Carenado Fokker 50 Full Flight Tutorial [X-Plane 11 in 4K] [F50]

[@dbvetter7485]

Thanks for the tutorial flight, it’s hard to find details, anywhere, for this great old bird.

[@charliebowman785]

Wie man sagt in Deutsch, das Flugzeuge ist eine richtig wunder! Sehr tolles video. Danke vielmals.

[@04tommac]

Thank you so much, this is great information, you are very generous for sharing with us. I'm subscribed!

[@NHR2020]

Very many thanks, this is really helpful. You filled the gap left by the very limited support material from Carenado. The F50 had real character (like the F27), so I was happy when Carenado released this for X-plane. The manuals might have been limited, but my impressions is they got the 'feel' of the real thing right.

[@deankorbin5640]

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[@rhyslawrence3247]

@Dean Korbin Instablaster :)

[@deankorbin5640]

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[@deankorbin5640]

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[@rhyslawrence3247]

@Dean Korbin No problem =)

[@paulw2604]

Very good, informative and well presented video. Thank you.

[@martinbeck358]

Excellent video. Informative without the preamble that so many other videos have. Thanks.

[@ACB70]

you made a nice touch down landing great job

[@chrismbf8160]

Thx my friend! I was desperately looking for the control lock without thinking about the armrest. ; D thumbs up and a subscription as a thank you! :)

[@paulodestefani8223]

Thanks for help me Captain, excellent video.

[@AggrarFarmer]

What a sweet prop !

[@Noio_]

Very comprehensive tutorial. Thanks

[@Jiggly]

Very well produced video. Nice flying! Thanks!

[@АлександрКот-р9н]

Thanks for your job and video!

[@tommysallstedt4122]

Thank you very much for a good and interesting tutorial. I bought the Fokker 50 som days ago and your tutorial was a great help, especielly when the enclosed manual is very poor.

[@assaadmouaffak4613]

Very good job Thank you very much

[@paulrodriguez7416]

Great video, than you! It helps me a lot in understanding the plane. As the documentation thats comes with the plane is very limited, to you know about some informations that explain a bit more the different displays for example for the engines etc ? I would like to understand more what they exactly mean, Thank you very much once again!

[@SimulationChannelDeluxe]

Thanks, I'm glad that you enjoyed the tuto :) Do you mean the engine gauges like NH, ITT, NL etc.? Well they're quite standard for a turboprop aircraft and it would take too long to explain them here. As long as nothing goes into the red, it should be fine ;) The TRQ% meters in the top center are especially useful though to not overstress the engines. Cheers

[@3739blog]

Thank you for this tutorial. Just downloaded mine but im having problems with the AP and the landing gear not retracting.

[@jcsk8]

As a FS2004 ATR-72 orphan I think that I´ll try a shot in this bird for the xplane.

[@xitoroman]

Cara, foi isso que eu fiz, e a aeronave é delíciosa de voar... Não é tão legal quando o atr no sentido de sistemas, o trim, o jeito que tu opera as manetes.. Mas é tão gostoso de voar quanto o atr.. Ainda mais se tu curte fazer vo VOR to VOR, tu vai curtir, ela responde muito bem!

[@josephgichuki8833]

i love the cockpit

[@abrahameivins6491]

Hi, for some reason when starting the plan the overhead hydraulic lights don't seem to turn on. Minor problem but still curious

[@AbsolutelyEverybody1]

How fast were you cruising at? I missed the speed(s). Great video too. Good work.

[@SimulationChannelDeluxe]

Around 240 kts in this case. You see the steps for cruise right here: 29:10

[@ChosVirtualFlights]

Carenado planes are on sale so I finally bought the Fokker 50. Not the best like you mentioned, but at least it's fun to fly and also I finally have a prop airliner in my collection other than LES Saab 640.

[@SimulationChannelDeluxe]

Cool, yeah I think for the reduced price it's okay to get it ;)

[@laurentnatujak377]

Hi, IS Les Saab better than F50 ? Thanks

[@Chapter3Fan]

Found a mistake there ... you take the ground idle stop to off ... it should be on for TO. That's what it's there fore. During a rejected TO, you should not use reverse, cuz it would take you longer (further) to stop. Taking ground idle stop to off, is something you do on approach only. Other things .. I think you take off the flight controls lock only shortly before entering the runway. They lock the control surfaces in place and also prevent you from going to flight range with the power levers. So on the ground, only beta (ground) range for the power levers (except on the runway obviously)

[@Chapter3Fan]

Flight control lock The flight-control lock should be engaged during taxiing and parking. After setting the flightcontrol lock, move the control column slightly forward and bring the ailerons and rudder to the neutral position; check the flight controls are locked. When releasing the lock, be aware of flight control movement due to wind. The PF should keep his feet on the rudder bar while the PNF should hold the control wheel.

[@Chapter3Fan]

Ground idle stop A selectable GND IDLE STOP mechanism is installed on the pedestal to prevent selection of the power levers to the REV position during a rejected take-off. Due to propeller pitch change characteristics the propeller pitch rate is reduced when large changes are required. This is noticeable in a rejected take-off with the power levers selected from the T/O detent to the REV position. During a rejected take-off the stopping distance with the power levers selected in the REV position may require more distance than with the power levers selected in the GND IDLE position. NOTE: The ground idle stop is NOT used for landing as the propeller pitch change characteristics are not restrictive. The use of reverse during landing is unrestricted.

[@Chapter3Fan]

Also, I think it's not logical to first tell the plane to climb IAS mode at 170 or 175 kts, and then later adjust the pitch on the autopilot panel ... F50 logic is .. you set a speed ("full power" controlled by an engine mode) and the plane will pitch up to keep the speed and thus climb ... reverse for descent, you go to flight idle and to keep the speed up, the plane will control the pitch to go down. I believe it's more common practice to control the climb or descent rate with the power levers .. Add a bit of power during descent to go down slower .. reduce power some during climb to go up slower.

[@Chapter3Fan]

The sim should also be programmed that you can't go below flight idle when the gear is not touching the ground, but that's up to Carenado to program in ..

[@Chapter3Fan]

On the engine rating panel, I believe you should not select GA for landing, as it will be selected upon touchdown automatically .. then after 16 seconds on the ground, it will change to TO. In case of a GA, you'd press the button that is in the knob of the power levers while you set power, which will enable GA mode as well.

[@officialdjgooze]

i have a problem. when i turn the battery on and follow everything you did in this video, the mcdu and the radio panels and a bunch of other panels dont turn on. i contacted carenado support but they didnt come up with a solution and they said they would speak with their dev team but i havent gotten an email back yet.

[@Yonlawlawlaw]

Hard to control Vertical Speed on this plane

[@microRiZu]

If they had ported their ATR 72-500 it would've sold very well AFAIK, the P3D/FSX version is actually very good considering carenado. and MOST of people i ask say they love ATRs would love to fly them in XP11 over Q400 but sadly there're no options at all.

[@paulrodriguez7416]

If you don’t mind I have one last question : after flying the plane a couple of time I find it quite difficult to slow the plane down during approach. Is there any thing I could do to reach the runway at a slower speed as the Fokker has no speed brakes.... thank you very much if you find time for an answer :-)

[@SimulationChannelDeluxe]

Yes that's true, the plane is very slippery and doesn't like slowing down. There's nothing to do against it, just a good descent planning to descend early and having the time to slow down... Cheers

[@phipsd8388]

How did you apply reverse thrust? somehow in my sim it isn't working, I push the "end" button, hit F2 (like in any other plane) and nothing happens. please help me, because landing without reversers is annoying.

[@oskargunn]

Really nice tutorial, and was looking forward to try this, but... I was wondering if anyone can help me with a problem. I just bought this addon for XPlane11, and first of all the menu at the bottom left corner is missing ( A C O ). Also none of the buttons in the cockpit are working. I hear a clicking sound but no animation.

[@oskargunn]

I did a reinstall and i think it did the trick.

[@jacek6179]

How to view flight plan points in FMC?

[@SimulationChannelDeluxe]

There is no way to preview the flight plan on the Navigation Display unfortunately (if that's your question).

[@jacek6179]

@@SimulationChannelDeluxe Yes, that was my question. However, in the F50 manual there is an entry saying that you can see the flight plan, but I cannot do it.

[@ChosVirtualFlights]

Love your videos. What ATC have you been using?

[@SimulationChannelDeluxe]

Thanks a lot! It is PF3 ATC by OnCourse Software, combined with the PFEtoXplane plugin to make it work in XP11. I also have some tutorials on the channel :) Cheers

[@TheJLEE97]

Is that....is it...the default FMC...?

[@SimulationChannelDeluxe]

Yeah, I'm afraid it is lol

[@AbsolutelyEverybody1]

How fast were you cruising at?

[@SimulationChannelDeluxe]

As you can see at 31:14 for example, relatively close to redline speed. The lower the cruise altitude, the easier it is to get to redline speed and even overspeed the plane. So it's all about throttle management, also when using the CRZ thrust setting.

[@AbsolutelyEverybody1]

@@SimulationChannelDeluxe I was referring to TAS (True Air Speed).

[@SimulationChannelDeluxe]

@@AbsolutelyEverybody1 I don't think there's a TAS readout available. Groundspeed was 240-250 knots I think.

[@AbsolutelyEverybody1]

@@SimulationChannelDeluxe well if there is no TAS available then its not a real simulation. Every cockpit has a TAS reading on aircraft.

[@SimulationChannelDeluxe]

@@AbsolutelyEverybody1 It's Carenado afer all ;)

[@stevew8614]

Great video! For which parts of flight do you have Ortho scenery installed?

[@SimulationChannelDeluxe]

Thanks! As I'm German, I created orthos for nearly all of Germany, so we have ortho coverage for the whole flight pretty much.

[@jameswest9119]

Are you using any mods for your EHSI?

[@SimulationChannelDeluxe]

The aircraft is fully stock and unmodded.

[@markpearce7405]

is this aircraft worth it and would you say this or the saab 340 by carenado? thanks.

[@SimulationChannelDeluxe]

I don't know, as I don't own the Carenado Saab.

[@herrakahmy6840]

@@SimulationChannelDeluxe For Saab, go for LES Saab, it's excellent.

[@SimulationChannelDeluxe]

@@herrakahmy6840 Yes indeed I own the LES Saab but not the one by Carenado ;) There are even some videos for the LES here on the channel.

[@nisse1337]

Good! But i can just ask my dad, he’s an F50 captain :)

[@nisse1337]

@Lachlan Bray, amapola in sweden, they flew mostly freight-fokkers for a few years ago, but now they only operate the Fokker thru another company BRA, so they fly in the name of BRA but the company got its own crew and everything.

[@oscarkastor7718]

Åhhhh amapola är ett härligt flygbolag😍

[@nisse1337]

@Oscar, absolut!

[@oscarkastor7718]

Melvin Nilsson Min pappa flög/flyger ATR’en för BRA. Den är också ganska härlig, men föredrar nog ändå fokkern ;)

[@nisse1337]

@Oscar, ja, har fått några jumpseat-timmar på fokkern (ungefär 60h), men ATR’en är också fin!

[@rainerlovesjapan9468]

Where do I find this Fokker 50 plane add on? Danke

[@SimulationChannelDeluxe]

Here's where I got it: store.x-plane.org/F50-XPLANE-11_p_1038.html