Great Vid!!! I love the autopilot work. Thanks. But I think the standard procedure for a stabilized approach in a typical 172 is to reduce power to around 1800 rpm. Slow to white arc. 10% flaps. Trim for 70 knots. Then more flaps and trim to 65 knots. Once you have stabilized approach, small adjustments in power will control rate of decent.
I'm new to this, but I want to go for realistic procedures and flights... what resource would you use to find out specific information (i.e. RPM, speeds) for a specific aircraft? Does X-Plane come with this documentation? Thanks in advance!
Great ! I am a complete newbie at simulators,(although I have lost count of the number of real-world flights over the years) but jumped in the deep end and purchased xP 11. You have a new subscriber...I now have to kill a few hours looking at your other videos.
Thanks for the video. Just getting back in the air after 17 years off and I'm going to use Xplane11 to refamiliarize with the aircraft/navigation, etc.
Me, too. I'm only at the step to get the X-Plane acquired and set up with controls. Meanwhile I'm flying with the mouse pad and it is a major pain. But, learning all of this equipment and the models/features that I would hope to be in an aircraft that I purchase and of course to prep for an all new IFR rating. How is your venture going?
I think that your flaps normally broke away at 115kts. You have to stay within the white arc wich is the flaps operatin speed. So, first set the speed in the white arc, then lower the flaps.
@@thicc800ty No offense...but both you guys are wrong... go to, Section 2 Limitations, Cessna POH, page 2-1... 110 KIAS flaps 10. I extend 10 flaps when I do standard rate procedure turns etc. Gives one a little extra stall speed comfort zone.
lol noobs landing with flaps. Haven't you watched Airforceproud95? Proper landing procedure is firewall it into the runway. Failing that, the next best option is to stall half way down the runway from 100ft.
Hey love your videos. They have given me the head start that I needed to really get into X-Plane 11 in a big way. I have, however, run into an odd issue that you might be able to shed some light on. When I land using the method demonstrated here, the autopilot consistently brings me in to the right of the runway. I appear to be dead on with the glide slope and everything works perfectly but without exception, I have to take manual control and steer back to the left in order to hit the runway. I tried it five times today since watching your video - even replicating your scenario and everything went just as it did in the video except that I was heading for the grass to the immediate right of the runway. Same thing when did it on 33R at Pearson.
Synch your directional gyro to your compass. Also, you need to set your OBS to the runway heading. Note that this video is a year or more old and does not reflect updates to X-Plane (which now mimics the real-world AP).
Very clear and helpful tutorial, I'm a total beginner trying to learn and this has helped me get started, thx a lot you've earned a sub. I'll be checking out your other videos too.
I'm glad that you already know your stuff before making instruction videos. I've wasted countless hours watching people fumble through the menus while they learn how to use the sim. Good job, I'll keep watching yours. BTW, I have FSC9 and am wondering if there is a way to convert their PLN files to FMS.
. Tony Merlot Sadly, you will need a pretty beefy computer..Need NVidia GTX 1080 to even begin to get a decent frame rate. XP 11 reflections are a real drain and you can't turn them off. I still use XP 10.5... works fine for Instrument flying... etc.
Jason, nice job on the instruction. I would like to provide a memory aid pilots use in aircraft as well as simulators. Aviate, navigate and communicate, Aviate, your first responsibility is to fly the aircraft, stay within the flight limitations of the aircraft. Navigate, fly the heading, altitude and airspeed, Communicate is last on the list. The overhead view on the chart shows the localizer, a part of the ILS system, and the normal approach speed for an instrument approach in a Cessna 172 would be 70K. Of course if you have a 757 behind you, approach control will ask you to be pick up your speed if possible. More than once I flew ILS approaches above normal cruise A/S. A good setting for cruise power in level flight on a standard day (29.92 hg and 15 C) is around 2500 RPM. While discussing the autopilot and leveling off at 2500 ft. you hit redline on the tach. Your flaps would not have broken away because your A/S was above 115K, there is a huge safety factor that goes into the design of these aircraft but it brings me back to Aviate, Navigate and then communicate.. Hope this helps you out on any future videos, keep up the good work on explaining things to new sim pilots.
What I do is use VS to get to the target altitude, then I zero it as it gets to the desired height. Then I switch to ALT. Then there's no problem with the VS dial setting throwing your altitude off if you have to switch back to it. More importantly, when you're using ALT, any change in the altimeter settings will not throw off your altitude. If you leave it on VS, a big change in the altimeter setting will have you at the wrong altitude and the ATC is liable to get on your case.
Fantastic really informative and slow and easy to understand can’t thank you enough. Some shortcut assignment buttons would be good for the stick rgds M
You are correct about the dangers of using Vertical Speed for autopilot ascents. I use FLC for ascents, and Vertical Speed for descents only. This helps mitigate the risk of stalling on an ascent. When you get distracted (and you will someday), the vertical speed autopilot on the ascent will put you into a stall. Don't do it if you want to follow best practices, and not die.
Glad I googled this. I didnt know the steam gauge 172 even had an autopilot. I've put about 50 hours in to that plane on the sim and did it all by hand. Didnt even see the box below the transponder.
Love your video - a great way to learn about the X-plane autopilot. However, I think you might have lost your flaps at around 11:30 - IRL we have to lower the speed until the white arc before extending flaps. Also, the engine might not enjoy running at full RPM the entire time ;-)
I'm brand new to flight Sims and X Plane 11, so your instructional videos have really helped take the frustration out of the steep learning curve. What monitor size and resolution do you use?
Thanks for the video Jason. The AP in the Airfoil Labs 172sp is far superior and more realistic B/K KAP 140. The default AP in X-plane 172 has a annoying searching wobble at times, and as you mentioned the "alt" function is goofy. For $35 it is well worth it. The AFL 172sp only has 430, but in the real world you will not train in a 172sp with both 530 and 430, or Garmin 1000 glass, it would cost too much. The 430 and 530 work almost identical anyways. BTW I don't work for AFL. Would be nice to see your videos with AFL 172sp, Also....nice to see XP 11 with LPV approach...finally... As a "thank You" for your videos you can download the POH for Cessna 172sp from my site for free. It has an "linked" TOC PDF etc. FYI and others the FE speed limitations are 110 KIAS with 10degree of flaps. Check out POH Section 2 Limitations, page 2-4. One way to end the debate about any procedure is the POH. I noticed quite a few are wrong about FE flaps 10 in this comment section. Go to free www.cloudniner.org Also I have linked TOC on all the free FAA manuals and they are free to download on my site... Thanks Again
This auto pilot approach to Toronto. Was it all the way to wheels down or did you like so many others go manual at the end? I have to say your tutorials are by far the best.
great video i am new to plane and would like to know how to start my flight from the same position each flight for example how do i rapidly reload my position like say a 3 mile final to the same airport to practice approach and landing. thanks much
Trim is the poor man's autopilot 😃 . The C152 I trained on, to get my PPL was extremely bare-bones. Most of the 172s at my flight school don't have an AP either.
How do you disengage the autopilot when you cancel IFR? OK, I just found the answer I was looking for. The disengage button is the red button on the yoke. I have to give these tutorials a 9 out of 10 because small details like this are omitted.
Hi, I have XPlane 11 and did the same procedure as you did and the 172 landed on the highway. When I put the 172 , 10Km from the runway it is pointing to around 60 deg radial. Not like your plane did pointing towards 80 deg radial. What is wrong with my system.
Thank you Jason, very, very informative. Is there a way to set the altitude via the dial on the gage, let’s say 3000 feet ? Can that be dialed in having the plane climb to that preset altitude, then autopilot it to hold that height ?
Good vid!! I saw you've turned the AP off at the final approach, but when to turn that off and why? Why can't we land the plane just using AP but no manual controls?
When setting up your navigation and you put in the destination airport, Will that line you up directly with the airport OR will it line you up with a landing ILS path? I'm guessing it will not line you up? In which case, what is the normal practice to use the navigation so that when setting a destination, you enter in on a route that's already lined up with an ILS on your desired runway? Thanks for the great videos!
Question for you, I set up the GPS to fly from 36U- small airport in Utah to KSLC, when I take off, I set the Rate of Ascent to 500FPM, and select autopilot, I also select GPS on the glare shield however after about 10 seconds the AP keeps disengaging any idea what I'm doing wrong?
tnx for very intuitive Vid I'm trying to practice ILS approaches, but the instrument significantly deviate my little C172 from the RWAY. Any ideas ????
Great explanation! I do have a question though... I tuned the nav 1 radio to the VOR frequency, set to NAV then once in the air set the autopilot to NAV. I just kept going in the same direction and the autopilot did not correct the course to the VOR that was set. Then turned off the NAV on the autopilot and flew a circle to see if the needle would center once I was pointed in the right direction and they did not move. Is there one more step after entering in the VOR freq to set it in the system?
Helpful for figuring out the A/P's "switch-ology". It would have helped to mention "decision height" and when you disconnected from the A/P (found it sliding back and forth in the video);
Great video but .... when I tried and ILS landing at Toronto City Ctr (ie in video), I wrote down and followed your steps, flew into the ILS triangle and did not acquire the VLoc signal thus the plane did not follow the signal down to a landing. What am I missing? (I can post the steps I followed if needed)
![X-Plane 11 - Cessna 172 Autopilot [updated]](http://i.ytimg.com/vi/EHBK10PCPgc/mqdefault.jpg)
Man I know this vid is 7 years old but you're so clear and concise, thank you!
Great explanation again, thanks Jason. I am learning how to use X-Plane 11 by your videos. Keep up the great work.
Great job Jason, best & simplest ILS approach explanation for x-plane ever!
Excellent training. Just learning to fly. This was so helpful and you are an EXCELLENT trainer.
Excellent, as usual. I’m trying to master instrument flying in X-Plane so keep em coming please.
Great Vid!!! I love the autopilot work. Thanks. But I think the standard procedure for a stabilized approach in a typical 172 is to reduce power to around 1800 rpm. Slow to white arc. 10% flaps. Trim for 70 knots. Then more flaps and trim to 65 knots. Once you have stabilized approach, small adjustments in power will control rate of decent.
Thanks. I will try to use those tips for my next landing.
I'm new to this, but I want to go for realistic procedures and flights... what resource would you use to find out specific information (i.e. RPM, speeds) for a specific aircraft? Does X-Plane come with this documentation? Thanks in advance!
One of the best explanations on RUclips. Thanks a lot!
Your tutorials are great Jason, thanks a lot!
Thank you Jason, learned a lot from this video, great job, now on to more of your video's,
lot to learn yet!
A great video lesson, Jason. I am learning a lot from your videos. Congratulations for the objective, clear instructions. A+
Nicely done. Very clear explanations and commentary. Looking forward to future videos.
Just started using X-plane 11, your video helped a lot on some question I had . Even after studying the manual .
Just great ...you combine the NAV features tutorial with the NAV ingredients that X plane 11 offers....very helpfull
thank you Jason -- I'm new to flying and this is the clearest, best video I've found on youtube. Great work!
Thank you for this video. It is one of the best I have seen till know.
thank you for showing us this, ive been looking for a tutorial for ages!!
Great ! I am a complete newbie at simulators,(although I have lost count of the number of real-world flights over the years) but jumped in the deep end and purchased xP 11. You have a new subscriber...I now have to kill a few hours looking at your other videos.
Nice video. Thanks for the walk through. Very thorough.
Great vid I will try this flight later . I'm new to xplane and your vids are fantastic. And clearly spoken .
Seems like everytime I view your videos I learn something new, thanks
Very helpful tutorial/overview. Thanks!
Thanks for the video. Just getting back in the air after 17 years off and I'm going to use Xplane11 to refamiliarize with the aircraft/navigation, etc.
Me, too. I'm only at the step to get the X-Plane acquired and set up with controls. Meanwhile I'm flying with the mouse pad and it is a major pain. But, learning all of this equipment and the models/features that I would hope to be in an aircraft that I purchase and of course to prep for an all new IFR rating. How is your venture going?
I think that your flaps normally broke away at 115kts. You have to stay within the white arc wich is the flaps operatin speed. So, first set the speed in the white arc, then lower the flaps.
Flaps 10 can be deployed under 100 kts btw
@@thicc800ty No offense...but both you guys are wrong... go to, Section 2 Limitations, Cessna POH, page 2-1... 110 KIAS flaps 10. I extend 10 flaps when I do standard rate procedure turns etc. Gives one a little extra stall speed comfort zone.
VFE (Maximum Flap Extension Speed) is 110 KIAS for 10 degrees of flaps only. More than 10 degrees of flaps requires no more than 85 KIAS
lol noobs landing with flaps. Haven't you watched Airforceproud95? Proper landing procedure is firewall it into the runway. Failing that, the next best option is to stall half way down the runway from 100ft.
Very Useful video, well explained and easy to follow
Very informative video regarding use of navigation. Thank you
Thanks - I learned a lot from your video. Keep up the great work.
Finally an explanation! Thanks great info
Great and very well explained video. I learned a lot from this. Thanks.
Excellent basic description of A/P usage and interaction.
Note that this AP behavior does not mimic real-world, and that updates to the A/P were made with X-Plane 11.25 that now reflect real-world.
That was a very clear and helpful tutorial form so thanks you.
Extremely helpful video, thank you
Great Video , Great Explanation! Thanks
Hey love your videos. They have given me the head start that I needed to really get into X-Plane 11 in a big way. I have, however, run into an odd issue that you might be able to shed some light on. When I land using the method demonstrated here, the autopilot consistently brings me in to the right of the runway. I appear to be dead on with the glide slope and everything works perfectly but without exception, I have to take manual control and steer back to the left in order to hit the runway. I tried it five times today since watching your video - even replicating your scenario and everything went just as it did in the video except that I was heading for the grass to the immediate right of the runway. Same thing when did it on 33R at Pearson.
Synch your directional gyro to your compass. Also, you need to set your OBS to the runway heading. Note that this video is a year or more old and does not reflect updates to X-Plane (which now mimics the real-world AP).
Very clear and helpful tutorial, I'm a total beginner trying to learn and this has helped me get started, thx a lot you've earned a sub. I'll be checking out your other videos too.
Thank you very much for your helpful video! I found it very useful!
welldone,the best tutriol I've seen on YT,thanks.玩X-PLANE11的大家努力。
Love your shared video very much. I'm learning much more
Very well explained, thanks!
Very Great, Jason. Thank you.
Excellent, exactly what I was looking for... liked and subbed.
This was very helpful thank you!
I already knew sort of how to use it but this helped a bit thanks!
I'm glad that you already know your stuff before making instruction videos. I've wasted countless hours watching people fumble through the menus while they learn how to use the sim. Good job, I'll keep watching yours.
BTW, I have FSC9 and am wondering if there is a way to convert their PLN files to FMS.
THIS! So many people learn while making a tutorial.... which is just crazy
I concur...one day I'll have xp11 and will be looking for clear and concise flying lessons...that will be you!☺
. Tony Merlot Sadly, you will need a pretty beefy computer..Need NVidia GTX 1080 to even begin to get a decent frame rate. XP 11 reflections are a real drain and you can't turn them off. I still use XP 10.5... works fine for Instrument flying... etc.
I never understood this, it's actually really easy. Thanks
great clear video .. thanks so much
This is really helpful. Thanks capt
Great Vid. tnx for bringing it to us
thanks for these lessons, I can use them well in XPlane 12 👍😋
Thanks dude, that was a ton of help! :)
Nice landing enjoyed your video
very nice video and explanation thank you
very straight fwd.....really good
Jason, nice job on the instruction. I would like to provide a memory aid pilots use in aircraft as well as simulators. Aviate, navigate and communicate, Aviate, your first responsibility is to fly the aircraft, stay within the flight limitations of the aircraft. Navigate, fly the heading, altitude and airspeed, Communicate is last on the list. The overhead view on the chart shows the localizer, a part of the ILS system, and the normal approach speed for an instrument approach in a Cessna 172 would be 70K. Of course if you have a 757 behind you, approach control will ask you to be pick up your speed if possible. More than once I flew ILS approaches above normal cruise A/S. A good setting for cruise power in level flight on a standard day (29.92 hg and 15 C) is around 2500 RPM. While discussing the autopilot and leveling off at 2500 ft. you hit redline on the tach. Your flaps would not have broken away because your A/S was above 115K, there is a huge safety factor that goes into the design of these aircraft but it brings me back to Aviate, Navigate and then communicate.. Hope this helps you out on any future videos, keep up the good work on explaining things to new sim pilots.
awesome video for autopilot
What I do is use VS to get to the target altitude, then I zero it as it gets to the desired height. Then I switch to ALT. Then there's no problem with the VS dial setting throwing your altitude off if you have to switch back to it. More importantly, when you're using ALT, any change in the altimeter settings will not throw off your altitude. If you leave it on VS, a big change in the altimeter setting will have you at the wrong altitude and the ATC is liable to get on your case.
Thanks, nice vid. i learned a lot.
Fantastic really informative and slow and easy to understand can’t thank you enough. Some shortcut assignment buttons would be good for the stick rgds M
You are correct about the dangers of using Vertical Speed for autopilot ascents. I use FLC for ascents, and Vertical Speed for descents only. This helps mitigate the risk of stalling on an ascent. When you get distracted (and you will someday), the vertical speed autopilot on the ascent will put you into a stall. Don't do it if you want to follow best practices, and not die.
Nice job,Jason Vriends
Great video!
Nice video, thanks!
very helpful - thank you
Nice job! Thanks.
great explanation
Awesome tutorial!
i like your guide thx.
Glad I googled this. I didnt know the steam gauge 172 even had an autopilot. I've put about 50 hours in to that plane on the sim and did it all by hand. Didnt even see the box below the transponder.
thanks man it helped me out on xplane 10 mobile
Love your video - a great way to learn about the X-plane autopilot. However, I think you might have lost your flaps at around 11:30 - IRL we have to lower the speed until the white arc before extending flaps. Also, the engine might not enjoy running at full RPM the entire time ;-)
I'm brand new to flight Sims and X Plane 11, so your instructional videos have really helped take the frustration out of the steep learning curve. What monitor size and resolution do you use?
This was awesome video, please make us another video for 11.30 update which is changed for autopilot . Thanks and regards
Great job
Thanks for the video Jason. The AP in the Airfoil Labs 172sp is far superior and more realistic B/K KAP 140. The default AP in X-plane 172 has a annoying searching wobble at times, and as you mentioned the "alt" function is goofy. For $35 it is well worth it. The AFL 172sp only has 430, but in the real world you will not train in a 172sp with both 530 and 430, or Garmin 1000 glass, it would cost too much. The 430 and 530 work almost identical anyways. BTW I don't work for AFL. Would be nice to see your videos with AFL 172sp, Also....nice to see XP 11 with LPV approach...finally... As a "thank You" for your videos you can download the POH for Cessna 172sp from my site for free. It has an "linked" TOC PDF etc. FYI and others the FE speed limitations are 110 KIAS with 10degree of flaps. Check out POH Section 2 Limitations, page 2-4. One way to end the debate about any procedure is the POH. I noticed quite a few are wrong about FE flaps 10 in this comment section. Go to free www.cloudniner.org Also I have linked TOC on all the free FAA manuals and they are free to download on my site... Thanks Again
Thanks, very good !
Great tutorial thanks
This auto pilot approach to Toronto. Was it all the way to wheels down or did you like so many others go manual at the end? I have to say your tutorials are by far the best.
you make it look so simple i,mgoing to keep this link for future tuitions
thanks for the video :)
great video i am new to plane and would like to know how to start my flight from the same position each flight for example how do i rapidly reload my position like say a 3 mile final to the same airport to practice approach and landing. thanks much
Trim is the poor man's autopilot 😃 . The C152 I trained on, to get my PPL was extremely bare-bones. Most of the 172s at my flight school don't have an AP either.
How do you disengage the autopilot when you cancel IFR?
OK, I just found the answer I was looking for. The disengage button is the red button on the yoke.
I have to give these tutorials a 9 out of 10 because small details like this are omitted.
Thank you man!
Thanks for this
nice vid it really helped
Can you explain, what does the CDI instrument needle indicate, when GPS is selected on the CDI?
I cant seem to make any sense of that part.
Hi,
I have XPlane 11 and did the same procedure as you did and the 172 landed on the highway.
When I put the 172 , 10Km from the runway it is pointing to around 60 deg radial. Not like your plane did pointing towards
80 deg radial. What is wrong with my system.
Thank you Sir
Thank you Jason, very, very informative. Is there a way to set the altitude via the dial on the gage, let’s say 3000 feet ? Can that be dialed in having the plane climb to that preset altitude, then autopilot it to hold that height ?
Awesome video. Does anyone knows whenever we switch the view from 3D Cockpit to Hood view, Hood and Propeller should be shown?
Good vid!! I saw you've turned the AP off at the final approach, but when to turn that off and why? Why can't we land the plane just using AP but no manual controls?
Just help me how I can have this plane in my X-Plane 11 stock. I don't seem to find this Steam dial auto version 172. Gulam.
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When setting up your navigation and you put in the destination airport, Will that line you up directly with the airport OR will it line you up with a landing ILS path? I'm guessing it will not line you up? In which case, what is the normal practice to use the navigation so that when setting a destination, you enter in on a route that's already lined up with an ILS on your desired runway?
Thanks for the great videos!
Question for you, I set up the GPS to fly from 36U- small airport in Utah to KSLC, when I take off, I set the Rate of Ascent to 500FPM, and select autopilot, I also select GPS on the glare shield however after about 10 seconds the AP keeps disengaging any idea what I'm doing wrong?
tnx for very intuitive Vid
I'm trying to practice ILS approaches, but the instrument significantly deviate my little C172 from the RWAY. Any ideas ????
Synch your directional gyro to your compass.
Great explanation! I do have a question though... I tuned the nav 1 radio to the VOR frequency, set to NAV then once in the air set the autopilot to NAV. I just kept going in the same direction and the autopilot did not correct the course to the VOR that was set. Then turned off the NAV on the autopilot and flew a circle to see if the needle would center once I was pointed in the right direction and they did not move. Is there one more step after entering in the VOR freq to set it in the system?
Coming from MSFS, how do you navigate around your views inside the cockpit?
Helpful for figuring out the A/P's "switch-ology". It would have helped to mention "decision height" and when you disconnected from the A/P (found it sliding back and forth in the video);
you still have to correct the loc via input left and right
Great video but .... when I tried and ILS landing at Toronto City Ctr (ie in video), I wrote down and followed your steps, flew into the ILS triangle and did not acquire the VLoc signal thus the plane did not follow the signal down to a landing. What am I missing? (I can post the steps I followed if needed)