VFR Simulations is a channel dedicated to exploring the world through Flight Simulation, having fun and learning about cool machines. This will primarily include Microsoft Flight Simulator 2020. We will also explore creating custom addons, missions, figuring out what goes on "under the hood".
I and am fascinated by the capabilites of modern vehicles and our ability to simulate these complex systems at high levels of fidelity. I am not an real-world Pilot, just a sim enthusiast who enjoys learning and getting things wrong.
Something about this jet in the sim I really love! Theres a few things the developer could clean up but again its a blast to fly and enjoy some of the realistic systems and qwerks
What's all tha movment about did you have wind set to max? I watched hundreds of hours of jets and the vision never see them move side to side & pitch like that, must be a sim thing
There is no tablet in this plane? how did you changed that GPS ( avionics) screen? in the store it shows on the screenshots that very old type of gps which I don't like so how did you switch to this one ?
If you bought it directly from Simworks during the installation it should show a pop up box with avionics options and you choose the one you want to install but both gtn750 options are separate payware addons you have to have to use those
Recently got to sit in one and the pilot is a friend of my dad who offered to take us up for a flight. Apparently they have engine issues from flight schools who use them.
Im an ex-Piedmont / US AIR tech. I'll never forget when we first got this aircraft...than performed Avionics/Electrical mods. Loved working on them! But the PIT POOP HEADS got rid of them long before they needed to go!
gust locks come off just before takeoff also cowl flaps go to 3 deg just before takeoff and should never be anything other than open on the ground unless rolling out for takeoff.
I love this aircraft, even after the Comanche. Everything you need is right in front of you, the six pack, engine instruments. Carenado did a great job.
This plane just has an awesome rawness that all the other sterile planes seems to lack. My former fav was the 310R and it feels like a MS stock plane after flying this bird. I hope A2A makes a twin Comanche soon.
I always thought it was slightly embarrassing and weird to talk to ATC. But then I got married and had kids and now it’s actually embarrassing talking like this to a monitor. Wife thinks I’m crazy I’m pretty sure
Not sure if you are still following this as it is kind of old, but I was curious about something. You say these used to be more common in the US. I was wondering what they have been replaced with.
I can taste the Fisherman's Grotto clam chowder in my mind as you flew over them. I wonder if there was a way to get the Comanche engine sounds into this bird? They would be twice as good, lol.
The 310 and 414 are very good, although I see that there is a lot of difference between the two in the flight model. The 310 is much more nervous, I don't know if this is the case in reality...
The 310 is twitchy, especially in pitch, according to many. The MilViz C310R is challenging to fly but I believe it is intentional. Still my favorite addon to date
Warning: if you use the TDS GTN 750... ! He can't get it to do approaches. Show me an ILS approach if it's so great... with the TDS GTN 750. I get a Loc OR a GS capture... never both. Terrible coding. Basic 2 axis autopilot. Change the lateral mode, and it drops out of the sky. My TDS GTN works perfectly with every other addon.
My Father accumulated 2, 291 Flight hours is this airplane. Minus the GPS display. From 1985 - 1992. He flew N135LJ for a private charter service. Needle, ball, airspeed was a mantra he held as PIC in this airplane. His copilot retired Eagle Aviation, KCRW. I have a CAD drawing display layout of the Gates 35a on my wall behind me. Im glad the simulator is giving this plane the respect it deserves.
The learjet is my go to private Jet is son fun to fly, you have to constantly monitor it and plan ahead, I have started to get bored of flying LNAV VNAV, I am starting to prefer flying with steam gauges than a G3000 of the other corpotate jets
I liked your video. I have been holding back for awhile on a corporate jet model but I think you've sold me on this one. As you said its a good balance and the systems and flight dynamics seems to be fairly realistic. Thanks again!
Ha ha Men with suspenders laughed at that, in UK/EU that is ladies underwear stockings etc, but I know what we called here 'braces' US call 'suspenders' - made me smile though. I got the learjet 35A it's nice, tricky to get altitudes/speed correct with no auto throttle, but with some practice, as you say it nice to practice/use. I still hoping for new PC/GPU as I struggle for FPS with my old tech which spoils my enjoyment atm. Great flight -👌 that's a tricky hard manual approach - I know i'd mess that up lol P.S. If you're only recording for YTyou could try recording in a much higher bitrate, when you upload to youtube it won't be so fuzzy when moving & keep a HD look btw. Of course takes much longer to upload I think I was using 70,000 bitrate for my old 2k YT recordings stuff.
Excellent Video, just getting used to the Flysimware C414 and this one is next. Way more piloting needed compared to my many hours spent in the Honda HA420 and looking forward to it.👍
Enjoyed your flight, but your RPM was in the red for almost the whole time. If you have realistic mode turned on you would damage your engine. This is fun to try out. I blew up an engine by not paying attention to RPM. This mod is fantastic. I had been jumping in and out of much bigger planes and not flying well. Going back to this plane forced me to focus on flying properly. Love it.
I was also thinking this. I am a complete novice, I’ve done mainly circuits at my local airport, but I’d have dropped the RPM to about 2000-2100 for cruise?
Both my PFD's are slaved to each other, meaning I push a button in one and the other does the same thing, like if I push map in the left one the right one goes to map too, and then if I push flight plan in one the other one goes to flight plan, and in split screen mode only the left panel on the PFD will change to reflect what I entered. How do you get each one to work separately to use both panels, I tried and played around and cannot seem to find the button to change this.
Good video. I'm just a fellow simmer with a ton of time in the Comanche and some knowledge I've gained mostly from the A2A forums. A few hints from me, for those who want to operate the Comanche like a real Comanche pilot would: 1. When you're removing the pitot heat cover, don't forget to flip the stall warning thing that's located on the left wing. If it's stuck for whatever reason and doesn't move, you won't get the stall warning in the cockpit. 2. Recommended oil level is not 12 but around 9 gallons (?). 12 might lead to some spills, at least in the real one. 3. When starting the engine, it's best to keep rpm at around 1000. 1400-1500 immediately after start up might be too much. 4. The reason you're supposed to do 3 prop cycles is because the first time you look for the rpm to drop and the manifold pressure to rise, the second time you make sure oil pressure drops and then goes back up, and the third cycle you look out the window to look for any oil splashing from under the hood. 5. You also flip the pitot heat on/off during the run up and verify that the amps needle moves a bit. 6. After you're done with cycling the prop, reduce power to idle and keep the engine there for a few seconds. This is a great way to tell if everything is fine with the engine, just by listening to it at idle. 7. With some cylinders this hot even before take off, on a hot day, you definitely don't wanna climb out at 100 mph. 120 is recommended for better cooling. 8. Always tap the brakes before retracting the gear. Not sure if you did, just saying for those you aren't aware of this. 9. Fuel pump should go off at around 1000 AGL I believe. 10. 24 manifold on the climbout, not 25. Show some love for those poor, hot cylinders ;) 11. You were waaay too fast on approach and short final. A light Comanche is happy at no more than 85 mph over the fence. 12. It's a good habit to retract flaps immediately after touch down to kill off any excess lift and help with braking. Those manual flaps on the Comanche move almost instantly. Especially useful on shorter runways. 13. Avionics need to be off before shutting down the engine. Cheers!
Pretty good points and good work at learning the airplane! 2. Absolutely the real Comanche will dump most oil over 9 qts. This is not unique to the Comanche but pretty common in many light planes to have an ideal range for the oil fill 3. 1000RPM during warmup is considered a good tradeoff between not too much heat and not enough heat while the oil gets moving around and thinned. With the original mags, you start on left mag then switch to both after start and over 1000RPM. You'll get about 200RPM rise to throttle back just as you do. 4. How many RPM cycles in the runup is a great way to start a hangar talk discussion - you'll get as many opinions are there are pilots in the room. Mostly you're checking that the governor is working. 6. Listening but some problems will manifest as the engine dead quitting if you smoothly pull to idle from runup power 9. That the general recommendation - I usually think of it more as when climbing above pattern altitude and make it a part of the after takeoff check -- otherwise it's easy to forget 10. The straight 250 Comanche with 3 blade McCauley prop doesn't have a max power/RPM limit. Even with middle takeoff weights in FL summer heat temps CHTs are reasonable at full power cruise climb speeds. As long as engine limits are respected, I'm a fan of minimizing time to climb and using the maximum power avialable to get there. 11. Good targets are 100mph downwind glide with 1/3 flaps, 90mph on base with 2/3rds flaps, 83 across the fence full flaps. About 12.5" MP will get you there. If landing distance isn't a concern, 2/3rds flaps and 85 across the fence is much more forgiving in the flair. Final speeds can be adjusted down based on actual weight. A Comanche at 2200lbs is very different than one at 2800lbs. 12. Also critically, Comanches (and early low wing Pipers in general) are known to skid very easily if you apply hard braking with the flaps down at close to flying speed 13. Modern avionics are quite a bit less sensitive to shutdown than older radios. Still good practice but unlikely to damage anything. Some avionics (Garmin G5's for example and primary eletronic engine monitors) are intended to be always-on if the Master Switch is on.
Nice video. This is much nicer than the one from Tandra for X plane 12 and also cheaper! I'm really starting to consider switching to MSFS, but the new version!
