Felis 747-200 Full Tutorial - Part 5 - Descent and Landing

[@zephyrzhang]

This is BY FAR the best 747-200 tutorials I’ve even seen! Really Grateful for this

[@ReflectedRealitySimulations]

Thanks for the very kind feedback, glad you like the content!

[@danmoretti8898]

Man you're like the Bob Ross of flight simming. So chill, really great to learn from somebody so relaxed. Thanks for your knowledge and your fantastic content.

[@ReflectedRealitySimulations]

Hehe, thanks for the nice feedback, and glad you like the video content!

[@stuarts1059]

Personally, I'm very grateful that you are continuing to make such high-quality tutorials. Thanks!

[@ReflectedRealitySimulations]

Thanks Stuart, glad you like the videos, and sorry for the long wait for this one.

[@kemc77]

me too

[@larrybueno]

Same here!

[@facethefaceandmore44]

YES!!!! Never been so happy to see a video pop up on my phone's notifications. Same thumbnail and everything, didn't bat an eyelid.

[@ReflectedRealitySimulations]

Hope you enjoyed the video! (I'm too lazy for extra thumbnails!)

[@mervynedwards5755]

Hi Graeme, I'm becoming much more comfortable with the 742 now. Appreciate the time and effort you give in creating these videos. The way you deliver the information is great in avoiding the stress that can build up when you're not in front of the aircraft. Many Thanks.

[@ReflectedRealitySimulations]

Sorry for the late response Mervyn and thanks for the nice feedback. Yes doing everything logically and trying to think ahead is the key to operating most aircraft, and is vitally important with large transport jets.

[@femler]

Thank Graeme for finalizing this tutorial series about the 747-200.

[@ReflectedRealitySimulations]

You're welcome, hope you enjoyed the video.

[@Triple7F]

It's nice to see a sequel video after 7 months. Thanks for the tutorial video.

[@ReflectedRealitySimulations]

Thanks, I hope the video didn't disappoint! Sorry for the long wait.

[@justadroid]

Thanks for taking the time to do this one, always learn something new from your vids. After a dozen or so flights offline, I'm now comfortable flying with the INS and all the other systems in this thing. Laying down some miles in her now on vatsim and loving it! I haven't updated yet, might hold off as for me, the landing characteristics in my version are spot on. Put her down at mzfw plus reserves onto 24r into LAX in the dark last week and it was the most satisfying approach/landing I've had in 12 years of vatsimming! It's a great sim, long live xplane! Keep up the vids, cheers

[@ReflectedRealitySimulations]

You're welcome. Glad you enjoy the content. That's the great thing about doing long haul on an older jet like this using the INS, when you arrive at the destination there's a real sense of achievement.

[@vutti2893]

Well worth the wait, Thank you. By the time I have reviewed the entire series once again, I might actually be able to complete my first sector without trashing the undercarriage. Thanks again for all your hard work.

[@ReflectedRealitySimulations]

Glad to hear it - It's really satisfying when you have a nice flight in the 747!

[@somewaresim]

Thanks. Another excellent series of videos. You’re such a great teacher.

[@ReflectedRealitySimulations]

Thanks for the nice feedback Gary - it was a fun, and difficult series to make so I'm glad the results are worth it.

[@gilles-gabriel_g6557]

Thanks for your time and explanations....Keep the good work ahead....happy landings...

[@ReflectedRealitySimulations]

You're welcome, and thanks for the nice feedback. (Sorry for a very late response!)

[@captwozza4817]

Many thanks again, Graeme! Hadn’t realised there were issues with the ground effect - certainly gives me a good excuse now if I thump the plane down 😅 As ever, a great video to conclude an excellent series!

[@0321Sjoerd]

Nice that you’ve completed the series! Will watch it this evening after work. Thanks for sharing your knowledge with us!

[@ReflectedRealitySimulations]

Yes I felt bad leaving the aircraft hanging in the air like that! Sorry for the long wait, and I hope the video doesn't disappoint.

[@0321Sjoerd]

@@ReflectedRealitySimulations just watched it, it doesn’t! Well worth the wait! I’ll pull her out of the virtual hangar again soon. Been busy with the Challenger and the MD11 lately…

[@AxmihaMeuSaco]

Thank you, sir, for these incredible videos. I'll tell you one thing. After a week with this 747, I'm doing a flight with the IXEG 737-300, and it feels like a bicycle.

[@stewiepid4385]

Butter landing. I did see the aberration in the lower altitude during final.

[@ReflectedRealitySimulations]

Thanks, needed some practice! Yes the model did always lower the nose at low altitude, lots of X-Plane aircraft have this issue, but hoping for some improvements on the in X-Plane 12. The latest version of the 747 doesn't have the odd effects from 1000ft down though, so it a lot better to fly.

[@mattiathegenie]

About time Graeme! :) good to have you back on YT

[@ReflectedRealitySimulations]

It's been too long! Sorry for the wait :-)

[@F16pilotHydra]

A question that I believe you didn't mention in the video I think we should also put epr limiting to GA as we're about to land. I loved the series and think it's the best one out here. Thanks a lot

[@ReflectedRealitySimulations]

Thanks, yes I think I missed that one, good spot. Glad you like the video series!

[@JackJohnson-cm6jk]

Hey Graham...just rewatched some parts of the 742 vids after a long time to get back in to flying her :-) Thanks for making those and i hope you are doing well.

[@ReflectedRealitySimulations]

Thanks - it's one of those airplanes that you can go months without flying, but when you finally get back to it the rusty feeling doesn't take long to go away. Glad you're liking the videos.

[@larrybueno]

Thank you for taking the time to finish the wonderful 747 tutorial. I was wondering what happened. Keep up the good work! 🙂

[@omriginzburg4597]

Thanks Graeme! I've been following all your tutorials to the letter, and they helped so much! Hope to see more content from you in the future!

[@ReflectedRealitySimulations]

Thanks for the nice feedback. Yes I've got a little bit more content coming out shortly.

[@omriginzburg4597]

@@ReflectedRealitySimulations Sorry that this is not 747 related, but I have found no other way to contact you. I don't know if you use Microsoft Flight Simulator as well, but are you going to cover the Fenix A320? If I remember correctly, I have heard you are an Airbus pilot. I would love to hear your opinion on this as I really value it. Thanks.

[@OrionRox]

Thank you! Another superb tutorial! Since LTN92 is available, would you pleassssse make a video about LTN92?

[@ReflectedRealitySimulations]

Thanks for the nice feedback - Yes I'd love to do a LTN92 video as it looks like a fascinating system. I need to learn how to use it myself and then find some time to record a video. I'll probably wait until XP12 is out of beta and use it as an opportunity to look at the 747 in XP12 too.

[@solyyu]

I was so looking forward to this!

[@ReflectedRealitySimulations]

Thanks, sorry for the wait, and I hope it didn't disappoint!

[@amaeyhardas4026]

Hi… thank you for your videos. I use the fmc to plan my flights instead of the ins . All goes great for me throughout the flight, only after loc is alive and I move to ils mode things are not great . My aircraft does nt do a smooth descend in the gs once it’s green. It goes well for a while but then I am too high and it’s at 2000ft it does a sharp dive to shed the extra altitude . Could you advise what could be wrong.

[@ReflectedRealitySimulations]

There were some issues with some versions of the 747 where the lift values were being changed dynamically on approach and this was leading to poor flying behaviour on the ILS. I believe this is all fixed as of a few months ago so best to check with the latest version.

[@cjfs1948]

Thanks Graeme. Much appreciated. Take Care.

[@ReflectedRealitySimulations]

Thanks Chris, hope the video was worth the wait!

[@andrewrobertshaw1425]

Thank you Graeme. Worth waiting for. I noted your comments regarding the last phase of landing. I have all the versions of the aircraft available, which do you recommend before the minor issues are ironed out? Appreciate all your efforts.

[@ReflectedRealitySimulations]

The latest versions land OK, probably the best balance between bug fixes and flying performance. The very first release version did seem to land slightly better though. X-Plane 12 apparently has some adjustments that mean aircraft developers will need to do less flight model manipulation during the approach, so hopefully Felis will be able to further refine it.

[@plane_spotter_italy]

hello, how do you put sids/stars for del and are on the 742? especially when you fly on Vatsim when they could change them while you're decending or the fir clearance when they may change your dep from the flight plan you filled, thanks

[@Malloriak]

Hello, if you use CIV-A or LTN-92 you cant use RNAV sid/stars. So you should tell vatsim dispatch crew, that you are not RNAV certified and request vectoring. But some airports still have VOR-DME approaches/departures. Also you can put FMC in PDA settings, do fly over RNAV START/SID. But you should manage constrains by yourself

[@plane_spotter_italy]

@@Malloriak thanks

[@liamarnold7251]

Great video! Quick question, how much deviation are you allowed if you’re on an IFR flight plan? Especially when turning from radial to radial using heading mode, I’m sure you get somewhat off of the intended flight path. Thank you in advance.

[@ReflectedRealitySimulations]

There's a huge margin of error allowed for. The airways allow 4nm either side of the centerline to allow for inaccuracies in VOR navigation. There's a further 2nm secondary area each side making the whole airway 12nm wide. For a 90 degree turn that gives you about 8.5nm distance from the waypoint while remaining within the airway. When you consider DME measures the "slant range" that allows you a DME reading of about 10nm at 36000ft while remaining inside the airway. (All simple triangle math) When the distance between VORs is more than 102nm the airway has to be even wider to allow for the error. Oceanic routings in the days of INS navigation were even larger with minimum track spacings of 60 nautical miles, 1 degree of latitude, hence why oceanic waypoints don't need to be specified to any greater accuracy than the degree, and that's only really been reduced over the past few years with RLAT. Hope that all makes sense?

[@totoritko]

Beautiful video!

[@ReflectedRealitySimulations]

Thanks very much! More videos of a smaller jet coming up soon :-)

[@jumpnrun3368]

Lovely. Thanks for the great content!

[@ReflectedRealitySimulations]

You're welcome!

[@RoamingAdhocrat]

Why does the master warning light come on just after touchdown?

[@ReflectedRealitySimulations]

That's a good question - and I really don't know. Will have to check it out again and see what's happening.

[@donpickett5115]

Love your videos. My descents have gotten much better since I started watching. But of a random question. In one of your other videos you said you had a hotkey to show/hide all of the onscreen pop up windows. I have searched through X-Plane’s key bindings and can’t find it. How do you do that?

[@ReflectedRealitySimulations]

Thanks Don, glad you're finding it useful. The Popup hide function is specific to the HotStart Challenger 650, not a generic X-Plane thing. If you have the Challenger it will show up as a binding for "Toggle Popups" or something similar.

[@donpickett5115]

@@ReflectedRealitySimulations Grrrr. I repeat: grrrrr.

[@strumminandwrenchin9162]

Is the Felis 747-200 capable of having the flight saved and resumed without being in a cold and dark, falling from the sky?

[@ReflectedRealitySimulations]

Sorry for the delay replying. It's been a while since I looked at the 747, but last I heard Felis was working on some save state functionality. Other users have also suggested this addon to help forums.x-plane.org/index.php?/files/file/76317-felis-747-200-virtual-fe/

[@johnkelly9177]

Wow Graeme ! wonderful tutorial and again very comprehensive. Thanks so much .. what a tutorial.. hats off to you Sir. I was so curious to see this particular Video which is so great. What a landing which is so smooth. Would you please guide me through as from where should I download the supporting apps that you have in the Tablet eg Routes , Airports, Maps, Providers , charts etc etc I want to setup my Tablet just like yours :) Thanks ps. Also x plane seems like don't have realism when it comes to hitting something ?? and when I start it at certain gate it turned out to be inside the building :(((( so annoying which made me to shut the system completely because of anger and frustration. BTW the earlier question that I have wrt to smoke .. it seems to go away ??

[@ReflectedRealitySimulations]

Thanks John, glad you liked the video. The tablet features are part of the Avitab plugin. I have my Navigraph Subscription linked to Avitab for the airport charts. For the VFR charts you can download them from here www.faa.gov/air_traffic/flight_info/aeronav/Digital_Products/vfr/ get the geo-tiff versions and extract to the Avitab Geotiff folder : X-Plane 11\Resources\plugins\AviTab\MapTiles\GeoTIFFs There are some limits to what X-Plane does with collision models, but in general it shouldn't crash the sim as a result of starting at a gate that is too small. X-Plane doesn't have the ability to prevent you loading a big aircraft on a small gate, and that would be a really useful feature. Sorry I must have missed the comment on smoke. There are two things that can cause that in X-Plane. Firstly a wet runway with particle effects - that's an X-Plane annoyance, but developers can correct it with custom particle effects, although not too many know how to do so. The other thing that can cause it is the default smoke effect. Search the keyboard settings for "smoke" and see if you have a keybinding set for that. Hope that makes sense?

[@myZisfantastic]

Hi Graeme! Top notch vid as usual! How did you get the map at 4.34, is it a mod downloadable somewhere?

[@0321Sjoerd]

I think it’s navigraph charts displayed in Avitab.

[@myZisfantastic]

@@0321Sjoerd No this is not the same as the Navigraph charts for which I have an account!

[@ReflectedRealitySimulations]

You can load the sectional, tac and flyway charts into Avitab by downloading them from the FAA (www.faa.gov/air_traffic/flight_info/aeronav/Digital_Products/vfr/) using the GeoTIFF option, then just put the files in to the Avitab geotiff folder : (X-Plane 11\Resources\plugins\AviTab\MapTiles\GeoTIFFs). For areas that don't have GeoTiff files available, one of the options is to use LittleNavMap to export a mercator chart, Avitab can also display those with georeferencing.

[@myZisfantastic]

@@ReflectedRealitySimulations Thank you so much for the explanations Graeme 👍👍!