FSX Tutorial: Level Turns

[@fabian999ification]

The rule of thumb when rolling out of a turn is to start rolling out on a heading that is half of your bank. If you are turning left to 270 on a 20 degree bank, you would roll out on 280 degrees (270+10). Adding half of your bank angle is for turning to the left, and subtracting half of your bank angle is turning to the right. Bank angle of 30 degrees would make a roll out heading of 15 degrees +- of your desired heading.

[@phils4634]

Nice to see you're encouraging use of the elevators AND rudder, and the use of the slip indicator. In the "real world" this is a very important part of your assessment of Pilot skiils - one of the PPL requirements is to turn a full 360 degrees with minimal slip (ball must not slip beyond the centre mark boundaries), whilst maintaining altitude (when I did it in the 1970's it was no more than 100' indicated, which was pretty demanding for a novice Pilot!). Anything much over 20 degrees bank and you definitely need the rudder! Fo9r a series of controlled flight circles, it's worthwhile resetting the elevator trim to reduce your workload (and if you can set rudder trim too - it makes continued circling far easier :-) )

[@wellardme]

I am just shocked at how awesome you are at explaining everything. You go into detail and make associations which are memorable. It's so easy to follow like in all your vids. My friend, you need to be BIG because you're a natural born teacher at this!

[@Doofer911]

Thanks for the very kind comment Wellard, currently looking at options to go full time with KZbin! Would love to emulate a channel like Smarter Every Day!

[@matrix_virus]

They are better than the study guides

[@FFFF-td2hl]

I love how his sound just like captin talking on the flight in real life.

[@Doofer911]

Yeah the headset I had back then made the sound a little bit funny!

[@TexanUSMC8089]

good job explaining the rudder.

[@Dkentflyer]

Excellent video, i often wandered what was the difference between Roll and Bank, now i know :)

[@rich100211]

Doofer911, Hello. Wow, these videos are great, thank you so much. I just recently got FSX and stumbled across your tutorial series and these videos are so great and thorough, no I'm learning the details of what the dials mean plus much more. I have learned how to navigate and do an ILS landing in the 737 800 which is what kind of got me hooked on FSX. I plan to watch all your videos, thanks again!

[@Doofer911]

I hope my videos can help you explore the hobby!

[@keimahane]

Outstanding series, learning a lot about flight in general, thx.

[@Doofer911]

I'm glad you're enjoying it and my videos are helping :)

[@dolphinszz2291]

All your videos are amazing and I think most of the stuff you apply to do in a flight sim, also applies in real life. I went to aviation camp this summer, and I learned about all the instruments, aerodynamics, navigation, banking, flight sim, and actually flying the plane; and you are just as accurate at explaining the Cessna as they explained it to me. I even got to fly the Cessna 172 this summer 2,000 feet in the air @ our camp. I currently am having trouble kind of adapting to the flight sim and how to fly a full flight in the sim, and these videos are really helpful. All the other videos seem too complicated and hard to explain. The only thing I would find extremely complicated is navigation. Also, I want to learn more about the flight patterns/circuits, and VASI vs PAPI lights, but I noticed you are going to explain that in a future video of the series which I might watch later. Anyways, Doofer911, Stay Awesome. 😎

[@Doofer911]

Thanks very much for the kind comment. My thought process when making these videos is that I wanted to use flight simulation as a training tool to learn real world flying techniques, flight simulation isn't just a game to me. I hope that one day I'll have enough money to study for a Private Pilot's License but until then, I use flight simulation to practice. Don't worry so much about Navigation at the moment, you'll spend a lot of time doing VFR flying where you only use the 6 primary instruments. Instrument navigation is a whole other skill set so I'd recommend focusing on the basics first :)

[@dolphinszz2291]

Doofer911 Thanks for replying and giving me some tips! You’re an awesome dude. (Oh and I also want to get my Private Pilot’s License some day, because I am only 12, and I believe you have to be around 16 or older to get your pilots license.)

[@Doofer911]

No worries, hopefully these videos will give you a good foundation for your PPL. Word of warning though, trust your instructor if he says anything differently than what I've said in my videos!

[@GasCanZa]

awesome video series mate. so calm and informative.

[@yamahonkawazuki]

i have the steam edition on my computer. but only joystick is rather broken. i do have a saitek x52 hotas waiting on the connector cable to arrive. otherwise the only controller besides keyboard and mouse is my xbox one controller. i do appreciate the videos. ive played this game many times. but has been awhile. due to hardware issues so watching these videos, i wont be so rusty when i return to the airport :)

[@jamesrussell2936]

Roll is the verb, the action of banking. "Bank" is the noun of rolling.

[@Peakprospr420]

How do you increase air speed. How do you gain or lose feet is it just moving the yolk up or down. In this video did you also use trim to make the altitude stay at the desired altitude

[@muhsinsazali7845]

Thank you👍🏻

[@SourSm4ck]

Another great video. Thanks!

[@MartinSage]

When you are banking and the nose drops can you use Trim to bring the nose up to a level horizon instead of pulling back on the yoke?

[@Doofer911]

It's better to hold back pressure during turns, Trimming should only be used to settle the plane in straight and level flight.

[@milo4008]

What is the rudder and do you control it with the pedals? When do you use it and how?

[@Doofer911]

The rudder will Yaw the plane left and right. So rather than the wings tilting, the nose will move left and right. Think of turning in a car... when you turn, the car is Yawing to the left or right. It's often used during a turn to prevent the plane from slipping sideways through the air. It's also often used for takeoff and landing to steer the plane and keep it on the centre of the runway.

[@milo4008]

Ah that makes sense, thanks. Oh and I really appreciate your videos, keep up the good work! :)

[@thorn_ike8903]

Love the intro

[@Doofer911]

Glad you liked it, my friend made it... UNP-Snae

[@vermontmike9800]

Is it ever proper to use the rudder for turns?

[@hmabboud]

Perfect!

[@GreggRoberts]

How did you get the dashboard so low?

[@estiejohnson536]

I wish I had all the controls you have and FSX

[@theexile3405]

Hi, can I ask what sort of screen resolution and terrain/aircraft add-ons you're running in this vid? Trying to make mine look this good!

[@Doofer911]

Resolution is 1920x1080. Addons featured in this video are Ultimate Terrain X (Europe), Ground Environment X (Europe) and REX Essentials.

[@theexile3405]

Doofer911 - Thankyou for that! Are you also using a cockpit/aircraft mod or add-on? My PC is pretty good (all graphics settings on Ultra High) but still looks grainy and pixelled. I am new to FSX so don't quite know what to expect.

[@Doofer911]

Unfortunately that's standard FSX. It's a 10 year old piece of software so a lot of the textures are dodgy. Add-on aircraft generally have better cockpit textures and clearer gauges/displays with smoother animations.

[@topcopy98]

What simulator program are you using? And which controller? Thanks

[@Doofer911]

This is Microsoft Flight Simulator X: Steam Edition and I'm using a Logitech Extreme 3D joystick as my controller.

[@habibalshatry8447]

This awesome but one question. When i make turns i use york AND rudder at same time...is this correct.

[@Doofer911]

Yep that's correct! :)

[@habibalshatry8447]

Doofer911 Thank you

[@divyarajsinhmahida4797]

This method you explained is very informative. but problem comes i turn plane towards the airport and after leveling out, it does not matches with the heading of the airport. i have even tired with auto pilot heading setting, but still it is unable to match them. in manually way, the plane gets swayed a lot. is there any way to solve this issue ?

[@Doofer911]

Do you mean that it doesn't line up with the runway? The Autopilot Heading selection will only point the nose of the plane in the direction you tell it. It won't line up with a runway automatically. Might I suggest watching my video on ILS Landings, I think that's what you're trying to do.... kzbin.info/www/bejne/i4nYdnxrf7Z3eMU

[@divyarajsinhmahida4797]

yes. it worked out for me. :) thanks a lot. please keep on making such video.

[@James-fy9mq]

Whats your plane default ?

[@atalayguler7430]

Hello! I've been watchin your tutorials a lot recently and I have a question. I don't have a joystick at the moment but Im planning to buy one. Could you please tell me how to make turns with keyboard? Becasue when I press on the right arrow the plane turns way too much and when I press the left arrow to make the plane stable it tilts too much left and I loose control. Is it because of the sensivity that the arrows has in-game. Or is it normal. Thx

[@Doofer911]

I found the best way to control the Rudder was to use the numpad. Press 0 to turn left, Enter to turn right and if you want to immediately center the wheel, press 5. You may also need to turn NumLock on or off to get it to work.

[@jetaimemina]

I notice that the attitude indicator is showing that the plane is slightly "nose up" even when the vertical speed is 0. Is that a trim issue?

[@Doofer911]

Nope, it depends on the speed of the aircraft. If the plane is flying slowly, having a slight nose up attitude is needed to increase the amount of lift, thus keeping the plane at the same altitude. If a plane was flying fast enough, you may even find that it flies with a slight nose down attitude to stop it from climbing.

[@hamnchee]

Think of holding a piece of paper by the top edge, so it hangs down. Now pull that paper through the air. The faster you pull it through the air (like a propeller pulls a plane) the more it becomes horizontal. If you had a giant/powerful enough propeller, the plane could hover, looking straight up into the air, like you holding the paper still. Then you just rearrange the seats 90 degrees and call it a helicopter.

[@PrateekJain-pi9jc]

Your accent, where exactly is that from, I have a boss at work who sounds very much like that. This accent is quite distinctive.

[@Dainjamouth]

I would guess its a fairly light scottish accent

[@E300-XYZ]

In the real planes, does ailerons using differential ?

[@BHARATCHAUHAN-cr9zm]

thanks so much

[@Doofer911]

You're welcome :)

[@Vivaxsolutions]

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[@darengardner6219]

Stephen Hendry flying planes . I bet hes from the same part of Scotland

[@nal2us2]

Doofer, I cant understand why when doing a 45 degree turn the planes nose drops down drastically and I cannot maintain level flight. In such a steep turn I would normally want to bring the nose up to about 20 degrees positive above the horizon and increase throttle as well. With throttle at maximum and joystick, ( properly calibrated ), all the way back the nose still drops. not sure what to do here. Doofer or anyone.... PLEASE HELP!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[@ofirprice3717]

how to get this cockpit view?

[@Doofer911]

This is the "Virtual Cockpit" view, just right click the screen and select "Virtual Cockpit" from the views list.

[@ofirprice3717]

Doofer911 thx. Great videos btw. Im learning alot from them.

[@jm08a31]

My left hear enjoyed this.

[@BobCat981]

wish i had enough money so i can just stick a million pounds to my monitor with tape and brag about it on youtube :(

[@Doofer911]

I didn't brag about it (because it's fake....shhhh! ;) )