My name is Skip. I have over 60 hours in a Cessna 172N on my way to a real Private Pilot Certificate. I have been an avid Flight Simulator Pilot since my first computer, an Amiga 1000, purchased more than 25 years ago. My Amiga is alive and well and I still like to fly Falcon by Spectrum Holobyte and F/A-18 by Electronic Arts from time to time. I'm a student pilot flying out of San Carlos Airport in San Carlos, California and Benton Field in Redding Cal.. It's fun to compare the real flying with simulator flying.
I plan to add videos mostly pertaining to X-Plane. I have almost 1000 hours in X Plane and FSX and want to share some things I've learned.
Please leave suggestions for future videos on X-Plane and I will do my best to meet your requests.
Hi SuperKamiRose, Don't exactly understand your question but you can add instruments and controls to the instrument panel in Plane Maker assuming the plane you want to modify uses the 2D panel. Most new airplane do not use the 2D panel so this will not work. Check out this video on changing 2D panels: ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-lxuqQA65omc.html Hope this helps and thanks for watching :-) Blessings, skip
Thia original post is a few years old, so hopefully, you are still responding to comments. As a new simmer, and non real flyer, extremely helpful. Question: I wonder what your suggested settings would be for a landing back at, say, sea level or close to it. Do you reverse the adjustments made on the way up? Thanks again. Excellent!
Hi billjirsasr3025, Yes indeed I'm still responding :-) For takeoff and landing you always have the prop control all the way forward and mixture would depend on altitude, all the way forward below 3000ft above sea level. You want to be able to get full power if you had a problem and had to go around so prop forward takeoff and landing. I don't fly constant speed prop airplanes so I'm not the best for information other that what I said in the video so if this is your airplane of choice might want to check other videos with pilots with more experience than me! Since you are new to flight sims check out my channel and videos for new pilots get a free Cessna 172N, the one I use in most of my videos in the series, by watching the first video: ru-vid.com/group/PLjqSrWIZDAi8IsbmFdGfJBVJ7jYSxAt26 Let me know if you decide to follow along with the training and get the Cessna, hope you do :-) Blessings, skip
i tried your method in x-plane 12. I can't get the instrument panel from the dummy C172 to show up? i have tried to drag the panel just like you and nothing shows on plane maker. Any thoughts?
Hi tracortracor92, Unfortunately most airplanes for XP12 do NOT use the 2D panel so there is no way to edit the instrument panel, this only works on older airplanes and most of those you might download for the X Plane forum, sorry. Blessings, skip
Hi johnhunter3011, The file is actually a png file. Files have an extension and for photos common extensions are .jpg, .RAW and.png there are other extension but you should get the idea. X Pane uses a png file for the instrument panel in older airplanes so you need to find the panel.png file. It should be located in the airplane folder where all your airplanes are located, look for the airplane you are trying to make a 3D cockpit for. Here is the path to locate the png file. X Plane xx>Aircraft>folder your airplane is in>your airplane folder>cockpit>-panels- If there is no file then you can NOT make a 3D cockpit. Newer airplanes do not use a .png file so this can't be done. In the panels directory you should see a file named panel.png this is the file you open in Gimp to modify as you like. You can click on the file and select "open with program" and select Gimp. Or you can start Gimp and select open and navigate to the panel.png file. However I suggest you try and follow the videos just using the original panel.png file and see how it goes. Watch the videos a couple time so you know exactly what to do. This is actually very simple but it MUST be done in the correct order with no step missed. If you have trouble watch the video on the area you are having trouble everything should work if you follow the video exactly. You do not need to do anything in Gimp if you don't want to. The idea of editing the .png file in Gimp is to make it look better or remove something you don't want. Once you get the 3D panel working in your airplane with the original panel you then can start to modify the panel.png file in Gimp and work on a copy so you always have the original. I usually create a copy of the original panel.png for backup purposes using a different name. Note for the panel to show up in your airplane it must be named "panel.png" IMPORTANT! Make a copy of the airplane folder the whole airplane and work with that panel.png file so if something goes wrong you still have your original airplane, always work on a copy! Hope this helps, let me know. Blessings, skip
Hi Skip! I need an older version of Xplane2Blender_Importer! The one i downloaded is the new version. Its for xplane 11. I need one for that will work with xplane 10. I cannot find one! Help John
Hi johnhnter3011, Here is a link to older versions of xplane2blender I suggest version 1.80 that's what I used but you can try an earlier version if you like. Let me know if this works, good luck :-) www.blender.org/download/previous-versions/ Blessings, skip
Hello Skip, I have recently started with flying simulators and x-plane 11. I found your channel by chance and I am learning a lot. I really like your approach to teaching. I will have to practice the pattern a lot. Thank you very much!
Hi Santos-2024, Thanks so much really glad the videos are helping! Stick with practicing the pattern until you find it too easy before continuing and let me know how you are progressing along the way :-) Blessings, skip
@@WEHVideos Hi Skip, I have changed to FS2020, but I still use the same plane... There are lots of concepts to take into account and I have little time, but I keep going. Your videos are really great and helpful. I hope I can still learning from them although using FS2020...
Hi Santos-2024, You should do fine using FS2020 in most cases no problem and glad to hear you are learning and the videos are helpful, good luck :-) Blessings, skip
Great series so far, thank you! I noticed that Airport o85 changed the runways from 15/33 to 16/34. Is it normal for airports to change runway numbers?
Hi ED-zm8ut, Glad you are liking the series so far hope that continues :-) I didn't know the runway headings were changed been quite a while since I've flown out of Benton Field. I'm guessing they check the runway headings on all airports from time to time to make sure they are accurate not sure why they would need changing but there surely must be a practical reason for the changes. Thanks for watching hope you enjoy the rest of the series let me know how it goes. Blessings, skip
Hi pfv3462, Are you talking about different views or do you want to make a video from different positions? I don't know of any way to make a film. However you can change your view to outside the airplane and use free software to make a movie. I use OBS Studio to basically do a screen capture and make a video. If that sounds good here is a link to copy and paste into your browser to download OBS Studio. obsproject.com/download Hope this helps Blessings, skip
Hey Skip, I'm glad I found your classes! I bought Xplane 12, can I also install your plane there or will I have conflicts? There are currently only a few aircraft for sale for Xplane 12, does this have to do with what these aircraft look like or can I also install aircraft from Xplane 11?
Hi pfv3462 I'm glad you found them too :-) Yes you can install airplanes made for X Plane 11 into X Plane 12. Actually you can put any airplane in XP12 Aircraft folder and if it's not compatible it just will not show up in your list of airplanes when you run XP or it won't run correctly so just delete the airplane from the Aircraft folder. If you are purchasing airplanes then you should be sure they will run in XP12 before you buy :-) Thanks for watching hope this helps and let me know how you are doing with the series. Blessings, skip
This series of videos are the best I’ve seen for a comprehensive overview of essential knowledge and skills for introductory flight simming. They provide the proper level of information to get started while not being overwhelming for beginners. Thank you so much for producing them!
Hi jimphillips9297, Thanks :-) Sorry I'm not sure what you mean "pop-up on left monitor". Are you saying you don't get anything on your second monitor? What exactly isn't "popping" up? Blessings, skip
I am complete beginner and have just completed the section on trimming in MSFS which did leave some gaps in my understanding. Your video filled those gaps in 2 min flat. You are an excellent teacher.
Hi AncoraImparoPiper, Thanks so much and welcome to the wonderful world of flying! Really glad the video helped, if you have any questions just ask I might be able to help. Thanks for watching! Blessings, skip
sheesh i really like the video but wow i wish the video was longer just to slow it down for my small brain ha. Maybe u can do more Nav log example videos so that we can soak it in? I love how you use pencil and paper and explain stuff as you go, very helpful, it’s just tough to absorb all the calculating in a few minutes 😢
Hi writersbrock9246, Thanks so much really glad you like the series. Believe me I understand the "small brain" thing. It took me months to get this down and even longer to make the series. Don't give up just go slow. Download the video series if you need. I did make a digital navigation log that does all the math for you. You still need to get all the information to input but it can help you check your math calculations and could be useful for quick planning of short flights. Watch the video in the link below, in the description is a link to where you can download the program for the X Plane Forum. Thanks for watching and good luck and let me now how you progress. If you download the program please let me know what you think, it's a very small simple program. Digital Navigation Log ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-ahrku7v9jM4.html Digital Navigation Log part 2 ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-ahrku7v9jM4.html Blessings, skip
Thanks again for these videos. I always wondered why I couldn't just fly point to point. And as you said just going by VOR gets a little too boring. In the first waypoint example would you just use the waypoint BEIRA instead of creating a new one?
Hi medwaystudios, Nice to hear from you again :-) Yes you could use the BEIRA waypoint but you can't see it. With this type of VFR flying you are not using autopilot or GPS you are flying manually and going strictly off visual ground references. We use the VOR in case we get lost and as a double check but don't want to rely on it for flying the route. In my opinion it's best to be able to know exactly where you are by looking out the windows. In real life VFR flying you would probably be flying the same routes over and over and should become familiar with the terrain and have many ground references you always look for especially places you might be able to land in an emergency. Again this is just me but I like flying manually trying to maintain altitude, heading, and speed and try to see if I can match my flight plan calculations. It's just a lot more fun in the simulator otherwise, like I said in the video, using AP in the sim is like watching TV. You might like my series on the Navigation Log where you create a flight plan then try it out and see how it works. Here is a link to the 5 part series if you are interested: ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-G45tD5vqVaA.html If you don't want to create a Nav Log or do the math I have made a digital Navigation Log you can download. Watch this video there is a link for downloading the App: ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-zAEJ_MuMjvc.html Thanks for watching and Blessings, skip
@@WEHVideos Thanks for the explanation Skip. I shouldn't have made the comment until I watched the next video where I see you didn't have a GPS at all so makes sense to not use a predefined waypoint since there would be no advantage of that. Agree doing it manually seems more fun so far. I'll watch those nav log videos too. I just got the AFL C172 Analog and about to take it for this demo flight you setup first :)
Hi reizandy5883, I'm not sure where the files would be this is a Microsoft FSX file and I haven't used FSX for years. You might try C:\user\<your Name>\Appdata oaming\Microsoft\FSX or try searching your C Drive for "GrantedRewards.BIN and see if it shows up. Sorry I'm not much help here FSX was uninstalled a long time ago. I did just find find some old saved reward files in my documents folder with a file extension .RWD but I don't know where they were saved on the computer for FSX. The files were: FSXX_rewards.RWD mission_rewards.RWD sandbox_rewards.RWD Might want to think about going to Microsoft's new simulator it's really not bad but I still prefer X Plane 12 :-) Let me know if this helped :-) Thanks for watching and Blessings, skip
I've been learning flight sim stuff in a similar manner to the real thing and all this flight planning stuff is where I finally feel really intimidated. I'm just not good at math and it's all really hard to follow, I'm all but certain I'm going to make consistent errors.
Hi darthsmack7090, I can certainly relate to your concerns about the math that's why I wrote a program to do the math for me :-) Below are links to my videos on the program I wrote to do all the math, there's a link in the video description where you can download the program if you like. Thanks for watching and Hope this helps! Blessings, skip Digital Navigation Log. ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE--SEvKBXfHIw.html Here is a link to video showing what's new in version 2.0 ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-eUnqrR5ssTw.html This is a windows program but you can run it in a Mac with and app called WineBottler. WineBottler Link: winebottler.kronenberg.org/
Your videos are very informative and well presented.I learn a lot about basic flying from them.THANK YOU !!!!!! With reference to this trim video, I would greatly appreciate you doing several comprehensive presentation videos with the Cessna on how to control the plane in "slow flight" !!! Vid #1--- How to change altitude (up/down) while maintaining a fixed airspeed. Vid #2 -- How to change airspeed (up/down) while maintaining a fixed altitude. Vid #3 -- How to change both simultaneously. I have difficulty doing these basic operations corectly. THANK YOU !!!! for your time. This would be very helpful to me and most other flyers. You presented it at one time ( I believe ) but I would like to see it done in a more comprerhensive way both in flight and before a landing. Again THANK YOU !!!!!!
Hi JoLo-vx1nb, Thanks so much glad the videos are helping. Sorry but I'm not sure when I will be making another video but I will consider slow flight when the time comes. For slow flight and precision flying in a simulator I have found it very difficult. Slow flight and precision flying in a sim is much harder than in real life flying because you can NOT "feel" the airplane you only have a visual sense plus consumer controllers just don't cut it, this combination is just not going to work well. If you are trying to preform precision flying in you sim you MUST have at a minimum a really really good Yoke, Rudder Peddles, and Trim Wheel. Without these precision flying in the sim is at best very difficult and frustrating or impossible. I am curious as to why you are interested in these maneuvers, in my pilot training we never discussed these but I had to stop training so maybe that would have come later, I don't know? Here are my thoughts and suggestions you can play around with if you like: As for maintaining a fixed airspeed in a climb or descent and the other things you want there are no set "rules" to follow just setting your trim and throttle for a desired FPM rate of descent and airspeed. For climbing you should use full throttle for climbing 99.9% of the time and trim for speed. For descending us throttle to control descent rate and trim as necessary (Take off & Landings have some requirements). Maintaining altitude with a change in speeds again is a combinations of trimming and throttle. The more you slow the airplane you will need more trim to maintain altitude, as you speed up you would use less trim to maintain altitude. Sorry this is not exactly what you were looking for but it's the best I can do right now. Have a great Christmas and New Year! Blessings, skip
I agree -- to do these settings in X-Plane with (in my case) a joystick is difficult. However, I did assign 3 buttons on my joystick to set trim (up-down-takeoff) along with throttle control. I was then able to obtain excellent control of airspeed / altitude. Controlling pitch with trim control only (no manual joystick input) -- allowed excellent control. Certainly NOT what you would do normally - but for the simulator - OK. I was interested in learning how to do this because I thought this was a fundamental skill all pilots must accomplish. I refer to this skill as "slow flight " but maybe I am wrong. You mentioned precision flying also.THANK YOU for responding to this request so quickly along with your suggestions. GOD bless you also.
Hi JoLo-vx1nb, Glad to hear back from you and you figured out how to make things work. If you are serious about sim flying and want to experience what is like (almost) to fly a real airplane I highly recommend rudder pedals and trim wheel. I know these can be expensive but once you have them you will never want to go without them they really do make a huge difference in the sim experience. I never did a video on slow flight because I assumed most people don't have ruder pedals and it would be a waste of time. I think I will go ahead and make a video since you asked, at least you will have the information needed for slow flight and that just might encourage you and others to upgrade their sim controllers :-) . With that said first I will have to test and make sure it''s practical in the simulator to do this, as I said earlier controllers make the difference. The trouble with trimming with buttons is you don't get precise control so you will find yourself constantly having to trim so in reality you are not trimming your hunting. Rudder pedals are essence for slow flight because flying at near stall speed make the aileron useless because of the pitch up angle of the airplane. They also will make your landings so much easier especially when you have cross winds! Thanks for encouraging me to make another video I've been out of ideas for some time now :-) Might want to subscribe to my channel to get notified when the video comes out should take several weeks to make or more! God Bless and Happy New Year! skip
Hi JoLovx1nb, Well I'm afraid the slow flight video is going to take quite a bit of time to make and I just might give up sorry to say. I am finding it very very hard to accomplish the maneuvers in the sim, this is going to take a long time to master. Right now I can not even maintain a simple constant heading, altitude, and airspeed within the requirements for the maneuvers :-( I'll give this some more time but I don't know if I'm up for all the work this will take or if it's possible with the controls I have, sorry. Just wanted to let you know it will be a while. FYI Requirements for just straight and level flight are +/- 100ft altitude, +/- 10deg heading, +/- 10 kts While I was able to do this during my training in a real airplane I can't in the simulator at least not yet. Blessings, skip
Well, when u have an engine built for leaded gas and you throw unleaded in it its going to have issues. That lead helped the valve seats so they were built weaker, so obviosly youll start to have issues when using unleaded. Fauling could just be the carbs running rich, you have student's flying them that may not be always correct with the mixture adjustment
Hi izaiahschlosser4512, Right you are but it's been over 20+ years since leaded gas has been available so there probably are not too many engines running today that have not been rebuilt or replaced for using unleaded fuel. Not only do you have students not using the mixture controls correctly some seasoned pilots struggle getting the mixture correct, it's easy to forget about the mixture control when the flight conditions are really challenging, all this effects engine life. Thanks for your comment and thanks for watching :-) Blessings, skip
Unfortunately Laminar decided the lighting model popular in video games was the way to go and some years later have shown no urgency to address needs of pilots . Originally thier key selling point was “ a more realistic and accurate flight model and experience “ . When Microsoft re entered the arena , they pivoted to provide better sunsets , cloud lighting , puddles on the runway BUT cockpit lighting “ who cares “ - after over 12 years with x-plane I gave up on xp12 . It’s thier business and thier decision so no point in me wingeing
Hi hedleyfurio, While I agree with you completely and don't understand why Laminar won't address this issue when there have been so many complaints there is, in my simple opinion, enough reasons to stick with XP. I do have the latest MS Flight Simulator but still prefer XP. Thanks for your input, I'm sure there are many who are right there with you and have moved on. Hopefully Laminar will WAKE UP! Thanks for watching. Blessings, skip
As an electronics engineer. Could I make one comment. Solid wire is not what you want, it's much harder to make a good solder contact with. Stranded wire increases the surface area, reducing resistance, reducing power requirements and also makes a better mechanical connection. Not that you should be using the solder to make a mechanical, but it makes it less likely to detach.
Hi tedferkin, Thanks for you input :-) I never gave that any thought not being an electronics engineer, was thinking solid wire would be much easier to handle and had a lot of solid wire lying around so that's what I used. Thanks again. Blessings, skip
Thanks for this, Skip, it was right on point. After some time trying figure out what I have been doing wrong, I am finally getting the hang of power control. You took me to next step of now focusing on the aiming point on the runway. Pretty soon I think I am going to have this down. One question. You mentioned that you don’t like long finals. I am struggling with my pattern work trying to figure out how long I should make my downwind before turning base. Any guidance or tips in this area? Thanks again!
Hi peteallennh, Glad the video helped and you are on your way. As for flying the pattern below is a link to my series on learning to fly for beginners. It takes you through the steps for getting your pilot certificate and part 5 goes over flying the pattern so check that out to see if that helps. The first video has a link to where you can download the 172N I use in the series for free if you are flying with X Plane :-) let me know how it goes. Thanks for watching :-) ru-vid.com/group/PLjqSrWIZDAi8IsbmFdGfJBVJ7jYSxAt26 Blessings, skip
Hello Skip, greatly appreciate your detailed video! Excellent job on showings how to install Blender, and Gimp. I as well got the same error as other's have reported when importing the aircraft OBJ file. I can send you a screenshot of the error. I tried reinstalling ver 2.80 and 2.93 as well. Thoughts? Could it be that I need an even earlier version of blender? I am wishing to modify an A36 Bonanza panel to add a G500 and Realty-XP GTN750.
Hi donavanlane230, I'm afraid it's been a long time since I've done this and don't know how I can help. My first suggestion is to watch the videos again and follow the steps very carefully, it's very easy to miss one little step. I had problems at first and kept retrying and finally it worked. I don't remember what I did but it was something I missed. I do know that this works so retrace your steps or even start over with the setup of Blender. Are you importing the correct file? Sorry that's all I can think of without getting back into Blender. Let me know if starting over helped, that's what I did a few times!! Blessings, skip
Hello@@WEHVideos! Thank you for your quick reply. Problem solved. The error was caused by me importing a plane (not the Dash 8) and it already had a 3-D Cockpit. So it gave the python error. Thanks again for your quick reply Skip!
Hi Mor2know-qm7pe, One way is to open the map and see where you are in relation to the airport runway and turn and fly to a position that sets you up to land again. I'm assuming you are using X Plane or a simulator that has a map that shows your airplane moving on it. In real life, when you are lost, you can contact the tower of the airport and ask for help or tune your comm radio to 121.5 which is an aircraft emergency frequency and tell them you are lost and where you want to go. But if you know of a VOR at or near your airport tune you NAV radio to the VOR and head to it, once you find the airport you should be able to enter the traffic pattern and land. Below is a link to my videos on navigation you might find some help there. Hope this helps and thanks for your question and for watching :-) ru-vid.com/group/PLjqSrWIZDAi9S9ds3QbfiTkjGAmE6b7IG Blessings, skip
Hi maajr57, Sorry to hear it doesn't work, This is a very old video for XP10 I think so am not surprised it doesn't work anymore. i''ll check it out to see if there is a way to do this in the newer airplanes. Thanks for watching and letting me know :-) Blessings, skip
Hi sydneyblake4820, Either way works, I'd do both. However, I highly recommend getting a trim wheel it's much easier to trim with the wheel it's so much more sensitive. Thanks for watching :-) Blessings, skip
BEST OF THE BEST TIPS!! I just got back into bush aviation in the flight sim it's been really great if you don't realize people in this year still watch this?
Thanks Riggs65, I really enjoyed the bush flights, so much fun just trying to figure out how to get to some of these air strips. Unfortunately may air strips in X Plane are completely useless on the side of mountains and flattening them ruined the challenge of getting there and landing. Thanks for watching :-) Blessings, skip
Hi, I've just been given a link to your video as I have recently installed Xplane 11 and want to modify an aircraft panel.I've followed your advise and copied the stock C172 into another folder but it doesn't open in Plane Maker. When I select the aircraft folder and click open it just opens the folder in explorer and shows the sub folders. What am I doing wrong. Regards, Bob.
Hi bobbuckfield3790, I'm sorry to say the new airplanes in XP11 up do NOT use the 2D cockpit so you can not make changes to the panel. If you want to do this on an older airplane that uses the 2D below is a link to the free 172N that I offer on oy website. You can also download many airplanes from the XP forum that use the 2D panels. www.fhphotography.com/WEHVideos_Cessna.html Blessings, skip
HI again, thanks for your elp, I managed to download your C172N and tried to open it in Planemaker. When I select the 2D panel all I see is the panel background, no instruments, I had hoped to alter what was there not create a new panel entirely. Can I do this? and if so what am I doing wrong? Cheers mate you are a star! @@WEHVideos
Hi bobbuckfield3790, Before you try to make changes make a backup of the complete folder so if something goes wrong you can start over. You should be able to open this airplane in XP plane maker 11 and 12 so I don't know why you are having a problem. What file are you opening? You need to open a .acf file and you should see several .acf files all starting with 172N_xxx.ACF, do not try and open the files with the "~" thing at the end of the name these are backup flies. This may sound crazy but did you unzip the folder and place it in XP11/Aircraft folder. It doesn't matter where you put the airplane as long as it's in XP Aircraft folder. You can make a new folder to place it in, I have a folder in the Aircraft folder called Free where I put all the aircraft I download. Doubt this will help with the problem but sometimes it's not a bad idea to start over. Let me know how it goes! Blessings, skip
Hi WEH, fantastic tutorials, may I ask you what aircraft addon for Xplane you used in this video, because you are using different aircrafts on each video. thanks
Hi 1Miguellima, Thanks so much glad you like the tutorials :-) The airplane in this video was a free download for the X Plane Forum. It did NOT have a 3D cockpit so I made this one using X Plane plane maker and Blender. If you are interested in play around with Plane Maker and Blender check out my series on this: ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-X3fwUOT4ZHU.html Thanks again and thanks for watching :-) Blessings, skip
helo, when i leave the airplane obj to blender when exporting I get an error but when i remove it and export it doesnt export anything and the log says ERROR: Could not find any Exportable Collections or Objects, did you forget check 'Exportable Collection' or 'Exportable Object'?
hI V1II349, Sorry you are having trouble. It's hard to tell what your problem might be from the information you have given I don't recognize these errors. I suggest you watch the first part of the video again where you setup Blender. Go through all the steps again to make sure you didn't miss a step especially where I go over the right side of Blender where you setup the cube and the export information needed for X Plane I"m hoping you might find something you missed, there's so much that needs to be correct and missing one thing produces errors. I'm very confident the video explains all you need to know to make this work so you might have missed one little step. Also, what version of Blender are you using this doesn't seem to work on versions above the version I use in this video so if you have a newer version go here and find v2.9 or lower: download.blender.org/release/ Hope this helps please let me know :-) Blessings, skip
@@WEHVideos Thanks for the reply, I was using version 3.6 or something in the beginning but found your comment to use 2.9 or lower but yet it didn't work with 2.80 either. The only step I couldn't do is the "Part of cockpit panel" as I don't have that option in blender so I'm wondering if that might be the cause.
I'm still not sure exactly where you are getting the error message. So if I got this right you don't have the option under the Material tab to make it part of the cockpit. I suggest going over every step for creating the cube's material section, placing the png file on the cube etc. see if that helps. Sounds like the cube is not set up right. Give that a try and let me know. Good luck don't give up :-) Blessings, skip
@@WEHVideos Hello, after some tries I managed to make it work. The problem I had was with the root collections which you showcased in 12:35, instead of selecting the "collection" I had selected the one with the name of the aircraft. Thanks for the help and these nice tutorial videos! Btw I'm wondering if you know a way to get a wall behind you instead of the same panel as in front? I have been trying some methods but haven't found any of them working.
That's great v1ll349 I admire your perseverance!! Sorry to say I don't know how to get rid of the panel in the back that's just the way Blender renders the cube. If you are interested in plane making in Blender here is an old series on XP Plane maker and Blender. While it's an old series I believe much is still useful information. Danklaue give an in depth look at Blender. Check his site out if you want more: ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-Os7O-uPhIHk.html Please let me know how you project is going :-) Blessings, skip
Great video and explanation but I am confused about activating carb heat for every landing, does this include landings where outside temperatures do not indicate icing? Since you mentioned that using carb heat may damage your engine because of the unfiltered air used. Another question would be: How long does it usually take till the ice is gone?
Hi saen0r, Thanks glad you liked it :-) Yes use Carb Heat every time you land. It's not the temperature outside that's the issue. It's a bit complicated but a simple reason is there is a pressure temperature relationship that takes place "inside" the carburetor and under certain conditions ice may form inside the carb, it doesn't need to be a really cold day. There's more to this than I can explain here it's just a good idea to always use carb heat when landing. I don't have any idea how long it would take to remove the ice, that would depend on how much ice has formed. Probably the first indications of ice would be the engine not performing correctly, running bad enough for you to notice something is wrong and that could be a lot of ice, I don't know. I don't think it would to too long to remove the ice once you turned on carb heat since you are dumping hot air from over the exhaust manifold into the carburetor. However, if you are landing and need to go around for a missed approach and you find you don't have the power due to ice your in trouble and the engine might even run even worse with no power while melted ice goes into the engine! Hope this helps and thanks for watching :-) Blessings, skip
Hi saen0r, Thanks so much glad to here you like the series, good luck on your XP adventure. If you get hooked I recommend XP12 the graphics are much better and it has other nice features also. Blessings, skip
Hi robloxiacardriving2868, Sorry you are having trouble. Can you be more specific as to what you don't understand and I try and help. If you are at part 3 in the process i assume you have done everything required in the first two videos :-) Blessings, skip
Hi LucreciayHerber, Sorry I didn't include links, an oversight :-( Here are links if you still need them. Blender (if you want to try using the latest version but I suggest v2.8) www.blender.org/ Old versions of Blender I suggest version 2.8 newer versions don't seem to work www.blender.org/download/previous-versions/ X Plane to Blender: github.com/X-Plane/XPlane2Blender X Plane to Blender Importer: github.com/tnemec/Xplane2Blender_Importer Hope this is what you were looking for! Blessings, skip
Hi AndrzGL, Sorry to here that! What seems to be the problem maybe I can help!? Can you get Blender working? Trouble installing addon for X Plane? Let me know if you want to give it another try :-) Blessings, skip
@@WEHVideos thank you !! I am looking for the panels (overhead, pedestal) that work with the toliss' A319 and A320neo. I bought air manager expecting to find it there but no luck. I wanted to try and make it myself using the plane maker but no 2d panels on toliss :(
Hi AndrzGL, Oh my I don't believe you can do what you want in Plane Maker :-( None of the newer airplanes use the 2D panel anymore so it's almost impossible to do any modifications without some serious knowledge in design. I have made my own real panels with push buttons to do may functions so I don't need to scroll around with the mouse. This probably isn't what you were planning but it could be an alternative is your willing to do some work, not programming but building. Check out the link below to see what i did and maybe you might want to give it a go. ru-vid.com/group/PLjqSrWIZDAi-smZV4E89kosbE3XCjw6fy Let me know what you think :-) Blessings, skip
Hey Skip! I am really enjoying your videos. Thank you for the great content. Do you have a video that shows how to toggle or create the elevator trim identifier on the panel? I would also like to add one for carb heat and flaps. Thanks so much!
Hi BW-xo6fx, Sorry I'm not sure exactly what you are trying to do. Below is a link to my Plane Maker videos one of these might help you. Keep in mind the newer airplanes that don't use the 2D cockpit these tips would work! One thing I did on the 2D cockpits was move "things" around to where I could see them without having to change my view. So open an airplane that uses the 2D cockpit in X Plane Plane Maker and click on an instrument or control you want to move and move it to where you want it to be. You mentioned Trim so you could relocate the trim indicator by the trim wheel to someplace where you can always see it on your panel, you can do the same with the flaps control just move it to where you can see it all the time, I think that's what you are trying to do anyway. I know this isn't realistic but it sure makes flying a simulator much easier when you can see everything and I've done this on several airplanes, moved instruments and controls to "convenient" locations. Let me know if this is what you were thinking and if it helped :-) Blessings, skip
Thanks for this tutorial, I'm looking to control my aircraft manually indeed :) What do I do when I'm flying over a sea or ocean, though? Do I rely more on my instruments then, or do I still pick a spot?
Hi RonaldS1986, Actually flying over water in small aircraft is much easier you don't get up and down drafts so it's easier to maintain a steady altitude and level flight. With that, just note where the horizon is in the windshield when you have established level flight and keep it there. Hope this helped and thanks for watching :-) Oh, nice to see there is someone else who likes to fly manually! Blessings, skip
@@WEHVideos Thanks for your reply, that helped a lot! I tried it and was able to maintain a stable heading / airspeed / altitude much better. Now I need to practise this to get good at it :)
Thank you very much for these tutorials, I am looking forward to making a cockpit and I really appreciate the way you take us through the process so clearly and at a pace that makes things easy to understand. This is a delightful series and very encouraging too!
Hi petergregorypottery5476, Your welcome and thanks for watching! This is an older video so some things may not work the same. Be sure to get an older version of Blender if you have a problem, I used 2.80 I think, I may have mentioned this in the video I don't remember. Let me know how it goes. Blessings, skip
Hi robloxiacardriving2868, Sorry you are having trouble! If you can be more specific on what you don't understand I might be able to help. I watched the video and everything you need to know and do is there but I realize it is overwhelming there is so much to do in the correct order as well. What version of X Plane and Blender are you using? Also, the airplane you are working on must use the 2D panel. This video was done with XP11 and Blender 2.8 and the Blender version is very important, at the time of this video any Blender version about 2.8 would not work, need 2.8 or lower. Blessings, skip
For anyone using this tutorial with the XP12 version of the Baron the second nav doesn't show glideslope anymore. You need to use the HSI and follow the yellow arrows on the side (which can be seen moving in this video). I spent a few hours thinking nav 2 was broken :)
Thanks medwaystudios for that information, I don't normally fly the Baron so would never have caught that! Thanks for watching hope it had something for you :-) Blessings, skip
