Flight Simulator 2020 Basic G1000 and Autopilot Tutorial

[@drexamine418]

This guy is a saint and we must protect him at all costs , ty for the info I’ve been searching for !

[@houstonb9646]

💂‍♂️💂‍♂️💂‍♂️ Reporting for duty

[@vfradam]

True

[@TzafrirR]

I've been reading and watching and studying Garmin manuals and couldn't figure out what this saint explains perfectly in 20 seconds

[@drexamine418]

Tzafrir Rehan right lol

[@threadz-sr6305]

Wish I’d seen this video before I flew this plane today, what a great tutorial!!

[@whipLasch]

Don’t know why other people are saying you’re speaking too fast, this is the first tutorial I’ve watched that doesn’t seem to assume I’m mentally impaired

[@connorroberts7335]

Also my recommendation for anybody who’s learning the stuff for the first time, I highly recommend them before watching this that you go into your plane and just start reading the names on things and pushing buttons and seeing what happens. So when you go in and watch this video you will already have a puzzle pieces in your head and now you just have to put them together. That’s what helped me the best, good luck

[@mikeymann1996]

You have made getting into MSFS so approachable with these first-class video tutorials. Love your vocal cadence and delivery. Fantastic work!

[@nandayo-w2s]

AMAZING! Please do more of these. The blend of doing things properly but also keeping things simple is so needed in this community in regards of tutorials.

[@GizmoMaltese]

I feel like I understand almost everything you explained but I know when I get in the air I'm going to be confused and have to watch this again. Playing with all these controls gets me all giddy. I'm new to this.

[@nimernimer]

Please please do a full g1000 ils approach and landing. This however has been phenomenaly helpful. Thank you

[@dbeachy1]

Thank you so much for this!! Your tutorial is clear, concise, and well-paced, and I wish all tutorial videos were as good as this one! I didn't know where to start learning all those buttons before, but now the GPS makes a lot more sense to me. Thanks again!

[@maroofr]

I subscribed to you simply because of your quote "you're supposed to yell at the screen louder so I can hear you" Oh and your content is very in depth. Thank you sir.

[@sudo_rm_vrf]

awesome tutorial man! I would definitely love an ILS video as well.

[@TheVeteran80]

Yes please!

[@djsuth7727]

A very helpful video but I'm still having huge problems using the G1000 . A lot of the time I can't get it to accept any changes/adjustments in FPL- I think it's buggy.

[@rjhelms]

Thanks for this! This video explained a lot of the things I found confusing about using the G1000 in FS2020. I've especially been struggling with figuring out how to tell it to go directly to a waypoint - lots of times when I start an approach it does the same silliness as happened in this video, so it's awesome to learn how to get around it.

[@DDoom33]

Sir, two things. First you are heaven sent! Thank you for this amazing content. Second, could you do an in depth tutorial on the different navigation methods? I have a very hard time understanding and when to use them. I'm talking about LOC, VNAV, VOR (why are there 2 also), ADF, and so on. Thanks again for the content. It's so helpful

[@ProWithABow231]

Well first, adf is a fairly old technology and is slowly being phased out. So I wouldn’t pay much attention to learning how to use it. Secondly, VNAV and LOC are not used to navigate. Now, localizers can be used to confirm your position on an ifr/victor route but they are not used for navigation over long distances. Finally, this channel does have a video on an entire VOR based ifr flight. If you haven’t watched it I suggest you do. But to summarize, VORs are radio based navigation aids that tell you your position based off of a direction on the compass. In order to navigate from VORs you need to set your NAV radio to the VOR radio frequency. I can go into more depth if you would like but I hope that answers your question!

[@explodogames2774]

i remembered like 20percent of all this so now i get to watch this video 4 more times . super helpful . thanks

[@EST-Tarkov]

oh finaly a very good tutorial on autopilot. I dont understand why Aviaton KZbin isnt cashing in on new pilots. So many new gamers with 0 experience and soooo much questions. Good work mate

[@GusFliesBlind]

Great video! I'd like to watch 2 or 3 more of these with details on other features, particularly the other autopilot features. I haven't used my PPL in 20 years - it's a strange new world! Thanks!

[@joshuamarius]

I've seen many tutorials on the Avionics on KZbin and on Reddit. Almost nobody is talking about the importance of the TO/GA button. It positions the flight director at the proper pitch (usually 7-10°) for a takeoff, or if you have to go around after a missed approach. It is usually a button located on the side, or underneath (like in the SR22) the Throttle and it is a very important feature for take-off. Usually available on aircraft larger than the Cessna 172 (and separate Garmin GMC Autopilot unit), or the larger jets with the Pro Line 21 and even commercial airliners. Hope this helps!

[@nick11927]

Please do more videos on ILS landsing and Navigation etc. I'm a noob!

[@DSH1092]

The real mvp! I tried fumbling through it the best i could but this really tied everything together. Cheers man!

[@Wam_FR]

Just saving your video for watching it again and again for understanding all you say because I'm French but I can already say thank you very much for this video! It will be very helpful! Autopilot seems to be more complicated than in fsx... And sometimes, it does crazy thing with airliners

[@wollaminfaetter]

Great. Love it. Can you PLEASE explain about the Control Wheel Steering (CWS)

[@Demetriusrochajf]

Congrats! Best simulation content on KZbin!

[@afpwebworks]

Suggestion: It would be a lot easier to ffollow what you’re doing if you didn’t wave the mouse pointer round and around in circles all the time. Yes I know it helps people find it in a video clip but when you’re saying “click just here” and the pointer is moving all over the screen at warp speed it’s hard to learn what to do

[@jaimeescartin4310]

Great video, really helpful and informative. I'd love to see an ILS tutorial with the G1000. Keep it up!

[@kristofermerisalo]

I have to say, hands down the easiest tutorial to understand and listen to. Keep it up!

[@JackobsnN]

Somebody buy this man a decent graphics card so he can make better videos for us !!

[@DownTheRabbit-Hole]

FS2020 is a performance dud. Most all youtube previews on ground while taxiing or takeoff have stutters/jutters, even with only one monitor. Notice that most fanboy reviews are from the air at 2-5k AGL? Usually over water or forested, not over urban cities? There is a reason for this. Poor performance even on upper end machines like mine. i9 2080ti Corsair One i160.

[@ozsimflyer]

@@DownTheRabbit-Hole shame to hear that’s your experience. Completely opposite to mine. Could it be better? having flown MSFS in various iterations since 1984, possibly, but as a simulation of flight it’s pretty darn good. Best I’ve ever seen since then.

[@StevenEwaldGFX]

Finally a vid that actually explains things!

[@vitmedia]

"Up here at the tippy top" earned my subscription and a like. Your videos are hugely useful and massively entertaining! I'm sure you've heard it before, but If Ned Flanders was a flight instructor . . .

[@icanhaskpop1239]

Extremely helpful guide, so many things I didn't even realize were functional. Thanks!

[@joeyc_yeet6207]

I really wish this guy could be my math teacher for this year. He would literally be the best.

[@RickHowell89]

Thank you for explaining how to set up the autopilot. I've been fighting it.

[@TheVeteran80]

Been looking for this for a couple days. I knew one would show up eventually. Thanks! You got a new subscriber lol. Keep helping us newbies!

[@chadvader974]

Do you have a video of you doing an ILS Landing with the G1000?

[@ellonysman]

Who knew??? Knowing this stuff and actually using it in flight is way more intersting and makes for a great flight. My memory is short tho...sigh

[@ApolloOfRivia]

Sometimes the approach mode doesn't descend by itself and I have to redo the whole approach myself. Why is that?

[@brandenboatright2309]

Cannon Gaming in some aircraft, even if you are in APPR mode, it won’t descend on the glide slope until it has localizer movement. I would try different headings to intercept the loc I hope this helps. Otherwise I hope it’ll be fixed in an update with a bunch of other things

[@wilddoktor]

Such a great set of tutorials; I was finally able to use to G1000 for a short flight last night because of your vids. Subscribed, and Thank You!!

[@chrisbalcer4893]

Dude how many Monster drinks did you knock down before making this? lolz

[@eugeneostasiewcz1596]

slowdown

[@QuantumBraced]

Is there a way to see the percentage of trim applied from inside the cockpit other than looking at the trim wheel? Does it show up anywhere on the G1000? It's super convenient with the outside view because you know how much trim you have applied, but that kind of breaks realism, I'd like to know what it is from inside.

[@epochphilosophy]

This right here.

[@davidfarrish9000]

Great video however can you slow down a bit and the rapid movement of the views and mouse make me dizzy.

[@gregkendall3559]

YOu can slow down rate of speed of youtube playback

[@alheeley]

try turning these knobs in flight with a bit of turbulance and a head tracker on!

[@g4kfjve7kfj34]

Indeed ,,thats whyXP11 is far superior as one can pop these things out too another static monitor whilst in flight

[@xDarkStylo]

@@g4kfjve7kfj34 you can pop out all the instruments in MSFS 2020 as well, and have them on separate monitors.

[@g4kfjve7kfj34]

@@xDarkStylo Please direct us too the instructions many thanks ??

[@xDarkStylo]

@@g4kfjve7kfj34 Hold left ALT and left click on the instrument, and it will pop out to a separate window

[@g4kfjve7kfj34]

@@xDarkStylo THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR THIS INFO as eyes not too good this will help , I will pass on this very useful tip

[@jiajianhou426]

A couple of things: According to DA62’s POH, AP only works above 90 kt. But when setting FLC to climb at 90 kt, the plane will not slow down to 90, only 110ish at lower altitudes. When it gets higher it will slow down to 90+ but never 90. So u can’t never get the best climb rate with AP. AP will not exceed 1200ish ft/even with VS set to +5000. Also I can not find the controls for turning on and off the Aux fuel pump in the setting. Nothing in fuel category will turn it on or off. Can u find it? Thanks. This is a really good tutorial. EDIT: you can edit System.cfg file to make Auto pilot work with lower speed when doing FLC. Change pitch limit to over 30 or something big. Default is 10

[@RubioGator]

The aux pump switches are below the throttle and fuel selector on the center console.

[@jiajianhou426]

RubioGator yes in cockpit yes. I mean in settings where u can bind them to keys on keyboard or hotas. I can not find a single control in setting that could turn them on/off.

[@JaggedJack1]

I was excited to find this video, as I have been looking for a guide exactly like this since FS2020 came out. But I am only 6:30 in and I am already very confused. Why do I want to set a nav frequency or a com frequency? Why does my compass show a purple arrow when yours shows a green arrow? What is that moving part in the middle of the green arrow on your compass that changed when you set the nav frequency? What the heck does the barometric pressure have to do with an autopilot system and why would I want to adjust that? The longer I watch the more questions I have. This video is making my flight sim newbie ass even more confused. :(

[@PGatcomb]

So comm frequencies are the frequencies used to talk to other planes and ATC. If you are playing regular FS, you can just the built in ATC system to autotune these. NAV frequencies are those used by VOR stations, a special kind of navigation method. Mine shows a purple arrow since I am using the GPS to tell the autopilot where to go, you can see this on the display as either green VOR1 VOR2 or Purple GPS. The barometric pressure is a reference pressure so that your alitmeter will show you being at the correct altitude above seat level. If the autopilot does not have the right altimeter setting, it won't be at the correct true altitude. Don't worry about being new, we all are :) Any other questions just ask.

[@JaggedJack1]

Oh man I'm gonna have so many more questions when I have time watch the rest of this video. Thank you for your offer to answer them, I will be sure to post them! 😄And thanks for those answers so far. I still don't get the green/purple arrow over the compass. You said specifically to set a destination on the world map before loading into the plane. I did that, and that made the compass arrow purple like I expected. Then a little later, your arrow was green, and the middle segment of it was disconnected from the head and tail of the arrow. When you changed the nav frequency, the middle segment of that arrow moved! Why was your arrow green and what does that moving segment signify?

[@PowerAirSimulations]

You just made my G1000 flying so so much better. Would you ever be willing to make a video about doing approaches ? I’m still confused on when I select an approach or am I supposed to at a certain point select the first way point of the approach at a certain time. I would love to see you make a video on that.

[@JBM12G]

Some TAA and Anisotropic Filtering would do a world of good to your game's image quality without too much of a hit to performance.

[@squid11160]

+1. biggest bang for a very small buck

[@cutchemist42]

Unless I missed it, where does the g1000 display airport height information?

[@jimstanley_49]

Next to the airport name. It looks like all the airports around him were at 0FT.

[@ProWithABow231]

If you click the NRST button (on the bottom right of the left screen or PFD) it should show you the height along with runway length and traffic frequency.

[@robtmiller82]

This video is excellent and perfect timing! Thank you so much for breaking this down.

[@lordclumsy]

very interesting, but I only understand half of the stuff. Very complicated for a newbie :) Keep up the great work! thank you!

[@Robert-yj2fu]

Awesome, after the tutorials with steam gauges panel now you explain glass cockpit, you rock man !

[@ospreyluvr1690]

You remind me of Matt Wagner and his tutorials for DCS. Very helpful video! Any chance you've learned enough about the King Air 350i avionics to make a video on that?

[@leehawkings1983]

This guy is pure lols but equally great to watch/listen to 🤣.. great tutorial thank you 👍

[@RaviVemula2]

Thank you! Just started messing around with the DA62 last night. The G1000 is a very different animal than the G5000 in the Longitude that I've been using to practice!

[@purplemonkeydishwasher9360]

I'm impressed with how well they emulated the g1000 into the sim. It's virtually exactly like the real thing.

[@micsan381]

Brilliant video and I am only 3 minutes in. Already learn’t so much. Thank you.

[@JoeSmoe1]

for some reason, when i put the auto pilot back on it pitches up 100%

[@wotan91]

What is VOR, AMD, DME, RNAV ???? We know how to setup them but what are they for?! :D

[@cayenne7792]

I know this is going to be difficult for ya but You Tube is not a tech support forum!

[@wotan91]

@@cayenne7792 Ekhm. This is tutorial video. Keep that salt for your mother.

[@nil_shawn6107]

@@wotan91 Up yours too. A simple google search will tell you what you need to know.

[@justinowdfart8155]

you forgot to mention how to switch the bloody thing on.

[@captainelliot8767]

Don’t exactly have to be a genius to figure it out…

[@thomasmaier7053]

You sound just fun to be around!

[@durin73]

Excellent video. You talk fast, but very clear for me so i can understand all you are saying...great job with video! Regards from Spain!

[@mr_racer]

And what does the minimum option on 15:14?

[@BerserkerBrk]

Thank you so much. Back to sim after years. You are a great person.

[@DeadlyDragon_]

Could you do a video on the beachcraft king air? It looks like the altimeter adjustment is inop when looking down to the middle. I assume this would be my barometer adjustment.

[@markg1689]

Great video P Gatcomb. Gonna be watching it again (and again) Thank you from across the Sound!

[@UnstableShield]

Hi, I've just gotten into flight simming and I had no idea what's going on. This is the first video I've watched of yours and was super informative! Could I request that you do a video explaining what the nav frequencies are and what vor and all those other terms that a layman probably won't know is? I'm sure that it would make flight simulator much more fun to get in to for newcomers

[@SMSinger91]

Honestly man the best thing you can do is get like a private pilot text book or pdf. Something like From The Ground Up will cover all those concepts that are replicated in the sim and it's what you actually use learning the concepts for real flying.

[@UnstableShield]

@@SMSinger91 I'll definitely go check it out. Thanks for the recommendation 👍

[@DharmakayaReflections]

My autopilot setting is set to LVL and not GPS how do I change this?

[@OneAndOnlyReaper]

Subbed, love the video, some funny moments, i wasn't shouting at the screen loud enough i know. I feel like there's a lot to learn and you went in to great detail. I won't be ready for my first autopilot flight after watching this once, its going to take several goes, this is confusing as hell but thanks for the content!

[@logiahavre5978]

Cool video, very helpful! But can you also make one about the Autopilot in the Daher TBM? I cant get it to work if I start from cold and dark...

[@BuntyDave]

Thanks, I followed the first half fine... But after that you jumped about too much and started talking like you were talking to pilots who've used similar software. You also selected things so fast we couldn't see the mouse. And did things without explaining 'why' you would even bother to do that.

[@dainiusslatkevicius2122]

I love the Wind button on PFD. Unfortunately its not yet implemented in the game. It always shows 224-225 degrees at 3KT. So its not correct if you using live weather. Which is a shame, as its a great feature.

[@GaryMCurran]

By the way, at 28:30, you asked where you were. You were NOT over Subase Groton, you were over Niantic and Waterford, actually pretty near to the nuclear power plant out there. Subase is North of Groton.

[@Upperdeckymonkey]

You're awesome man, you just earned a subscriber

[@michalhorak778]

in the G1000 the autopilot is very bad and there is no switching pressure IN to Hpa.

[@DownTheRabbit-Hole]

G1000 and GNS430/530 feel like toys to me. Not even close to X-Plane 11.5, 430/530, G1000, or real world. I am RW pilot and instructor.

[@RobFisherUK]

This was really useful, thanks, especially the parts about how this simulated version doesn't work quite the same as some others. In XPlane and some real ones I've seen, the topo mode is more colourful and shows red for land that is higher than you, but we don't seem to have that here, unless I am missing some option.

[@mikeperry2814]

Thank-You! I have been searching for this all over!

[@dieterkoch8414]

Great video need so many more of these tutorials.. well done thanks

[@counthenny9160]

Really useful thank you, couldnt figure out why I wasn't following flight plan. Was the cdi / gps thing. :D

[@JoshBoggsexposedhomes]

Thanks for all your demonstrations! Very helpful indeed and the commentary from time to time... classic! ;')

[@ozsimflyer]

Another great video from 3 weeks ago. Great work. On another issue do you know if there is a way to toggle the parking location indicators (blue arrows). I can turn them on and off in the options but can’t find a toggle that I can assign to a button.

[@Belfrahn]

I've been looking for this video for days!!! Thanks!!

[@AndySpawn81]

Ah... That little Direct To trick to short cut the approach would have been handy to know earlier. I radio'd a tower and they assigned me a different runway than what I had set in the flight plan, so had to change my approach last minute. Of course the auto pilot wanted to swing the plane back around to the previous nav point and re-attempt approach.

[@ReefAndReptileAutomation]

Thank you for all the videos! Can you show us how to figure out your ETA to arrival? That’s all I am struggling with this garmin.

[@thecorporatepilotdad]

It is on the screen on the right (MFD) at the top in pink underneath where it says GARMIN. You'll see GS DTK TRK and ETE. Estimated Time Enroute. You can add that to your current time to get ETA.

[@ReefAndReptileAutomation]

thecorporatepilotdad thank you. It seems to only show the ETE to the next waypoint? Is there a way to alter that?

[@thecorporatepilotdad]

@@ReefAndReptileAutomation I believe it shows the ETE to destination.

[@koshhh]

When I setup AP after takeoff, I ensure I program the approach to the right direction and runway, and then use NAV to follow the flight plan. However as I get closer to the airport using the waypoints its flying, it doesnt seem to be lined up / programed to the runway the ATC is telling / suggestion to me. Any ideas on what I am doing wrong?

[@joshuamarius]

There are bugs still being fixed :(

[@connorroberts7335]

I would love quick guide on the TBM

[@connorroberts7335]

thank you ! you listened

[@geiadude]

I enjoy your humor and thanks for the lesson

[@Arrahant]

First of all: I'm so glad someone is making videos using the Diamond. It's my favorite aircraft in the game thus far. Very pleasant to fly. I've watched the video almost twice now, and unfortunately I'm still not really sure how I can simply tell the plane to maintain some arbitrary altitude and (keep its' current) heading, regardless of the waypoints or destinations I chose preflight. For example, at 12:52 Mr. Gatcomb says the autopilot is keeping the plane 'steady'. So does that mean it will just keep the current heading and pitch for as long as possible? It seems as if I simply have to set a desired altitude with the ALT knob, and then press AP, and then use nose up/down to set VS, to accomplish this? But when I do it ingame I'm not sure much is happening. I just want to be able to have the AP keep my current heading and altitude so I can alt tab and switch songs or something, without having to pause for that, and then continue flying manually. I'm usually exploring quite a bit, so I don't want the plane to follow the GPS course or some other DCI option.

[@nil_shawn6107]

Use the heading and altitude knobs to set your desired altitude and heading. On the autopilot panel, press "AP" to turn on the autopilot, then "HDG" to turn on heading, and "ALT" to turn on your altitude. This will tell the autopilot to keep the selected altitude and heading.

[@nicholasweidman991]

The ALT button is for altitude hold and will simply maintain your current altitude. If you’re trying to use the autopilot to change altitude, you wouldn’t select this option, and just choose between FLC or VS, as described at 13:04. For the use case you describe, you would want to use ALT to maintain altitude and HDG to maintain heading (make sure you press the HDG knob before engaging AP to set the bug to your current heading).

[@karlshaw4372]

Ive spent more than a few hours trying to work some of this out for myself, thanks heaps. I am still a little stuck as some of the buttons shown here dont seem to be on the C208, perhaps they are represented in a different way?

[@cherfblessedman5259]

Great video thanks for sharing. Perhaps it would be good if you can explain it by topic, a bit complicated to catch up in one go, for amateur.

[@ChuckWillis610]

Remarkably clear tutorial on the G1000. You just earned a new subscriber. Here's a question I haven't seen an answer to... can I undock the screen for either the PFD or the MFD and move it over to my second monitor? I'm accustomed to doing that in FSX. It saves the squirrelly scrolling the panel back and forth, up and down.... All that makes my eyes cross. Thanks again for a great video.

[@AUDI80ROBLOX]

Hold right alt key on the keyboard and click the display you want to pop out :)

[@patrickfrain9636]

So how do I turn it on?

[@jugee8]

LMAO same

[@lancehoward6714]

Great job here, your vids are very helpful and detailed. THNX

[@chadvader974]

Great video.. tok me forever to find someone explaining this unit. I dont quite understand what you're doing when your setting your minimums for Vy and what Vy is? Can you elaborate o this a little more? If I could add some constructive criticism.. as this is my first proper flight sim a lot of the concepts you just gloss over and assume there is some understanding there.. if you could elaborate a little more on each point and why you are doing what you are doing, instead of just how.. it would really help newbies like me :)

[@BenderPY]

At 23:32 Direct->To window. How can I select the ALT and OFFSET values to create a VNAV?

[@B-Reel929]

10000 times better than the game tutorial!

[@marvinspates924]

Thank you so much for explaining in a way that I can understand!!! You have helped in so many ways!!! New subscriber!!!!

[@Whykikamoocow]

Great vid mate 👍🏻. If you are interested in doing a tutorial on the various camera views, cockpit and external ? That would be nice?

[@robertmartineau6573]

Is there something i have missed somewhere along the way? I am viewing this guys tutorial videos one after the other. started from very basics, and now this one is the FIRST that mentions autopilot. So the first thing he does is saying he made a flight plan outside of this video that we will have a hard time following the video and following the way points if we didnt put the flight plan in as well. How? No flight plan yet at this point in your tutorial series?

[@vitmedia]

What he means is create your flight in FS2020, i.e. go to the world map and select your arrival and departure airports before you jump in the plane. There are no waypoints in the plan he created, just straight airport to airport.

[@dillank3240]

You can create your initial flight plan when you select which airport you depart from and which airport you arrive at from the menu in flight simulator before it even sends you into the aircraft. I hope you understand. I do not have the game in front of me.

[@balmeyer]

Best MFS 2020 tutorial channel ! Thanks a lot for your helpful work.

[@casstephens3124]

Yeah, I noticed the lack of selecting a fp waypoint and going direct to. I needed this, yeah, I agree , its wonky. Lol

[@rayerdinc2441]

Great video, thank you. I am a casual simmer and swapped from FSX to MSFS2020 but find the autopilot different. Also, never flew FSX in virtual cockpit, always in 2d so easy to click buttons, one thing I fin annoying with MSFS2020.

[@magicalsnek]

Great introduction into the G1000! I think in the approach you did a mistake by not removing the old destination which is why it selected such a strange triangle route to JORDN instead of direct GPS there. Anyhow, great explaination! Being familiar with an Airbus A320 having the G1000 in front of you makes you rethink your abilities :D Especially the autopilot is somewhat weird to set up I think. Would be great if the game would save your preferences to avoid setting it up every time to your favorite combination and display.

[@marcuse7141]

Maybe it’s coming with an update but wouldn’t declutter typically allow you to see airways as well?