Felis Tu154 Part 2 - LQSA Arrival [X-Plane]

[@blodwenblod]

loving your videos, you always seem about 3 steps ahead of the plane which is how I presume the professionals are taught to do it. I've learned a lot, thanks, and keep it up.

[@ReflectedRealitySimulations]

Thanks Owen, I'm glad you're enjoying the videos. Yes planning ahead is key to workload manangent, especially for single pilot IFR flying. Tune standby frequencies and select courses as soon as possible. Plan a conservative vertical profile and ensure you don't get to the point where a single task needs all your attention.

[@tristarstuff]

Needles to say... great video! Thank you very much for posting!

[@davidg3168]

Outstanding as always!

[@ReflectedRealitySimulations]

Thanks David.

[@MrKevin721]

very nice plane and video always learn something from your vids!!!

[@TheSkipjack95]

The great thing about this plane, is you can ask different people how they operate it, and you'll get different answers almost every time

[@ReflectedRealitySimulations]

Yes there's not much information out there on operating the Tu154, and the practices given in the manuals differ substantially from common practices with western aircraft so it's challenging to find a semi-realistic method to operate. I think the key thing is the aircraft would be flown manually a lot more frequently than we do in the simulator so we try and do difficult tasks with the autopilot rather than simply fly the aircraft.

[@TheSkipjack95]

Yeah it is very difficult to fly alone manually. I tend to use the AP to take care of things when I need to focus ( flying a SID or STAR /A ), but for visual maneuvers like the LOC DME East at LOWI I fly that by hand.

[@pawkbun]

Thanks for the videos, great stuff. Helped to get this thing off the ground relatively quickly!

[@ReflectedRealitySimulations]

Glad you liked the video, the Tu154 is one of the great X-Plane models, and I really enjoy it, but it doesn’t seem to get much KZbin time.

[@misa_milos]

Wonderful flying, sir!

[@ReflectedRealitySimulations]

Thanks!

[@kilux85]

Thanks for the great tutorial, there are some updates now but this is still very helpful! Had some problems with the AP no following the GPS but I think I have figured it out now ...

[@ReflectedRealitySimulations]

Thanks for your kind comment. Yes I've got the more recent version with the GNS530 instead of the KLN. Whenever I think I've got the Tu154 worked out it finds a new way to confuse me!

[@lh7771]

Good flight!!!! Transfer of the gyros?

[@ReflectedRealitySimulations]

Sorry for the delay replying - yes I was cheating a little bit there using the magnetic gyro slaving to avoid having to do much gyro work in this video. Much later I did a stream with the Tu154 showing the NVU navigation and gyro transfer. kzbin.info/www/bejne/aIrZd2OnqtRpodU

[@raulaubele7240]

Graham, extremely detailed tutorial as always, I really enjoy your videos, one query because i still did not purchase this bird and i would like to, all the autopilot system that I see you use as a 2d pop up menu, is 3D modeled in the cockpit too, isn't it? i mean you use it in this way for convenience but it is not necessary? can it be done perfectly from the 3D instruments in the VC 3d and all same functions are working on in the same way?

[@ReflectedRealitySimulations]

Yes you can do it all on the 3D too, but in this case I find it easier to have the 2D panel visible so I can use the autopilot “heads up”. Just a personal preference. On the real thing you could do a lot by feel without looking down, but obviously this isn’t possible in the sim.

[@raulaubele7240]

@@ReflectedRealitySimulations you are right, thanks, no call outs in english mode?

[@ReflectedRealitySimulations]

I can’t remember callouts, but I always fly it in English mode.

[@AndreyNovikov]

You obviously have to see this episode from a very old but popular old Soviet movie: kzbin.info/www/bejne/sJ-tZaKsqbSteLs (The blinking indicator is "Not ready for takeoff").

[@tistar52]

Great video great work and programming, but felis, the time is always a little, I would like to list that in some step 1) take off 2) pull up gear 3) sets the autopilot for speed and height, AND FLY with the X PLANE GPS, Thanks.

[@evacuatedspace69]

Nice video again. Are you a trained pilot, and if so what are you trained to fly?

[@ReflectedRealitySimulations]

Thanks, yes I'm currently rated on the A320 series and also fly single engine piston. I've previously flown gliders and multi piston during flight training. There's a bit about my background in the Channel Introduction video.

[@evacuatedspace69]

Thanks for replying to me. Any ideas for someone who has learnt quite a bit about planes through x-plane, documents and training videos for quite a few years now on some kind of jobs where I could put my knowledge to good use?

[@ReflectedRealitySimulations]

Are you in Europe or America? In Europe we have dispatchers (not the same as the US dispatchers) who manage the aircraft turnarounds, working with the ground loading teams, the gate agents and the flight crew. They can variously be called turnaround managers, or coordinators. Perhaps that's something to look into. If you've not done any real flying then I would also recommend finding a local glider or sailplane club and go flying with them as it's one of the most affordable and best introductions to flying available. It's possible to go from no flying experience to a solo pilot for less than half the cost of a very average sim-spec gaming PC.