E-Jets Family by X-Crafts | OFFICIAL DEMO FLIGHT TUTORIAL
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- Опубликовано: 22 июл 2024
- This is the official Demo Flight Tutorial for the E-Jets Family by X-Crafts
- Contents of this video -
00:00 - Introduction
01:38 - Other Tutorials
02:13 - Flight Plan
02:39 - Frequently Asked Questions
02:57 - Entering the Flight Plan
07:02 - Discontinuity
07:59 - RTE page and the FPL page
08:31 - Review your Flight Plan
09:14 - EFB: Weight & Balance
11:00 - EFB: Takeoff Performance
12:38 - FMS: Performance
15:50 - Loading V-Speeds
16:35 - Flaps & Trim Takeoff Setting
17:32 - Autopilot Settings
18:52 - Taxi
19:17 - Speed Management Guidelines
20:46 - Takeoff
26:00 - VNAV Level off
27:50 - PFD
29:24 - MFD
30:41 - Deleting a waypoint
31:53 - Adding a waypoint
32:40 - Climb
33:10 - Top Of Climb
35:10 - Direct To a Waypoint
35:56 - Cruise
37:22 - Top Of Descent
39:30 - EFB: Landing Performance
43:12 - Brief Cockpit Overview
44:24 - Tuning the ILS Frequency
45:17 - Descent Speed Management
46:50 - Descent
48:38 - Approach Preview Function
50:37 - Using older Avionics
51:07 - ILS Approach
57:50 - Landing
58:50 - Congrats!
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Hi! We are a team of aviation nerds and we have been developing regional jets for flight sims since 2013. Our universe revolves around flight simulation, and we do everything to make it an effortless and enjoyable experience. 
Игры
We the flight sim community are so proud of you and the team for being so dedicated to the project and staying so committed to it. We appreciate the time and effort that you have put into. It is a wonderful aircraft and a joy to fly.
Thank you for your detailed streams. They make life a lot easier.
Stay safe and well
Yours Faithfully
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Steve
This is an excellent tutorial. I had previously bought the version 2.5 of this aircraft but not complete a single flight with it due to the complexity of the FMC layout of the older model. I cannot wait to try this version out.
I had flown as a passenger on an E-190 last year for the first time and loved it. Can't wait to replicate the same flight on this version.
Thanks once again for your hard work.
Excellent overview my friend! I bought both the full sets today (can't wait until the ERJ's are updated) and the E-Jets in X-Plane 12 are superb.
Also you are a natural instructor! Keep up the good work!
Okay, I finally watched the whole video (which I should have done months ago) and now my failures from merely guessing what to do will be fewer : -)
Marko and Steve... What a fantastic job you've done with this project, it is so stunningly beautiful and now the notes I took while watching will help me do a better job. Thanks so much !
Fantastic! Thank you so much for that, I'm glad the dozens and dozens of hours that went into this video were helpful! If you feel like it, we would really appreciate if you could rate and write a review for the E-Jets in our Reviews topic. forums.x-plane.org/index.php?/forums/topic/280316-e-jets-family-user-reviews-impressions/
Mario your presentation is very thorough and professional. Thank you so much ❤
Hi Marko, I have see your demo flight E-Jets, great and many thanks.
Many many Thanks for this great Tutorial! 👍👍👍👍
These planes are great. I was able to put a pretty decent flight together from KBOS to KJFK on my very first try. The auto throttles caught me off guard on final but I was able to land manually and pretty well. It's actually a relatively easy plane to fly. Now to rewatch and take copious notes so I can actually get good at it. Thanks for making such a great product.
I love yo hear that, thanks so much! Enjoy!
X-plane 12 is for simulation.MSFS is for Gamer's.
So tired of this notion. Flight simulators are what you make of them. You can do barrel rolls in x plane and do extremely realistic commercial ops in msfs. And the flight model of a plane is up to the devs, not the sim. Fenix block 2 is extremely realistic with the physics according to real a320 pilots
Great tutorial!! I have to admit I had some issues but ,and I haven't seen any comments, the way I fixed them was through SkunCraft updates (and paying attention to the writtren tutorial as well) It found I had some missing files. To the point I made it all the way and didn't crash on landing!! Also I don't have the FMS/Man click point but all seemed to work well.Thanks for a great vid.
Hi Marko
Thank you for this right to the point flight tutorial.
After watching this tutorial I have been able to fly the
E-Jets to a certain level of efficiency.
Also thank you for the hard work to bring out close to perfection model.
Can’t wait for the next update that I hope will include many
other functions to make this
model even better.
At this point I am not going to list my wishes because I don’t want to disturb your future plans.
Looking forward to the next update which I am sure will be soon
Thanks
Hey Joseph! I'm really glad you found this tutorial helpful and that you were able to get the hang of the E-Jets! Our next version v1.1.0 is taking longer than our previous ones, because it will be packed with many new features! If you haven't yet, you can read our development update here: www.xcrafts.com/news/march-development-update
The release will still need some time since I have my wedding coming up in a month, but we will soon start beta testing! So it shouldn't take too long.
Thanks so much for your support!
very cool
27:10 What was up with the N1 and EGT when you clicked FL CHG?
Also when you were on the LOC/GS the plane was pitching up and down too much. Is that fixed with .02?
The ongoing changes to the XP12 flight model make it difficult for us to fine tune the engines, as Laminar Research keeps changing the flight model, which then breaks what we have done. However, the N1 and EGT was improved in v1.0.2 and it is part of an ongoing effort to improve it as X-Plane 12 becomes more stable. This doesn't happen in XP11.
There were some flight model improvements made recently which should also improve the pitch on final approach. This would be available in v1.0.3.
I hope this helps!
@@xcrafts_development Love the reply! I bought the whole family so I'm excited to try it tonight.
@@xcrafts_development Also, if I miss setting the altitude before TOD, is there ANYWAY it will follow the path? I tried and I could only do FPA mode or FL Change mode. Both modes did not follow the path and kept plummeting at 8,000 FPM.
Great job on this update! I noticed the flight director did not follow the vertical path on descent and after glideslope capture. It just kind of hovered above where it should be. Is that a glitch or a feature? Thanks.
Thanks for your kind words! The FD was actually a bug in v1.0.0. But this is now fixed and it is exactly on the green plane symbol where it needs to be
You should do a go around, i just bought it and the plane did not perform the go around as expected, and could not reprogram the fms for another approach.
Great tutorial, only two question for dummies, I’m new on embraer.. you have to disconnect autopilot from yoke or it disconnect auto when reach the right point? And second there isn’t speed brake arm correct? I have to pull once touch the ground. Thanks! Love this aircraft
Hey! You have to disconnect the autopilot yourself, I don't think any plane would know when to disconnect it automatically :) If you have a joystick or any hardware,
There is no Speed brake arming, because the E-Jets have an automatic speedbrake auto deploy system. So you don't need to do anything, the speedbrakes will deploy automatically.
@@xcrafts_development thanks!!!
It'd be great to add a video on how to fly a manual hold in the aircraft for those of us who like to like to participate in Friday night flights on Vatsim.
I am brand new to the E175 - but I imagine you can fly the hold ( the old fashion way ). CRS to track inbound , make note of your WCA - on the inbound leg , standard turn once you cross the fix , then fly the outbound leg with the reciprocal angle +\- WCA , And then turn around at the appropriate DME , to track the inbound leg.
Oh and don’t forget your entries ,
Said the VFR pilot who knows nothing about IFR :)
@@Snailmale7 Curious, have you ever been on Vatsim on a Friday night when there's 100+ inbound flights and 15-20 planes flying various published holds for 2 or 3 circuits? I fully agree with your "by the book" procedure but as a controller, many pilots can't even fly a hold properly when they can program it into a FMC. So that's all I was alluding to, this add-on lacks something that many payware aircraft have, even many free ones, so it might not be the worst idea to show what you've done a great job of explanation in this particular add-on.
Hey! Which freeware aircraft have Holds? I'd love to reach out to the developers and maybe that would help us learn how we could implement them without using the default X-Plane FMS.
@@xcrafts_development Are you familiar with the Zibo mod? Has holds, flies them quite well!
@@softreset82 unfortunately we can't just take a piece of his code and put it in our jets, but I will reach out to him to see if he would be willing to help us, thanks!
Do you need to not have an axis bind for speed brakes for auto deployment?
Correct, if you want the speedbrakes to autodeploy, you should set the speed brake axis on your hardware to "Do nothing" and just use it in the cockpit with my mouse pointer or with the keys on the keyboard.
What is the small crosshair you are moving with the mouse cursor on takeoff?
I used a mouse to fly instead of a joystick, and that's how you operate the planes in X-Plane :)
I wonder how your autopilot in this video actually is able to manage the speed properly, all other videos of this plane and on my sim too it just keeps accelerating and idling.
I have also noticed that after a certain new version of X-Plane 12, but that behaviour should be improved to be much more stable in v1.0.2 which was released a few days ago :)
Where to get CRZ winds on simbrief OFP? Thanks
Im not sure where it would be on simbrief, probably in the Dispatch docs. But you can also find wings on the X-Plane map. Just select the wind visualization of the winds for your altitude on the right hand side
Was this an autoland? Did you do anything when landing that we couldn't see, like reducing power? What would a manual landing be like? Do I just disconnect AP and A/T?
Hi! This was a manual landing. All you need to do is disconnect the autopilot when you hear MINIMUMS, and then pull the throttles back to idle when you are 50 to 30ft above the ground. No need to disconnect AT, it gets disconnected automatically.
@@xcrafts_development Thanks a lot! I condensed your 1 hour video on five A4 pages to create my custom checklists. I did have your old E175 and E195, so I'm not a complete stranger to the plane but some things have changed. Regional jets are awesome! Thank you for your work and support!
@@padagrad64 Good! And you can always find the written version oof the Demo Flight here: www.xcrafts.com/ejets-family/demo-flight. Thank you for your support!
Hi Marko . Your project is very, very cool . I bought this plane (Embraer E170) and I was very surprised by the quality :) If compare your old E175&E195 and new E-jets, I want to say that your team have very big progress :) . Keep developing , and it will be a must have . I want to say this was my first purchase of an aircraft, and I was satisfied. Yeah , and I have one question, I checked the FMS docs on a real Embraer E170, and compared the FMS in the new Embraer E170 of your project, will you improve the FMS, because the new Embraer FMS is missing a couple of parts. Good Luck !
Hi Bonka! Thanks so much and I'm realy honored that you decided to buy our plane as your first payware! The real FMS has many pages, many of which would do things that cannot be simulated in a simulator like X-Plane. So while we cannot implement every single page of the real FMS, we will definitely keep improving and adding new pages which will bring new functionality over time :)
@@xcrafts_development Thank you! Oh , I forgot to ask will you add green dot speed on speed tape ?
- when VNAV (FLCH) is supposed to engage automatically mine usually just kinda kicks off and that FLCH box is empty lol… works fine if i re - engage it. Any ideas? Followed the vid to a tee. (E175)
Hi, it's possible that you're encountering a bug where FLCH doesn't engage at 1200ft if the autopilot wasn't engaged BELOW 1200ft. This has now fixed and it will be shipped in the next few weeks in v1.0.3. In the meantime, you can get around it by enngaging the autopilot below 1200ft. I hope that helps!
@@xcrafts_development roger that thank you!
Question,
I saved a flight mid air, I failed to do some mode selection turning final, and wanted to go back and have another go. When I loaded the saved flight, the FMS dumped all its data requiring me to completely reprogram the FMS midair not far from the ILS. Did I do something wrong or are we unable to save a flight with a preloaded FMS flight plan? I used rewind previously, but it crashed, was hoping I could just save it instead (I am NOT an expert at xplane)
The X-Plane "Save Flight" option only saves the parameters that X-Plane sets and provides, like position, speed, altitude, weather etc. It cannot save the state of our plugins, systems or FMS. So in other words, loading a saved flight with a preloaded FMS is not possible.
@@xcrafts_development fair enough. To be fair, the real life sim does the same.
@@xcrafts_development any tips/ suggestions / insights on how to stop the cockpit MFD etc displays from being blurry in VR, you have to get quite close to see it clearly? This includes the iPad. I have tweaked every single graphics setting back and forward and only found marginal differences. (Xplane 12, RTX 2080).
@@ibsn87 Try this: www.xcrafts.com/how-to-fix-blurry-displays-in-xplane-12
@@xcrafts_development Thank you so much for this! I thought X-plane 12 was hopeless! And wondering why nobody else was complaining about the blurriness. You just solved a long-standing problem for me!
At around minute 16:50 you set the trim 3.5 up but the video hesitated without showing how you actually set it. Could you elaborate on this. My trim will keep moving. What am I dong wrong? So excited for the E-Jets. A Christmas gift from the family 💝❤Thank You X-CRAFTS
You should just use your joystick buttons or keyboard keys that you have assigned to TRIM 😊
Thanks so much ,problem solved. You reached out and answered my questions within minutes. I have the E-JETS Family and I’m stoked!!
Amazing
hi, in xplane11 i started the sim with engines on already on runway. the pfd says "pull up" in a red box. is this a bug? in xp12 it didn't do that. the entire flight that "pull up" stayed on.
That is most likely the Terrain Radar plugin. Can you try to remove it and see if it still happens? If that fixes it, then amke sure you are using the latest tversion of the Terrain Radar plugin, one that is still comaptible with XP11.
@@xcrafts_development got it to work thanks... but in xp12 there are always problems with vnav and glideslope. i've tried landing at lga, buf, pit, ind etc... most of the times the plane misses tod and won't descend unless i click flch? i've followed your tutorial and it's supposed to descend on its own? i made sure every step is correct to the tutorials on youtube including yours. the glideslope only successfully captured once but it was in xp11 to lga. not sure if it's worth the expensive price tag. i had no issues flying toliss a320 neo when it was released, no bugs or anything like that. perfect vnav and ils capture. sorry to say but this plane needs work.
@@AllThingsAviation Interesting, we haven't had anyone else report issues with the descent, so I'm sure we'll be able to figure it out. Please answer the following questions:
1. Do you see the deviation scale show up? (This can be seen at 37:29)
2. Did you lower the altitude *before* you reached TOD? (37:53)
3. Did you ever see the plane go to PTH? (This can all be seen at 38:22)
Btw you were talking about VNAV and glideslope. Are you talking about two different things, or are you referring to the descent path when talking about Glide Slope? Glideslope is only an autopilot mode that is associated with an ILS landing, it is not connected to VNAV in any way, so I'm not sure if you are talking about descending from TOD, or descending to the runway, or both.
@@xcrafts_development yes I was talking about 2 different things, most flights I’ve done the glideslope didn’t capture. Only once successfully in xp11, localizer captures without issues. I use FAA charts for approaches. I will fly more and report back but I’m sure I’ve followed the tutorials correctly. I’ve only done about 5 or 6 flights so far.
@@AllThingsAviation We are using just pure X-Plane localizer and glideslope functions, so if it works on the default 737 and you followed the procedures and steps from the tutorial, there should really be nothing stopping you from capturing the glideslope. Those functions are hard coded in X-Plane 11 and X-Plane 12, so there is nothing we can do to them in order to make capture more or less. Please do let me know how your next flights will go!
Btw, did you fly the full route of the demo flight?
ILS landings are pretty straightforward, all you have to do is make sure:
- You are aligned with the runway properly
- You are below the glide slope
-You manage your speed correctly
-You have the correct frequency entered
-You have pressed APP on the guidance panel
-and then press V/L to set NAV1/NAV2 as the autopilot source
The autopilot will take care of the rest!
Is their no TCAS yet? Or is that supposed to be greyed out?
TCAS is implemented, you enable it on the FMS RADIO page and you wil see it on the map. Additionally, if you hide the VSD, the bottom section of the MFD will be replaced with a closer dedicated TCAS visualization. The TCAS button on the map would just allow additional TCAS settings which we do not currently have.
@@xcrafts_development Gotcha. Thanks!
NIce job! These aircraft have nothing to envy to their older brothers Boeing or Airbus...
Beautiful plane !
Will Speed FMS be implemented soon ?
Real ejet pilot here 😊
Their site says its being worked on :)
I hate that more and more sim planes are being released incomplete
Hi! We have already developed most of the logic however this feature wasn't reliable enough so we decided to not include it in the release version because any incorrect speed input can cause erratic VNAV behavior. This feature will be added as soon as it is developed fully and it is one of our highest priorities. :)
@@bigfootaviation8497 No software in the world can be released 100% complete because it is impossible to include everything from the getgo. That's why you have updates on your phone, on your apps, or in X-Planne, and the same will be with us. Think of an iPhone 1 and iPhone 14. It's all about progress one step at a time. FMS speed is great, but not absolutely crucial because the user can simply manage their speeds manually like on all the other planes, therefore we decided to only make it available once we are really sure that it works correctly, rather than shipping an incomplete feature.
@@bigfootaviation8497 Some of us have been following the development of these planes via their multitude of comms avenues and we know they really wrestled with the decision of when to release. I for one and super glad to support their work, get them paid for the 3 years they already put into it and enjoy the updates as they come. They've VERY TRANSPARENT of what's been going on and what's to come.
I don't know if other people are having the same issues with the plane, but mine, before the Top of Descent (TOD), I change the knob to the altitude (to start descent) but the plane simply don't start the descent path. What's wrong? I don't even hear the chime 1 minute before the TOD. If someone is having the same issues, please, comment below here and help me.
Hi David, we'll be very happy to help but please come and talk to us in our Tech Support forum forums.x-plane.org/index.php?/forums/topic/280194-e-jets-family-tech-support/ And share your whole flight plan and attach the 3 following files: the Log.txt, Log_X-Crafts_CURRENT_FLIGHT_PLAN.txt and Log_X-Crafts_main_debug.txt after your experience this issue.
In general, if you have set the FMS right, if you entered all the necessary information on the PERFORMANCE INIT Pages of the FMS and you are in VNAV (magenta ALT in crusie) the plane should always start descending on its own, so there must be a step that was missed in your flow.
Please do come to our tech support and we'll be happy to help you. Cheers!
@@xcrafts_development I'll try to do a new fly following all the steps, and then, if it still not working, i'll contact forum support. Thank you for your fast and good answer.
Will there be an update for xplane11 users?
There will be several updates for XP11 for some time, probably aroudn 6 months.
My aircraft dont have EFB. How can i get ?
Are you using the paid version of the E-Jets, by X-Crafts? The free version does not have an EFB.
@@xcrafts_development ok.
I'm using freeware
How can I update the airrac?
I assume you're referring to the fact that the FMS now suddenly shows that the nav data is from 2021. The last Navigraph AIRAC has shipped without the file that we've been using to define what version of the AIRAC it is, so the FMS now shows the date for the default X-Plane data. This is an issue with many 3rd party add-ons now. However don't worry, it still uses the latest AIRAC that you have installed. So just update the way you normally would. In v1.0.3, we will fix the AIRAC version readout on the FMS to reflect this change.
I silently and patiently follow this product since 2020, now don't get me wrong but I am fairly disappointed. After almost 3 years no holding mode, no fms speed mode? I mean, modelling-wise it looks great and all, but for its price I expected a bit more than this
Hi Alex, We have already developed most of the logic for FMS speed, however this feature wasn't reliable enough so we decided to not include it in the release version because any incorrect speed input can cause erratic VNAV behavior. This feature will be added as soon as it is developed fully, which should be relatively soon.
Unfortunately, although holds and procedural are available through the default X-Plane FMS, those functions are not accessible to us, unlike all the other autopilot modes in X-Plane that we can and do utilize. So that means that we would have to create a fully custom implementation of those procedures, which are complex problems to solve. If it was something straightforward, we would have definitely added it already, but since it would definitely take a few months to develop fully, we are prioritizing other more sought-after features by the community.
@@xcrafts_development Thanks for reaching out!
I can see you’re point, and I can see that you put a lot of effort in the product - altough it is a bit immature; I’m sure in the end it will be a must-have in a simmer’s hangar (full-series buyer here)
What password do I need for a preview of the plane?
No password needed, just download it here: www.xcrafts.com/free-preview :)
@@xcrafts_development then I get a grey page with a square in the middle with „Password“
@@rangi75rehua sorry for that, try now
will this complexity come to MSFS as well?
most likely no, unfortunately
overpriced
For a quality add-on like this, constant updates promised/coming, outstanding communication from the X-Crafts team, and full-on tutorial videos, I disagree. If this was released half-a**ed at this price, no communication/support from the dev, no updates coming, etc then of course this would be overpriced, but I was happy to pay for this to support X-Crafts and their future moves. They actually listen to feedback from simmers. Just look at the responses above - how many flight sim devs are helping simmers troubleshoot through RUclips video comments? Nothing is ever perfect, but they get an A+ in my book for this and can have my $$$ for what we have now and what's to come! Great job, X-Crafts!