We never closed the X-Drive Clutch with just the APU running. Did that after 1st Engine Start (RH). APU required 1 min Warm up. Switching Hydraulics was always different - Left On right Auto was common. Never started with external Power also - that's what the APU was for....
Thanks for your feedback, it's great to hear the real-world experience. I was going from the checklist which said to set x-drive clutch to auto. Did you use battery to start the APU? I think the start-up videos of the GR4 I have seen there is usually a ground power unit plugged in before APU start. Thanks again for sharing your insight.
@@FlywithSteve can't remember ever to start with external power, why - that was the whole point of the APU. If you have external power, you don't need the APU at all - it was was a fall back, in case APU failed. The only point of having ground power connected in the old days, with the shitty INS Navigation System , was to have already start aligning, so you don't have to sit there for 10 Min doing nothing but waiting. In the old days Pilots had to wait for the WSOs to get the rear CP ready. With the newer GPS/Laser IN, it was the other way round...
Hello! A very informative video. I've been flying the Tornado on the Xbox since today. I always have a yellow indicator light on. "R-ALT" which switch do I forget? Grüße Thorsten
Thanks @thoko418. It's the Radar Altimeter needing powering on. At about 5:05 in the video I switched it on by turning the knob on the left hand side of the radar altimeter. It needs a turn rather than a press.
@@FlywithSteve Great! Thank you very much for the quick response and the good help. I hadn't turned the button, just pressed it. The plane is also a really cool device on the Xbox. Greetings, Thorsten
To start off with as well, why have they allowed you put the wings back to 45°, I saw somebody on a taxi and get 25°. That is impossible without it being an F3 and the only reason why the tornado F3 could do it is because it had a longer nose and more equipment in the front, to balance out the centre of gravity otherwise it just bounced onto its backside without a strut trestle to hold it up
Thanks for your comments. There are quite a few photos of Tornado GR1s/IDS parked at 45 degrees wing sweep (I have read that to fit in the German shelters they needed to be at 45, but can't verify that myself). It's how it spawns in when loading into MSFS, so although not typical for the RAF GR1s IRL, that's how I started the video as it's what users will see. IndiaFoxtEcho seem very open to feedback on their products so do feel free to send them any comments.
@@christianrode2549 with or without payload I find this interesting. We were told it was a complete no no and it was part of our see-offs to make sure they were fully forward. We also taught it on the tornado training course, admittedly I went on the F3 one but the beginning of the F3 one was the standard tornado bits then the changes tagged on at the end. It was just something that they pointed out with regards to Safety . I know there were emergency landing procedures but we were also told that it wouldn’t be allowed to move from standstill without the wings being fully forward or safety measures put in place.
@@Ade2bee it did matter much - you would actually (during German Air Force Ops) already sweep the wings back for taxiing back to shelter right after turing off the runway. Some Airbases had narrow taxiways, where you had to keep 45 Wings until clear of Hangar Area. 67 was a different story - bit 45° WS taxi was a standard thing really.
Thanks for watching! In the air it is relatively simple - an app called Airshow Assistant works very well. For the taxi and take-off, it was layering different flight replays.
The thing that gets me, is they spend so much time on the texture and look of the aircraft, the dialling the flight envelope and make it superb. And then they put the wrong markings on for the type of Aircraft as it the GR1. Call it OCD but you can’t just put any old markings on the Aircraft show you have to put the markings on for the era and the aircraft type that they had at the time?
Thanks Steve, you got me out of my despair trying to figure out how to even get started, the built in checklist is of little help.
I hope you enjoy flying it!
I’ve just bought this on MSFS and have to say I love it.
We never closed the X-Drive Clutch with just the APU running. Did that after 1st Engine Start (RH). APU required 1 min Warm up. Switching Hydraulics was always different - Left On right Auto was common. Never started with external Power also - that's what the APU was for....
Thanks for your feedback, it's great to hear the real-world experience. I was going from the checklist which said to set x-drive clutch to auto. Did you use battery to start the APU? I think the start-up videos of the GR4 I have seen there is usually a ground power unit plugged in before APU start. Thanks again for sharing your insight.
@@FlywithSteve can't remember ever to start with external power, why - that was the whole point of the APU. If you have external power, you don't need the APU at all - it was was a fall back, in case APU failed. The only point of having ground power connected in the old days, with the shitty INS Navigation System , was to have already start aligning, so you don't have to sit there for 10 Min doing nothing but waiting. In the old days Pilots had to wait for the WSOs to get the rear CP ready. With the newer GPS/Laser IN, it was the other way round...
Excellent startup tutorial, thanks very much.
Thanks, glad it was helpful!
Great tutorial on the start up process. Looking forward to more videos.
Thanks for watching!
I saw this jet flying like 4/5days ago in zone of militari airport around of city calledBrescia Italy.... just absolutely beautiful ❤
That sounds wonderful! Sadly we don't get to see them fly in the UK anymore.
Hello! A very informative video. I've been flying the Tornado on the Xbox since today. I always have a yellow indicator light on. "R-ALT" which switch do I forget? Grüße Thorsten
Thanks @thoko418. It's the Radar Altimeter needing powering on. At about 5:05 in the video I switched it on by turning the knob on the left hand side of the radar altimeter. It needs a turn rather than a press.
@@FlywithSteve Great! Thank you very much for the quick response and the good help. I hadn't turned the button, just pressed it. The plane is also a really cool device on the Xbox. Greetings, Thorsten
To start off with as well, why have they allowed you put the wings back to 45°, I saw somebody on a taxi and get 25°. That is impossible without it being an F3 and the only reason why the tornado F3 could do it is because it had a longer nose and more equipment in the front, to balance out the centre of gravity otherwise it just bounced onto its backside without a strut trestle to hold it up
Thanks for your comments. There are quite a few photos of Tornado GR1s/IDS parked at 45 degrees wing sweep (I have read that to fit in the German shelters they needed to be at 45, but can't verify that myself). It's how it spawns in when loading into MSFS, so although not typical for the RAF GR1s IRL, that's how I started the video as it's what users will see. IndiaFoxtEcho seem very open to feedback on their products so do feel free to send them any comments.
You could taxi a GR1 in Wings 45 no Problem...
@@christianrode2549 with or without payload I find this interesting. We were told it was a complete no no and it was part of our see-offs to make sure they were fully forward. We also taught it on the tornado training course, admittedly I went on the F3 one but the beginning of the F3 one was the standard tornado bits then the changes tagged on at the end.
It was just something that they pointed out with regards to Safety . I know there were emergency landing procedures but we were also told that it wouldn’t be allowed to move from standstill without the wings being fully forward or safety measures put in place.
@@Ade2bee it did matter much - you would actually (during German Air Force Ops) already sweep the wings back for taxiing back to shelter right after turing off the runway. Some Airbases had narrow taxiways, where you had to keep 45 Wings until clear of Hangar Area. 67 was a different story - bit 45° WS taxi was a standard thing really.
Nice Tutorial, but how can i have the fellow Tornadoes ? it's very nice and realistic !
Thanks for watching! In the air it is relatively simple - an app called Airshow Assistant works very well. For the taxi and take-off, it was layering different flight replays.
Love this video, thank you! Did you use air show assistant for this?
Thank you @prestonmartin6135 . It is airshow assistant for all of the flypast shots, and multi tracked recording for taxiing and take-off.
@@FlywithSteve Thank you for that clarification. I was wondering how you got the Aircraft to taxi out in that way.
I have a question why every time I fly the tornado does it lose altitude by its self ?
Are you trimming it out once you're flying?
@@FlywithSteve what’s that
Does anyone know how to move the tornado menu to the side on console without a mouse?
Great video though
The thing that gets me, is they spend so much time on the texture and look of the aircraft, the dialling the flight envelope and make it superb.
And then they put the wrong markings on for the type of Aircraft as it the GR1. Call it OCD but you can’t just put any old markings on the Aircraft show you have to put the markings on for the era and the aircraft type that they had at the time?