Thanks again. It’s been great watching your videos. I bet seeing the concord was amazing. I’ve only managed to see it a few times but a I got to see it. Also seeing the Vulcan was another amazing experience.
Hi James. Just attempted this flight. Sadly I couldn’t get the FLC button to work so I carried on without it. I followed the rest of your instructions and landed beautifully at Heathrow.
Great video as usual Huddison! You're right as well, that generally speaking, you do not use AP to land in GA Aircraft. Some airliners can do it, but not GA.... At least, not until now.. Read on: Garmin has FAA certification for GA Auto Land. It's currently available only on select G3000 equipped planes. Right now, it's in the Piper M600 SLS, the Cirrus Vision Jet, and the TBM 940. More to follow. Now this one, is more for emergencies. All anyone has to do is push a button, and the plane takes over completely. Picks an airport, sets up arrival, talks to ATC the whole works... Zero human intervention. So you can imagine, pilot assisted auto land like airliners, could also be a thing, real soon.. Keep em coming!! 😎
A big thanks for all of your vids and tutorials from across the pond. Any chance you could do something similar to this but for the F15/14/Eurofighter since it's a tad bit different?
Just one more comment. Followed your video since 11:00 this morning and have done everything. So when you activate before take off your destination ILS in this case Heathrow, so up I go, first thing after AP the plane heads off ina another direction. Stop, watch video off we go again. Guided the plane to the magenta line this time and bingo, sat nav picked it up and followed its path. Now what I did this time was mourn turn on activate approach until on the flight plan - it worked. I glided down all going well touched down, but I couldn’t guide the place with aerlions (left and right) ended up in a fence. Not sure why as they work during takeoff - bugs, bugs and more bugs
@@Huddison I don’t want to hijack your video comments but it was just an observation of what I believe is a bug. But thanks anyway and keep up the excellent videos
Hudds ... What role does FD Flight Director perform on the G1000 nxi. Seems not to do much compared to AP Autopilot. Keeping all these videos together as there's so much to learn. Often think that lad flying the footballer from Nantes to Cardiff didn't seem to have the IFR rating which was crazy at that time of night.
This will best describe it & yes scary thought re the pilot flying the footballer: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flight_director_(aeronautics)#:~:text=In%20aviation%2C%20a%20flight%20director,with%20or%20without%20autopilot%20systems.
Thanks for the lesson. A perfect flight and we landed at the same time. I have the xbox x and my landing was spot on over the stripes. Also is there any way to delete those saved FLT files in MSFS?
Another great video. One question, how do I fly an ILS approach using this mod? I still get the pop up saying I can’t in gps mode, RNAV works great though.
Do RNAV approaches always have a glidepath? Some RNAV charts don't show the glidepath long arrow shape on the profile view and some do show it. I've had issues with planes not automatically catching the glidepath in the past, even when strictly following the navpoint elevations on the chart
I not certain if they all do, but best to be doubly sure and input the Nav frequency (like I show in this video: th-cam.com/video/_slFj0hDwQw/w-d-xo.html) and you should capture the Glidepath/slope.
FYI, I duplicated your procedure in the Cessna 172 and it works the same as your video. Tried the process in a Cessna 208 with the same AP and it fails to descend after the first waypoint. I have had the earlier versions of the NXi work in the 208. Still a work in progress I presume.
Great video, I have tried this but always bottled out at the last minute and landed manually - must be a survival instinct?? Question - when or why would you select RNAV over ILS when both are on offer?? Is RNAV replacing ILS - I guess it is cheaper as no ILS equipment is needed??
RNAV is satellite based and therefore more accurate; whilst ILS is purely ground based. I guess it'll come down to aircraft type, conditions and preferences etc, as to which one you would use.
I have a question. I am using the Cessna 172 with the Garmin 1000 NXI mod (Xbox series x) and believe I am following everything correctly but I am unable to select the same approach you have in the video. My choice is “RNAVGPS Y27L LNAV/VNAV’. At first I was thinking that this would be the same as what you have. Your approach is RNAVGPS 27LY. I do not have that choice in my list. So, When I select “RNAVGPS Y27L LNAV/VNAV’’ and then scroll down and load it, it completely changes my magenta GPS line. It actually moves the line south of the airport and extends east to almost the English Channel. Obviously, I cannot continue on with the flight because the approach would not be correct. I did try. My guess is that it has something to do with LNAV and somehow I change a setting somewhere. However, I do not know if that’s entirely true. I appreciate any help out there.
Very helpful videos as someone new to MSFS. I play on Xbox Series X and when setting the altitude for AP it works fine in cockpit display but never registers on external view. Always shows 99000 as altitude setting. It doesn't impact the flight since AP is engaged and following altitude and and climb rate set before take off. It just seems odd. Didn't know if you had any suggestions or if anyone else had experienced the same.
@@john-or9cf Thanks. Not really sure what that means so I will just deal with for now. I also don't use a mouse with the Xbox. Using the controller to navigate the display and Hotas One as main control. They really need to solve the Hotas issues. Ive learned to deal with but the first month or so was a nightmare . Not being able to save Hotas profiles and sensitivities is really ridiculous given how much it costs.
@@Huddison I bought the full package. Including the rudder pedals. Which sit in a corner collecting dust. It took all my patience just to reset the sensitivity each time and deal with the poor trim recognition on the throttle.
One thing I noticed. Filling you step by step I was approaching and on AP the glide slope as you said was a ‘V’. So I initiated approach mode but stayed and was displaying off. Did you disable the Mac mode before you engage this? It did land but I had to take control at 600 feet
Hi Colin, no I didn't disable anything prior to left clicking the Approach mode button. It still seems to be a little bit buggy, please try it again to see if you get the same results.
Nav mode will follow a flight plan you may have set up - Heading mode will simply follow a heading that you instruct your autopilot to follow (360/000 is the default set heading).
@@Huddison I just wish I could remember all of the terminology..IFR, VFR, ILS, CDI, FLC, VORS..I mean, I am getting alot of them memorized and what their meanings are, but geez! I did recently look up what the barometric pressure is for, but it always seems that it is preset when I start out..I have not had to adjust it one time yet, because it's always set to the correct number..My BIGGEST issue right now is learning which runway I need to taxi to, because I don't want to play with the taxi ribbon turned on, I feel like that is cheating..I just wish I knew from the start where I need to go when given a runway number..I know that the numbers have to do with heading, but it is still very confusing to me..Same with landing on the right runway, as well as flying the correct traffic pattern when landing...Even with all these issues I have, this is still a fantastic simulation, and I am having a blast with learning it..I do have a few gripes with the Xbox series s version, which is what I play on since I can't afford a gaming PC..THE BUGS!! Primarily the bugs with the HOTAS T flight one..I also purchased a mouse and keyboard because I knew the game would be much more accessible with keyboard and mouse, and I refuse to try playing this simulation with a game pad..I bought the T Flight One on day one of the release, and the fact that Asobo has not yet patched the Hotas issues does irritate me, because they knew that alot of people were going to buy that peripheral just for this game..How it is still so screwed up is beyond me..I do have all the buttons mapped to where I want them, despite all being labeled wrong in the keybindings, but what irritates me the most is that they still haven't patched the sensitivity settings saving..I don't leave my console on when not playing it, I always do a full shutdown..The fact that I have to keep starting fresh with setting up sensitivity Everytime is ridiculous..I wonder if this is an Asobo issue, or if it's a patch that needs to come from Thrustmaster?? Anyway, I'll shut up, haha..Having great fun so far, and your videos are very helpful to me, as well as very comforting videos..I watch them whenever I start feeling stressed about life, and they always help calm me down..You're the man, Huddison..Keep them coming!
Yeah I was using this video, not in London but at a local airport to me in the states that is much smaller and the ap seemed to bug out. Also sometimes when I hit nav mode on the control console, it refuses to turn on and I don't know why.
The only thing I can figure is the airports you are using are a lot larger and more recognizable and they are fixing them and not the tiny one I'm trying to use.
@@Huddison sorry did not explain that well on the nav screen i get to set airport id but i can never get it to activate wen i land at an airport instead of quitting and having to set new flight plan
Honestly I could do with a whole video just covering the list of destinations you scrolled through when you set up the approach. Why you would choose rnav and not the ils runways. And what the y and the z mean.
See the other video, I linked at the very beginning of this video, for an explanation for many of your questions (particularly what the Y and Z mean - see the comments of the linked video).
Thanks again for posting this tutorial. I followed the directions (LOAD PPL and then ACTIVATE) and worked like a charm the first time although I never say the magenta 'G' but instead the magenta 'V' I realized that I have to press APPRCH while the diamond is above my altitude. Out of curiosity I repeated the route using LOAD only in the flight plan. Not only I did not see the diamond, but it took me on a very strange route with reaching the second waypoint before the first. Give it a try! I don't know if this is who the G1000 behaves in real life or is a quirk of MSFS. I am intereste in knowing if others can repeat this.
But I was following the steps in this vid and when it hit its approach stretch, it seemed to bug out and just started to turn my plane the wrong direction. I've never had something called so simple that I never seem to understand what it is doing or why, or why it refuses to activate certain modes. I'm not sure if I'm wrestling with xbox bugs or my own stupidity.
Wow it was Awesome that you made those viewing around the Cockpit video and now this Grand.
Great tutorial for the G1000 NXI RNAV , many thanks, have subscribed. So many confusing other videos out there!
Thanks, very much appreciated.
Thanks again. It’s been great watching your videos. I bet seeing the concord was amazing. I’ve only managed to see it a few times but a I got to see it. Also seeing the Vulcan was another amazing experience.
Wow, I've never seen the Vulcan in RL - that must have been a very special sight.
Thanks
Wow thanks too Gerald :)
Great stuff. I like that the CDI reflects what it is using for guidance, Localiser Performance with Verical Guidance (LPV) .
Yes and good the Glide Path indicator (the Diamond) now seems to come from the top down - which is the normal operation.
Brilliant. Thank you once again.
Thanks Steve.
Hi James. Just attempted this flight. Sadly I couldn’t get the FLC button to work so I carried on without it. I followed the rest of your instructions and landed beautifully at Heathrow.
Great to hear Steve.
Great video as usual Huddison! You're right as well, that generally speaking, you do not use AP to land in GA Aircraft. Some airliners can do it, but not GA.... At least, not until now.. Read on:
Garmin has FAA certification for GA Auto Land. It's currently available only on select G3000 equipped planes. Right now, it's in the Piper M600 SLS, the Cirrus Vision Jet, and the TBM 940. More to follow. Now this one, is more for emergencies. All anyone has to do is push a button, and the plane takes over completely. Picks an airport, sets up arrival, talks to ATC the whole works... Zero human intervention.
So you can imagine, pilot assisted auto land like airliners, could also be a thing, real soon..
Keep em coming!! 😎
Wow, that's something that I certainly did not know!
thanks for the info there Aces, it's quite fascinating 😲👍
Enjoyed that and very informative. Going to log on now and try this
Best of luck ;)
Your videos help me so much!
Great to hear ;)
Great work, again. I think I'll try this with the Cessna Citation? Should be fun to see it land itself!!
Yes it's fun to try once or twice.
A big thanks for all of your vids and tutorials from across the pond. Any chance you could do something similar to this but for the F15/14/Eurofighter since it's a tad bit different?
Thanks. I'll bear that in mind ;)
@@Huddison No thank you man. Absolutely loving all of your content. Cheers.
Just one more comment. Followed your video since 11:00 this morning and have done everything. So when you activate before take off your destination ILS in this case Heathrow, so up I go, first thing after AP the plane heads off ina another direction. Stop, watch video off we go again. Guided the plane to the magenta line this time and bingo, sat nav picked it up and followed its path. Now what I did this time was mourn turn on activate approach until on the flight plan - it worked. I glided down all going well touched down, but I couldn’t guide the place with aerlions (left and right) ended up in a fence. Not sure why as they work during takeoff - bugs, bugs and more bugs
Are you saying that you were having difficulties steering the aircraft on the ground after landing - have you got rudder controls setup?
@@Huddison I don’t want to hijack your video comments but it was just an observation of what I believe is a bug. But thanks anyway and keep up the excellent videos
@@ct9037 No problems Colin and thanks.
Hudds ... What role does FD Flight Director perform on the G1000 nxi. Seems not to do much compared to AP Autopilot. Keeping all these videos together as there's so much to learn. Often think that lad flying the footballer from Nantes to Cardiff didn't seem to have the IFR rating which was crazy at that time of night.
This will best describe it & yes scary thought re the pilot flying the footballer: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flight_director_(aeronautics)#:~:text=In%20aviation%2C%20a%20flight%20director,with%20or%20without%20autopilot%20systems.
Very interesting. Seems like FD clears the AP and other settings on G1000. Will keep practicing your videos
Thanks for the lesson. A perfect flight and we landed at the same time. I have the xbox x and my landing was spot on over the stripes. Also is there any way to delete those saved FLT files in MSFS?
Congrats on the flight and landing 👏. I'll have to properly look into deleting (and importing) flight plans on the Xbox consoles.
a great video can you do a video on trim
I may redo one, specifically for Xbox MSFS, but I do have this one here I made a while ago: th-cam.com/video/ul9OkRbVBb4/w-d-xo.html
Another great video. One question, how do I fly an ILS approach using this mod? I still get the pop up saying I can’t in gps mode, RNAV works great though.
I'll cover that in my next video in this series.
@@Huddison awesome,!
Do RNAV approaches always have a glidepath? Some RNAV charts don't show the glidepath long arrow shape on the profile view and some do show it. I've had issues with planes not automatically catching the glidepath in the past, even when strictly following the navpoint elevations on the chart
I not certain if they all do, but best to be doubly sure and input the Nav frequency (like I show in this video: th-cam.com/video/_slFj0hDwQw/w-d-xo.html) and you should capture the Glidepath/slope.
Maybe we don't use AP to land, but it's great instructional video, thank you
You're welcome!
FYI, I duplicated your procedure in the Cessna 172 and it works the same as your video. Tried the process in a Cessna 208 with the same AP and it fails to descend after the first waypoint. I have had the earlier versions of the NXi work in the 208. Still a work in progress I presume.
That's interesting. Thanks for the information John.
Great video, I have tried this but always bottled out at the last minute and landed manually - must be a survival instinct?? Question - when or why would you select RNAV over ILS when both are on offer?? Is RNAV replacing ILS - I guess it is cheaper as no ILS equipment is needed??
RNAV is satellite based and therefore more accurate; whilst ILS is purely ground based. I guess it'll come down to aircraft type, conditions and preferences etc, as to which one you would use.
I have a question. I am using the Cessna 172 with the Garmin 1000 NXI mod (Xbox series x) and believe I am following everything correctly but I am unable to select the same approach you have in the video. My choice is “RNAVGPS Y27L LNAV/VNAV’. At first I was thinking that this would be the same as what you have. Your approach is RNAVGPS 27LY. I do not have that choice in my list. So, When I select “RNAVGPS Y27L LNAV/VNAV’’ and then scroll down and load it, it completely changes my magenta GPS line. It actually moves the line south of the airport and extends east to almost the English Channel. Obviously, I cannot continue on with the flight because the approach would not be correct. I did try. My guess is that it has something to do with LNAV and somehow I change a setting somewhere. However, I do not know if that’s entirely true. I appreciate any help out there.
I'll have to look into that.
Very helpful videos as someone new to MSFS. I play on Xbox Series X and when setting the altitude for AP it works fine in cockpit display but never registers on external view. Always shows 99000 as altitude setting. It doesn't impact the flight since AP is engaged and following altitude and and climb rate set before take off. It just seems odd. Didn't know if you had any suggestions or if anyone else had experienced the same.
Known bug but they have a workaround if you use external instruments ( I use AirManager so all I had to do was change a referenced variable)
@@john-or9cf Thanks. Not really sure what that means so I will just deal with for now. I also don't use a mouse with the Xbox. Using the controller to navigate the display and Hotas One as main control. They really need to solve the Hotas issues. Ive learned to deal with but the first month or so was a nightmare . Not being able to save Hotas profiles and sensitivities is really ridiculous given how much it costs.
They should've fixed the Hotas One mapping issues by now; I keep hoping it's around the corner, as it's been a fair while since they've know about it.
@@Huddison I bought the full package. Including the rudder pedals. Which sit in a corner collecting dust. It took all my patience just to reset the sensitivity each time and deal with the poor trim recognition on the throttle.
Can you do a video on ILS landing on 172 ?
One thing I noticed. Filling you step by step I was approaching and on AP the glide slope as you said was a ‘V’. So I initiated approach mode but stayed and was displaying off. Did you disable the Mac mode before you engage this? It did land but I had to take control at 600 feet
Hi Colin, no I didn't disable anything prior to left clicking the Approach mode button.
It still seems to be a little bit buggy, please try it again to see if you get the same results.
Awesome stuff! However, I'm still a little confused as to what the difference is between Nav mode and heading mode?
Nav mode will follow a flight plan you may have set up - Heading mode will simply follow a heading that you instruct your autopilot to follow (360/000 is the default set heading).
@@Huddison I feel like a dummy asking that, haha..
@@CaptainMiasma No worries - I'm sure I asked similar early in my Flight Simming years 😉
@@Huddison I just wish I could remember all of the terminology..IFR, VFR, ILS, CDI, FLC, VORS..I mean, I am getting alot of them memorized and what their meanings are, but geez! I did recently look up what the barometric pressure is for, but it always seems that it is preset when I start out..I have not had to adjust it one time yet, because it's always set to the correct number..My BIGGEST issue right now is learning which runway I need to taxi to, because I don't want to play with the taxi ribbon turned on, I feel like that is cheating..I just wish I knew from the start where I need to go when given a runway number..I know that the numbers have to do with heading, but it is still very confusing to me..Same with landing on the right runway, as well as flying the correct traffic pattern when landing...Even with all these issues I have, this is still a fantastic simulation, and I am having a blast with learning it..I do have a few gripes with the Xbox series s version, which is what I play on since I can't afford a gaming PC..THE BUGS!! Primarily the bugs with the HOTAS T flight one..I also purchased a mouse and keyboard because I knew the game would be much more accessible with keyboard and mouse, and I refuse to try playing this simulation with a game pad..I bought the T Flight One on day one of the release, and the fact that Asobo has not yet patched the Hotas issues does irritate me, because they knew that alot of people were going to buy that peripheral just for this game..How it is still so screwed up is beyond me..I do have all the buttons mapped to where I want them, despite all being labeled wrong in the keybindings, but what irritates me the most is that they still haven't patched the sensitivity settings saving..I don't leave my console on when not playing it, I always do a full shutdown..The fact that I have to keep starting fresh with setting up sensitivity Everytime is ridiculous..I wonder if this is an Asobo issue, or if it's a patch that needs to come from Thrustmaster?? Anyway, I'll shut up, haha..Having great fun so far, and your videos are very helpful to me, as well as very comforting videos..I watch them whenever I start feeling stressed about life, and they always help calm me down..You're the man, Huddison..Keep them coming!
Yeah I was using this video, not in London but at a local airport to me in the states that is much smaller and the ap seemed to bug out. Also sometimes when I hit nav mode on the control console, it refuses to turn on and I don't know why.
Nav can still be fairly buggy - sometimes even I have to restart flights because of it.
Hud...on landing AP if your speed was at 70 kts, wouldn't your landing been on the Tarmac instead of landing into the Lights of the Runway????
It seemed to give the same result under fully AP, regardless of the approach speed.
The only thing I can figure is the airports you are using are a lot larger and more recognizable and they are fixing them and not the tiny one I'm trying to use.
Another thing, if I might, on your external altitude gauge it was showing 99,000 ft. in the box....why was that?
Not sure what point you're referring to?
can you do a vid on how to set new airport location ??
Do you mean other than Heathrow?
@@Huddison sorry did not explain that well
on the nav screen i get to set airport id but i can never get it to activate
wen i land at an airport instead of quitting and having to set new flight plan
@@goofydudeoutdoors614 I think I know what you mean & my next Livestream (Sunday 10th Oct) will cover this.
Great…
When i press load on FLP my first waypoint disappears.
Is that after you've passed it?
@@Huddison No its At 6:43 on your video. BTW your videos are excellent.
Can anyone help I have the Xbox version but I can’t get any dash buttons to do anything am I missing a setting ?
Which buttons in particular?
Honestly I could do with a whole video just covering the list of destinations you scrolled through when you set up the approach. Why you would choose rnav and not the ils runways. And what the y and the z mean.
See the other video, I linked at the very beginning of this video, for an explanation for many of your questions (particularly what the Y and Z mean - see the comments of the linked video).
Thanks again for posting this tutorial. I followed the directions (LOAD PPL and then ACTIVATE) and worked like a charm the first time although I never say the magenta 'G' but instead the magenta 'V' I realized that I have to press APPRCH while the diamond is above my altitude.
Out of curiosity I repeated the route using LOAD only in the flight plan. Not only I did not see the diamond, but it took me on a very strange route with reaching the second waypoint before the first. Give it a try! I don't know if this is who the G1000 behaves in real life or is a quirk of MSFS. I am intereste in knowing if others can repeat this.
Interesting - I shall try and replicate at some point.
Why did the GPS arrow not go green glideslope
Not 100% sure what you mean Barry?
I think there are still bugs, my AP drove me into the ground, GPS wouldn't turn green
Oh no - keep at it 👍
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But I was following the steps in this vid and when it hit its approach stretch, it seemed to bug out and just started to turn my plane the wrong direction. I've never had something called so simple that I never seem to understand what it is doing or why, or why it refuses to activate certain modes. I'm not sure if I'm wrestling with xbox bugs or my own stupidity.
Join the Discord (link in the description). I'm sure we can help you better in there.