Xbox FS2020: Advanced Autopilot Hints & Tips - Setting up a RNAV Approach! 

Thanks Tim.

Great to hear Josh and I'll certainly keep the content coming.

Thanks Aces for the explanation between the Z & Y approaches (I was too lazy to look that up :D). Re flaps: I know about the white marker on the speed tape, but I've heard varying reports of what speeds are safe for the first stage of flaps etc - many (sim and real world pilots) will say under 100 knots is ok for the first stage; others like yourself (and actually many manuals relating to the C172), will say wait until the speed hits the white zone (or around 80 knots) of the speed ribbon. I go with my guts as after all, it is a Sim 😎😉

@@Huddison So true! It is a sim.. And there is truth to varying reports. After all, the "Specs" are what the manual "Says" you can do, but you know it's conservative. So just outside the white zone "Should" be fine in reality. Sim is the perfect place to do it for sure! :-)

HA! Should have read this before I commented about it! Bravo Sir!!!

Glad it helped!

Great to hear; thanks for the feedback.

Wow sounds similar to my fishing tales in the Manchester Canal. Irreplaceable memories eh ;)

That's fantastic; many thanks for the comment Ian!

Excellent - that's great to hear ;)

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You're welcome my friend :)

Lol, I think most just fly through other aircraft ;)

@@Huddison hahah that makes sense :)

You are correct: the Glideslope/path should be intercepted from below - MSFS has a strange way of showing the interception currently, as it shows the Indicator diamond coming up from the bottom, rather than the top.

No worries Jake - more of this type to come ;)

I sometimes like to give my viewers a chance to explain some of the more 'technical' aspects of the sim (check Aces Comment ;)

@@Huddison Did that at the time, I had already posted the comment though. No offence intended, just that I was expecting it in the video. As I said... great tutorial, keep up the great work! :)

@@glynnwestwood4751 No worries Glynn and I'm rarely offended by comments there days ;)

Indeed ;)

Essentially: RNAV is typically GPS/satellite based, whilst ILS is entirely ground based. It's often down to availability: what is your aircraft equipped with and the airports themselves etc. Most (it seems) prefer to choose ILS if it is available to them.

@@Huddison Got it, Thanks!

Just another ordinary day in MSFS ;)

So true 😂

Hi Leonard, yes that would confuse the Autopilot to no end ;) I'm so impressed with the Xbox Version of MSFS: with a mouse you can pretty much do all the advanced autopilot features like RNAV/WNAV, as you can do with the PC version.

@@Huddison Just a PC player. MSFS in its various incarnations is the only game I have ever played except MYST. You old enough to remember MYST?

@@leonardlakey7779 I'm old enough to remember Space invaders first hitting the Arcades & the dawn of home computers/consoles (Pong days!) 😁

This might help: ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-3d8ZxW_ji4o.html

Do you mean Multiplayer? If so, this video covers aspects of that: ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-gcFjud7vI1Q.html

@@Huddison theng you

Hi Barney, have you got the G1000 NXI mod installed? That might explain your difficulties. On a side note: I'll be installing and making a video on the mode myself soon.

@@Huddison yes James, i have the nxi installed. Not the end of the world so thanks for the help.

Try instead of pushing and releasing A to enter cursor, push and hold A then use joystick to pan with A held in

It should be simply hovering over the button and pressing 'A'; but will have to check that out!

The flight plan on the right G1000, should hopefully/usually give some indication of what height you should be at for each way point.

@@Huddison Top Man, keep up the good work 👍🏻

Ask this in the Discord David, I'm sure some will supply an answer to your issue there ;)

I'm not sure what's going wrong for you there, as I've just tried it in the C172 and it works as it should 🤔. Are you part of the Discord Leonard? Aces would be a great person to help sort this one out for you. Btw: do you have the G1000 NXI mod installed?

Switching between #1 and #2 can be done by left clicking on the tuning knob then right clicking. I do believe that is how it's done. Hope this helps?

@@DiscoDave50 That did it. Thanks. I think my problem was aggravated by the fact that I had my mouse pointer set to large because of visual acuity problems.

@@leonardlakey7779 No problem. Happy to help 😁

Yes, from memory I think it's under general options at the bottom; I'll confirm when I get home.

Yes, General options/Accessibility - you'll find the options to set how the inputs behave as you hover over them. I have mine set to: 'Cockpit Interaction' = Legacy; 'Menu Tooltips' = off & 'Instrument Name Tooltips' = Instant.

Many thanks for the info. I don't appear to have Cockpit Interaction as a menu item tho. Anyhow, it works with the Instrument Names Tooltips setting. My mouse - logitech - behaves erratically. Would a USB hub cause this?

@@fw190pilot7 Possibly - try it plugged directly into the PC and see how it behaves.

I've given up on the mouse for a bit. I have sorted the rudder out thanks to one of your other videos. I'm still concerned i can't find the cockpit interaction menu item, altho there is a whole load listed under misc in the mouse settings. Frankly, they are gobbledegook.

What's going wrong?

@@Huddison a lot of things. First things I have some differences on the map in the right screen, the route is 90° rotated, so that the aircraft point from bottom to the top of the screen, and also I cannot scroll using the mouse, as you explained. But theese are not really bad problems. The problem is that after I have loaded the procedure, when I go on the left screen, though the GPS mode is selected, the violet G doesn't show (there is a violet V instead) and so after take off when I select NAV mode nothing happens, and the same the approach procedure doesn't work (the diamond dot doesn't compare). I hope I explained myself and thanks for all your tutorials, very helpuful and interesting

@@fangio80 Have you got the G1000 NXI mod installed (the free G1000 mod)? That may explain some of the differences that you have.

@@Huddison I have G1000 NXI 0.5.1 installed, cheked now in the marketplace

@@fangio80 I don't have that mod installed, so can't currently tell you why it's different for you. I may do a video on the mod in the future.

If you're using the G1000 NXI Mod no, I'm having similar issues with it (see my latest video, towards the end).

@@Huddison nope no mods as im on xbox sx will check it out

The pan map function will not work.. I think it's a bug..

Sadly not yet

@@miggelie It remembers the sensitivity settings too?

RNAV is GPS and satellite-based, while ILS is just a landing system and is fully ground-based.

@@Huddison So, which one is best for people to use?

@@xjay1234 It's up to personal preference and dependant on the airport's capabilities (i.e. if it has ILS or not).

@@xjay1234 Hello, I fly professionally and I hope this helps. As Huddison said below, it just depends on several things including aircraft equipment capability, airport approach options (some smaller and maybe more remote airports may not have a ground-based ILS system...so only RNAV/GPS approaches are available), the minimum descent altitude ("Minimums") allowed by each approach (if the weather is really low, then you would want to pick an approach that offers the lowest minimums and therefore the best chance of seeing the runway), and finally pilot preference (some choose an RNAV over an ILS because the Missed Approach segments are typically less complex for example). Also, the airport may have both ILS and RNAV approaches, but the particular day you are there the ILS is down for maintenance (it is a ground based system requiring periodic service), therefore RNAV is your only choice. There are other reasons, but this covers some of the most common.

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