Dear Kip Being a retired CFI that hasn't flown GA since c. 1980 and been around MSFS since the first to X, I jumped at the MSFS2020 news and in spite of 78 years on the earth I wanted to get back to flying in any way I could. So, I bought it and a new gaming PC and started flying 8/18 and immediately realized how rusty I was in my knowledge of what GA airplanes have today. Garmin? I have one in my car but had never seen a G1000 so what can I do? I need instruction but where? I've watched all the videos and rated each tutor as to lesson plan and other things I sweated bullets over long ago. My conclusion is that if you're not at least a CFI you should be! It's a pleasure to watch and learn from your videos. They're well planned, you don't miss a thing and every word is clear. Sorry for the length here but I just had to tell you that nobody has better tutorials than you and tonight I was able to actually navigate to my house from KLNS instead of flying around in circles.
Got you beat. The big 80. And I've really been into VR since the start. Right now I have a new "X" and just getting started on MSFS. I'm going to VR for the sim when top end video card prices come back down. I loaded a screen capture into Photoshop and made notes as he spoke. Will print it out as a cheat sheet. You really cannot run this sim without a keyboard. Many needed commands are not available on the controller. I used the Xbox screen capture and upload to OneDrive to get all the Controller commands to my PC for printing.
Cesar I am 60 yrs old I soloed a 152 II when I was 17 which was a long time ago. LoL I knew I was rusty Skip, but really surprised at how much I remember even to this day. But some things I remember did slip away. And the way you explained things and it was so much help when you zoomed in. Some people don't do that. It really helped me out When I was refreshing my memory with your vid. Thank you again for being understanding with people and explaining things so well I was pleasantly surprised I subscribed to your channel and I hope I see more content soon. Meanwhile I will have watch what I missed. While I wait on new videos. Thanks again.
Great tutorial, thanks! I’ve watched a few others but yours is the only one that actually explained the different settings and buttons while in the air! That really makes a huge difference… Concise, clear, and easy to follow.
Kip, you are a natural teacher. Your demonstrations are organized in a manner that makes it easy to put all the disparate parts together into a logical whole. You show us how to USE the system to achieve a goal, and not just how to manipulate features. Excellent work!
Absolutely a 1st rate RU-vid presentation, and I've watched thousands. I've subscribed Kip. I'm also 78 and new to X-Plane 12. I've bought Logitech's Pro Yoke and have their multi-panel display - mainly for autopilot - being delivered tomorrow.
I tried to understand how the G1000 Autopilot works. I watched several tutorials. This is by far the best. Simply explains step by step what to do and why. Thanks a lot!
I'm a total beginner with MSFS2020, on Xbox, learning the basics of VOR navigation etc, just messing around with basic route planning etc, and I can't stress how great your videos have been- Simple but in depth, explained clearly. It's really helping me get to grips with the basics. Much appreciated!
I flew for the first time today with AP after watching your video. What a great feeling? And what a relief not having to trim constantly! Thank you so much.
Finally an American who has an excellent tutorial. Well understood. I've watched tons of other tutorials and you covered things that all the others missed. Like the colors of the annunciator settings. That's so important but so many leave those details out.
Great tutorial. A lot of these tutorials cover every single button and they are quite overwhelming. I love how you chose the essential things and kept it relatively simple
Glad it's still helpful, as old as this video is! Luckily, the autopilot has not changed much since then, besides having VNAV capabilities nowadays with the NXi :-)
Thanks! This is also an excellent reference for X-Plane. Very nicely presented. Thank you for clearing up FLC. It makes a lot more sense in the 172 than it does in a Cirrus SF50. Started to get very anxious at the 12 minute point, we hadn't looked out the window for a while. I thought we were in the Rocky Mountains😬
Dear Kip, I understand this is an old video, but I have been trying to teach myself for a few weeks and I have seen countless videos, especially about the Autopilot on the Garmin. I would watch a video, take some notes and go and try and something would go wrong. WOW, yours was the best. Your instructions were right on the money. Slow paced, outstanding grasp of the content, calm and clear voice, fantastic examples, great demonstrations - coming from a retired teacher. A++ Now I hope this translates well into the Garming G1000 nxi. Thank you so much, John.
Have watched your video - more than once. I found it really helpful as to how you compartmentalized each segment. I found it very easy to make reference notes from the video and refer when flying. Thank you
Best of all. Well explained and made me understand the mysteries behind aircraft like this. I usually fly airliner and I thought this was harder but it’s much simpler with the way you explained. Thank you for an awesome video ❤
I have watched several Garmin tutorials on RU-vid and this is the only one that clearly explained the vertical settings. a couple say you dial in the required Alt. and pressed alt hold which not correct. So thanks for clarifying this.
Nice demo! One thing to be careful of is using VS for a climb. As you get higher the rate you select may not be attainable and you’ll end up in a stall. Your best choice is to always use FLC for a climb and VS for your descents. I learned this recently when training for my instrument rating (actual plane, not a simulator).
Thank you so much for this video. I just started really getting into MSFS 2020 Bush Flights and was flying them manually until I finally got the idea to check to see if there was an autopilot function. This makes the game so much more enjoyable for me.
What a wonderful presentation! I was weaned on a C172 with steam gauges 30 years ago so no great issues with the Skyhawk and playing around with the g530 on fs2020, however the g1000 was like hitting a brick wall and extremely difficult to comprehend. It took exactly 18.49 minutes, the length of your video to sort everything out with your excellent explanations and presentation. Thanks so much.
I just found your channel. Very detailed and useful tutorial. I've been using the G1000 since the new sim was released (been flight simming since the dawn of time - hehehe). I still have a lot to learn and watching tutorials such as yours definitely help. New sub for ya. ;)
Thank you very much Kip. I'm new to MSFS and have listened to a dozen videos on using the G1000. You have explained its usage better than *anyone* and now I completely understand how to use it. I have subscribed as I'm looking forward to more great explanations! Thanks again!
Very helpful video, thank you. As a complete beginner, I started out with the 152. Then found the 172 auto pilot took a lot of work away from navigation. Trouble is I found landing just as difficult compared with the 152! Practice makes perfect. Thanks again for this informed video.
Thanks for the video. I've watched probably half a dozen of these but the others were either too detailed or assumed you were a pilot rather than a MSFS autopilot tourist like me :D
Thanks for the video. I am not surprised by the fact that so many fatal accidents happen with the g1000. I had two incidents using xplane simulator. On autopilot I was flying a rectangular pattern and suddenly the plane started spiraling to the ground. I had to fight to gain control. I think I may have felt like the 747 max pilots. The second time in autopilot it just started steering somewhere else. This this thing needs a big red button that says MANUAL CONTROL.
Just what I was wanting to learn about the 172 :) thanks :) I was flying around this morning, and I couldn't figure out how to set the vertical climb rate, or vertical speed rate. Now I know. :)
Another great tip is to setup your autopilot on the ground to handle your takeoff heading, climbing airspeed, and target altitude. Start of by bugging the runway heading. After takeoff, you can turn the autopilot on as soon as you are wheels up and let it fly!
thankyou, very easy to follow video. i have watched a few times and done the same as you just get used to whats going on. just need to sort the ils approach now.
Thank you Kip for a brilliant video. Everything you cover is so well explained and a massive help in mastering techniques that you are presenting. Appreciate your time.
Well done and I learned many more things of the G1000. You deserve more subs! If you have the time, can you provide a tutorial on using VOR approach? I cannot find too many tutorials on VOR approaches, that are clear and concise that is. Good work indeed! Cheers!
ngl i thought only airbus and boeing had AP. My thinking process was like: with cessna you usually fly short flights so you dont really need AP. Now i know more about aviation :D
One thing I missed, if you press the ALT button again to disengage altitude, you can manually fly to the altitude set, and it will then lock that altitude and auto pilot will fly at that altitude for you. It makes flying a bit more fun. Still looking for a way to control the rol of the plane after you use the flight director (FD) mode to maintain whatever heading you're flying at.
outstanding tutorial. I just wish my C172 G1000 AP was working like what you show (I'm trying to figure out what's going on). But anyway, thanks -- now I know how it's *supposed* to work
@@KipOnTheGround That is really nice of you, and I might take you up on it if I continue to have these issues. But -- I've been configuring flight sim hardware for probably 20 years (remember GoFlight? Precision Flight Controls?) but have never run into this. It's with my new VKB FSM-GA autopilot panel. My next step is to disconnect (via the MSFS control configurator) all of my hardware other than just a throttle and stick, and see if the clickable AP controls work as expected. It seems like a controller conflict but thus far I haven't seen any of those in MSFS's control configuration.
