Michelle - why on landing are you moving the controls so much yet looking beyond you in the background, the flight appears rock steady? As a passenger, I've often wondered that when later looking at videos. My flights are generally smooth yet pilots are working the controls in extreme movements.
Hi Mike, this was actually a gusty and turbulent approach while the camera stabilizes the background. The control inputs might look extreme but they aren't, not really ;)
You have to make more movements on the yoke, versus let’s say driving a car, because when you’re landing you’re not only moving the plane side to side, but also up and down. That means one has to make way more movements.
@@DutchPilotGirl I assume then that a calm weather landing might be boring. The TV series "Air Disasters" ("Mayday in some countries) shows pilots fighting the controls yet you seem cool, calm, and collected moving the control column with ease. I'm impressed.
Michelle, thank you for this easy to understand video! I am just an aviation enthusiast and don't have much knowledge of flight controls, but now I could explain to someone how the autopilot function works. I think you would be a great Flight Instructor if you ever decide to pursue that path!
Hi Michelle. Wow how many years has it been? I remember when you came out here to Arizona to do your flight training, Embry Riddle was it. You definitely paid your dues and come a long way. Very proud of you. As you remember its been a couple of years since I retired. The last a/c was the 767 my experience is all Boeing, MD and Lockheed . Boeing Auto-Throttle vs Airb Auto-Thrust. ABus limit's pilot's in situations that require action to be taken the computer will limit the pilot from pushing the a/c past its safe regions. This latest action and updates were taken from Air France's crash Flt 447
Yeah, I am an avid flight simmer and aviation enthusiast, and I've heard that scuttlebutt from pilots for years. How ultimately the Boeing will cede command and control to the pilot, whilst the Airbus will not, even as it flies you and it into a mountain. Then, like a nagging fishwife, will beep "See, I told you I was right! That hill just shouldn't have been there!". But then, even with the plane being the boss, most pilots are very comfortable with it.
As a Sperry Aerospace Avionics Technician I have worked on the older 737 Autopilot controllers in the late 1980s, which was beginning years of my career. Those units were more reliable in operation compared to today’s Flight Guidance Control Panels.
What is for you the best way to study with PPL? i under stand everything but i still cant find a good way to study……… over 2 week i will go to CBR for exam.
I never had to study for my PPL since I took an integrated route but I would apply the same tactics: listen, make notes, study, repeat. No social life for a while and make it your number one priority! Flash cards also help tremendously when studying ;) Good luck with your exams!
The 737 autopilot is the reason I love Boeing vs Airbus. That and the fact a yolk is used a not a robot joystick. Call me old school but a 737ng is the greatest commercial jet in existence.
This is such a great and easy explanation of such a complex system. Thank you very much and for sure you are doing a great service to the passengers sitting behind. They now know whats going on in the cockpit and some will learn it how to do even. 👍
This video is very informative. I enjoy how you go into detail explaining things in laymen's terms. I learned a lot about the autopilot and it's features. Thank you for all your videos. I've learned much about the aviation Industry.
Also with A/P engaged, touching control column pitching the plane you discover CWS-P on the PFD and if you apply roll at the control column in this case CWS-R will pop up on the PFD.
And I thought there was simply an ‘on’ or ‘off’ switch for flying these beasts 🤣 Great video, it confirms why you guys earn you money…..and that’s when it’s going well rather than gong wrong!
Can you also talk about CATI-II-III markings on the runway signs and auto landing capabilities in low visibility scenarios. Also, could you talk about the new Garmin advanced augmentation systems starting to show up on planes like the Cirrus SR22 light aircraft please? Thank you for the excellent presentation.
Thank you so much it was a very informative video, and thank you and your fellow intelligent pilots for allowing us to travel the world safely and confident knowing that you are totally capable of operating these sophisticated aircraft !!
It's been a few hours since this video went live, but I absolutely LOVE seeing a new video from you, and the fact it's at almost 7600 views, but it has 0 dislikes is how every single video from you should always be! I just love to see it 🥰
Hii Michelle! ❤️ 😊 You are looking lovely and healthy! 2 months wait was worth watching this! Actually was expecting Zakynthos Cockpit view video, but nonetheless another learning and masterpiece of a video. How was your new house warming party BTW? 🤔 😂
Hi! Thanks! In the meantime I uploaded a video that covers a flight from Bonaire to Aruba, you can find it here: th-cam.com/video/djSCVprd92U/w-d-xo.html 😉 My new house still has to be built🤣 All the best!
Wow! DutchPilotGirl, excellent tutorial on the Auto Pilot for the Boeing 737 yes I learned a lot thank you! Amazing how many systems are actually tied into the Auto Pilot & if nothing is done by the Pilot nothing will happen as you mentioned... Godspeed...
Hello, coming from the flight sim world, I went from a FS9 777 (older version) to a FSX 777 (newer version) and the autopilot is very different from one to the other. I am certain the FSX AP is much more in line with what is really going on, because after watching your video (Which I hope to watch many more times) you learn/understand the AP is a mixture/integration of several different systems, and this corresponds to what is going on with the new version vs the older one. On the previous FS9, the AP was very simple; basically you could set speed, altitude, course, flight plan, through a Garmin APP, or otherwise. That was pretty much it. On the new version, there seems to be much more to do - and that is done. I won't go into everything, because it will take me years to figure it out - if ever -, but for example; I am used to setting and adjusting my own speed when descending to land, like starting from 35,000. Then it was simple to just manually lock on to the ILS and localizer signals via an "APP" button when you got in "range" of the ILS feather. But on the new (FSX) version, the speed is adjusted for you, as you descend, and it seems to glide right down to the localizer, automatically, given the settings are right from the start. Still, as much fun as it is, the automation sometimes actually seems to get in the way, but I am sure it's more like I get in it's way even more. It's a lot of fun though, and very educational, and your video really help to tie it together - sort of. But I have to watch it many more times. Keep your videos coming they are a joy to watch. Cheers!
DPG has her own livery! :-) She must own a real plane, or at least a Photoshop application. Anyways, the autopilot is useless. Can it take you to Mars? No! :-)
Michelle bedankt voor je video. Ik kon wat leren. Alles onhouden is iets anders. Ik hoop dat U nu kunt werken. In Schiphol zie ik nog teveel vliegtugen.
Maybe you remember that I asked you about piloting and eye surgery, unfortunately, the surgery doesn't fit, I won't be able to pilot, but it still feels good to watch you🙂🙂
ive been using the 737 a/p in sims PMDG then Zibo for a couple years and im still learning about it. very deep stuff in FMC setup its fun when a flight goes perfect from take off to landing
Preachin to the choir here partner. I love a nice, long uneventful, boring flight, real or sim, but especially real. An almost perfect Sunday afternoon is a perfect takeoff, listening for a few hours to the hone and whine of the engines, while ATC chatters away. Then a nice smooth ILS or visual landing. All while I catch up book work or putter around in my shop. If you haven't already, I must urge you to get a yoke, and dump the joystick. I just got my first yoke (the Honeycomb) and it is sweeeet. But it's a whole new ballgame because I have to relearn everything after years of flying sims with a joystick. Then I have the "new" FSX, another looloo, where they have stepped up the automation and realism of the aircraft I fly, (777), and gotta relearn that too. Now I am back at Meigs in Chicago, flying Cessna's till I get the hang of these things. Have fun and enjoy!
Thank you for a great explanation of the autopilot. I'm not a pilot but i do use MSFS 2020 and this video has helped me to understand more about the autopilot. I hope you don't take offence, as in this day and age it seems offensive to pay a compliment but you have the most beautiful eyes also. Looking forward to your next video.
Hi I love your awesome videos! When you hit the auto pilot disconnect does it automatically shut down all the other selected controls??? I miss your videos!!!!
Hi Marvin, no the flight director will continue to operate in the selected modes but the flight controls are controlled manually. Good question! Should have included that in the video...
I'll hope there's a way to cure the irresponsible who rely solely on any car's autopilot. It's nice and all and an airline pilot would still be seated through the flight unless I'm missing anything.
I like your vlogs alot. This one especially when you talk about when the captain is flying “ she” etc, and when the first officer is flying “he” etc. Thanks for doing these and inspiring perhaps a new generation of pilots!!
Robin I didn't notice the wording while totally engrossed in learning something about autopilots, and not policing speech, however you pointing it out is rather sexist wouldn't you say.. feminist, sjw thinking. God I hate social politics. Now that you have brought it to my attention, how about using "They" instead When the Captain is flying, "they" do so and so. When the first officer is flying, "they do this and that? DPG is talking aviation, not social politics and this sort of stuff needs to be put away for another day. stop trying to push you sexist agenda Sheeesh
Great video, terrific explanation about the autopilot and I like your 787 (PH-DPG), greetings from Chile. Gran vídeo, fantástica explicación sobre el piloto automático y me gusta tu 787 (PH-DPG), saludos desde Chile.
The A/P mode control panel on the 737 is old fashion and outdated. The same panel on an Airbus A320 has about half the number of switches, and it can do the same, if not more than the 737. The overhead panel on the Boeing 737 looks like a mess and a joke, compared to the Airbus 320 Boeing has been under big pressure from their American customers, not to make any significant changes to the cockpit layout, and flight characteristics. And by doing so, they end up with an aircraft that does not meet modern aircraft design. In Denmark, we have a saying: "Boeing shot themself in the foot" by giving in from the pressure. Just look at the late Dubai airshow, for every airplane Boeing sold, Airbus sold four. That is a petty, years ago I used to work at the "Queen of the sky" 747-200 the best aircraft ever at that time. But not today, Boeing is lagging behind. In my opinion, due to bad management, and downgrading overall quality control.
The Airbus 350 is a complete knock off of the Dreamliner. Airbus is great at copying I will give you that but talk to most pilots and expresion is if aint Boeing I aint goin. Never count Boeing out. Best airplane in the air and the one with best safety record is the 777-300 period.
She didn’t mention the fact that the autopilot flies the aeroplane more efficiently then a human. I didn’t work on the B787, but I do know in the B747 DDPG ( dispatch deviation procedures guide) if all three autopilots were unserviceable the aircraft could be dispatched (flight crews didn’t like it because of the workload, but it was legal) but there was a fuel penalty. Extra fuel had to be loaded to compensate for the human pilot control inputs not being as accurate as the autopilot computer inputs thus causing increased drag thus burning more fuel. Pilots hated this when they were informed of the extra fuel being loaded and why it had to be loaded. The autopilot can sense what the aircraft is doing almost before it does it, so it can put in “fine tuning” control inputs faster than a human, thus giving a smoother flight with less drag.
Airbus A/P uses autothrust instead of autothrottle. In an Airbus; the thrustlever hardly moves during the flight: the pilot uses the lever to select the desired thrust-mode (TO/GA, FLEX, CLB or A/THR) and the engines automatically provide the thrust needed. Also, in an Airbus green means active and blue means armed. Furthermore; Airbus does not have seperate switches voor LNAV and VNAV, it is basically NAV, HDG, LOC/GS-mode. Also, instead of pressing seperate buttons you use the switch knobs to activate or de-activate parts of the A/P. Pressing will engage A/P, pulling will give controll back to the pilot flying. Some differences with Airbus I know, correct me if I'm wrong :). Great video!
The new emergency auto land systems in some single engine planes add to the chute system so even if the pilot drops dead you passengers are safe. ERAU 80 CFIA&I ret.
Because I watch Mentor Pilot I did know something about what the autopilot does and doesn't do. But you have increased my knowledge. Thank you for that.
Nice video Michelle! It brings me back in years when Antonov was a widely used plane in East Europe... I actually never had a Boa type rating and jumped to Fly by Wire systems 😀😃 The principles are similar, but different and sometimes simpler 😪
Thanks for the overview. In my view, the pilots are still flying the plane even though AP is on. But to say that still requires an understanding of flight control and the variation of circumstances that arise while in the air. I'm not a pilot. However, I can see that judicious use of AP is necessary...and especially when emergencies occur and you need the time for correct decision making.
Absolutely - they should be flying the plane. And usually can, no matter the size, if they have a basic and instinctive knowledge, and are not totally reliant on the automation and knows it's place and function. The 737 Max is a great example where that seems to play out. Long story short is it has a glitch - it really doesn't "want" to fly by design. It's engineering stuff, engines too big, wings in wrong place - something. But, there is a difference in American pilots approach and foreign pilots. American pilots tend to have more experience actually "flying" an air plane, and when the glitch presented itself, they would almost instinctively and subconsciously respond to it. Most it becomes is a bitchin point in the coffee break room or scuttlebutt on the internet. Foreign pilots tend to rely more on the automation, which can pile error, upon error. Countries are in a hurry to get pilots into the air, so push and skip in training. In my flight simulations, when I get into difficulty, first thing I do is what I learned from pilots - dump the automation and take control. Do what you know to do to get it right and stabilize, then kick the AP back on. The only time I don't do that is when I find my plane in really, really deep in the toilet. Then I tell Zeke, hey you figure it out, I gettin some coffee. Sometimes he actually does, but most times he doesn't. Oh, Zeke is the "Z" key on the Microsoft Flight Simulator to toggle the AP. Have a good one, ole' boy!
Thanks for explaining! Also thanks for your special advice at 6:13 although I'm quite sure I passed this test (LOL). Take care and I"m looking forward to your next video. Question: Why is the indicated airspeed changed into Mach above 26000ft? It seems confusing. Je begint echt steeds betere presentaties te geven meis. #Trotsopmijnstadsgenootje ;-)
Thanks for the instructional video. There were a series of "Airport" movies in the 1970's, which left the impression that any passenger could come to the cockpit and not only fly the plane, but also land it-which is why the comedy Airplane had so much fun with this concept.
I wonder if that's where the general public got the idea that the autopilot fully automates flight and then started applying that flawed idea to automotive autopilots.
@@NiHaoMike64 Thanks. Just yesterday I saw a media report that driverless cars are the future. Okay then, but I grew up in New Mexico, which has a lot of dirt roads. How will a driverless car know how to drive on a twisting up and down grade dirt road?
Most of your videos make it all look so incredibly easy. This video however makes it clear just how much training and experience that you’ve had to make all those other videos appear so easy. I am incredibly impressed and your videos make me feel much more confident when flying as a passenger
Love this video!! Please do more of the technical / educational type videos on operations of the 737. Would love to see a tutorial on programming & using the FMC.
Boeing 777 and 787 are FBW just like Airbus... They just con the pilot by mechanical feedback that there are rods n cables..... You speak of the distant past
I have a question what is the difference between the course button and the heading button? Second question. The waypoints that program in the FMS is that a real waypoint like a VOR? Or can it also been a GPS point? Can a pilot choose to use the VOR, IRS or GPS for navigation? Or will the system this combine? I believe there some differences between Boeing and Airbus. Boeing calls it Flight Management System and if this one engaged it is called LNAV and VNAV mode. Airbus calls it Flight Management and Guiding System if this one is engaged it will call management mode.
Hand flying: Flying the plan through physical movement of flight controls (yoke, rudders, thrust levers). Autopilot: Flying the plane by inputting commands into a computer on how you want the aircraft to perform.
I love your videos. Just discovered you about two weeks ago. I am a member of Eastern Hops Flight Sim community and will post your video in our Discord. We have a few sim pilots with very sophisticated 737 sims. I’m sure they will enjoy your videos also.
Michelle - why on landing are you moving the controls so much yet looking beyond you in the background, the flight appears rock steady? As a passenger, I've often wondered that when later looking at videos. My flights are generally smooth yet pilots are working the controls in extreme movements.
Hi Mike, this was actually a gusty and turbulent approach while the camera stabilizes the background. The control inputs might look extreme but they aren't, not really ;)
You have to make more movements on the yoke, versus let’s say driving a car, because when you’re landing you’re not only moving the plane side to side, but also up and down. That means one has to make way more movements.
@@DutchPilotGirl I assume then that a calm weather landing might be boring. The TV series "Air Disasters" ("Mayday in some countries) shows pilots fighting the controls yet you seem cool, calm, and collected moving the control column with ease. I'm impressed.
@@mharrye Certainly! Normally a landing is made with just inputs from a single finger if trimmed correctly ;)
Lower airspeed also requires greater input.
Michelle, thank you for this easy to understand video! I am just an aviation enthusiast and don't have much knowledge of flight controls, but now I could explain to someone how the autopilot function works. I think you would be a great Flight Instructor if you ever decide to pursue that path!
Thanks John! Perhaps in the future!
@@DutchPilotGirl hello
Hi Michelle. Wow how many years has it been? I remember when you came out here to Arizona to do your flight training, Embry Riddle was it. You definitely paid your dues and come a long way. Very proud of you. As you remember its been a couple of years since I retired. The last a/c was the 767 my experience is all Boeing, MD and Lockheed . Boeing Auto-Throttle vs Airb Auto-Thrust. ABus limit's pilot's in situations that require action to be taken the computer will limit the pilot from pushing the a/c past its safe regions. This latest action and updates were taken from Air France's crash Flt 447
Yeah, I am an avid flight simmer and aviation enthusiast, and I've heard that scuttlebutt from pilots for years. How ultimately the Boeing will cede command and control to the pilot, whilst the Airbus will not, even as it flies you and it into a mountain. Then, like a nagging fishwife, will beep "See, I told you I was right! That hill just shouldn't have been there!". But then, even with the plane being the boss, most pilots are very comfortable with it.
Awwww 🙌🏼
2 more times watching this video and I’ll be an expert autopilot operator 😂😂. Excellent video Michelle great job!!
Thanks Mitch! I am sure you will be!💪
Good grief!!! Now I understand fully why I’m not an airline pilot! 😀 Amazing! Thank you.
As a Sperry Aerospace Avionics Technician I have worked on the older 737 Autopilot controllers in the late 1980s, which was beginning years of my career. Those units were more reliable in operation compared to today’s Flight Guidance Control Panels.
Please explain some reasons.
What is for you the best way to study with PPL? i under stand everything but i still cant find a good way to study……… over 2 week i will go to CBR for exam.
I never had to study for my PPL since I took an integrated route but I would apply the same tactics: listen, make notes, study, repeat. No social life for a while and make it your number one priority! Flash cards also help tremendously when studying ;) Good luck with your exams!
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The 737 autopilot is the reason I love Boeing vs Airbus. That and the fact a yolk is used a not a robot joystick. Call me old school but a 737ng is the greatest commercial jet in existence.
Finally a true aviator
I agree. The yoke gives so much feedback about what the plane is doing...
I've always called the NG a fast Cessna...it really is a beautiful plane and a treat to fly.
The autopilot is more complicated than I thought. It's cruise control where you adjust more than speed. It controls so much more.
I am confused, where you talking about the 737 classic or the 737 NG in the video because you flew both types ?
Hi Bernard, this was the NG but its very similar.
Voor welke luchtvaartmaatschappij vlieg je nu?
This is such a great and easy explanation of such a complex system. Thank you very much and for sure you are doing a great service to the passengers sitting behind. They now know whats going on in the cockpit and some will learn it how to do even. 👍
This video is very informative. I enjoy how you go into detail explaining things in laymen's terms. I learned a lot about the autopilot and it's features.
Thank you for all your videos. I've learned much about the aviation Industry.
Thanks for your kind words James!
missed you!!
Also with A/P engaged, touching control column pitching the plane you discover CWS-P on the PFD and if you apply roll at the control column in this case CWS-R will pop up on the PFD.
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And I thought there was simply an ‘on’ or ‘off’ switch for flying these beasts 🤣 Great video, it confirms why you guys earn you money…..and that’s when it’s going well rather than gong wrong!
Can you also talk about CATI-II-III markings on the runway signs and auto landing capabilities in low visibility scenarios. Also, could you talk about the new Garmin advanced augmentation systems starting to show up on planes like the Cirrus SR22 light aircraft please? Thank you for the excellent presentation.
your videos are a pure bliss I love every minute of them 💞
Thank you for your kind words Vanshika!
Very nice Lady....and may be a great pilot......but do you know how to make a Pizza...................
Thank you so much it was a very informative video, and thank you and your fellow intelligent pilots for allowing us to travel the world safely and confident knowing that you are totally capable of operating these sophisticated aircraft !!
It's been a few hours since this video went live, but I absolutely LOVE seeing a new video from you, and the fact it's at almost 7600 views, but it has 0 dislikes is how every single video from you should always be! I just love to see it 🥰
maybe cos dislikes are not available anymore 😉
Oh Michelle, I have missed ur videos so much
Ur videos are a pack of information and peacefull voice
Great videos ✌✌✌ keep going
Love from india
Glad to hear you like my videos!
@@DutchPilotGirl my goodness
Can't belive u replied
I am so happy thanks Michelle 😊
I do have a habit of pressing the wrong buttons!
Fargo? Is that you? 🤣
(Wonders if anyone else will get the Eureka! reference...)
I enjoy your videos. That was amusingly incomprehensible. I’m glad you understand it!
10:08 Every time I hear "Coming in Hot" I think of Drake lol
Hii Michelle! ❤️ 😊 You are looking lovely and healthy! 2 months wait was worth watching this! Actually was expecting Zakynthos Cockpit view video, but nonetheless another learning and masterpiece of a video. How was your new house warming party BTW? 🤔 😂
Hi! Thanks! In the meantime I uploaded a video that covers a flight from Bonaire to Aruba, you can find it here: th-cam.com/video/djSCVprd92U/w-d-xo.html 😉 My new house still has to be built🤣 All the best!
Wow! DutchPilotGirl, excellent tutorial on the Auto Pilot for the Boeing 737 yes I learned a lot thank you! Amazing how many systems are actually tied into the Auto Pilot & if nothing is done by the Pilot nothing will happen as you mentioned... Godspeed...
Hello, coming from the flight sim world, I went from a FS9 777 (older version) to a FSX 777 (newer version) and the autopilot is very different from one to the other. I am certain the FSX AP is much more in line with what is really going on, because after watching your video (Which I hope to watch many more times) you learn/understand the AP is a mixture/integration of several different systems, and this corresponds to what is going on with the new version vs the older one. On the previous FS9, the AP was very simple; basically you could set speed, altitude, course, flight plan, through a Garmin APP, or otherwise. That was pretty much it. On the new version, there seems to be much more to do - and that is done. I won't go into everything, because it will take me years to figure it out - if ever -, but for example; I am used to setting and adjusting my own speed when descending to land, like starting from 35,000. Then it was simple to just manually lock on to the ILS and localizer signals via an "APP" button when you got in "range" of the ILS feather. But on the new (FSX) version, the speed is adjusted for you, as you descend, and it seems to glide right down to the localizer, automatically, given the settings are right from the start. Still, as much fun as it is, the automation sometimes actually seems to get in the way, but I am sure it's more like I get in it's way even more. It's a lot of fun though, and very educational, and your video really help to tie it together - sort of. But I have to watch it many more times. Keep your videos coming they are a joy to watch. Cheers!
DPG has her own livery! :-) She must own a real plane, or at least a Photoshop application. Anyways, the autopilot is useless. Can it take you to Mars? No! :-)
DutchPilotGirl you are so beautiful and talented love your accent
Great seeing another video from you! Please keep them coming as your work schedule permits!?!?!?
Sometimes I saw the approach mode is in Single CH. What does it mean?
Hi Michelle 💙💙
Michelle bedankt voor je video. Ik kon wat leren. Alles onhouden is iets anders.
Ik hoop dat U nu kunt werken. In Schiphol zie ik nog teveel vliegtugen.
Maybe you remember that I asked you about piloting and eye surgery, unfortunately, the surgery doesn't fit, I won't be able to pilot, but it still feels good to watch you🙂🙂
Sorry to hear that! Glad I can make up for it, even if it's just a bit
ive been using the 737 a/p in sims PMDG then Zibo for a couple years and im still learning about it. very deep stuff in FMC setup its fun when a flight goes perfect from take off to landing
Preachin to the choir here partner. I love a nice, long uneventful, boring flight, real or sim, but especially real. An almost perfect Sunday afternoon is a perfect takeoff, listening for a few hours to the hone and whine of the engines, while ATC chatters away. Then a nice smooth ILS or visual landing. All while I catch up book work or putter around in my shop.
If you haven't already, I must urge you to get a yoke, and dump the joystick. I just got my first yoke (the Honeycomb) and it is sweeeet. But it's a whole new ballgame because I have to relearn everything after years of flying sims with a joystick. Then I have the "new" FSX, another looloo, where they have stepped up the automation and realism of the aircraft I fly, (777), and gotta relearn that too. Now I am back at Meigs in Chicago, flying Cessna's till I get the hang of these things. Have fun and enjoy!
Thank you for a great explanation of the autopilot. I'm not a pilot but i do use MSFS 2020 and this video has helped me to understand more about the autopilot. I hope you don't take offence, as in this day and age it seems offensive to pay a compliment but you have the most beautiful eyes also. Looking forward to your next video.
Thanks! Glad you like the video :)
Hi I love your awesome videos! When you hit the auto pilot disconnect does it automatically shut down all the other selected controls??? I miss your videos!!!!
Hi Marvin, no the flight director will continue to operate in the selected modes but the flight controls are controlled manually. Good question! Should have included that in the video...
Good Monday evening to you all from Wellington Somerset in the UK
Good evening from Amsterdam!
Woww dear Michelle it's formidable 💕💕proud i loved 💕 💕 💕
Thank you Jimmy!
💯💯💯💯💯👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏
Dat is dus een “iets” uitgebreidere versie van de “Tesla autopilot” in mijn auto Michelle😊😉
Maar goed ook! ;)
I'll hope there's a way to cure the irresponsible who rely solely on any car's autopilot. It's nice and all and an airline pilot would still be seated through the flight unless I'm missing anything.
I like your vlogs alot. This one especially when you talk about when the captain is flying “ she” etc, and when the first officer is flying “he” etc. Thanks for doing these and inspiring perhaps a new generation of pilots!!
Thanks Robin!
Robin I didn't notice the wording while totally engrossed in learning something about autopilots, and not policing speech, however you pointing it out is rather sexist wouldn't you say.. feminist, sjw thinking. God I hate social politics. Now that you have brought it to my attention, how about using "They" instead When the Captain is flying, "they" do so and so. When the first officer is flying, "they do this and that?
DPG is talking aviation, not social politics and this sort of stuff needs to be put away for another day. stop trying to push you sexist agenda Sheeesh
not the place and time Capt. Metoo
@@justunicorn001 well said!!!
@@nthoang1293 haha!
Hoi Michelle! Which airlines are you flying for now?
Great video, terrific explanation about the autopilot and I like your 787 (PH-DPG), greetings from Chile.
Gran vídeo, fantástica explicación sobre el piloto automático y me gusta tu 787 (PH-DPG), saludos desde Chile.
The A/P mode control panel on the 737 is old fashion and outdated. The same panel on an Airbus A320 has about half the number of switches, and it can do the same, if not more than the 737. The overhead panel on the Boeing 737 looks like a mess and a joke, compared to the Airbus 320 Boeing has been under big pressure from their American customers, not to make any significant changes to the cockpit layout, and flight characteristics. And by doing so, they end up with an aircraft that does not meet modern aircraft design. In Denmark, we have a saying: "Boeing shot themself in the foot" by giving in from the pressure. Just look at the late Dubai airshow, for every airplane Boeing sold, Airbus sold four. That is a petty, years ago I used to work at the "Queen of the sky" 747-200 the best aircraft ever at that time. But not today, Boeing is lagging behind. In my opinion, due to bad management, and downgrading overall quality control.
The Airbus 350 is a complete knock off of the Dreamliner. Airbus is great at copying I will give you that but talk to most pilots and expresion is if aint Boeing I aint goin. Never count Boeing out. Best airplane in the air and the one with best safety record is the 777-300 period.
Another great video!
It's very helpful for MSFS 2020.
Michelle, please post new videos more often.
Glad you liked it! I am trying haha!
Great video, thanks. Hope you have a great Christmas and New Year!
Me too! Hope you will as well!
Thank you so much and an early Happy Christmas
She didn’t mention the fact that the autopilot flies the aeroplane more efficiently then a human. I didn’t work on the B787, but I do know in the B747 DDPG ( dispatch deviation procedures guide) if all three autopilots were unserviceable the aircraft could be dispatched (flight crews didn’t like it because of the workload, but it was legal) but there was a fuel penalty. Extra fuel had to be loaded to compensate for the human pilot control inputs not being as accurate as the autopilot computer inputs thus causing increased drag thus burning more fuel. Pilots hated this when they were informed of the extra fuel being loaded and why it had to be loaded. The autopilot can sense what the aircraft is doing almost before it does it, so it can put in “fine tuning” control inputs faster than a human, thus giving a smoother flight with less drag.
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informative! 👍
As a lawyer I thought we spoke a different language thank god you understand this stuff as I was lost after the word autopilot.
Really interesting video! always wondered what all the switches and knobs do and now i do... thanks for putting it up!
Airbus A/P uses autothrust instead of autothrottle. In an Airbus; the thrustlever hardly moves during the flight: the pilot uses the lever to select the desired thrust-mode (TO/GA, FLEX, CLB or A/THR) and the engines automatically provide the thrust needed. Also, in an Airbus green means active and blue means armed. Furthermore; Airbus does not have seperate switches voor LNAV and VNAV, it is basically NAV, HDG, LOC/GS-mode. Also, instead of pressing seperate buttons you use the switch knobs to activate or de-activate parts of the A/P. Pressing will engage A/P, pulling will give controll back to the pilot flying.
Some differences with Airbus I know, correct me if I'm wrong :). Great video!
Thanks for your detailed explanations ! :)
You just listed every reason I hate Airbus.
The new emergency auto land systems in some single engine planes add to the chute system so even if the pilot drops dead you passengers are safe.
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Nice speakers, are you audiophile?
My head hurts now , you certainly earn your money
Whew that’s complicated for a person that’s not a pilot. Love your videos, thanks for them
Because I watch Mentor Pilot I did know something about what the autopilot does and doesn't do. But you have increased my knowledge. Thank you for that.
The FAA is more interested in how it doesn't work.
Nice video Michelle! It brings me back in years when Antonov was a widely used plane in East Europe... I actually never had a Boa type rating and jumped to Fly by Wire systems 😀😃 The principles are similar, but different and sometimes simpler 😪
Thanks Georgi!
There is no such word as “comfortability”. Correct word is “comfort”.
Comfort is comfort no matter what
Interpretation you have
Nice video! I’ve always wondered are the FMC’s linked together, or do they work independently depending on what each pilot has put into their’s?
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Thanks for the overview. In my view, the pilots are still flying the plane even though AP is on. But to say that still requires an understanding of flight control and the variation of circumstances that arise while in the air. I'm not a pilot. However, I can see that judicious use of AP is necessary...and especially when emergencies occur and you need the time for correct decision making.
Absolutely - they should be flying the plane. And usually can, no matter the size, if they have a basic and instinctive knowledge, and are not totally reliant on the automation and knows it's place and function. The 737 Max is a great example where that seems to play out. Long story short is it has a glitch - it really doesn't "want" to fly by design. It's engineering stuff, engines too big, wings in wrong place - something. But, there is a difference in American pilots approach and foreign pilots. American pilots tend to have more experience actually "flying" an air plane, and when the glitch presented itself, they would almost instinctively and subconsciously respond to it. Most it becomes is a bitchin point in the coffee break room or scuttlebutt on the internet. Foreign pilots tend to rely more on the automation, which can pile error, upon error. Countries are in a hurry to get pilots into the air, so push and skip in training.
In my flight simulations, when I get into difficulty, first thing I do is what I learned from pilots - dump the automation and take control. Do what you know to do to get it right and stabilize, then kick the AP back on. The only time I don't do that is when I find my plane in really, really deep in the toilet. Then I tell Zeke, hey you figure it out, I gettin some coffee. Sometimes he actually does, but most times he doesn't. Oh, Zeke is the "Z" key on the Microsoft Flight Simulator to toggle the AP. Have a good one, ole' boy!
Thanks for explaining! Also thanks for your special advice at 6:13 although I'm quite sure I passed this test (LOL). Take care and I"m looking forward to your next video.
Question: Why is the indicated airspeed changed into Mach above 26000ft? It seems confusing. Je begint echt steeds betere presentaties te geven meis. #Trotsopmijnstadsgenootje ;-)
I don't care what she says... Shes lovely.. :-) Very Interesting stuff though
Incredible. Did you explain everything from memory or are you reading from a tele prompter/queue cards?
Awesome tutorial, thanks. Looks easy but I bet its not.
The DPG livery is seriously so beautiful!!
Thanks haha!
Leuk en informatief Michelle!! Thanks!
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Hey Michelle🙋🏻♂️, great informative video as always💯👍🏼
Wow, Airbus is so much simpler.
Thanks for the instructional video. There were a series of "Airport" movies in the 1970's, which left the impression that any passenger could come to the cockpit and not only fly the plane, but also land it-which is why the comedy Airplane had so much fun with this concept.
I wonder if that's where the general public got the idea that the autopilot fully automates flight and then started applying that flawed idea to automotive autopilots.
@@NiHaoMike64 Thanks. Just yesterday I saw a media report that driverless cars are the future. Okay then, but I grew up in New Mexico, which has a lot of dirt roads. How will a driverless car know how to drive on a twisting up and down grade dirt road?
As usually very clear and concise explanation, you should be pilot instructor 👏🏻👏🏻
Amazing explanation. Thanks for sharing this content
Most of your videos make it all look so incredibly easy. This video however makes it clear just how much training and experience that you’ve had to make all those other videos appear so easy. I am incredibly impressed and your videos make me feel much more confident when flying as a passenger
I am hearing you when you entering Dutch airspace on airband. Is that correct ?! Your voice is recognizable to me.
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Right here from South Africa!!!!
I'm right here! 😉
@@DutchPilotGirl Love your videos. Very informative as always. Keep it up.
Outstanding in depth summary of the autopilot function. Very well done. Cheers 🥂
Love this video!! Please do more of the technical / educational type videos on operations of the 737. Would love to see a tutorial on programming & using the FMC.
Sometimes when you say some words I really feel like you're speaking Japanease xD Like what did you say @5:32 ? Autototo ?
It's auto throttle 😉
@@DutchPilotGirl Oh ! okay makes sense lol
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thank you Michelle I always learn so much. I will have to watch this many times to understand it all I am sure
It did take me a while to understand it completely so no pressure! ;)
You lost me 30 seconds in! You are very difficult to understand, Dutch Girl!
Boeing 777 and 787 are FBW just like Airbus... They just con the pilot by mechanical feedback that there are rods n cables..... You speak of the distant past
How's it going today sweetheart ❤️ I am an atheist as well I speak 5 languages french Spanish English Portuguese surinamese I'll speak Italian soon
You're a pilot??? No...you're a movie star.......Be honest with me.....you're an actress right? I could use you in my 2nd film.
Gracias Sra. Piloto por sus explicaciones ,saludos desde Bogota.
The autopilot buttons work just like women, too funny michelle 😂😂😂
Seriously though great video,Dankejewel.
So nice
Glad you liked it!
I have a question what is the difference between the course button and the heading button?
Second question. The waypoints that program in the FMS is that a real waypoint like a VOR? Or can it also been a GPS point?
Can a pilot choose to use the VOR, IRS or GPS for navigation? Or will the system this combine?
I believe there some differences between Boeing and Airbus. Boeing calls it Flight Management System and if this one engaged it is called LNAV and VNAV mode. Airbus calls it Flight Management and Guiding System if this one is engaged it will call management mode.
I really love this video..... Thank you Michelle...
Hand flying: Flying the plan through physical movement of flight controls (yoke, rudders, thrust levers).
Autopilot: Flying the plane by inputting commands into a computer on how you want the aircraft to perform.
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I love your videos. Just discovered you about two weeks ago. I am a member of Eastern Hops Flight Sim community and will post your video in our Discord. We have a few sim pilots with very sophisticated 737 sims. I’m sure they will enjoy your videos also.