I don't what I'm doing wrong, I followed your instruction to the latter but I cant add any points to the flight, I tried adding SL27 to the route and nothing happened I tried other point with no luck. HELP.
@@Huddison Yes, the extra nav point appear but when I click on ADD nothing happens. I tried adding London City as well, but again nothing happened, the nav line between Biggin Hill and Heathrow didn't move.
I have cracked it. This is what I did. In Assistance Options, I got into Navigation Aids, clicked on Routes and Waypoints and turned it to [ON] I have just successfully followed your flight. Thanks.
Great Video! Night flying is indeed fun and challenging, especially around city scapes, but also in mountainous terrain on moonlit nights . Here are some things that have helped me. First, set the heading bug to runway heading. Use the heading bug to stay on a straight out course until you are above the local obstructions. You don't want to drift into the control tower, water towers, mountains, etc. during take off. Second, turn down the brightness of your instrument lighting, especially if you have a 'glass cockpit'. Some aircraft are so accurately modelled, bright instruments have reflected glare on the front window/windscreen. Quite annoying when trying to fly visually at night. Also viewing the instruments is easier when they are not too bright in a dark cockpit. Finally, if flying through the clouds at night, the landing light can reflect off the clouds. This can cause a loss of 'night vision'. It can take a few minutes to regain your night vision sensitivity. Turn off the landing lights when in the clouds. Remember to turn them on again, especially on final. They will light up the runway surface so you can flare the aircraft more comfortably. Yes we're just simming here, but why not sim actual real world flying conditions as much as possible.
Night is probably my favourite time to fly if over populated areas, navigating via street lights is great fun :D Places without light are better for daytime.
Smithsonian channel has a program called Airline Disasters and they recently showed a flight into SKSP in the Caribbean. Night flight, heavy winds and rain, 737 came in short and broke up. Most survived so that was good. But the reason for the crash, besides poor training, was pilot disorientation due to near total darkness, aircraft lights on the heavy rain and no way for the pilot to get his bearings due to the lack of other nearby lighting. He also ignored or simply missed the PAPI lights. I thought I’d run a similar scenario in a more forgiving Twotter and sure enough, the runway just barely appears out of the clouds in time. I did use the PAPI lights and came in high but still had plenty of runway for the DHC-6. I can see why he had his problems…
I noticed RobBrindly was stationary at 191ft off your left side as you were approaching your first turn. I first thought (only maybe for a second or two) that he was on the ground at London City and then I thought the Thames would have one hell of a fall to get down to sea level and sure enough once you made yous turn he was North of you. Now I'm wondering which airport he was on the ground at!! Another great video from you. Well done.
Another great video. I've done a fair amount of night flying in the sim - not so much to see over sparsely populated areas and there's no moon, it can get pretty dark.
@@Huddison Another thing I noticed on the Xbox. If you park up somewhere and shut down the console when you return to MSFS the next time it has you parked up. Useful if you're hopping from one airport to another
I hope we get a tutorial on navigating without VOR or GPS. Only ADF and an RMI. Old school magic which saved many a pilot's life before technology marched onward.
I have an unrelated question. I noticed recently my flight sim keeps trying to download the same update. When you click on release notes it reads Error.. any idea how to fix this? I have sent a service ticket to their support team. Thank you!
What if you are to high above the glideslope? How do you know how high to be when you're trying to initially intercept the glideslope at a given airport? Typically 2'500' about the airport elevation height?
I tend to try to intercept the Glideslope at the recommended alt (this can differ depending which runway you're approaching), or fly under the GS, like in this video and wait for the indicator to start dropping.
@@Huddison Okay, how do I know what the recommended altitude is for a specific runway? Where will I find the maximum altitude so that I’m not to far above it?
You can set a button for 'Set Altimeter', which can be found under Instruments and Systems/Flight instruments. Or plug in a usb keyboard and press the 'B' key.
I don't what I'm doing wrong, I followed your instruction to the latter but I cant add any points to the flight, I tried adding SL27 to the route and nothing happened I tried other point with no luck. HELP.
Can you get the extra Nav points to show?
@@Huddison Yes, the extra nav point appear but when I click on ADD nothing happens. I tried adding London City as well, but again nothing happened, the nav line between Biggin Hill and Heathrow didn't move.
I have cracked it. This is what I did. In Assistance Options, I got into Navigation Aids, clicked on Routes and Waypoints and turned it to [ON] I have just successfully followed your flight. Thanks.
@@morgidvmw0mdv Ah brilliant David - I'll pin this in case others have issues.
Great Video! Night flying is indeed fun and challenging, especially around city scapes, but also in mountainous terrain on moonlit nights . Here are some things that have helped me.
First, set the heading bug to runway heading. Use the heading bug to stay on a straight out course until you are above the local obstructions. You don't want to drift into the control tower, water towers, mountains, etc. during take off.
Second, turn down the brightness of your instrument lighting, especially if you have a 'glass cockpit'. Some aircraft are so accurately modelled, bright instruments have reflected glare on the front window/windscreen. Quite annoying when trying to fly visually at night. Also viewing the instruments is easier when they are not too bright in a dark cockpit.
Finally, if flying through the clouds at night, the landing light can reflect off the clouds. This can cause a loss of 'night vision'. It can take a few minutes to regain your night vision sensitivity. Turn off the landing lights when in the clouds. Remember to turn them on again, especially on final. They will light up the runway surface so you can flare the aircraft more comfortably.
Yes we're just simming here, but why not sim actual real world flying conditions as much as possible.
Wonderful Tips & additions.
Night is probably my favourite time to fly if over populated areas, navigating via street lights is great fun :D
Places without light are better for daytime.
Absolutely Rafe.
I like the runway lights at night too.
Another really enjoyable and instructive video - thanks for posting.
Regards, Alasdair
Many thanks for commenting.
Another excellent video. I’ve probably got at least 300 of my total of approximately 800 total hours in msfs flying at night.
Oh wow, you must enjoy night flying?
@@Huddison I did it at first for an achievement, and realized it was kind of enjoyable, I do about 1/3 of my flights at night now.
@@Old_B52H_Gunner Yes I found it good too. Maybe I'll plan a future livestream event around nighttime flying.
Smithsonian channel has a program called Airline Disasters and they recently showed a flight into SKSP in the Caribbean. Night flight, heavy winds and rain, 737 came in short and broke up. Most survived so that was good. But the reason for the crash, besides poor training, was pilot disorientation due to near total darkness, aircraft lights on the heavy rain and no way for the pilot to get his bearings due to the lack of other nearby lighting. He also ignored or simply missed the PAPI lights. I thought I’d run a similar scenario in a more forgiving Twotter and sure enough, the runway just barely appears out of the clouds in time. I did use the PAPI lights and came in high but still had plenty of runway for the DHC-6. I can see why he had his problems…
That sounds quite terrifying. Night flying is certainly a good challenge.
Ah almost forgot night time can be fun at times and now am Discord member and Thank You for another Spot on Video
DO come flying with us soon Mike.
I noticed RobBrindly was stationary at 191ft off your left side as you were approaching your first turn. I first thought (only maybe for a second or two) that he was on the ground at London City and then I thought the Thames would have one hell of a fall to get down to sea level and sure enough once you made yous turn he was North of you. Now I'm wondering which airport he was on the ground at!! Another great video from you. Well done.
Thanks David, I'll have to look back over the footage to guesstimate his position.
Just had a look on Sky Vector and it possibly could have been Stapleford EGSG, but that's just a guess, if he was even at an airfield
Another great video. I've done a fair amount of night flying in the sim - not so much to see over sparsely populated areas and there's no moon, it can get pretty dark.
Thanks Dave. You really have to pay close attention to your flight instruments in situations like that (as you no doubt know).
Great video. Thanks
You are welcome.
I randomly found some difficult airport you and your crew can try, it's called "paro bhutan airport".
Thanks my friend, I'll look it up.
I like to fly around Florida USA at night, lots of lights and airports.
Sounds great; I'll have to check the area out.
Hudds ... Brilliant as per usual 😉. I presume the glideslope assistance only works on Localiser selection on CDI. Could you fly ordinary GPS ?
You could manually judge and land at London City, then obtain a Glideslope/path at Heathrow using GPS I have a video on that somewhere on my channel.
@@Huddison Unrelated but have sim rate up and down on a few buttons. Seems like lowest setting is less than normal ?
@@CanaryIrish If I understand what you mean there: you can make the sim run slower than 1x speed by decreasing the sim rate.
@@Huddison Yes … Handy for moving on the flight if in a hurry. Slowest setting seems slower than normal time
@@Huddison Another thing I noticed on the Xbox. If you park up somewhere and shut down the console when you return to MSFS the next time it has you parked up. Useful if you're hopping from one airport to another
I love doing night flights out of courchevel France 🥴
That sounds great.
I hope we get a tutorial on navigating without VOR or GPS. Only ADF and an RMI. Old school magic which saved many a pilot's life before technology marched onward.
Sounds like a good idea.
I have an unrelated question. I noticed recently my flight sim keeps trying to download the same update. When you click on release notes it reads Error.. any idea how to fix this? I have sent a service ticket to their support team. Thank you!
I've not experienced that myself (yet). Sounds like the sending of the ticket is possibly the best path for now.
I flew your course and noticed my Tower Bridge is only partially lighted whereas your is fully lit. Any idea why? Do you have an add on for London?
Yes I have London Landmarks by Orbx installed: ruclips.net/video/PwsUbWQsqkQ/видео.html
Where did you go to turn off ATC?
In assistance options\Piloting - turn ATC off in there.
What if you are to high above the glideslope? How do you know how high to be when you're trying to initially intercept the glideslope at a given airport?
Typically 2'500' about the airport elevation height?
I tend to try to intercept the Glideslope at the recommended alt (this can differ depending which runway you're approaching), or fly under the GS, like in this video and wait for the indicator to start dropping.
@@Huddison Okay, how do I know what the recommended altitude is for a specific runway? Where will I find the maximum altitude so that I’m not to far above it?
@@robertmixon8866 Video that will help you with that, coming over the next couple of days.
@@Huddison mega like 👍🙌
How do I reset the altitude before take off on x box?
You can set a button for 'Set Altimeter', which can be found under Instruments and Systems/Flight instruments.
Or plug in a usb keyboard and press the 'B' key.
@@Huddison Thank you James. I’m looking forward to doing flight later.