboard, ith DG should align with magnetic compass.
Yep.
I believe the compass will need regular adjustments due to magnetic variation and compass deviation.
Yep - flying by instruments is HARD :)
Seis vídeos são muito ricos em informações. 👍🏼
Just what I needed. It was simple and straight to the point. Thank you!
You are welcome
Managed to get most of this Jonathan, except I appear unable to connect LNM to Plane for live updates on the map, the flight planning works wonderfully though. One more thing, I can't seem to get the APR working on the Cessna172 once lined up with the approach using the NAV gps method... any pointers?
I have two questions!
When you take off, you trim the ailerons, where is the trim wheel located in the aircraft, and how do you set it on your flight stick or steering wheel?
I thought I would have to keep steering into the wind with side winds if I'm not flying on GPS.
Great tutorial mate! Can you do something similar for Cirrus Jet SF-50?
I expect so :) Might have to wait a few days - work is going to be crazy over the coming week.
Greetings,I was watching your very informative tutorial and noticed the very interesting map display and wonder what app you are using for this map display? and how it is linked to your XPLANE AND the GPS? is it located on a separated device ( IPAD, etc)? and hoe it is linked to the Plane? Cheers
It's called LittleNavMap - just search for it on the internet - it's Free! :) It connects to the simulator :)
Hello sir, you know the mouse flyer (for lack of another word) I am in basic flying training. I am a new beginner, can I make the plus and box white or make it more visible?
Being picky here... It's the Di that has gone out of alignment with the compass, not the compass out of alignment, and you put the flaps down outside of the white arc of the asi. Other than that, a clear and concise explanation, thank you.
Perhaps you can help with an issue for me. The Route does not display on my Map view (the 'M' key) on my display, although I can see the route on my Multifunctional Flight Screen on the console. what am I doing wrong or did I miss something?
The map view in the sim doesn't always show the route - it depends on the aircraft :)
Thanks, but I am using the same aircraft you use in the video and you have the route on the map, I don't Fred to@@jonbeckett
First time I see TOD as top-of-departure, always thought it was top-of-descent as you will star descending for landing 🛬 always nice to learn new things
you missed the approach AP you said you'd do
OK.. love your tutorials, however, at 30:25 you say "ok, I'm going to turn off the autopilot now" and I hear a beep, which I assume is the autopilot being turned off, but you never show what button you clicked to turn off the auto-pilot.. Please tell me how you turned it off..
It's a button on the yolk! Many aircraft are that way - the yolk or joystick will have a small red button on it - it disengages the autopilot. I've mapped it to the red button on my joystick.
@@jonbeckett oh sheesh.. good god.. thanks.. how did you map it? I went into my settings and looked for a map to turn auto-pilot on and off. I didnt see one.
@@robertlee42770 flight director
Have a quick question. The bottom Garmin 430 display doesn't come on when starting the engine. But it's on if I start the sim with the engine running. Why is this?
Could be several reasons - did you turn it on? Does the plane you are looking at have more than one power bus ?
@@jonbeckett Both power buses are connected.
How do you get the views that you have? My cockpit is zoomed in and can't get the views that you have. Use the arrow keys and mouse but no change.
The mouse wheel does zoom.
@@jonbeckett the mouse wheel seems to increase the throttle.
@@Berkner80 You must have re-mapped it then :)
@@jonbeckett thanks, will take some time to figure it out then. I just downloaded the demo last night.
Thanks so much for this tutorial. I have a problem though! I have exported the .fms file to my Output folder but it doesn't show up on my GPS navigator ' flight catalogue' screen?? It's blank? PS, I have noticed that my GPS 530 in the Cessna says 'navdata out of date', is this something to do with it? Thanks
Two things going on here. I expect the GPS navigator is looking in a different folder (I've never seen it, so this is a guess). The navdata is easier to answer - XPlane ships with old AIRAC data - to update it requires a paid Navigraph subscription. The navigation system in some planes checks the date of the AIRAC database you have, and complains if it's "past it's sell-by date" :)
@@jonbeckett thanks very much for the reply. So do you know where I am supposed to put the .fms files? I've put it in the output folder, there isn't a flight plan folder or anything else there? Do I have to update my nav data for the GPS or is that unrelated? Cheers.
@@jonbeckett sorry, but what do you mean you've never seen it?
@@MrPhillipgraham I haven't had X-Plane installed for over two years :)
I have the same issue Phil. .FMS file doesn't show up on the radio screen. Did you ever resolve the issue?
Can I ask sir how did you got the x plane 11 and navigraph "airac cycle 1911"
I used to have a navigraph subscription :)
Worth noting - it you use MSFS and LittleNavMap, it has up to date data
Question was the flight a VFR or IFR
Neither really - it was just a demonstration of how the instruments work.
Can you trim ailerons on cessna 172?
Yes. You just need to map buttons (either on the keyboard or joystick). I always configure the hat on my stick to do elevator and aileron trim.
@@jonbeckett oh I see, how about IRL? I tried to find any built-in instrument but doesn't look like it has one.
@@Omar-hw7zi In the real aircraft the trim controls are on the central console, below the primary flight instruments.
Thanks, but you never said how the APR button works :(
Never mind, I found it in another video. BTW, Thanks to your video, I knew that the fantastic Little NavMap exist. Thanks a lot, do you know about other nice tools? (I know a couple, but LNM is definitively the best up to now). Thanks in advance.
@@daviddavalos8970 If you fly with friends in MSFS and want to see them on the map, take a look at "Transmitter" (visit virtualflight.online) - and if you would like to come fly with me, visit the discord server! bit.ly/virtualflightonlinediscord
you shouldnt use your strobe light on the ground btw, youl blind anyone near by lol
assuming you wanna be as realistic as possible
I know - I wasn't being realistic at all :) Realistic would mean spending twenty minutes walking around the plane, sumping the tanks, checking linkages, and so on :)
@@jonbeckett true lol
you make it complicated, why you don't directly use the XPLANE 11 map...???? you have to understand everybody doesn't have that plan. USELESS JOB.
Why don't you use LittleNavMap ? :)