Thank you for joining me here on this RU-vid channel. These are supplimental videos to my Learn To Fly courses using a flight simulator on Udemy.com and Skillshare.com Students ask for extra things in the courses and I make them and add there here on this RU-vid channel. Everything up to now (August 2020) has been recorded using FSX or Xplane 11 using FRAPs or OBS studio. Starting the end of August, most videos will be recorded with the new Flight Simulator, or as some call it: FS2020. Please leave comments and suggestion and I will get on it. Fair winds and safe landings, -Howard
Greetings Howard, I know this question is not about the C47 but I didn’t know how to ask this question of you. I read somewhere that you are making a lesson for the Scrapyard Monster. Is that so? Many thanks and best regards, Pete.
Yes I did. That was a Tuesday Lesson on my Twitch channel. I still have the lesson content but not the Twitch VOD. If you send me a direct message on my discord server, I can send the PDF to you. Just type !Discord in my Twitch chat to get the Discord invite. The monster also has a Forder livery!
Your start process is all wrong. You need 1.Fuel 2.Air 3. Spark 1. external battery on. position lights on 2. left and right tank set (fuel) and boost pumps on to start 3. Cowl flaps open (air) 4. Propeller condition levers fully forward, 5. Throttle open 1inch or 15% 6. Red Mixture Condition levers off or back 7. Master ignition switch on (pushed in) Energize switch ON to right engine FIRST as when started drives battery (down) count to 8-10 (props turn to make sure there is no hydraulic lock in the cylinder). 8. Mesh switch to right engine (down) 9.Right magneto switch fully turn on.(spark) 10. Right prime switch on (fuel). Note: When you hit the prime switch for either engine on startup the red mixture condition lever automatically moves to Auto rich. 11. Ground power Off, 12. Inverter switch On. 13. Battery switch On. Rinse and repeat for Left. NOTE: You dont have to keep repeat pushing the prime switch, that is incorrect, just do it once after magneto on step 10. If you havent got fuel, air, or spark set, it wont start. duckworks mod start is slightly different
Excellent. Thank you. I rely on the checklists provided by the developer or if absent, checklists from the internet supplied by pilots of the beast. I will review that and see how I can improve that. I appreciate your insight.
Hello, nice setup, A question ... if i buy a touch screen 1à or 15" to insttall on it the 172 panel, can i turn the buton after i touch these on the screen without the optional knob? the touch screen normaly accept more action than simple touch. And to connect the touch screen t the PC, after the HDMI i see that need a USBc to USBC for th touch action but if i have usbc on the touchscreen my PC had only USB An USB , 3, 3.1 but USBA A cable usbc (on the pannel to USB3 A to the pc will worrk tooo? I can"t decide to buy touchscreen or simple screen when i don't know if it will work like i n,eed? Thankl a lot for your help
Of course you mean - 'Für der Learn to fly'. But I didn't find any German content in the entire video!😅 Ive had this GA for just over a week now, and it is astounding. Ive just completed a Casablanca - Madeira flight to test the long range max fuel without wing tanks performance. After allowing for unusable/45m reserve/5% contingency I ended up with 10m extra fuel on board. Amazing, when you consider the winds aloft were close to Simbrief's planner info.
Hi Howard. I have a fully decked out Velocity flight panel, 8 x FIP's, Honeycomb Alpha & Bravo yoke and throttle, 2 radio panels. But I have grown so tired of it. It takes up so much space and my neck aches from looking over it. My monitor has to be set so far back. I'm going to tear it all down and buy one of these.
Hi Paul, I had a Velocity Panel like yours. I sold the whole thing, still assembled for $2000. It is still in demand for those who want a panel in front of them. I still have my FlightsimBuilder G1000 units on my main sim PC. I bought an Alienware gaming laptop and installed the sim and use it exclusively with the Yawman Arrow.
Why is the trim wheel on the left, instead of the right? Why isn’t it wireless? Why go with a hat on the right, instead of a second stick which could also act as a hat?
Hi Roland. I didn't design it; just showed it on my twitch stream with the devs. But in my testing (I am a pilot IRL), I found that I got used to it. In fact, you see me reach over with my thumb and adjust trim while my left thumb kept the attitude until trimmed out. Now with helicopters, I use the D pad up and down to adjust trim as it isn't a trim wheel in a helicopter (there is no elevator). The developers will read your comments here on this YT video, so keep the questions coming. Thanks for taking the time to reply with your questions or comments.
@@ForderLearnToFly - we shouldn’t have to reach over for trim control. I know you didn’t design it, & was hoping the Yawman folks would read the comments. Thanks for posting the stream!
@@RolandDobbins Hi Roland, we do! We talk about it in the video around the 28 min mark. Short version is that space is at a premium and prioritizing throttle control on the right side was the priority. Also, ergonomically it matches how you fly a real C172. Your hand has to come off the throttle to adjust the trim. We've also created profiles to put trim control in the hat switch to match an electric trim control found on 172s and big Boeing airliners. Thanks for your interest!
Hello. I am not quite sure of your question. After an IFR flight, normal shutdown of the airplane like any other flight. Either the tower will offer to close your flightplan or you would call FSS on the phone to close it. (In real life). If you have an IFR flight plan in the simulator, were you using PilotEdge? Or Vatsim? Then you would work with them. Happy Flying!
@@ForderLearnToFly referring to fly that game flight plan. Turn autopilot on it should take over right? What else tho l. I'm so confused with all of it 😆
I was going over the Cessna 172S Checklist, and noticed in the BEFORE STARTING ENGINE section there is no entry to turn on the Beacon Light. The entry is actually (11.Navigation Lights and Flashing Beacon - ON as required), after the engine is started. I have always been taught to turn on the Beacon before Engine start to notify everyone that startup will be taking place.
Howard, I really enjoyed your video. I worked as an engine mechanic on them a George AFB and Shaw AFB until they were retired. It was an awesome plane to work on. I spent many hours in the cockpit and test cell running engines. And, I was lucky enough to log a few hours in the rear seat during a TDY. I did get a giggle out of the cup holder, when I worked them it was a relief tube. Also, the EGT gauges would rise in relation to throttle position, the fuel control would limit fuel flow to keep EGT and RPM within limits. Thanks again, my Christmas gift this year is Flight Simulator and the first thing I'm going to do is get this download and do what I dreamed of all those years ago GO FLYING IT.
It gives me a smile to hear your comments. I love hearing from real-life pilots and how the sim version of their plane affects them. I am glad to hear this plane made you smile too. If you would like to come on my twitch stream as a guest pilot in the sim, let me know. My audience would be thrilled.
This was so great! I loved it until you jumped from the assembly straight to it all working! Can you share how you plugged it all in? I'm having such a hard time getting the FIPS to power up. 5 of my six are light gray but the radio is on. Did you buy one of their multiport USB strips?
Hi JonathanDavis, Thank you for your kind words. Sorry about the jump to running it. I simply plugged all USB cables into a powered USB 12 port hub. The kind you find on Amazon. That Hub plugs into a blue USB port on the back of the PC. It may very well be that there isn't enough juice without a hub to power the FIPs. Also, once you are in the sim and in the plane of choice, you should see the gauges power up to what they are supposed to be. Good luck and let me know how it goes (here or my discord or my twitch channel)
Interesting thing is that POH for this Comanche which I was able to find on one Comanche owners website (they are working hard on maintaining all the manufacturer materials available and current) is quite short. And there is an introductory material called "Comanche Flight Training Manual" which goes deep into the systems and everything else. I am sure it is not including comprehensive full guide on the engine from Lycoming but it is good to remember that this older then 1970-ish airplanes have quite interesting short and even sometimes unconventional POH's. It is great that A2A have this awesome manual. For my personal orientation and "endorsement" I would say this video, manual and a few other sources would be enough to start flying this great plane.
Hello, what I think is that the plane is nicely done in the game but, for me, it's not a very interesting plane because the plane itself has nothing special. I mean the Beechcraft D18S, the Beaver, the Wilga, etc. are interesting planes because it's a challenge to fly with them. The Comanche is only done to go from a asphalte runway to another asphalte runway without surprises. What you have to do on the ground can be interesting but what you do in the air is not. Easy to take take off, easy to fly and easy to land.
I agree with you darth. I love flying the beaver, Beech 18, and of course, the Wilga in STOL competitions. As a pilot in real life, the reason we are so enthusiastic about a product like the Comanche is its realism to real flying. To be able to do the walkaround, the failures, the realism in flight means we can practice real-world scenarios and know that it is close to the behavior of the real thing. Not everyone would care about that, so it might not be an outstanding choice for an airplane. A2A has always been known as quality airplane makers for many versions of flight simulators. They didn't disappoint here either. Let me know what other airplanes you wish for me to deep dive into, and I will work on that.
Howard I love your material I gotta ask where are you based in the real world? I love making flights from KLAS to other simmers base airfields. BTW I would love a series on the PMDG DC6 I’m having a lot of fun with this plane. I’ve learned alot. I’m Brett btw thanks for the passion.
Hi Brett. Thanks for the kind words. When you love aviation, as you do, the passion just shows. I am glad I can share that love with others in these videos and my twitch stream. I am based in Toronto, Canada and I am lucky enough to spend winters in Kissimmee Florida. So my two home airports are Toronto Island airport, where I learned to fly (CYTZ) and Kissimmee Gateway Airport 10 minutes from here KISM. For all my business commercial flights in real life , I fly from CYYZ to KMCO and back a lot. Any excuse to fly at all... safe flights and blue skies Brett. I will do a video on the DC6. I covered it when it first arrived for MSFS and had a ball. (I was part of the multi-streamer relay from Africa to USA).
another great video, you should do a video on the Grumman Goose by big radials, they have a fantastic aircraft and ive had the opportunity to work on one and fly in one in real life, could help out with any information you need on it.
Thank you. We have done a Grumman Goose lesson a year ago or so on our Tuesday Twitch stream. I will consider this, as we all fly it during our water-hops group fly-ins in the sim. I will make it into a YT video that will last longer than the Twitch VODs. I will definitely contact you for help with it. Please contact me on my Discord server so I know how to contact you. Here is the discord invite: discord.gg/jqSmaJcJKq
Howard, thanks so much for this. Great help. I’ve been spending some time sorting out the bindings for the OV-10 but just can’t find a way to bind the two condition levers. Presently I’ve got a three quadrant set up. The first two for throttle, prop and mixture for a twin engined aircraft, the third for gear, flaps and parking break. No problem with the Big Radials Goose I’ve been flying but the condition levers for the Bronco just will not respond to any binding I can find. Any ideas would be much appreciated. Thanks again. Best regards, Pete.
How do you set you view in msfs 2020 so that you get rid of the instrument panel but still a view from the seat without feeling like you’re sitting on the engine. The zoomed in cockpit view in msfs doesn’t seem to yield the result you’re getting in this video?
There is one view in sim that shows the top of the panel and the view outside. What you see here is a simple right-click of the mouse and adjust the view to move the sim cockpit down, out of the way. Now, with a product like Parallel 42 Flow, you can make custom views. That would be a more persistent view for every powerup.
Thank you for that prompt reply. Unfortunetly I can't get the same result. Are you in X PLane in the video? Msfs gives me a zoomed In view sure but then the compas and the prop and everytrhing else is way too big. I am looking for a view where you see above the panel but it still feels like you are in the seat. If you are indeed in MSfS coud you please give the details of how you do it. @@ForderLearnToFly
A viable option would be to mount the FIPS and other real instruments at a height that blocks the virtual instruments in the view? It is actually what your panel does but the sim view is still above the virtual instruments and looks very realistics.
Sorry for the late reply Kirk. The answer is yes, you can pop out the glass tablet like other glass displays such as the 530 or the G1000. Just press your right-ALT key and click with your mouse. It will pop out to a screen you can move to another monitor, or your dedicated hardware of the same. We do this with the 530 or G1000 if you have the hardware in your home cockpit. I see that it shows a hand icon when hovering over the steam gauges, but nothing happens with trying to pop them out.
Your info is awesome, i just bought the X and your info will help me learning to fly her properly. Your narration is excellent, your delivery isnt that of a lip smacking fruity sounding, pseudointellectual type. Your accent isnt impossible to make sense of nor is it English. Try not to inhale so loudly when you get excited. Nice to hear a knowlegable guy putting out golden information with similar tastes in aircraft as my own. No agendas! I wish for your success in the future sir.
Thank you for your kind words. As a retired IT teacher, it is a pleasure to share my love of aviation using my teaching techniques. It is good to know I am making a difference.
What a thrill to fly the CAL-FIRE version. I had written a story on FSNews about the Bronco and found a real photo of the CAL FIRE. You nailed it with this livery.
Excellent video ... Really enjoyed that! Consice,informative and relaxed . Looking forward to more "lessons/tutorials" in the a2a Comanche from yourself What an awesome job a2a have done with this add-on 😮👍 Thanks 😊👍
