FS2020: The C-172's G1000 Overview/Features & Basic Autopilot - Part 1 

Thank you David, highly appreciated comment :)

Happy to be of help

Thank you Paul, that is much appreciated and I'm happy that this has helped you to grasp these procedures :)

Just the reaction I was hoping for - thanks ;)

Great to hear; thanks for the feedback Jeff :)

Glad you enjoyed it

That's great to hear; thanks for the feedback

Thanks my good friend :)

Thanks 😉

Thanks Steve, that's greatly appreciated :)

Must welcome Hugh - is this Yolak (from Discord)? ;)

Thanks for the tips!

Thanks!

Whilst the AP is engaged, if you pitch or bank to sharply, the AP will then disengage and flash in the G1000.

An important thing to note about this video, is that I was using the default/old Garmin; the latest NXI version is much more accurate, with many new features & apparently, more accurate displays. I didn't utilise the FD in the flight: it may just have been on by default.

Thank you 😁👍

Thanks David. I think your problems lie under: Options/Assistance/Notification - I have those options all turned off (especially 'Flying Tips' ;))

@@Huddison Thanks Huddison, that was brilliant advice. Had two lovely flights to day without those pesky while rectangles turning up all the time. Did a low-level IFR flight from Cardiff up to Heathrow and then from Heathrow up to Manchester. A problem showed up with both flights, ATC said to expect vectors to the active runways, but those vectors never came. In the end I had to turn around and head back to the airports. and then in Manchester, after landing and contacting ground and asking for directions to parking there was no way to confirm the contact, only to ask ground to repeat the instructions. Still, it was all great fun. Thanks again. Dave.

@@morgidvmw0mdv Good to hear you had less frustrations on your recent flights. ATC can be hit and miss at the best of times ;)

Hi Ron, it's difficult for me to pin point your query; are you able to join the Discord?: discord.gg/3kra6JfHZT I know that we will be able to help & instruct you much better in there.

If you have the G1000 NXI mod installed, I don't believe that this feature is yet implemented (must double check!).

@@Huddison thank you for your help, I don't think the isl works correctly yet either I followed your tutorial on the old one and it worked OK but now since the update I've tried everything and it won't work. Love your tutorials thank you Stephen

@@gapruff1 Thanks Stephen I'll make a point of revisiting the ILS for the NXI. I will be teaching a few of the NXI mods' tricks in the livestream this Sunday ;)

@@Huddison thank you for your help Stephen

I use a mouse and keyboard with MSFS on Xbox. I click and HOLD the left button, then click the RIGHT button, and that makes the arrow appear. I drag the map around while holding the left button., as you'd expect. To turn it off, I again click and hold the left button and click the right button. I've never tried it with the Xbox controller, though.

Did you engage heading mode (HDG) with the autopilot?

@@Huddison I didn't notice whether the aircraft was in engage heading mode, anyway I will try again. Thx

That's fair, I enjoy both types of cockpits. You'll love this video by one of my close friends - VOR - VOR: old school flying: ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-fWhku7dBdTU.html

@@Huddison I had a brief try at flying the Cessna 172 and quickly found that it's impossible for me to read and decipher most of the tiny little scrolling figures and tiny little buttons without zooming in and losing all my external view through the cabin window. Can't fly without at least a partial visual horizon; and don't want to fly by reading a computer screen on a computer screen. Wish the early analogue version was still available...

@@paulrobinson7636 That's not good ;( Hopefully a more legible Cessna will be released at some point.

@@paulrobinson7636 Same here! I'm using a laptop with the usual 15.4" HD screen and share the same problem. I guess most dedicated simers will be using big desktop screens so can read the G1000? So I've stuck to planes with steam gauges, but then the problem is navigation without the map display you get with the G1000.. I'm trying to make things as realistic as possible so don't have the popup signs for the airports - I have to navigate to them as a real pilot would have to. The GS 430 and 530 are what I have to work with in the Diamond DA40TDI or the Cessna 172 with steam gauges and they're very difficult to see. Not sure there is a solution except get a bigger screen or find a plane with easier to see controls.

@@paulrobinson7636 I believe the C172 with steam gauges is included in the Deluxe and Premium versions of MSFS.

Many seem to prefer analogue dials.

@@Huddison Nice I guess if you start out with this tech. I still love the old gauges. I am a dinosaur !