I just love how you explain things to us like adults, so clear and to the point. No mindless babbling or repeating things. As someone with pretty much no flight experience your series has helped a ton! Can we have a cold start tutorial for each of the Cessna models used so far? I think that'd be a nice progression.
Greg TheReaper Not sure if you know this, but there is a checklist in the game that can help you with this. Press shift c and it will bring up a checklist teaching you how to start up aircraft from cold and dark.
@@southy7523 100%, after playing the in-game tutorials I could only take off and fly around a little bit. Landing, aligning my plane to the runway and generally keeping control of my plane was a huge problem. Then I followed his tutorial and since then I havent crashed once, landed every time I took off and feeling generally confident in my abilities to fly the Cessna 152 without any problems. Even picked a place where I knew the wind was heavy, but by applying the concepts he taught me I had no real issues. If you told me a week ago that I could actually fly this plane, I wouldnt have believed you.
*For those who want a quick summary of the video:* - The AP button turns on the autopilot system. The autopilot system alone does not do anything, though. - The FD button turns on magenta-colored indicators on your display showing you what the autopilot is currently trying to do. - The HDG button makes the autopilot steer your airplane to a specific course. If you set the heading (using the HDG knob) to 180° the autopilot will make your plane turn to 180° (which is south). - The ALT button makes the autopilot hold your current altitude. You do *not* need to press it to make your autopilot aim for a specific altitude. However, it turns on automatically once the selected altitude has been achieved. The autopilot does not try to achieve the altitude automatically, you need to give it an input by using either FLC or VS (see below for explanation). - The NAV button makes the autopilot follow the flight route you created. This does only affect the course, not the altitude. Pushing the NAV button overrides the HDG and vice-versa. - VNV, APR, and BC have not been discussed in this video. - The VS button makes the autopilot achieve a specific vertical speed independent from the current airspeed. By using NOSE UP and NOSE DN you can set the vertical speed the autopilot is supposed to achieve. The autopilot will try to achieve the vertical speed by manipulating the airspeed. - The FLC button makes the autopilot achieve the set altitude while trying to hold the current airspeed. This might take long or won't work at all if the throttle does not allow that. At this point intervention by the pilot is necessary. - Both VS and FLC are turned off once the set altitude is reached. - The ALT knob allows you to set the altitude the autopilot is supposed to achieve. The outer knob increases/decreases the altitude target in increments of 1000 ft while the inner knob increases/decreases the altitude target in increments of 100 ft. Remember: The AP button is the most important button. Everything you set will not be applied until the autopilot is being turned on. However, this means that you have full control over the aircraft once the autopilot is turned off by pushing the AP button again. I didn't understand what the NAV setting is about but I am sure somebody else will be able to clarify that or it will be mentioned more thoroughly in a future video. If I have forgot anything or you have any questions feel free. I am new myself, but I will try my best to answer questions.
An excellent summary - thank you! The NAV button will make the AP follow the selected route, as you said. Using the CDI soft-key along the bottom, you select whether it follows the GPS track (magenta line on the flight plan in the MFD - the screen on the right), or a straight line to a VOR station (often called a radial) - tuned to using the navigation radios in the upper left corner. If the display in the middle of the direction indicator is magenta, the GPS path is active, and if it's green, a VOR station is active. (The display near the top also shows which has been selected.)
@@richavery66 Thanks for the positive feedback and for adding this actually very important bit of information. When I was flying the King Air I was wondering why NAV wouldn't work but the problem was sitting in the pilot's seat, after I switched to the GPS route it worked like a dream.
@@richavery66 Just to add even though might be a little advanced for this video. When setting up for an ILS approach, AP doesn't automatically change the CDI to LOC once it has intercepted the localizer. This is a known bug and will be fixed soon. For those that are looking to do ILS, you will have to use the CDI button to manually select LOC on ILS approach.
@@YakobtoshiNakamoto Thank you for the information, Jake. It'll be good when they get that bug fixed. TBH, I've spent a lot of time in the sim flying VFR over various parts of the world and have yet to do any IFR work. I was thinking of doing an IFR flight in the TBM into Innsbruck and seeing what the Garmin 3000 has to offer.
Great tutorial. One addition though; when you engage the AP without setting anything for VS, it will capture and hold the current pitch. That's what PIT mode does; hold the current pitch. Remember, anything in green is an ACTIVE mode. Everything in white is an armed mode, waiting to become active.
@@MLunenborg No problem, happy to help. I spent sooo much time on AP's, in SIM as well as IRL. I have experience with the Garmin GFC700 (in the G1000), the Bendix-King KAP140 and the S-TEC 55. Used them all in IRL.
@sp1878 It doesn't capture what the FD is showing (the FD is optional and only showing the commands that 'would' be sent to the AP if engaged), it captures your actual pitch angle. At least, real G1000's do that. ;-)
@sp1878 And yes, when green, the AP is managing the pitch. Forcing it with the yoke doesn't work (unless CWS is pressed and hold on the yoke), it may even take the AP off (i think the video showed that?). Be aware, the G1000 is not perfect yet in this sim, it does and doesn't do things i know to work in real A/C.
@sp1878 Yes, FLC works both for ascent and descent. Remember that you would need to select a higher speed for FLC (as you want to have the nose pointing down = more speed), or, take back power. When you press FLC, it assumes the speed at that moment (look at the annunciation). So, to get it to go down to your selected altitude, either select a higher speed with the button on the G1000, or reduce power. Both should work getting it down.
@@yuchenli4641 I did a video on VOR navigation and DME. It might help you out. I am a professional pilot and before flying jets I was a flight instructor - I'm not just a simmer.
No way!!!! You really did the autopilot tutorial I was waiting for this one thanks so much for these awesome tutorial can't wait to watch this one! Big love! ❤️
Only thing i need to know is why does the AP flip out sometimes when I turn it off for a bit then turn it back on? It trims the plane 100% up or to the left or right causing the plane to crash
You repeated yourself on the description of Heading for over 180deg. However you forgot to mention pressing the heading knob to recenter on the current heading. Still a very enjoyable tutorial. Thanks.
i would eventually also enjoy a VOR navigation course if you want. sounds interesting to learn. kindly put on your list of tutorials to make in the future :)
I love your tutorials so far! I´m simming for 4 years now and realizing that I missed a lot and did a lot wrong. Could you make something about throttle, mixture (and propp) management?
I beg you to do an in depth G1000 Tutorial as a follow up. I know there are a lot out there, but we know that a lot of things are still missing in FS2020s Version of the G1000. So a tutorial for exactly that version would be so awesome.
I'm looking forward to something like that too. Especially learning to program from scratch or modify a flight plan in game rather than relying on the initial setup.
Oh yes - did a flight with the tbm9 the other day and wanted to alter my STAR and approach - no chance felt like my grandma figuring out how to get her iphone to do something :D
@@sleeplesson Though the idea of it being already loaded isn't that far from reality, you can push flight plans from your tablet to the G1000 via Bluetooth.
Squirrel, your tutorials are top notch. I fly professionally, and though I can’t vouch for the G1000, these autopilot basics apply to most aircraft (with a few minor differences).
Squirrel, You need to become a CFI. Like, now. This series has helped me so much - I was able to take off and fly around my local airport in the sim and not be in such unstable flight.
I agree. Before listening to his tutorial, I had not heard of PAT when climbing and APT when leveling off. Now it's clicked, and I can do so much better than before. Invaluable advice.
if i remember correctly you click at the top of the heading wheel in order to switch between single and ten degree mode. I think its trying to simulate pulling the wheel out like when you change time on a clock!
I found just clicking either the left or right of the knob to decrease/increase instead of scrolling with the mouse wheel. I think with the A320 you can click to change the ALT units like you mentioned.
This is excellent. I really want to know more about VORs so I can use the old planes better. The computer planes are quite logical to me but all those gages are making my head spin :)
VOR navigation is super fun and super logical as well once you get the hang of it. There are a lot of good videos on how to navigate using VOR radials.
Another timely video. My AP was a bit off of my GPS line even though I was set to GPS mode. Forgot the NAV button. Honestly, MS needs to rip out the flight school part of the game and replace it with these tutorials.
Can I change my GPS course in game? Can it only be set at the world map? What if I want to change my destination mid route but still use GPS mode? Is this possible in game right now?
Thank you! I appreciate your patient, thorough, step-by-step explanations. Too many times individuals familiar with their subject matter make erroneous assumptions about the prior knowledge of their audience. Your level of detail in the tutorials you are offering to us really helps. Please consider continuing that level of detail in your future tutorials.
Thank you so much for this! I've been struggling to get a hang of the auto pilot all week. I now understand why I couldn't get it to actually get me to the altitude I wanted.
For some reason my current active leg of my flight plan never changes even after I reach the checkpoint, so GPS NAV mode never works and I have to use HDG mode. I’m not sure why that is. If someone can help that would be splendid.
Love your tutorials. Looking forward to communications and finding which runway I’m supposed to land at. I’ve been making air traffic controllers very upset.
Thank you for this very easy to understand tutorial. All other Autopilot tutorials on TH-cam are like „I have no clue but I pushed a few buttons. Now let me show you.“ Your tutorial is „I know what I am talking about, now let me explain it step by step.“ THANK YOU! 👍
@Squirrel Is there a lesson plan anywhere (or maybe in your head ;)? might be handy to kinda know whats coming so we can prepare ahead.(edited) Thanks for the videos, great series!!
Ok, so, scroll wheel can still do 1 digit, but scrolling fast will skip 10-50 ahead easily. Forget the near far button click; thats only for the nav button (which are actually two anyways :) )
and delving deeper...: from AVSIM forum: " its an issue across the board with Honeycomb yokes...do you have a honeycomb? Open a ticket with Zen and let them know. Everyone has been...just hold the mouse left click down to turn the knobs in 1 degree increments for now until it gets fixed. Keyboard assignments dont work in 1 degree increments right now either if you have honeycomb. "
Alright, hooked up the ol' saitek x55; button presses (stick or keyboard) will automatically speed up to increment by 3 and then by 10 after quick repeated presses; the mouse never does.
A year late but many thanks for this video, I can now confidently fly from one airport to another, I started with local airports, now I am expanding outwards towards areas I have never been, so much fun. Thanks again!!
Excellent. I managed to figure out how it works by myself. I would love to see a NAV tutorial. Loading approaches and arrivals... I'm very confused with that.
Great video, I had no idea how AP worked until I watched this. Trying to use Flight Sim to learn how to fly a Cessna on instruments only, eventually! This series is helping greatly, appreciate the breakdown in laymans terms.
Just got to leave a huge thanks here for your Squirrel, even with just the Xbox controller on my S Series, this was easy enough to follow and I even managed to do a deadstick landing. Your tutorials are wonderfully "dumbed down" enough for a novice such as myself, but still very informative. I can't wait to get through all of your material. Thanks for being a great resource and I and the rest here from what I can see, really do appreciate your patience and enthusiasm. Keep up the good work!
Fresh out of MSFS's training and I don't know how many videos I have watched attempting to explain autopilot. This video easily the best. So glad I found this one. Just wish I had found it first.
Yes. Watching so many videos and they're all "press this key, press that key". It's so much better when they point at an actual control in the plane. Squirrel mostly does but not in this case. No one does the barometer in game from what I can find.
Excellent video, this helped me out so much. I will watch every single tutorial you make, you explain everything very clearly and are extremely informative. Thank you for all the work you've done so far.
Heya bro, nice video. When i activate AP, he puts the nose açl the way up, until stall, or all the way down, until crash. No matter what i do, activate flc, activate vs, nothing fix this. Can u help me, please?
Thank you for all the work you have done to make it easier to learn to fly. I have owned a number of Microsoft FS. The last one being X. I have never had the privilege of using someone else's knowledge to learn to fly. This is my 4th trip into auto pilot to date, and I feel it will not be my last. Slowly it is sinking in. So. thank you for your work.
What about VNAV? Sofar i'm flying with the Beechcraft Baron 58 in NAV and VNAV mode on GPS Autopilot in FSEconomy and it works just fine,but maybe i don't need VNAV i'm not sure.
We need Squirrel to tell us where the heck the authothrottle control is on the Citation Longitude. For the life of me I can’t find it, though I’ve figured out the rest of the AP. And for the love of God, Squirrel, help us understand RNAV approaches and landings on runways without ILS!
Dear sir, dare I say your support for FS2020 and the content you create make this amazing sim all the more worthwhile :) Thank you SO MUCH for taking the time to make these daily training videos. Keep em’ coming please. There’s so much more to learn. Stay safe my friend. Cheers!!
Absolutely amazing tutorial and great series of lessons! Haven't played flight sim in a very long time and having just got back into it, this was really helpful. Thanks again, love from Australia!
Hey guys. Been having a lot of fun with the new flight sim. But recently my flight conditions button, and time slider in the world map (pre flight) have become unresponsive. The time slider is greyed out, indicating I have a setting turned off or something. I also can’t adjust weather or time in flight. Does anybody know of a fix? Anyone else had this issue? I’ve gone through my settings and can’t find anything. TIA!!
Not sure if you fixed it, but my guess is that you have it on live mode instead of manual. Live being the option to use real life weather data and time to put into your sim. Hope it helps!
Hi Squirrel, to make the heading selector dial to increase in increments of a single degree at once, just use your mouse wheel when the cursor is placed over it.
Hi Everyone! I'm a total newbie in the flight sim world but I'm slowly (very slowly) beginning to understand the basics. I'm now trying to understand the Autopilot. (Cesna 172 G1000 for example). Here is the problem I have and I don't understand why: 1: I turn the AP on (just by pressing the "AP" button) 2: I set Altitude mode on 3: I set Vertical Speed on 4: I increase (or decrease) VS So far, so good, my plane is going to the desire altitude. I didn't set "HDG" or "NAV". I want to choose the heading of the plane manually. But as soon I turn the plane in any direction and let go of the stick or try to go straight, the plane goes back in the opposite direction, sometimes it's stabilizing in a random heading (never where the HDG bug is btw!) and sometimes it just keeps turning the point where the plane crashes... Again, I'm 100% sure that I didn't set "HDG" or "NAV". Is it a "normal" behaviour. Am I not supposed to manually turn when in autopilot (Altitude and VS) mode is on? Thanks all for your help!
Perhaps you could explain ? Since downloading MFS premium my PC is corrupted, there are files that end squirrel, none of my games, some I have hundreds of hours on, function more than a few minutes now, steam activity said I added £22.49 to my wallet, then deducted such, I paid £109.99 for MFS. When loading it says top right enthused 233 with a logo, looks like a hedgehog ? maybe you could help, give some advice ???
Thanks for your precious explanations that even little advanced users can understand. However, I am faced with one huge PROBLEM: Using the Cessna 172S, after a couple of minutes, the G1000 display regularly goes black! Is this a bug or is there anything I forget to do? How can I recover? Thanks in advance for your kind HELP.
Guys, i don't know how you guys do it!!!!!!!! I know how to use the autopilots on jets quite well. Especaolly Citation jets and i CAN NOT fly the citation CJ4 or the Longitude AT ALL using the autopilot systems. It does not work at all like it's supposed to on my sim!!!! Now i've seen video's like this one with it working. Well it don't do this on mine at all. So i don't know what is going on with my system. I have Intel i7 5820K with Gigabyte X-99 motherboard, 32gig of ram 250mbs internet and a GTX Geforce 1080 ti video card. So i don't think it's my system causing this issue. I've flown the TBM 930 and it does the same thing. So if anyone knows what is going on, please advise me what i can be doing wrong. I don't have this issue with any planes on FSX Steam or X-plane 11.
Guys, has anyone figured out how to show DME distances in the lower left and right corner on the stock A320 ND? It only shows VOR1/VOR2 frequencies, which makes flying pretty much any maneuver that requires monitoring the distance from a VOR/DME rather quite impossible. What am I missing there?
Hey, you actually know what youre doing! It amazes me how horrible the flying is on most YT videos. Fluctuating altitudes, out of trim and essentially zero pedal usage. The worst part is people commenting how good the flying is, when its terrible. Do gamers not understand what "simulator" means??
Thanks for this tutorial. Simple, intuitive and very well explained. Can you please help me with the Approach Mode button (APR)? I start off setting Autopilot at, say, 2000 ft. and fly around just fine. Then as I approach the final leg, I turn Approach Mode ON. The aircraft lines up nicely with the localizer but does not descend. It flies right over the runway at 2000 ft.!! What am I doing wrong?
Remember - This Video was made on or before August 25. Since then MSFS has had 3 "updates" as of Oct 1st, 2020. He is NOT flying the updated version that we have now, -- that seem to be having all these aircraft vertical instability issues. His version trims correctly (and RL realistically) , and is 100 times easier to fly than what we have now. GREAT Video Squirrel, and great Reference to what the C150 was when the Video was made.
I've got a strange problem after activating AP sometimes- the plane starts to roll to the left or right, despite having turned off the heading button, or even after syncing the heading with the knob. Don't know if it's a bug or I'm doing something wrong
I've had the same problem. My solution is to completely avoid active pause and I also found that toggling in set on and off seem to miraculously solve the problem I'm sure it is a bug
24mins in I have a distinct sense of DEJA VUE. Did you repeat a chunk of your video re turning more than 180deg or is that just my inattentive imagination? I may have to watch this again....but its certainly an excellent super clear tutorial worth an UPVOTE.
Always interesting ... Is it necessary to use FD prior to doing all of these functions ? I see the Magenta arrow on the PFD but im certain I have not selected FD ? Actually what I really wonder is why an ILS landing (LOC or ILS Approach logged into Flt Plan) doesnt change my altitude on arrival at the runway... hmmm Thanks
Incredibly useful tutorial of a very intimidating topic indeed. (btw. - guess it's an editing error - you covered twice, that the aircraft will always turn into the direction
I'm a beginner pilot. I've been doing the bush rip in Croatia on autopilot ( yes yes it's cheating) and it's helping me so much learning both the autopilot and navigating. 3 days a go I looked at the Garming 1000 and thought WTF is this? Now I'm safely flying the plane through the world understanding so much more! Very helpfull videos!
Have a question and see if you can figure it out. First I fly the Beech Baron 58. I did a flight from Nassau Bahamas to Apalachicola Florida to New Orleans Louisiana. Took off and came around till the GPS showed green, hit the Nav button and planed turned to course( Magenta line). But instead of being on the course, it paralleled the course line on the right side of line. As neared Apalachicola plane crossed the course line from the right side to the left side. When it neared the turning point to head to New Orleans, plane kept flying straight and did not turn, course line disappeared from GPS map. Then had to set a new course to New Orleans and fly auto pilot using Alt and Heading. Any ideas of why plane did not follow course and GPS course disappeared? Any ides of what might have happened. Also have the latest version of the NXI. I do want to thank you for your videos, been helpful and have showed a lot of thing that a lot have not shown. Got my license in 1989. Again thanks
@Squirrel Maybe the CDI button should have been included early on as i have noticed that sometimes it doesn't set GPS navigation. Maybe it depends on your flight settings when you create the plan from the Map screen. Great tutorials though thank you, keep trying to remember back from my 2004 days grrr damn brain lol.
Thanks for all your tutorial videos, being new to MSFS they have been really helpful. They have made my time flying the Cessna 152 and 172 so much more enjoyable. Your a natural instructor, any more tutorials to come?
Is there a keyboard shortcut available for the GPS/NAV switch, or for the CDI selector button? I have searched and cannot find that these functions are available as a keyboard shortcut.
Thanks Squirrel this tutorial and your others are a big help for a new Xbox simmer. Much appreciated.I need help though I can turn the heading bug np with the controller also using mouse but the "Press to Sync" doesn't work. This is on the new Garmin G1000 NXi. There's no way I can get it to Sync. Is it me doing something wrong or has anyone else got this issue. Thx
Much needed tutorial on how to use autopilot. Now I feel a little bit more confident and less intimidated about all those buttons when flying. Thanks alot Squirrel 🙏🏾
Thank you for these tutorials like system1542 said, this is one of the best video tutorials I have seen. I have taken lessons but unfortunately I ran out of money. This refresher is so good. Thank you.
Save your money and try again! I had so many students run out of money while learning to fly. Save up all the money needed to get your license and fly your lessons closer together. You'll save more money since you'll spend less time reviewing.
Really do appreciate your tutorial videos Thanks.. I am a bit at a loss and frustrated as I cannot get my boxed MS FS 2020 to start after Press Any Key To Start....If any one has any advice on this issue I would appreciate any advice... Thanks again.....
Hi, really enjoyed this tutorial have tried a couple of other ones on autopilot which failed to work for me,been using F S 98 onwards, F S2020 is a massive improvement on FSX. Thankyou so much for taking the time and effort to produce these tutorials ,first class job really make a difference in getting to grips with the huge amount of content ,happy safe flying both real and simulated
This is the best autopilot tutorial I have seen for an intro to a glass cockpit! Thanks. Unrelated question, when setting live weather, is there a way we can get the details of the weather before we fly if we're departing from an uncontrolled airfield without an ATIS? Obviously in real life you'd just pull up an appropriate forecast but not sure which one is linked to MSFS.... many thanks.
I’m on Xbox and for the life of me I can not get it to follow the pink line anymore. It used to work all the time, but for some reason now it doesn’t work. I have FD mode on, NAV mode on, and approach mode. When I turn AP on that used to prompt it to follow the line but now it doesn’t work. Anyone have any ideas?? Ps: I’m using the same aircraft
I've just begun to mess around with MFS for the last few days, with a mouse and keyboard, and I've been in this plane with the screens once or twice, and my brain just completely baulked at all these screens and dials, I didn't even want to consider thinking about what they were for. But, even just being told what the buttons and dials do, without knowing exactly how to use them, is extremely helpful, it means that my brain now accepts that they are really there, and that they serve a purpose. Instead of my subconscious just flat-out ignoring them. It was a similar story in the beginning with the clocks and gauges. I'd be looking at them and my brain would refuse to take in the information on them, even on things like the compass and the "clock" clock, until I pretty much forced myself to look at them and deliberately tell my brain to accept them, things like that the airspeed indicator was my speed, and Alt was altitude, etc.
Great video. Much more concise than some others. Learning to use the autopilot and GPS are key skills. Now, I have to learn how to change the dial and button settings, find my way around the cockpit. I have a Logitech Extreme 3D Pro joystick that also needs some getting used to.
Hey Squirrel, hope all is well. Great tutorial as always mate! Is it possible for you to also make a tutorial on how to use the AP in the non G1000 172. Every time I attempt to use it something funky happens. I don't know if it's me, or maybe it's broken in the sim. Thanks mate
I know you said you were jumping ahead a bit, but please carry on jumping ahead! Would really appreciate you covering ILS/VOR stuff next and how to do flight plans without having to quit back to the main menu. I know it would be backwards for training in the real world, but the reality is a sim it's ok to do trial and error and make mistakes, and the basics of flying we can work out, but the ILS stuff really needs a tutorial to get started (like this one). Then we can go back to the fundamentals to become more competent and do it with a bit more finesse - but at least we'll be able actually get flying at night and in bad weather while waiting for that.
I just love how you explain things to us like adults, so clear and to the point. No mindless babbling or repeating things. As someone with pretty much no flight experience your series has helped a ton!
Can we have a cold start tutorial for each of the Cessna models used so far? I think that'd be a nice progression.
Greg TheReaper Not sure if you know this, but there is a checklist in the game that can help you with this. Press shift c and it will bring up a checklist teaching you how to start up aircraft from cold and dark.
@@alexhawthorne1847 The more you know, thanks man :D
@@alexhawthorne1847 The Checklist does seem to be unfinished with some aircraft.
Where in game can I set I want to do cold starts? I've looked in assistance and couldn't find it
@@voltronhasguns Set your departure to a ramp/gate rather than a runway after you pick the airport and you will start cold.
Top class tutorial, more clear and coherent than most other videos out there
And he's getting better at it too!
Miles better than the built in flight school as well!
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@@southy7523 100%, after playing the in-game tutorials I could only take off and fly around a little bit. Landing, aligning my plane to the runway and generally keeping control of my plane was a huge problem. Then I followed his tutorial and since then I havent crashed once, landed every time I took off and feeling generally confident in my abilities to fly the Cessna 152 without any problems. Even picked a place where I knew the wind was heavy, but by applying the concepts he taught me I had no real issues. If you told me a week ago that I could actually fly this plane, I wouldnt have believed you.
Agree, very helpful and clearly explained.
*For those who want a quick summary of the video:*
- The AP button turns on the autopilot system. The autopilot system alone does not do anything, though.
- The FD button turns on magenta-colored indicators on your display showing you what the autopilot is currently trying to do.
- The HDG button makes the autopilot steer your airplane to a specific course. If you set the heading (using the HDG knob) to 180° the autopilot will make your plane turn to 180° (which is south).
- The ALT button makes the autopilot hold your current altitude. You do *not* need to press it to make your autopilot aim for a specific altitude. However, it turns on automatically once the selected altitude has been achieved. The autopilot does not try to achieve the altitude automatically, you need to give it an input by using either FLC or VS (see below for explanation).
- The NAV button makes the autopilot follow the flight route you created. This does only affect the course, not the altitude. Pushing the NAV button overrides the HDG and vice-versa.
- VNV, APR, and BC have not been discussed in this video.
- The VS button makes the autopilot achieve a specific vertical speed independent from the current airspeed. By using NOSE UP and NOSE DN you can set the vertical speed the autopilot is supposed to achieve. The autopilot will try to achieve the vertical speed by manipulating the airspeed.
- The FLC button makes the autopilot achieve the set altitude while trying to hold the current airspeed. This might take long or won't work at all if the throttle does not allow that. At this point intervention by the pilot is necessary.
- Both VS and FLC are turned off once the set altitude is reached.
- The ALT knob allows you to set the altitude the autopilot is supposed to achieve. The outer knob increases/decreases the altitude target in increments of 1000 ft while the inner knob increases/decreases the altitude target in increments of 100 ft.
Remember: The AP button is the most important button. Everything you set will not be applied until the autopilot is being turned on. However, this means that you have full control over the aircraft once the autopilot is turned off by pushing the AP button again.
I didn't understand what the NAV setting is about but I am sure somebody else will be able to clarify that or it will be mentioned more thoroughly in a future video.
If I have forgot anything or you have any questions feel free. I am new myself, but I will try my best to answer questions.
An excellent summary - thank you! The NAV button will make the AP follow the selected route, as you said. Using the CDI soft-key along the bottom, you select whether it follows the GPS track (magenta line on the flight plan in the MFD - the screen on the right), or a straight line to a VOR station (often called a radial) - tuned to using the navigation radios in the upper left corner. If the display in the middle of the direction indicator is magenta, the GPS path is active, and if it's green, a VOR station is active. (The display near the top also shows which has been selected.)
@@richavery66 Thanks for the positive feedback and for adding this actually very important bit of information. When I was flying the King Air I was wondering why NAV wouldn't work but the problem was sitting in the pilot's seat, after I switched to the GPS route it worked like a dream.
@@richavery66 Just to add even though might be a little advanced for this video. When setting up for an ILS approach, AP doesn't automatically change the CDI to LOC once it has intercepted the localizer. This is a known bug and will be fixed soon. For those that are looking to do ILS, you will have to use the CDI button to manually select LOC on ILS approach.
@@SylwesterYT It gives a great sense of satisfaction when you figure something like that out, doesn't it?
@@YakobtoshiNakamoto Thank you for the information, Jake. It'll be good when they get that bug fixed. TBH, I've spent a lot of time in the sim flying VFR over various parts of the world and have yet to do any IFR work. I was thinking of doing an IFR flight in the TBM into Innsbruck and seeing what the Garmin 3000 has to offer.
Squirrel!!
If your TH-cam career ever fails, open a flight school.
Great tutorial. One addition though; when you engage the AP without setting anything for VS, it will capture and hold the current pitch. That's what PIT mode does; hold the current pitch. Remember, anything in green is an ACTIVE mode. Everything in white is an armed mode, waiting to become active.
Great addition. Should be top comment. @squirrel notice this man!
@@MLunenborg No problem, happy to help. I spent sooo much time on AP's, in SIM as well as IRL. I have experience with the Garmin GFC700 (in the G1000), the Bendix-King KAP140 and the S-TEC 55. Used them all in IRL.
@sp1878 It doesn't capture what the FD is showing (the FD is optional and only showing the commands that 'would' be sent to the AP if engaged), it captures your actual pitch angle. At least, real G1000's do that. ;-)
@sp1878 And yes, when green, the AP is managing the pitch. Forcing it with the yoke doesn't work (unless CWS is pressed and hold on the yoke), it may even take the AP off (i think the video showed that?). Be aware, the G1000 is not perfect yet in this sim, it does and doesn't do things i know to work in real A/C.
@sp1878 Yes, FLC works both for ascent and descent. Remember that you would need to select a higher speed for FLC (as you want to have the nose pointing down = more speed), or, take back power. When you press FLC, it assumes the speed at that moment (look at the annunciation). So, to get it to go down to your selected altitude, either select a higher speed with the button on the G1000, or reduce power. Both should work getting it down.
Nice! Could we have future videos on basics of IFR and avionics?
on the CJ4 ;)
@KWC Coin Yeah I thought the same. Would be very nice if we can get introduction to navigation via VOR, DME, etc. Plus radio will be very helpful too.
No I won’t be doing videos on those topics
@@yuchenli4641 I did a video on VOR navigation and DME. It might help you out. I am a professional pilot and before flying jets I was a flight instructor - I'm not just a simmer.
@@thecorporatepilotdad That's so nice! thank you sir!
No way!!!! You really did the autopilot tutorial I was waiting for this one thanks so much for these awesome tutorial can't wait to watch this one! Big love! ❤️
Same here! I've searched for autopilot tutorials but they all just spoke about the AI autopilot, which is not what I wanted to know.
Only thing i need to know is why does the AP flip out sometimes when I turn it off for a bit then turn it back on? It trims the plane 100% up or to the left or right causing the plane to crash
attaches to the question
Yes I've seen this. It seems to happen after Active Pauses for me
@@nufcfan123 exactly the same for me too.
I have been having that same issue, the AP trims the plane up and stalls it if I let it carry on.
Even just going into Drone cam and back can be enough to turn it suicidal sometimes
Did he not realize he explained the more then 180 degrees heading thing twice, exactly the same?
probably a mistake when he edited the video
Thank you, I am stoned right now and thought I was losing it 👁👃🏼👁
Well, I believe that's not how the real plane autopilot behaves, so why not explain it twice just to be sure. 😉
Fingers crossed for an IFR tutorial! I'm eager to learn how to fly that way.
less flying and more programming in :3
@@PacTheOne well its helpful when the conditions require it
Get your instrument rating in one simple video lmao
not possible for long haul flights rn, its really buggy and always crashes with Nav and Alt Hold for me sad
You repeated yourself on the description of Heading for over 180deg. However you forgot to mention pressing the heading knob to recenter on the current heading. Still a very enjoyable tutorial. Thanks.
Isn't that what he brings up at 7:04?
Yep I think he recorded two takes for that and accidentally included both of them. Oh well, still a super informative video.
Phew I thought I was losing my mind or got transported into what a what about bob moment.
i would eventually also enjoy a VOR navigation course if you want. sounds interesting to learn. kindly put on your list of tutorials to make in the future :)
I'm very interested to learn VOR as well. Watched few TH-cam videos, but I'm sure squirrel will be able to teach it better
I love your tutorials so far! I´m simming for 4 years now and realizing that I missed a lot and did a lot wrong. Could you make something about throttle, mixture (and propp) management?
I beg you to do an in depth G1000 Tutorial as a follow up. I know there are a lot out there, but we know that a lot of things are still missing in FS2020s Version of the G1000. So a tutorial for exactly that version would be so awesome.
I'm looking forward to something like that too. Especially learning to program from scratch or modify a flight plan in game rather than relying on the initial setup.
Oh yes - did a flight with the tbm9 the other day and wanted to alter my STAR and approach - no chance felt like my grandma figuring out how to get her iphone to do something :D
@@sleeplesson Though the idea of it being already loaded isn't that far from reality, you can push flight plans from your tablet to the G1000 via Bluetooth.
^ This please. Willing to name my first born son "Squirrel" if you do that. 😉👍
Is it possible to let the AP hold an altitud while manually controlling the roll? So basically turning while the AP keeps the same altitude?
Squirrel, your tutorials are top notch. I fly professionally, and though I can’t vouch for the G1000, these autopilot basics apply to most aircraft (with a few minor differences).
Squirrel, You need to become a CFI. Like, now. This series has helped me so much - I was able to take off and fly around my local airport in the sim and not be in such unstable flight.
I agree. Before listening to his tutorial, I had not heard of PAT when climbing and APT when leveling off. Now it's clicked, and I can do so much better than before. Invaluable advice.
Amazing, please keep these coming... I will thumbs up every one, wish I could subscribe more than once!
if i remember correctly you click at the top of the heading wheel in order to switch between single and ten degree mode. I think its trying to simulate pulling the wheel out like when you change time on a clock!
I found just clicking either the left or right of the knob to decrease/increase instead of scrolling with the mouse wheel. I think with the A320 you can click to change the ALT units like you mentioned.
Did Squirrel stop making these? I was looking forward to going more in depth with him but I don't see any?
This is excellent. I really want to know more about VORs so I can use the old planes better. The computer planes are quite logical to me but all those gages are making my head spin :)
VOR navigation is super fun and super logical as well once you get the hang of it. There are a lot of good videos on how to navigate using VOR radials.
Another timely video. My AP was a bit off of my GPS line even though I was set to GPS mode. Forgot the NAV button. Honestly, MS needs to rip out the flight school part of the game and replace it with these tutorials.
Can I change my GPS course in game? Can it only be set at the world map? What if I want to change my destination mid route but still use GPS mode? Is this possible in game right now?
Great video squirrel 🐿️. Did you notice you edited the bit about changing your heading greater than 180* into the video twice?
Very much appreciated! Can you please explain the CWS button? I don't get it.
can you put all the settings in before you set off ? i have a prob with fitteling with stuff as i fly,,just askn
Thank you! I appreciate your patient, thorough, step-by-step explanations. Too many times individuals familiar with their subject matter make erroneous assumptions about the prior knowledge of their audience. Your level of detail in the tutorials you are offering to us really helps. Please consider continuing that level of detail in your future tutorials.
Thank you so much for this! I've been struggling to get a hang of the auto pilot all week. I now understand why I couldn't get it to actually get me to the altitude I wanted.
For some reason my current active leg of my flight plan never changes even after I reach the checkpoint, so GPS NAV mode never works and I have to use HDG mode. I’m not sure why that is. If someone can help that would be splendid.
I don't like to use autopilot because I feel that I am not doing any flying. I want full control of the aircraft.
Love your tutorials. Looking forward to communications and finding which runway I’m supposed to land at. I’ve been making air traffic controllers very upset.
Thank you for this very easy to understand tutorial.
All other Autopilot tutorials on TH-cam are like „I have no clue but I pushed a few buttons. Now let me show you.“
Your tutorial is „I know what I am talking about, now let me explain it step by step.“
THANK YOU! 👍
@Squirrel Is there a lesson plan anywhere (or maybe in your head ;)? might be handy to kinda know whats coming so we can prepare ahead.(edited) Thanks for the videos, great series!!
I would love that too! @squirrel, no pressure of course (deviate all you want), but I love me a curriculum ;-)
Really good tutorial, my heading dial turns in increments of 1 degree but I've been using different planes
Best tutorials for FSMS out there! Looking forward everyday for the new episode...
It would be nice if you could do an ATC tutorial.
Thanks!
I am looking forward to ATC and navigating too.
Great tutorial, please keep doing these. As a newcomer to flight sims these are incredibly useful!
Hi Mr Squirrel, great tutorial series! It'd be awesome if you could do an episode on ILS landings to build on the AP episode.
Your my Fav TH-camr.
to change the heading in just 1 digit at a time just click on the sides to turn. that does 1 degree compared to scrolling does 10
I thought clicking on the button made it increment by 1; clicking next to the button increments by 10. Will test it out real quick
Ok, so, scroll wheel can still do 1 digit, but scrolling fast will skip 10-50 ahead easily. Forget the near far button click; thats only for the nav button (which are actually two anyways :) )
and delving deeper...: from AVSIM forum: " its an issue across the board with Honeycomb yokes...do you have a honeycomb? Open a ticket with Zen and let them know. Everyone has been...just hold the mouse left click down to turn the knobs in 1 degree increments for now until it gets fixed. Keyboard assignments dont work in 1 degree increments right now either if you have honeycomb. "
Alright, hooked up the ol' saitek x55; button presses (stick or keyboard) will automatically speed up to increment by 3 and then by 10 after quick repeated presses; the mouse never does.
Soo good tutorial. I understand everything you said
A year late but many thanks for this video, I can now confidently fly from one airport to another, I started with local airports, now I am expanding outwards towards areas I have never been, so much fun. Thanks again!!
This was incredibly useful. Until now, I had no idea what those buttons did. Maybe this with fix my inability to maintain straight and level flight.
Excellent. I managed to figure out how it works by myself. I would love to see a NAV tutorial. Loading approaches and arrivals... I'm very confused with that.
how can I change vs (vertical speed ) to climb or descent in an specific feets per minute ?
Excellent example sir
Great video, I had no idea how AP worked until I watched this. Trying to use Flight Sim to learn how to fly a Cessna on instruments only, eventually! This series is helping greatly, appreciate the breakdown in laymans terms.
Just got to leave a huge thanks here for your Squirrel, even with just the Xbox controller on my S Series, this was easy enough to follow and I even managed to do a deadstick landing. Your tutorials are wonderfully "dumbed down" enough for a novice such as myself, but still very informative. I can't wait to get through all of your material. Thanks for being a great resource and I and the rest here from what I can see, really do appreciate your patience and enthusiasm. Keep up the good work!
You make awesome content
Fresh out of MSFS's training and I don't know how many videos I have watched attempting to explain autopilot. This video easily the best. So glad I found this one. Just wish I had found it first.
Another excellent tutorial, invaluable. A complex subject made simple. Looking forward to VOR navigation!
Best explanation I’ve seen, thx!
8:00 There’s no “B” key on an Xbox controller
Yes. Watching so many videos and they're all "press this key, press that key". It's so much better when they point at an actual control in the plane. Squirrel mostly does but not in this case. No one does the barometer in game from what I can find.
@@joncorso6103 I got bored with it at 300/1000. Who wants to fly for a total of a thousand hours anyway?
Excellent video, this helped me out so much. I will watch every single tutorial you make, you explain everything very clearly and are extremely informative. Thank you for all the work you've done so far.
Heya bro, nice video.
When i activate AP, he puts the nose açl the way up, until stall, or all the way down, until crash. No matter what i do, activate flc, activate vs, nothing fix this. Can u help me, please?
Mine is usually a straight climb, still trying to figure it out, but I’m having a lot of fun doing it!!
When I save and reload this usually fixes it. I'm thinking it is a bug but I have no real clue.
Thank you for all the work you have done to make it easier to learn to fly. I have owned a number of Microsoft FS. The last one being X. I have never had the privilege of using someone else's knowledge to learn to fly. This is my 4th trip into auto pilot to date, and I feel it will not be my last. Slowly it is sinking in. So. thank you for your work.
SO helpful, I love watching, listening, and learning with you!
What about VNAV? Sofar i'm flying with the Beechcraft Baron 58 in NAV and VNAV mode on GPS Autopilot in FSEconomy and it works just fine,but maybe i don't need VNAV i'm not sure.
We need Squirrel to tell us where the heck the authothrottle control is on the Citation Longitude. For the life of me I can’t find it, though I’ve figured out the rest of the AP. And for the love of God, Squirrel, help us understand RNAV approaches and landings on runways without ILS!
That was fantastic and a great refresher for me as I hadn’t flown a flight sim in 15 years and couldn’t remember what to do.
Dear sir, dare I say your support for FS2020 and the content you create make this amazing sim all the more worthwhile :)
Thank you SO MUCH for taking the time to make these daily training videos. Keep em’ coming please.
There’s so much more to learn. Stay safe my friend. Cheers!!
Absolutely amazing tutorial and great series of lessons! Haven't played flight sim in a very long time and having just got back into it, this was really helpful. Thanks again, love from Australia!
Best sim instructor on TH-cam, thanks so much for your videos!
Hey guys. Been having a lot of fun with the new flight sim. But recently my flight conditions button, and time slider in the world map (pre flight) have become unresponsive. The time slider is greyed out, indicating I have a setting turned off or something. I also can’t adjust weather or time in flight. Does anybody know of a fix? Anyone else had this issue? I’ve gone through my settings and can’t find anything. TIA!!
Not sure if you fixed it, but my guess is that you have it on live mode instead of manual. Live being the option to use real life weather data and time to put into your sim. Hope it helps!
Doesn't PIT mean that the AP is holding your pitch level when AP is engaged? Not that you have full control over pitch still.
About direction, you was explaining us how it works for 3-5 minuts and then you actually repeated the same explanation?
Hi Squirrel, to make the heading selector dial to increase in increments of a single degree at once, just use your mouse wheel when the cursor is placed over it.
Hi Everyone!
I'm a total newbie in the flight sim world but I'm slowly (very slowly) beginning to understand the basics.
I'm now trying to understand the Autopilot. (Cesna 172 G1000 for example).
Here is the problem I have and I don't understand why:
1: I turn the AP on (just by pressing the "AP" button)
2: I set Altitude mode on
3: I set Vertical Speed on
4: I increase (or decrease) VS
So far, so good, my plane is going to the desire altitude.
I didn't set "HDG" or "NAV". I want to choose the heading of the plane manually.
But as soon I turn the plane in any direction and let go of the stick or try to go straight, the plane goes back in the opposite direction, sometimes it's stabilizing in a random heading (never where the HDG bug is btw!) and sometimes it just keeps turning the point where the plane crashes...
Again, I'm 100% sure that I didn't set "HDG" or "NAV".
Is it a "normal" behaviour. Am I not supposed to manually turn when in autopilot (Altitude and VS) mode is on?
Thanks all for your help!
Perhaps you could explain ? Since downloading MFS premium my PC is corrupted, there are files that end squirrel, none of my games, some I have hundreds of hours on, function more than a few minutes now, steam activity said I added £22.49 to my wallet, then deducted such, I paid £109.99 for MFS. When loading it says top right enthused 233 with a logo, looks like a hedgehog ? maybe you could help, give some advice ???
This is the only tutorial I am able to understand. Straight to point. Clear and direct instructions. Thanks Squirrel =)
Thanks for your precious explanations that even little advanced users can understand.
However, I am faced with one huge PROBLEM: Using the Cessna 172S, after a couple of minutes, the G1000 display regularly goes black! Is this a bug or is there anything I forget to do? How can I recover?
Thanks in advance for your kind HELP.
Guys, i don't know how you guys do it!!!!!!!! I know how to use the autopilots on jets quite well. Especaolly Citation jets and i CAN NOT fly the citation CJ4 or the Longitude AT ALL using the autopilot systems. It does not work at all like it's supposed to on my sim!!!! Now i've seen video's like this one with it working. Well it don't do this on mine at all. So i don't know what is going on with my system. I have Intel i7 5820K with Gigabyte X-99 motherboard, 32gig of ram 250mbs internet and a GTX Geforce 1080 ti video card. So i don't think it's my system causing this issue. I've flown the TBM 930 and it does the same thing. So if anyone knows what is going on, please advise me what i can be doing wrong. I don't have this issue with any planes on FSX Steam or X-plane 11.
Guys, has anyone figured out how to show DME distances in the lower left and right corner on the stock A320 ND? It only shows VOR1/VOR2 frequencies, which makes flying pretty much any maneuver that requires monitoring the distance from a VOR/DME rather quite impossible. What am I missing there?
Hey, you actually know what youre doing! It amazes me how horrible the flying is on most YT videos. Fluctuating altitudes, out of trim and essentially zero pedal usage. The worst part is people commenting how good the flying is, when its terrible. Do gamers not understand what "simulator" means??
Thanks for this tutorial. Simple, intuitive and very well explained. Can you please help me with the Approach Mode button (APR)? I start off setting Autopilot at, say, 2000 ft. and fly around just fine. Then as I approach the final leg, I turn Approach Mode ON. The aircraft lines up nicely with the localizer but does not descend. It flies right over the runway at 2000 ft.!! What am I doing wrong?
Remember - This Video was made on or before August 25. Since then MSFS has had 3 "updates" as of Oct 1st, 2020.
He is NOT flying the updated version that we have now, -- that seem to be having all these aircraft vertical instability issues.
His version trims correctly (and RL realistically) , and is 100 times easier to fly than what we have now.
GREAT Video Squirrel, and great Reference to what the C150 was when the Video was made.
I've got a strange problem after activating AP sometimes- the plane starts to roll to the left or right, despite having turned off the heading button, or even after syncing the heading with the knob. Don't know if it's a bug or I'm doing something wrong
I've had the same problem. My solution is to completely avoid active pause and I also found that toggling in set on and off seem to miraculously solve the problem I'm sure it is a bug
24mins in I have a distinct sense of DEJA VUE. Did you repeat a chunk of your video re turning more than 180deg or is that just my inattentive imagination? I may have to watch this again....but its certainly an excellent super clear tutorial worth an UPVOTE.
Always interesting ... Is it necessary to use FD prior to doing all of these functions ? I see the Magenta arrow on the PFD but im certain I have not selected FD ?
Actually what I really wonder is why an ILS landing (LOC or ILS Approach logged into Flt Plan) doesnt change my altitude on arrival at the runway... hmmm
Thanks
Any chance you could do a flight around the Alaskan Bush. say Ruby to Galena and maybe visit Sue at Kavik ?
Incredibly useful tutorial of a very intimidating topic indeed. (btw. - guess it's an editing error - you covered twice, that the aircraft will always turn into the direction
Great video. Any chance you could do a flight from sumburgh ( LSI) to Kirkwall ( KOI) then onwards to Inverness ( INV). Thanks
I'm a beginner pilot. I've been doing the bush rip in Croatia on autopilot ( yes yes it's cheating) and it's helping me so much learning both the autopilot and navigating. 3 days a go I looked at the Garming 1000 and thought WTF is this? Now I'm safely flying the plane through the world understanding so much more! Very helpfull videos!
As of 04 Apr 2021, C172 Skyhawk G1000, LEFT Click and HOLD HDG knob on increase or decrease to adjust in single degrees.
Have a question and see if you can figure it out. First I fly the Beech Baron 58. I did a flight from Nassau Bahamas to Apalachicola Florida to New Orleans Louisiana. Took off and came around till the GPS showed green, hit the Nav button and planed turned to course( Magenta line). But instead of being on the course, it paralleled the course line on the right side of line. As neared Apalachicola plane crossed the course line from the right side to the left side. When it neared the turning point to head to New Orleans, plane kept flying straight and did not turn, course line disappeared from GPS map. Then had to set a new course to New Orleans and fly auto pilot using Alt and Heading. Any ideas of why plane did not follow course and GPS course disappeared? Any ides of what might have happened. Also have the latest version of the NXI. I do want to thank you for your videos, been helpful and have showed a lot of thing that a lot have not shown. Got my license in 1989. Again thanks
@Squirrel Maybe the CDI button should have been included early on as i have noticed that sometimes it doesn't set GPS navigation. Maybe it depends on your flight settings when you create the plan from the Map screen. Great tutorials though thank you, keep trying to remember back from my 2004 days grrr damn brain lol.
Thanks for all your tutorial videos, being new to MSFS they have been really helpful. They have made my time flying the Cessna 152 and 172 so much more enjoyable. Your a natural instructor, any more tutorials to come?
World class explanation! I'm currently biinging these tutorials ..... PLease keep em coming :-)
Is there a keyboard shortcut available for the GPS/NAV switch, or for the CDI selector button? I have searched and cannot find that these functions are available as a keyboard shortcut.
The 152 does have autopilot right? Or am I being stupid?
No.
Thanks Squirrel this tutorial and your others are a big help for a new Xbox simmer. Much appreciated.I need help though I can turn the heading bug np with the controller also using mouse but the "Press to Sync" doesn't work. This is on the new Garmin G1000 NXi. There's no way I can get it to Sync. Is it me doing something wrong or has anyone else got this issue. Thx
Much needed tutorial on how to use autopilot. Now I feel a little bit more confident and less intimidated about all those buttons when flying. Thanks alot Squirrel 🙏🏾
Thank you for these tutorials like system1542 said, this is one of the best video tutorials I have seen. I have taken lessons but unfortunately I ran out of money. This refresher is so good. Thank you.
Save your money and try again! I had so many students run out of money while learning to fly. Save up all the money needed to get your license and fly your lessons closer together. You'll save more money since you'll spend less time reviewing.
Really do appreciate your tutorial videos Thanks.. I am a bit at a loss and frustrated as I cannot get my boxed MS FS 2020 to start after Press Any Key To Start....If any one has any advice on this issue I would appreciate any advice... Thanks again.....
Hi, really enjoyed this tutorial have tried a couple of other ones on autopilot which failed to work for me,been using F S 98 onwards, F S2020 is a massive improvement on FSX. Thankyou so much for taking the time and effort to produce these tutorials ,first class job really make a difference in getting to grips with the huge amount of content ,happy safe flying both real and simulated
This is the best autopilot tutorial I have seen for an intro to a glass cockpit! Thanks. Unrelated question, when setting live weather, is there a way we can get the details of the weather before we fly if we're departing from an uncontrolled airfield without an ATIS? Obviously in real life you'd just pull up an appropriate forecast but not sure which one is linked to MSFS.... many thanks.
I’m on Xbox and for the life of me I can not get it to follow the pink line anymore. It used to work all the time, but for some reason now it doesn’t work. I have FD mode on, NAV mode on, and approach mode. When I turn AP on that used to prompt it to follow the line but now it doesn’t work. Anyone have any ideas??
Ps: I’m using the same aircraft
I've just begun to mess around with MFS for the last few days, with a mouse and keyboard, and I've been in this plane with the screens once or twice, and my brain just completely baulked at all these screens and dials, I didn't even want to consider thinking about what they were for.
But, even just being told what the buttons and dials do, without knowing exactly how to use them, is extremely helpful, it means that my brain now accepts that they are really there, and that they serve a purpose. Instead of my subconscious just flat-out ignoring them.
It was a similar story in the beginning with the clocks and gauges. I'd be looking at them and my brain would refuse to take in the information on them, even on things like the compass and the "clock" clock, until I pretty much forced myself to look at them and deliberately tell my brain to accept them, things like that the airspeed indicator was my speed, and Alt was altitude, etc.
Great video. Much more concise than some others. Learning to use the autopilot and GPS are key skills. Now, I have to learn how to change the dial and button settings, find my way around the cockpit. I have a Logitech Extreme 3D Pro joystick that also needs some getting used to.
Thank you for the auto pilot lessons, really helped to understand garmin nav systems. This made bush trips easy to do.
Hey Squirrel, hope all is well. Great tutorial as always mate! Is it possible for you to also make a tutorial on how to use the AP in the non G1000 172. Every time I attempt to use it something funky happens. I don't know if it's me, or maybe it's broken in the sim. Thanks mate
I know you said you were jumping ahead a bit, but please carry on jumping ahead! Would really appreciate you covering ILS/VOR stuff next and how to do flight plans without having to quit back to the main menu. I know it would be backwards for training in the real world, but the reality is a sim it's ok to do trial and error and make mistakes, and the basics of flying we can work out, but the ILS stuff really needs a tutorial to get started (like this one). Then we can go back to the fundamentals to become more competent and do it with a bit more finesse - but at least we'll be able actually get flying at night and in bad weather while waiting for that.