Beginners guide to starting the Antonov AN-2 from Cold and Dark in Microsoft Flight Simulator

[@jonbeckett]

Here's the startup-procedure: ko-fi.com/jonbeckett/shop (look for the Antonov AN-2)

[@paulbardon4645]

These areb one of my favourite aircraft. I never flew one but I have skydived out of one once in the early 90s when I was younger and felt indestructible. It was fantastic fun to be in. I look foward to trying to fly it.

[@tecsa30]

That start up sound is bang on. As a kid I was watching this kind of planes doing various agriculture jobs. Good memories.

[@asoshkin]

This is a work of art. Can't believe how cheap it is.

[@jonbeckett]

It's brilliant :)

[@PointyTailofSatan]

Ya, but their Russian to English dictionary is $100. lol

[@Terribleguitarist89]

Hadn't kept up with the updates so seeing the AN2 was available made my night. Hands down my favorite airframe next to the beaver.

[@jonbeckett]

It's good fun, isn't it :)

[@userSchlonsch]

Just finished my first short flight. Beautiful Bird!!! I have two tipps for anyone flying this bird: 1. Turn the tooltips on. They‘re in english and help a lot when learning what switch does what. 2. Dont turn off the pneumatic system (turning knob to the bottom left of the pilot seat) as it is used to supply the brakes with pneumatic pressure (learned this the hard way. Thanks for the great video, wouldn‘t have been able to start her up without it

[@jonbeckett]

Pneumatic system only needs to be on when using brakes :)

[@carenthusiast6748]

I got MSFS just to test my 4070ti and never was that much into airplanes and flying before but this insane game and your easy to follow videos really pull me in. Currently doing a """smuggling""" run in the grand caravan from columbia -> panama -> costa rica -> ... -> mexico. Every Day I select more realistic settings. Wouldnt have imagined myself flying 2 hours straight (boring) but now its fun af^^

[@jonbeckett]

Great comment :) Welcome to the slippery slope :)

[@markfischer5112]

Absolute gem of an addon

[@jonbeckett]

It's great, isn't it :)

[@kelletamas]

Omg. Love it. I had my very first flight in one of these as a kid. Seen them buzzing around in the air a lot growing up when pilots were spraying agricultural fertilizers, pesticides or just mosquito repellent. These planes are super agile, the pilots were just throwing them around like stunt planes.

[@jonbeckett]

Very cool

[@mkrsek1]

By POH, AN-2 actually doesn't have stall speed at all: "If the engine quits in instrument conditions or at night, the pilot should pull the control column full aft and keep the wings level. The leading-edge slats will snap out at about 64 km/h (40 mph) and when the airplane slows to a forward speed of about 40 km/h (25 mph), the airplane will sink at about a parachute descent rate until the aircraft hits the ground." I imagene, it would still be damaged (at least gear, prop, possibly full loss) but still. Btw, in strong headwind, this plane can actually reverse in flight and still be fully under controll :)

[@localizer363]

Very unique aircraft. I was able to sit in the cockpit of an AN-2 many years ago in New Jersey. I remember thinking the cockpit window design was strange. It felt like I was sitting in a WW2 bomber. I remember being surprised that I could fully stand up in the cabin. I'm 5'10" tall, so ceiling is at least 6'. I also remember the hammer and sickle markings painted on the fuselage. :)

[@jonbeckett]

Thank you for sharing :)

[@yams900]

Looks great Jon ! My kind of aircraft. Might consider buying, even though I’ve got way too many already…but maybe while waiting for F28 :)

[@kikufutaba524]

I love the AN-2. What an interesting aircraft.

[@briancrawley8440]

Thank you for the review. I picked it up as soon as I logged in. It’s beautiful.

[@jonbeckett]

It's very, very good :)

[@metzgergva]

The starter fly wheel is driven by an electric motor, not air. the drop in amps shows when the flywheel has fully accelerated snd ready to turn the crankshaft.

[@jonbeckett]

Good to know. Information is very hard to come by about operating procedures so far.

[@thunderbolt513]

Even the FSX-SE version is one of the most outstanding add-on I've ever see/flown, and I've been around flight simulation for quite some time (+- 20 years - from the very beginning) and quite some hundreds of add-on also. I've owned the earlier Sibwings model, but ATs has done a remarkable job, after they took over Sibwings.

[@GumperVanLier]

What a beautiful looking plane. Only the striped painted propellor throws it off.. but when it's spinning, looks cool. And the plane is discounted at the moment.

[@jonbeckett]

It's fantastic.

[@CrashEd1664]

Tool tips are our saviour! 🙏

[@jonbeckett]

Yes they are!

[@Frankestein01nl]

Wow, that's quite the ways to only get it to start! Well done and thanks for the explanation! (Steiny here btw)

[@jonbeckett]

Thank you - there will be more :)

[@subitoplotzli]

awesome video and explanation! ATSimulation did a fantastic job! Im Club Member of an AN-2 in Switzerland and occasionally can fly in the back seat or rather back row. also had the chance to be in the cockpit and hand fly it for a little bit.. its very heavy on the controls. Thx for the video, cant wait for your next ones and trying to fly it in the SIM.

[@brownechr]

Thanks for this video, even after watching it I fluffed my first attempt at starting her, but then what you said about holding the mouse button made perfect sense, haha.

[@jonbeckett]

Great job!

[@rodneylackey9726]

Excellent video & many thanks for sharing your knowledge. I have the AN2 and plan to (1) use this and your future videos to learn how to fly it and (2) use it to explore the east coast of the U.S. where I live.

[@jonbeckett]

Sounds like a plan :)

[@CrashEd1664]

Great tutorial! Thanks also for the checklist - it’s going to come in very handy!

[@jonbeckett]

I'll keep updating the checklist as I figure out more :)

[@CrashEd1664]

@@jonbeckett super, thanks 👍

[@rogerabram5108]

Excellent video and start up checklist! Thank you!!

[@jonbeckett]

You're welcome :)

[@en0n126]

Thanks. This is a pretty unique and silly bird (in a good way). I was putting it through its short landing paces last night. It's hard to make it sink very quickly with the throttle chopped out and nose up, so you really gotta make sure you're set up well on your approach, or its easy to be too fast and/or too high. It literally won't stall though.

[@jonbeckett]

Nice work!

[@MrSTUDIO54NYC]

To shutdown the engine use the cutoff valve (red lever to backward).

[@OscarDiaz-nn9ch]

Finally! Been waiting for this moment for a long time man Outstanding explanation as always! One thing to add Ive read that on the AN2 manual that there is not stall speed. If there’s engine failure, Pilots simply feather the prop, lower flaps to 40 degrees, and the plane will descend much like a parachute till it lands That plane might be big and slow but it can glide long distances without stalling it Fascinating aircraft.

[@jonbeckett]

I've just read the same - it's going to be interesting to try these things out :)

[@JohanRzymski]

Look forward to you flying it about, I may even get it myself. Sounds great 👍

[@jonbeckett]

Hope you enjoy it!

[@lvwpy]

Excellent review as usual! At its current discount price, and given its quality, this addon is a steal! AFAIK the AN-2 doesn't have any published stall speed.

[@jonbeckett]

It really is very, very good.

[@metzgergva]

Just an essential part for preparation is to assure to have air pressure in the brake system. Check the valve open position so that the parking brake can hold it. You need the engine running to refill and maintain brake pressure.

[@jonbeckett]

As I said - this is purely functional - no checks done lol. As many people have discovered, the engine pressurises the brakes :)

[@paulkirkland3263]

With the current Marketplace discount, you get all this for £8.39. Starting the flight on the runway, with the aircraft already running, I find the braking is normal - as and when needed. Haven't tried the manual start-up yet, so I don't know what has to be open/switched on.

[@jonbeckett]

It's pretty straightforward :)

[@2airvette3]

that is a very tricky start indeed! thanks a bunch for shedding light on this. I´m loving this bird! I guess the altimeter is in Meters rights? not sure about the vertical speed indicator

[@DcsDux]

I found that you need to keep the throttle up in order to maintain brake pressure ... also notable are the slats that come in and out if you fly very slowly with full flaps .. note the loud bang... and I haven't encountered another plane in the sim yet, that makes those braking hissing noises

[@jonbeckett]

There are probably valve controls somewhere in the cockpit to control charging the brake cylinders :)

[@DoarTedy]

Great video. What graphic setting do u use in the game for the quality aspect??

[@jonbeckett]

Just stock Ultra.

[@patrickvolpe7508]

I could see one of the beacon lights or I’m not sure if the correct terminology is - blinking in the mirror outside the pilot window. Nice details.

[@jonbeckett]

I noticed that too :)

[@kamow5296]

Thank you for your video! But PNEUMATIC VALVE to CLOSED after engine start is wrong! The valve must remain open, because at the latest when taxiing you will notice that you no longer have any pressure to brake!

[@jonbeckett]

Yes, you are right - I missed it when trying to decipher an old printed pilots operating handbook I was going through. I've been away for a few days - will update asap.

[@mikecoffee100]

Another Spot On Video as usual and Blimeyyyy switches for switches and I just spent a few quid on a throttle quadrant so will just have to wait for this .

[@jonbeckett]

(sound of clock ticking)

[@mikecoffee100]

@@jonbeckett Your content is always Study Level

[@Squirel]

I'm always amazed at how differently technology developed in countries that didn't communicate, to achieve the same or similar results. This is like landing a western plane and popping all of the circuit breakers to shut down and pushing them all in again (in the right order) to start up again lol.

[@jonbeckett]

Essentially yes :)

[@ErikFigueroa]

I've been waiting for this bird since last year. Bought it as soon as the update dropped. I simply love everything about it! She just wants to fly, and there is no other plane that handles so well at low speeds. 😊

[@jonbeckett]

It's fantastic

[@patrickvolpe7508]

Another good VR plane. Large glass cockpit pretty nice.

[@ThijsF28]

The AN-225 and AN-2 came to Xbox yesterday and im sooo happy with both of them 😍😍

[@jonbeckett]

Fantastic - should be a lot more aircraft arriving on XBox now too.

[@wollaminfaetter]

Damn u fast! Been waiting for this :)

[@jonbeckett]

Heh - cheers :)

[@raymondnardozza9652]

Thanks a lot, fantastic video. Always waiting for your review before committing to buy an aircraft. I’m wondering how faithfully the soviet navigation instruments are reproduced on this aircraft. Hopefully you can give us a review pretty soon. Cheers

[@jonbeckett]

I'll do a much more in-depth video (or number of videos!) soon :)

[@Simulanderson]

AMAZING!

[@ZiggyAir]

Just two quick questions. Which one is the airspeed and how do I set the flaps?

[@jonbeckett]

Airspeed is top left. I have flaps on a joystick axis. You've got me thinking now too!

[@ZiggyAir]

@@jonbeckett Yes, I ended up binding that in my controller, but I was curious. Thanks,

[@redguard2946]

Excellent vid for a quick "cold and dark", thx for that. We can expect ATSimulations to eventually add English language to the instruments. They've done so with their Piaggio P.149 with a simple left-click on a tiny German flag on the instruments panel and, voila, tiny Union Jack and all makes sense 😛

[@jonbeckett]

I actually *like* that it's accurate

[@AndrewWilliamsMusic]

have you figured out a way to track a VOR?

[@jonbeckett]

There is an alternative version of the aircraft in the pack - with modern avionics. It has the Garmin 530 :)

[@AndrewWilliamsMusic]

@@jonbeckett It does, but neither variant is able to connect the nav vhf radio to any instrument as far as I can tell. The only one that works is the ADF needle, but you cannot connect that to the VHF signal.

[@jonbeckett]

@@AndrewWilliamsMusic yep - I guess you can't have everything :) I'm going to fly it without the modern avionics kit anyway - kind of destroys the challenge, because you know exactly where you are with GPS anyway :)

[@JoseGarcia-yk3dl]

Hello! this plane no have english cokpit version? Thanks!

[@jonbeckett]

Nope. The real thing doesn't have one either.

[@JoseGarcia-yk3dl]

@@jonbeckett very thanks

[@pthine1]

Theres an an-2 at Oshawa Airport cyoo been there a couple of years

[@kvs154]

Awaited for a year)))!!

[@jonbeckett]

I know - I wondered if it might have been caught up in the news stories that I'm not going anywhere near in this channel :)

[@JamesHepwell]

Having flown an An-2 (for about 10 mins) must say that the sound is no way near the real thing. Seems to be the same with most MSFS aircraft. But it looks good and a worthy addition I think to my virtual hangar.

[@jonbeckett]

I imagine it will get updated

[@stevejackson5557]

Would help you if you turned on cockpit tool tips...makes it a lot easier.

[@jonbeckett]

I purposely turned them off.

[@mikecoffee100]

ohhh bother I went and baught the AN2 sooo can I now stop purchasing any more atm ?? Thank You and Thank You for the Well done content

[@jonbeckett]

Enjoy!

[@navodopade]

Good day to you! I can't figure it out, how to switch on transponder. Could you tell me please how to do it?

[@jonbeckett]

I'll have a look later :)

[@dkgolfnut]

great job!!

[@DGatsby]

Another great plane!

[@jonbeckett]

It really is :)

[@Doug_Narby]

Great vid thanks. There’s an English language mod to download now, FYI

[@jonbeckett]

Where's the fun in that ? :)

[@Doug_Narby]

@@jonbeckett I see your point. ;) I have a shameful amount of hours in Russian helos on DCS. Last night I was able to get the AN2 going from cold before I saw your video just because so many things are similar. Several of the instruments including the chrono are identical. Also I cheated a bit with some tool tips.

[@MrJp990]

followed this to the t and engine wont start. does the MSFS marketplace give refunds?

[@jonbeckett]

Nope. Press CTRL+E.

[@salazarbernardo]

Is this Carenado?

[@jonbeckett]

ATSimulations, as far as I'm aware.

[@kvs154]

ATsimulations

[@kamow5296]

Very nice! Manual?

[@jonbeckett]

There isn't one with it, as far as I have seen.

[@kamow5296]

@@jonbeckett I take the manual from the An2 for the FSX, you can find it on the internet and it is very extensive! Strange, the FSX variant is also from ATSimulation, why the manual is not here remains a mystery! Precisely because the Anna is programmed very well and with all functions, a proper manual is essential!

[@TomaszDurlej]

You shouldn’t stay on so low idle. You need a little more power to keep alternator and pneumatic running.

[@jonbeckett]

Yes - learned that afterwards :)

[@TomaszDurlej]

@@jonbeckett Ok :) did I say I enjoy your videos? No? I do !

[@MrSTUDIO54NYC]

The alternator works about over 800rpm.

[@mikecoffee100]

they have the air sounds for the brakes blimeeey this is goood

[@jonbeckett]

Yes - good, isn't it :)

[@kvs154]

Left side from pilot sit.

[@jamesstuart3346]

3:10 The anti-fart light has come on...prevents flatulent spins

[@jonbeckett]

There's always one...

[@Lone_GamerUK]

You can do some grass landings there in that - for me it’s like flying a Russian washing machine - looks great you’re a braver man than me. 😅

[@jonbeckett]

It's great fun :)

[@Gilles45]

And here I am, flying the Longitude at FL430! 😕😎

[@jonbeckett]

Heh

[@MaximLysakovsky]

To make you feel better, I speak russian and I would also have a hard time following most of the checklists :). Those abbreviations are not super helpful. Also, I flew in one of those when I was a kid, and I only remember the noise and smell of vomit :( in the passenger cabin.

[@jonbeckett]

Brilliant :)

[@kvs154]

Its not stalling))) Ever

[@daniilhalka9286]

The game does not expose how it shakes all the time during a flight. And how it stalls during turns)

[@simpo5958]

The flight model realism in MFS2020 is rubbish. Most official planes in the game don't behave anywhere near like in the real world. not in engine performance, stall characteristics or flight dynamics. It's mostly about the model itself is what people are after...

[@jonbeckett]

I gather the AN-2 is incredibly difficult to stall...

[@jonbeckett]

What real world experience do you have to make such confident statements ? :)

[@simpo5958]

@@jonbeckett Yes I am a pilot and I have logged hours flying some of the aircraft I was referring to, particularly the Ultralight /light sport that is part of the official "none premium collection" as they call it, typical Microsoft marketing. and yes some systems currently are not functional like the propeller pitch adjustment system for the Czech JMB V3, engine performance is completely inaccurate and you can't even reach its top speed. stall characteristics, weight, and balance are all over the place, you can tell they didn't even bother to go over the aircraft's performance charts. the Icon A5 spin resistance wing is not modeled, stall spin occurs at the same speed under the same conditions as the other aircraft of the same category. I'm hoping that will be improved with the flight model updates, the GA category was a complete mess at release but was improved over time, unfortunately still not up there with Xplane.

[@GilbMLRS]

Traffic patterns should always go over wealthy people's homes and every complaint be met with a bulldozer.

[@jonbeckett]

Hahahaha

[@kvs154]

To stall it, student must be dumb

[@ArtemPichak]

Not from russia

[@jonbeckett]

When the AN-2 was designed, developed and manufactured, Ukraine was a part of the USSR. In future I will be more careful to use the term "Soviet". I typically don't go anywhere near politics, and have no plans to. I typically remove comments that stray into politics - that's not what we're here for.

[@jonbeckett]

I just watched it back - because I'm consciencious about this sort of thing - the only thing I mention is that "everything is written in Russian". Given the period of the aircraft, that's correct - the labels WERE written in Russian - not Ukrainian.

[@TuffGnarl]

​@@jonbeckett Cyrillic either way so for most of us used to the latin alphabet it's equally indecipherable, haha!

[@svenhurvinek5293]

Oleg Antonov was born near Moscow and was of russian ethnicity. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oleg_Antonov_(aircraft_designer). Without russians and ukrainians collaborating in the USSR this beautiful plane, as well as all other Antonovs, never would have come to existance. I know there are people out there who would prefer that. The whole ethnic "russian vs. ukrainian" extending into the FS community is getting to me.

[@jonbeckett]

@@svenhurvinek5293 Like I said - better to use the term Soviet, and go no further than that.

[@mihaelb9752]

What is Antifa light? 3:06

[@jonbeckett]

I don't understand the question