Beginners Mistakes with Commercial Jets in Microsoft Flight Simulator - and How to Avoid Them
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- Опубликовано: 22 фев 2022
- A guide to the most common mistakes people make when learning to fly the big jets in Microsoft Flight Simulator, and how to avoid then. Ever had the autopilot go nuts just after takeoff? Feel like the plan just goes out of control, and you can't do anything to stop it?
Most of the time it's because you were either not watching, not predicting what you needed to do next, or you were just too slow in reacting to what was happening - which then caused another situation to develop, and another, and another.
In this video I go through some common strategies to help you out - the most important of which are (a) make sure you can fly a GA aircraft first, (b) know where the important flight controls are, and (c) be able to get to the important controls quickly.
Lastly, and I will repeat this until the cows come home - practice, practice, practice, practice, practice. Don't just practice a perfect flight either - practice different situations being thrown at you. Imagine the approach mode button didn't engage - it's not so much "why didn't it engage" - it's "what are you going to do right now?"...
I hope you enjoy the video :)
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I've watched a lot of your videos and this, in my opinion, is one of your best. I've had the FBW A320 installed for a while now but haven't flown it much. After watching this video, I'm anxious to try it again. On a side note, I have spent time in GA aircraft and can, usually, get them in the air and back on the ground, but I find that I'm always nervous about turning off AP in the commercial airliners on approach. I usually let AP get the commercial jet over the runway threshold, then switch it off, drop the throttle to idle and hope for the best. It's usually at about that moment when I realize I forgot to map the thrust reversers. :-) Thanks for all the great content! Your channel is one of my favorite flight sim channels on RUclips.
I've been following your channel for a while now and have just stumbled across this video, as I'm having a go at the A320 at last. Brilliant! I've learned so much in the last hour. Many thanks.
Great to hear!
This is fabulous. I am so frustrated with the AP in the A320. I took off today hoping to do some practice ILS & RNAV approaches, but the damned plane ignored everyone I did and just insisted on screaming as fast as it could to more than 28k feet, regardless of how I POUNDED on the altitude key and V/S. Managed, selected, nothing would stop the plane from climbing. At this point I have a single successful ILS approach under my belt but nothing else. I am about ready to just go back to my Cessna 172. At least that works properly for me.
Thanks for this you have cleared up so much and taught me alot of things i ought to know
Outstanding. I will go through this step by step in the sim. Thanks.
Glad it helped
I only just discovered this channel today and the explanations are brilliant for newbies.
I'm going to do a flight plan like this to practise using the buttons. Will help me check things out and what does what. Thanks for the video.
Hi Jonathan!!! Another great video tutorial. Thank you. 😄
My pleasure!
p.s. ignore me talking about MAX vs TOGA in the Airbus - in the Airbus, TOGA *IS* MAX :)
What a great explanatory video. Thank you.
Glad it was helpful!
i found you a few weeks ago just the best content thank you so much :)
Wow, thanks!
You have once again made my decision to subscribe a happy and valuable one.
Great Video Jonathan thanks heaps. This is not a easy plane to fly when you generally only fly GA.
An absolutely brilliant video. The narration is a credit to you with clear and precise instructions, comments, etc. I hope you do not mind but I am using this video as a “Blueprint,” for my self tuition, if that makes sense.
Thank you for giving your time to pave the way.
I'm only learning just like everybody else :) Thanks for the feedback!
Thanks again.
Thanks again!
CHi Jonathan, can little navmap routes be shared? as would love to follow along with your routes to practice
This is exactly the tutorial video I’ve been searching for, thank you so much for this. I was under the assumption that the waypoints would tell the managed altitude which altitude to go to so you could just leave managed on and it would ascend/descend as necessary throughout the flight. However, from your video I’m starting to doubt that. Could you please explain whether or not the waypoints hold altitude information and if managed mode is able to decide it’s altitudes based only on the waypoints or not? By now, I'm pretty good at starting up from cold and dark and flying/landing the plane, but I have a lot to learn about navigation and autopilot!
You're talking about VNAV. Autopilot has a "Vertical Navigation" mode (VNAV) as well as "Lateral Navigation" (LNAV). If fully configured, in VNAV mode, the aircraft will climb and descend in line with the configured parameters :)
@@jonbeckett Thanks Jonathan. The question I have is what defines the 'configured parameters'? Do the waypoints contain all the altitudes required and the VNAV will transition to them, or is there always some manual input needed?
@@kingcrimson1631 SIDs and STARs are preconfigured - for the rest of the route the FMC will calculate numbers, but you can influence them too via the LEGS page.
Hi Jonathan,
me again, I have asked how to install the map mode for Little Navmap.
I like your explanations on the playing flight simulation and the idea using the mouse to do the instrument view, they are plain and easy to realize for a beginner, I have a question on the FBW 320 fly about the autopilot, there are no up and down arrows for managing and selected modes in FCU panel just a hand icon when I hovering the mouse, so the button has no push and pull motion, I use honeycomb bravo throttle quadrant, I am wandering if they are not compatible each other.
Hi James - just to confirm - have you selected "legacy mode" in the configuration screens? I suspect this may be what you are talking about , in terms of having difficulty controlling the various screens.
@@jonbeckett thank you for the quick reply, yes I found in the "options-general options-accessibility- cockpit interaction system--legacy, now I got the managing and selected arrows, there is one thing I have always a "LDG LT" on the check screen?
@@jamesshih99 its the landing lights - switches above the windscreen
@@jonbeckett ok got it.
Awesome video! Why was the altitude still showing like 350 but the radar was lower and on 0 basically has had landed?
Altitude shows above sea level. Radar altitude is above the ground.
@@jonbeckett doh! Obviously 🤣🤣🤣 thanks
After seeing your video I was wondering whether you were refering to yourself as a beginner, since there were several things that you oversaw/forgot or simply had wrong in your explanations?
Are you about to start mansplaining ? :) The point of the video was about configuring things quickly. If I made the video again today, it wouldn't even go near the systems - it would just say "real pilots fly the SID and approach themselves" :)
Hi
me again, I have recently got a problem that the APU master will automatically shut down and shows "fault", have you any idea? thank you.
The APU should not be left on all the time - so it could be that. Or you're out of fuel. It will very much depend on which version of the Airbus you're using, and your realism settings.
@@jonbeckett Thank you for the reply, I think it was my mistake the batteries are already on but I click it then it shows "off" which I didn't noticed, when I remove the "off" on the battery then APU becomes normal, well may be? I will see afterwards.
Jonathon, when I try to push the autopilot upper panel into "managed" mode, I get a hand not an arrow. It won't let me push or pull the know. Obviously I have done something wrong. Where did I screw up???
Do you have the controls set to "legacy" ? (the flight simulator defaults to a control config for the xbox)
@@jonbeckett Sorry I mis-spelled your name last time! I'm not sure if it's set to "legacy" or not. It says "default". How do I get it set to legacy??? I really appreciate your videos. They have been SUPER helpful!
Hi when ever I try to take off my plane keeps banking right. What should I do ?
Is it all planes or one in particular ?
@@jonbeckett Just my boing 777 200er and some times my a320 neo
@@theostanislaus7480 it shouldn't do that if you have all engines on. Try calibrating your hotas
Nice tutorial. We all make errors so don't be too upset but here's what you missed:
1. Failed to set max auto brakes and arm spoilers before take off.
2. Rotated about 40 knots too fast!
3. Retracted flaps too soon but no doubt due to excess rotate/v2 speed
4. Good circuit and nice recovery after losing Glide Slope
5. Busted Vref approach speed.
6. Forgot to set auto brakes and arm spoilers again for landing.
Still very useful tips though and nice tips about mouse speed around the cockpit.
Yes - I mentioned a couple of times I wasn't following absolutely everything. I intentionally rotated too fast - I was hoping to see overspeed appear, so I could talk about it - but still wasn't slow enough :) One day I will do an example "hands off flight" with all the correct procedures, using auto brakes, auto throttle, spoilers, etc all the way through. Thanks for the comment :)