Flight Simulator 2020 - Starting Up and Autopilot Tutorial | Cessna Citation CJ4

[@pdglock19]

You dont even know how much this video has helped me enjoy FS 2020. Detailed and excellent instructions. You are AWESOME!

[@captainhorn23]

Glad I could help!

[@Joe091680]

"Landing gear, landing gear, landing gear".......... haha, I can hear it in the background. You mention some great info I was not aware of in this tutorial. I wish I had looked into a tutorial earlier since the games has yet to provide on for this aircraft. Been doing a whole lot of short trips around my state thanks to you help.

[@lordraven2264]

Thanks for the instruction. I fly this jet all the time, now I'm doing the full start up too. Tnx.

[@drunkengamer6764]

I just bought an Xbox S series, I’ve been struggling with the autopilot in this jet and the A320, I stumbled upon your video here and it really cleared things up for me. I finally made my first successful IFR flight with a full ILS landing from Concord NC to Daytona, thank you for the help 🙏

[@thecorporatepilotdad]

half bank on = it banks in half. Half bank off = full rate. IRL, the jets I fly we don't touch half bank most of the time. It turns on by itself at high altitudes at 30-35k depending on the airplane. The only time half bank is used really is if there is an engine failure and you're maneuvering while climbing for example. If you use half bank at low altitudes when ATC is expecting standard rate turns they may get a bit grumpy because they are expecting turns to be made at standard rate at lower altitudes.

[@xxdfoster]

Thank you

[@Evanm42]

This guy deserves more credit

[@captainhorn23]

Thanks for your kind words! I am hoping to slowly grow and get bigger and bigger as the year moves on!

[@Kallenator13]

So one question, I have a problem and I’ll give you an example, I fly a short flight from Tampa to Miami. My second waypoint put me at 35,000 ft and my next one was 15,000 , how come it doesn’t automatically drop altitude when updating or going to the next waypoint? I tried all of those buttons and the plane just wanted to stay at one altitude even when I manually set it to 15k. Why is my altitude not adjusting it’s like there’s a block on it or something. It’s either what it stays stuck on or manual flying so I had to just dive bomb out of the air to make the airport lol and it sucks. Thanks

[@Barrack_O_Mama]

finally! i've been waiting for this!!

[@avalifeinbytes4529]

Same

[@shantideva106]

Great job Captain! I have been hand flying until now 😀 and I am gonna get some beers and relax during a lengthy flight 😀. Thanks again

[@captainhorn23]

No problem sir! Sounds great! Have some fun and don't drink too much while flying a plane ;)

[@ThatHippyDuck]

it's more fun than i thought.

[@averagepainter]

3:12 "this sets your course" - ok i can read that on the tooltip. but how does that compare to the heading dial for example?

[@breakdown7553]

Cool man...been flying around and having your video on my second monitor, to learn the basics of the AP. Thanks!

[@jssamp4442]

LOL, "another thing we can do is raise our flaps." And yet another thing we can do is raise our flaps before accelerating past Vfe. It must be hard to fly perfectly while narrating for a video. I'm sure you wouldn't have gone right to Vmo if you weren't distracted by instructing, I appreciate the work you do.

[@nerdrage4852]

Started with a superchat now we here 😂 Good stuff amigo ! 🛩

[@captainhorn23]

Thanks man!! Haha yes sir!

[@rikiyatouyaro6053]

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[@barthvapour]

I particularly liked your detailed explanation of how the VNAV works... 😜

[@ThatHippyDuck]

wow. very simple! i didn't think i'd be confident enough to go to a turbine engine craft but this seems very easy

[@scottym1139]

Thanks for the Ap Idiots Guide, i was getting so frustrated with it, didn't know there was no Auto Throttle...lol Every day is a school day. Thanks. Gonna check out you FMC tutorial. :-)

[@stevedavis6471]

Excellent AP Presentation

[@captainhorn23]

Many many thanks!

[@Belgianaviation]

Could someone help because on everyjet especially on the citation cj4 sometimes the screens don't turn on and its really annoying and i dont know why he does that

[@93vanhalen]

Why do I get an overspeed warning only at 270 knots???? Flaps are up too...

[@muhammadshukrizam]

bro how to change the metric on altitude.. because mine is in meter instead of feet.

[@packers256]

3:24 can someone please tell me what's the point of the design here? Up=down and down=up? I know it's common I just never knew why.

[@caolanjames2498]

The way I think of it, is if you push the yoke forward, like when you scroll forward on the dial, the nose goes down and vice versa

[@wickkedwolf]

Thanks for this great video. Could you do a tutorial on Flight planning using the CJ4 as well? Programming your next flight after landing?

[@captainhorn23]

No problem man! Yes for sure I can do that!

[@dahozabich]

Course is used for NDBs and VORs as well as ILS approaches using Localisers. If the plane does not have a GPS, you're going to need those to fly to where you're going. we call them radials. Back course flies away from them. ie (west) 270° 90° (east),

[@nchondakid]

Probably too late of a comment, but I hope you're still checking comments. The autopilot on this plane and many other planes are completely insane. I'll be taking off and everything is normal, then I set the autopilot when I get above 1000 or 2000 feet and it does either a complete nosedive or a death spiral. I've tried reinstalling the entire game and even unplugging my joystick and nothing has fixed this bug. The CJ4 specifically just goes into a death spiral and it's impossible to use this autopilot. If you have any suggestions for this please get back to me, because I cannot find a solution online. Thanks.

[@blynfr]

same for me i'll spend 20 mins putting my wps and then my plane will just start going in circles

[@RKDriver]

This plane is a train wreck or plane wreck. The VS and altitude functions are a mess to work with. Other planes seem much more refined and elegant. The NAV and Heading also act up. I understand the functions of this plane's autopilot and have no problem using them in even more complex planes like airliners but not this one. It just doesn't like to play along.

[@Etobio]

So how come when you start up you already have a flight plan, but when I do it it can't find any flight plan data, meaning Nav mode has nothing to navigate to. Edit: I made an IFR flight plan before spawning at the airport.

[@michaelfennell4809]

When I'm in autopilot, with altitude hold on, and I try and change my selected altitude and turn on flc, flc will not stay on. Can someone help?

[@thesneakinmonkey]

I wish the lights for the autopilot buttons worked for the CJ4

[@captainhorn23]

Me too

[@discostugaming5236]

Why does my aircraft always keeps alarming me that my brakes are on, even tho I am standing still and prepping the aircraft, how do I get rid of this issue when I want to go through the checklist while having the parking brakes on, but without the airplane to keep beeping that they are on when I want them to be on. Please help, I'm rookie to MSFS2020

[@Triple4G]

Where's do you key into the squawk code?

[@siviary13]

Anybody knows why the NAV doesn't seem to work?

[@davidneraas750]

How can get to the start up mode where the plane is dark and you can run the Checklist from the beginning. Do i need to det all assists to hard.?

[@captainhorn23]

Yes I would remove the assistance. Also, when you start at the actual gate of any airport, it will start your plane cold and dark 😀

[@zacharyreece2524]

What does it mean when it says high altitude altemmer incorrect? I’m on console thx

[@everythinggaming7938]

how can I get the plane to hold at a certain speed like cruise control?

[@PicnicGamingX]

that really helped me a lot, Thank You so much

[@EdmontonRails]

Is there any where to enter an airport code for a direct GPS NAV line?

[@captainhorn23]

Yes. You should be able to enter the ICAO code into the "direct to" area.

[@b.h9186]

please fmc tutorial

[@RyanMiller3039]

Is there reverse thrust in this plane?

[@richardneville4255]

Thanks, had to check this video out as I kept getting into trouble with changing FL and over stressing the plane, seems VNAV is buggy for me.

[@captainhorn23]

No problem my man! VNAV is quite buggy

[@jacobacantilado7387]

The Heading selection doesn't work. I turned it on, but whenever I turn the dial, the plane does not bank at all.

[@rons4182]

Great video. IFR flight and the ATC tells me to Squawk xxxxx but I don't see any way to set it. Can you help? Thanks.............

[@rons4182]

I found it. Under IDX.

[@rons4182]

Correction, under TUN button

[@peterkaiser3682]

Very useful video.I'll fly this thing now:)

[@captainhorn23]

Thank you so much!

[@FenderLewis]

You could do a killer Danny Mcbride impression if you went for it

[@MarkNKent]

Where do you set up that checklist? I need that to find the buttons!

[@dominiquez5643]

Man, I wrote and followed every point and click from your video and my stupid AP still does whatever it wonts ignoring my inputs...frustrated...any advice??

[@dominiquez5643]

After viewing your video, I corrected (followed Duh !) the great instructions that you provided and autopilot works like a charm. New SimFlyer got a little overwhelmed with so many details...THANK YOU for amazing videos !!

[@Owencr905]

Thank you so much for this

[@jmshkm]

Such a good tutorial thank you!

[@JordanTerzakos]

so a way to remember the difference between FLC and VS is to use FLC when you care more about holding speed, and VS when you care more about your climb?

[@AlibifortheAfterlife]

More specifically, you should use FLC mode whenever you don't need to hold a very specific VS (i.e. VOR/DME approaches or RNAV approaches without VNAV). The stall safety is too good to ignore especially considering how buggy fs2020's autopilot is.

[@JordanTerzakos]

AlibifortheAfterlife appreciate it! i’m very new to flight sims in general, and kinda got bored of flying just the airbus. i would turn FLC on at a modest speed and it would rocket my plane directly into the sky and risk stalling, but at least it’s probably a glitch and not necessarily me 😅

[@AlibifortheAfterlife]

@@JordanTerzakos Yeah definitely a glitch. The autopilot also seems to think 80° is a reasonable bank angle.

[@captainhorn23]

Yes for sure. Thanks so much for helping him! The auto pilot is very very unstable right now. Hopefully with the update coming tomorrow, this will be fixed!

[@AlibifortheAfterlife]

@@captainhorn23 Wait there's another update coming tomorrow? I just downloaded the patch they mentioned a little while ago and it hasn't fixed anything but performance lol.

[@etherialord]

Great video but could anyone tell me why no matter what I do the engines cut off no matter ho much fuel is in the plane?

[@jorge7275]

anyone having an issue with the transponder? The ATC keeps saying there is a problem and I have to reset squawk code but IDK how to do that and it terminates my IRF

[@filippomonica3429]

I have. If you retry with your previous IFR plan, should work. But you need to wait for the ATC to cancel your first IFR plan. It's annoying, I know.

[@Dark-Sector31]

You are really AWESOME

[@shydncrumph8119]

why should i select airspeed if there is no autothrottle? thx

[@captainhorn23]

This is for flight level change 😉

[@thecorporatepilotdad]

@@captainhorn23 FLC will hold an airspeed in climb i.e. 250 knots until the transition to Mach in the mid 30s. The FD will lower the pitch until it hits 250 and raise the pitch until it hits 250. If you use VS, the AP will try to hold the set rate no matter how slow you get. You could stall if you're not paying attention. FLC will help prevent that and help maintain speed.

[@Tommy88-]

@@thecorporatepilotdad so flc while coming in for a landing? I don’t understand aviation jargon that well.

[@thecorporatepilotdad]

@@Tommy88- flight level change holds an indicated airspeed or indicated Mach speed. It can be used to climb and maintain an airspeed instead of a vertical speed.

[@Tommy88-]

@@thecorporatepilotdad I wish they had airline training available (without an additional fee). It seems like I usually stall the citation cj4. And when I fly the A320 I get the go around thing from atc.

[@Crabby5150]

Yaw Dampner automatically turns on when the autopilot is engaged

[@dominiquez5643]

Good day CaptainHorn ! Any chance you can do a video like this one on the Citation Longitude? Would be very grateful if you could !

[@captainhorn23]

Ill add it to my list!

[@noshKOSH]

So why did you set an initial altitude and as soon as you put on the AP this is reset to 0 or current altitude. I came here looking for how the AP is supposed to be used. Just confirms it is buggy.

[@captainhorn23]

Yeah it is a little buggy. I have figured out if you set the altitude to where you want it on the ground, then get in the air and set V/S and scroll the wheel to start ascending, it will go to the altitude you set.

[@noshKOSH]

@@captainhorn23 From looking at another video and trying it out myself the correct sequence is: ALT button On, wind up Altitude to desired altitude, VS ON, scroll the UP to desired climb rate. throttle up , take off, wheels up. Click AP on. Should then settle at that climb rate.

[@captainhorn23]

@@noshKOSH Yep that will do it!

[@markchristopherlumbay7729]

If i turn on vnav, is it going to follow the specific altitude for every waypoint of the flight plan?

[@captainhorn23]

This I am not 100% on as it seems like sometimes is does, and other times it does not. You could give it a shot though. Turn on vnav and lower your altitude all the way down and see if it follows the restrictions. I’m hoping a lot of the autopilot bugs get fixed including vnav here soon!

[@thecorporatepilotdad]

@@TRCizzle I love VNAV in real life. I wish they would get it fixed in FS2020.

[@Nelairs]

Good video tho! Imma wait that ILS approach one

[@captainhorn23]

Thanks man! I’ll have an ILS approach here soon with this jet

[@TheKetsa]

720p doesn't cut it for FS videos.

[@crawl3ysnipe]

I don't know if I'm the only one that has this problem or not but the YD does not work on this plane. I like the plane but can't fly it because it won't hold altitude for me, especially in bad weather. This is a great vid. Great info. FS 2020 is my first flight sim and need a lot of help learning. I am going to find your FMS vid. I really want to learn to program my own flt plns instead of always having to port them from Simbrief. Sorry, one other question (of many I'm sure lol) how does one calculate fuel? I've almost run out of fuel twice flying long distances, maybe too far for the craft. Tried KSAN to PHNL and almost dropped into the Pacific lol. Thanks for putting up with my questions.

[@captainhorn23]

Yeah there are a lot of bugs currently with the aircraft. I am glad you think this video was good!!! Fuel calculations are done through simbrief, but a good rule of thumb is always have at least 30 minutes of extra fuel as well as enough fuel to make it to your alternate airport. You can also do some simple math like how many gallons does the aircraft hold and how quickly does it burn through the fuel so like the Cessna CJ4 burns through 184 gallons an hour and it holds 870 gallons so we know just on that information that on a full tank, the Cessna CJ4 is able to fly for about 8 hours until it runs out of gas with a range of 2,165 nautical miles.

[@hidemichiXT]

Do you know what is the most economic crusing speed and altitude for this plane? Tried few times by giving it full tank + 4 passengers and I cannot exceed 400 -450 NM. Tried with speeds between 180 and 280 and alt. between 27 and 35 000 ft.

[@thecorporatepilotdad]

45,000 feet in real life but on this game, who knows. The higher you go the lower the fuel flow. True airspeed tends to decrease the last few thousand feet below the service ceiling. The jets I fly perform best about 41,000 feeet. The CJ4 is not realistic in FS2020. It's extremely overpowered.

[@hidemichiXT]

@@thecorporatepilotdad will try that. Thank you ;-)

[@jamesstewart1857]

@@hidemichiXT There is a known bug with the fuel usage of the CJ4 in FS2020. Check out this page for a fix: forums.flightsimulator.com/t/cessna-citation-cj4-fuel-range/192056/46

[@Jasemtl]

Do you discuss vnav or auto throttle??

[@larkspurhr]

Great Video.

[@ottokrieg]

Very helpful thank you

[@MaxxVelocity]

Something's missing. Once started, the engines don't respond to throttle. What's the secret?

[@ervmoore1111]

Great! Tks!

[@Glofilter]

270 knot climb? With flaps? You would have crashed. FYI Your widow would have gotten a call from the FAA for you busting the speed limit.

[@captainhorn23]

Lol you got that right my friend.

[@filippomonica3429]

How much throttle for the take off?

[@thecorporatepilotdad]

All of it! In real life they have FADECs on the engines which try to prevent the engine from getting too high of an RPM. In real life you select the T.O. detent and the FADEC sets the power based on temperature and some other parameters it looks at. It's like an autopilot for engine speed. FS2020 doesn't really replicate the FADEC the way it works in real life.

[@JohnnyJiuJitsu]

Do you usually cruise with 15* of flaps :) jk. I jumped to the FLC portion and saw flaps set. I don't have any context. I love when I forget to put up gear or retract flaps. kzbin.info/www/bejne/anXbameIgtVgfsU

[@dennisschott7839]

are there on screen check list to follow climb, cruise and descend and so on?

[@gorombolyierik]

Left screen not working

[@llapi.16]

thx :)

[@captainhorn23]

Of course!

[@jayholmesphoto]

Great tutorial! Thank you. One problem I'm having is trying to set up a switch panel so I can avoid using the mouse in the start-up sequence. Everything goes fine until I have to hit the run/stop engine buttons. I discovered for some reason in msfs the keyboard binding for this is actually the fuel mixture binding. This would be fine, except that when I flip the switch (or press the keystroke) to set the fuel mix to rich, the run engine lights come on, but the engines don't actually start. If I turn the run buttons on and off with my mouse first, THEN use the keyboard command, it works. So if the mouse doesn't click it first, the engines can't be started with the keyboard. If anyone knows what's causing this I'd very grateful. Thanks!

[@photozis]

Not working at all

[@DNHarris]

The most recent update really messed up the autopilot. It was working well last week.

[@captainhorn23]

I’m sorry my man! Yeah this update has really screwed the A/P. Apparently there is an update this Thursday so I’m praying it fixes a lot of issues

[@rikiyatouyaro6053]

Df

[@yip2454]

You sound like anakin

[@WarrenPostma]

Am I the only one who finds auto pilots about as inconsistent as humanly possible? It's like every engineer had his own crazed religious ideologies. Also MSFS auto pilots are buggy as May in muskoka. It's crazy. The altitude setting just does not work, and the vertical speed thing is a joke. Attempts to increase or decrease the vertical speed away from 0 get blocked by bugs. The altitude entered is not accepted. A press in on some auto pilots engages the heading entry. But not here. Here, it just ignores altitudes you enter.

[@westoneichner8089]

Dang 720p 🥵

[@captainhorn23]

Wait for the HD version to process 😉 should be now lol

[@vetteboki]

flc on this plane is fked up

[@jasoncrandall]

Flaps

[@captainhorn23]

Elevators

[@Voodooflies]

This autopilot is terrible, I can tell.

[@topaviator]

Fg