FSX Plan G Navigation Basics

[@leerollins]

Stumbled upon your video and I wanted to say I really enjoyed it. I just started FSX a couple of days ago as a complete novice and have been playing some of the lessons. I appreciate not only your explanation of all the acronyms. I also really appreciate your explanation of the navigation radio even though i know it wasn't the point of the video. I learned a lot just by watching and by your helpful explanations. Thank you.

[@patrickahern4086]

You are absolutely hilarious, a great tutorial and it cracks me up when you get confused ahaha

[@Epic_DaVinci]

Thank you for this Peter. if I may make a suggestion. I believe you will have a better experience with Plan G, if you have it running on a separate Computer than FSX, I have mine running on an old laptop at the side of my Main FSX monitor. You can link Plan G and FSX up through your home network using Simconnect (its free and easy to set up, just a notepad file in the correct location). That way, when linked up. you can send the correct frequencies directly to the radios just by clicking on the VOR or other navigation beacon in Plan G. That is really handy for me, also having a real time map updating your position and surrounding area is a good thing to have open without having to open the FSX map up or keep looking at your GPS.

[@Epic_DaVinci]

Oh Obviously, this can be done on the same pc on a second monitor aswel, But I prefer the network version as you can keep the hassle of computing Plan g away from the FSX rig.

[@PeterMatthess]

Daniel Gregory Hi Daniel, yes infact I do have a secondary laptop running with FSUIPC connected with Plan G running, if you watch some of my more recent videos you might see an inset on the bottom left hand corner of the screen and I maximize it in the video ever now and then to show whats going on. This particular video I was not in FSX so I didn't need to have plan G on the secondary comp. Thanks!

[@Epic_DaVinci]

Ahh ok, well I only saw that one video. But ill have a look through your others aswell, its always nice to watch other peoples methods and suggestions. Subscribed.

[@WorldlifeUtube]

Thanks Peter - a very helpful video and think this will be very useful to me as a newbie UKVGA glider pilot! In RL I have flown from Parham and also enjoyed power flights from Shoreham. Almost giving up on Horizon VFR Photographic Scenery as difficult to determine two dimensional images in what is a three dimensional world. Are you perhaps using a different scenery program or do you have a super high power graphics card and computer system? What was to be my final flight was just a fun thing from Parham to the coast and then west. When I saw The Spire in the distance and encountered a super thermal taking me up to over 5000 feet in height decided to cross over to the Isle of Wight and found Sandown Airfield below me! After landing there took a short trip to Bembridge that I have made a home until my navigation skills improves! It is difficult to get lost on such a small island even with 2D scenery. Great I avoided intrusion into Southampton Controlled Airspace and I believe that is a problem for them in RL!

[@ianturner2229]

It was fun trying to work out which was Goodwood and which the IOW airfield, as you used them both interchangeably !!!! :-) Also, you could have shown a flight away from the Goodwood VOR showing the use of Radials together with the destination NDB perhaps ? Nice video though - keep it up

[@PeterMatthess]

Thanks yea I will be playing around alot more with radials etc in the videos to come! :)

[@ProFsxVideos]

Very informational video. Really helped me a lot, thanks a lot and keep up the great work Pete! :)

[@peejay1943]

Oliver, I normally use a second monitor for my view of plan G. I don't think putting the plan G view on a separate laptop as you move across the countryside would move with you.

[@PeterMatthess]

It would if you have an FSUIPC connection with WideFS, it creates a 'wormhole' between the two computers and fools the programs into thinking they are all on one system, then they will work

[@PeterMatthess]

It's a great way of splitting up the processing tasks for the computer, if you want your main PC to focus only on FSX performance, and not on all the sub programs you have running that inject stuff into FSX

[@charlesallsop2470]

Hi Peter really like this programme but not quite sure what should happen when "connecting" do you just see the Plan G map or can you switch views between two monitors Ta! Charlie

[@PeterMatthess]

I have Plan G working on my laptop which is connected via FSUIPC, once you get the hang of how it works it all makes sense and splits up the processing between two systems, if you dont want to do that then having it all on one PC will work fine, you just have to minimize FSX to get to Plan G, or have FSX running in windowed mode like I always do and just maximize Plan G to see whats going on, hope this helps!

[@charlesallsop2470]

Hi Peter, thanks for the entertaining video! I never knew about VRPs so now i know! Any advise on running Plan g on a separate monitor? Cheers!

[@deosinggih]

thank you sir. i have read the manual but still stuck somewhere until i found your video.. and dont worry about that VOR and NDB thing :)

[@nottsork]

If you configure simconenct correctly , yes also works great with Lockheed's prepar3D and has the advantage of no random crashes over fsx rubbish

[@kimmossige263]

This is such a great tutorial! Thanks man!

[@PeterMatthess]

yup, completely free, once you get it and start using it you will not know what to do without it!

[@freguerfont4768]

Enjoyed the video. Thanks!

[@PeterMatthess]

Hey Mark! good to see you, come over to the CIX VFR club forums and say hi, there are many like minded VFR VATSIM boys over here.

[@atsubeckley3354]

they are running properly because the flight plan comes in the fsx GPS .instrument,please can you help through team viewer i am getting frustrated over this

[@adolfosaitto]

Very useful for me as beginner. Please, can you post a video tutorial on how to setup EZCA on FSX? Thanks in advance...

[@PeterMatthess]

There's a. Good tutorial by FSX genius, his channel is probably still active.

[@GhilesVlog]

Tha ks a lot for this video :) is Plag G free software ?

[@kevinrobbau]

If I know the GPS coordinates of something I want to fly over, can I enter those coordinates as a waypoint?

[@PeterMatthess]

I expect so yes, although I'm not a master of the GPS unit, I'm a steam gauge man mostly!

[@jmaxsceneriesuk9207]

Hi Peter how do you get the air space boundaries to show on your plan G? They don't show in mine :(

[@PeterMatthess]

Theres a setting somewhere for that you can turn them on and off

[@jmaxsceneriesuk9207]

@@PeterMatthess can't seem to find it. I'll keep looking

[@putridvomit]

Right can you now tell me how to program this into PMDG 737-800?

[@TruckerMarkDring]

Thanks for the video. I too am a VFR man & Cessna 172 FSX Vatsim Pilot. Keep an eye out for me ( Mark Dring )

[@stephenmason4559]

Have you lot never heard of Alt- Tab or Shft- Tab to toggle between loaded progs?

[@PeterMatthess]

yes obviously, but to actually record both views of FSX and planG at the same time you need to systems running, Fraps does not record two instances at the same time

[@stephenmason4559]

Sorry, peter I was talking to your detractors, certainly not you! Perish the thought!! You're doing an excellent job, and guiding me to try my first attempt at Vatsim! Are you on hand to comment?

[@PeterMatthess]

Stephen Mason Oh sorry, who are we talking about?

[@oliverhayes7342]

So if i play fsx on my desktop pc and i get plan g on my laptop and plug that into my PC so i can see them both at once.

[@PeterMatthess]

if you get FSUIPC to network both computers together yes. FSUIPC works like a worm hole, it means that when you run applications on your laptop, those applications think FSX is being run ON THE LAPTOP, fooling it and then it just wormholes over a shared network all the data to your desktop and visa versa. Pretty cool really

[@oliverhayes7342]

Is fsuipc free?

[@PeterMatthess]

yup

[@TheHardRage13]

Peter Matthess Where could i get plan G, im trying to find it but i can't download it from their main website..

[@PeterMatthess]

it should be there on the main website, nowhere else to find it

[@kirza94]

You just earned yourself a new sub :D

[@atsubeckley3354]

hi please can you help?i am connected but cant see my plane on the map

[@PeterMatthess]

make sure you have selected FSUIPC in the options menu of Plan G. Make sure your FSUIPC and FS Connect thingy are running properly

[@eduardocerejo3134]

16FPS, that's what ORBX does to your computer

[@trav1049]

VRP's (Visual Reference points)

[@peejay1943]

start again and plan what you are going to say...

[@PeterMatthess]

yea on looking back that is a good idea :) I could get alot more out of Plan G now than when I first started, thanks

[@surveyore7]

TOTALLY CONFUSING! TIP #1: Become familiar with terms associated with aeronautical navigation BEFORE you start talking. TIP #2: NEVER take somebody else's software and take credit as a 'Tutorialist'! You ain't HAPPENIN'! TIP #3: Why in God's name would you try to 'teach' somebody about something you've 'never scratched the surface' of?... TIP #4: ORGANISE yourself!... Walk yourself through and take notes that YOU need to understand that you will encounter whilst you endeavor to teach others. Once YOU can REPEAT the process several times (PRACTICE!) with out error, then you will have some semblance of what it is you are trying to say, and how to say it to those you wish to 'teach'. Worse 13 minutes I've ever had in aviation!

[@PeterMatthess]

I've learn't a fair amount in five years true. You have to start somewhere, all depends on what you want out of a video. obviously your expecting alot more than what I was capable of giving in a video at that point in my youtubing. I see you have done a few videos yourself on your channel a while back. I think you'll find its much easier to critique someone else's video quality and actually attain that quality of production in your own videos!

[@surveyore7]

@@PeterMatthess ... and you'll kindly note, I didn't presume to 'teach' anybody anything.