FS2020: Concorde - Newbie Tutorial Flight: EGLL - EDDF - Part 2: With A Glide Slope Landing!

[@colinmorgan8641]

Thx for the video! I've just bought Concorde (for MSFS - not a real one! 😀) and will be giving this a try. With regards the cabin - Concorde was 100% 1st Class. At least it was when I flew in it back from JFK. Got enough frequent flyer points with BA and I was offered an early morning flight on Concorde as a bonus. A couple of weeks later the terrible fire occurred so was lucky (or unlucky - depending on how you look at it) enough to be one of the last people to fly in a Concorde. The only time I landed after a transatlantic flight thinking "that was fun, turn around, I want to do it again!"

[@Huddison]

Fabulous story, thanks for sharing. The Sim version may not match up to your real life experience 😁

[@torstenunhger6609]

It truly is a magnificent aircraft! I know that they have reasons on why the concorde can't fly anymore, but I wich It would fly again with modern technology and safety standards. It's actually crazy that they had the technology of an modern airliner back than. Obviously everything is more modern now but the technic is basically the same.

[@matthewbrennan6466]

These two newbie videos were super helpful. It really helped to understand the auto pilot controls and get a feel for the plan. I’m really going to enjoy this plan and I look forward to doing some long-haul stuff! Great job!!!

[@Huddison]

Thanks Matthew.

[@andrewjudd1978]

2 great videos really helpful have only just bought concorde for xbox as was in xmas sale for £16 have had a couple of quick blasts but no serious flight yet and this will help thanks

[@Huddison]

I've a couple of more recent videos on it, lingering around the channel.

[@michaelburkhill9167]

thanks for this the landing are proving challenging for me with this beauty

[@Huddison]

The Concorde has one of the most unique landing procedures that I've so far come across. Best using Autopilot until you get over the threshold of the runway and then taking over to practice.

[@bahadirsivgin]

Thank you for this amazing video , that was quite educatory !

[@Huddison]

My pleasure

[@jamieknight326]

Thanks for these. Super helpful as I’m learning how best to fly this beautiful aircraft :)

[@Huddison]

I'm pleased it helps you. I have a couple more Concorde videos on my channel; wonderful aircraft to fly :)

[@CraigyBabyJ]

Great

[@Huddison]

Thanks

[@ulrichemmer4134]

Great video, very helpful for the first flights! I see two issues with this gorgeous plane: 1. The autopilot is way too sluggish, you cannot fly a STAR and expect to catch the localiser as published in the charts. To catch the localiser, you need to be aligned with the runway within 1 or 2 degrees, best already 20NM ahead of the runway. This is not practical and other planes catch the LOC/GS much better. 2. The reheats (piano keys) have no effect…even when off, the reheats engage at Max Climb or full throttle.

[@Huddison]

Are you flying on the Xbox or PC? My reheats stay off, when turned off.

[@ulrichemmer4134]

@@Huddison I am flying on PC, Concorde version 1.0.3

[@only1thatmakessense]

Reheats will stay off unless you have autothrottle on in which case it auto turns them in and off

[@musefan12345]

Nicely done mate. I'm missing a step somewhere on intercepting an ILS. I do all the usual stuff, ILS frequency, switch from GPS mode to INS, intercepting from below, with approach mode enabled but it won't lock on to the glide slope. I don't have this issue with any other ILS capable aircraft. Having said that, bringing it in manually is so much easier than I thought it would be. Once you have the right approach speed, it's pretty easy to get it on the ground, compared with a lot of other airliners.

[@Huddison]

Make sure you're close enough to the ILS before switching over from INS to RAD. Did this happen on the route I showed in this video?

[@musefan12345]

@@Huddison no it was on multiple different routes. I should probably read the manual 😂 I’m allergic to reading manuals. I’d rather learn new aircraft through the magic of KZbin. But I might have to bite the bullet this time 😂

[@Huddison]

😄

[@tazzo2211]

What a great video. 👍

[@Huddison]

Thanks Mark 😊

[@grandadgamer8390]

Landing is the next thing I have to master, often don't realise how far up, and for how long the nose can stay up compared to regular plane. 👍🙂

[@Huddison]

Yes it takes a bit of practice.

[@Sishirunak]

Wonderful video as just got the Concorde and don’t really know how it works 😂 thanks! 🙏

[@Huddison]

Great to hear this has been helpful for you.

[@ΑναστασιοςΝτιβας]

Thank you very very very much sir!!!!!!!!your video was so much helpful for me

[@Huddison]

You are most welcome

[@arifazar786]

Really enjoying your concorde video, I'm onto part 2 now, one question, when you switch thr knob to radio frequency to enter the glidescope heading for your airport, I was trying to click on the link to your example nav, but it says page not found, where can I get glidescope headings for, also isn't that automatically entered as part of the flight plan in the simulator page when selecting the route

[@Huddison]

LittleNavMap is a great option for that kind of thing: albar965.github.io/littlenavmap.html

[@arifazar786]

@Huddison a quick question, if I enter a full flight plan with ils approach already defined, I think it doesn't work.. it misses the runway, so presumably you have to enter a basic flight plan in the MSFS and then follow your guide to manually select an ILS in the FMC then manually switch the radio frequency off INS when you get near the runway. ? To the correct frequency for the runway?

[@Huddison]

Around 15-20 nm out from your arrival runway, switch it over to INS. Also yes, enter the correct ILS frequency in the FMS. @@arifazar786

[@arifazar786]

@Huddison thank you for replying, apologies for asking lots of questions.. in your part 1 video, did you enter a basic flight plan in MSFS without the ILS options, I.e. you then proceed in video part 2 to select the ILS from the FMS. ? Therefore your aircraft follows a basic flight plan upto 20 or so NM.. I think in your video you switch from INS (navigating you almost to the runway) to RAD , adding manually the ILS frequently on both sides..

[@Misterj36]

Great to rewatch this we did a your controls shared cockpit flight. I notice you didnt use the fuel transfer ? At the engineers panel?

[@Huddison]

Thanks. I've found that I've not had to use the fuel transfer (as of yet) on my flights; I wonder if that's automated somehow.

[@Misterj36]

Do you always start from runway ? Maybe it's got all auto switches turned on somehow?

[@Huddison]

I start on the runway to expedite these kind of videos; but always on a stand/gate when flying for the VA. Been a while for me with Concorde and will get back to it soon. @@Misterj36

[@mapolinski]

@@Huddison It most definitely is NOT automated. If you're not transferring fuel then you are flying out of trim for 90% of your flights. Also you're probably not making use of all the fuel you're taking limiting your range. I suggest you read the manual.

[@adamsnell2088]

Excellent tutorial! Took me from knowing absolutely nothing to being able to make my first flight with the Concorde! One question I have is how would you know when to begin your descent without the vrf map?

[@Huddison]

Thanks. It's been quite a while since I flown the Concorde: from memory, there is a waypoint counter/marker (I think left of the pilot's seat). I'll have to refresh my memory at some point.

[@michaelc3977]

In Britain we call the afterbunners, reheats. Same thing, just named correctly.

[@Huddison]

Thanks for the correction Michael.

[@perplexical]

You certainly shattered the passengers champagne glasses with that landing 🤣

[@get_outdoors]

I’m not into long haul, I prefer GA and enjoying my newly purchased Kodiak. I really wish I could see all the Concords flying around the UK without having to purchase the aircraft, it’s a pity Asobo/ MS don’t make a livery database that contains all paid aircraft as this would really improve immersion.

[@Huddison]

Fair point Tony & I totally agree - it'll be great to see other aircraft that you do not own.

[@FlyingCatPro]

Excellent tutorial - thanks! Just purchased this and slowly getting to grips with it. I'm trying to find the binding descriptor for the INS function in order to bind it to a key/controller but not sure what I should select. Any idea what I should search for in the MSFS Control Options?

[@Huddison]

Thanks Frank - bear with me on this one, I'll have to figure it out. Meanwhile, you could ask in the Discord; likely someone will offer you a good suggestion in there.

[@FlyingCatPro]

@@Huddison - Yes - it's got me stumped. Wish they would add a list of the variables to their aircraft documentation. I have requested info in Just Flight's forum and will let you know if/when I receive a reply on the topic. Thanks.

[@FlyingCatPro]

@@Huddison Received this reply from DC Designs "I don't think that button is a bindable one due to custom coding ( there is no variable in the sim, it's an Lvar or Local Variable )."

[@Huddison]

@@FlyingCatPro Ah :( Thanks for lettings us all know.

[@etsfan1863]

Just a question because I am not sure if I understood correctly. The ILS frequency stays on standby the whole time?

[@Huddison]

No it'll need to be active for landing see here also: kzbin.info3cwaXZQvH20?feature=share

[@GeraldDonovan]

Super tutorial - looking forward to trying this out. Did you lose engine 1?

[@Huddison]

Thanks - I may well have somehow lost an engine; MSFS was really playing up when trying to record this part.

[@fw190pilot7]

Excellent video, i hope the xbox version is just as functional. Are the engine guages working correctly by the way?

[@Huddison]

The Xbox version should be just as functional (I'm hoping to test this out myself one day). The engine gauges seems to be working correctly, as far as I know.

[@fw190pilot7]

@@Huddison i only mention it because the EGT guages seem to be 0 and none of the no. 1 engine guages appeared to be working.

[@Huddison]

@@fw190pilot7 When I recorded this descent, approach and landing video, MSFS crashed 3 times & on this recording, my engine 1 was not working (for whatever reason) - it's typically ok; not sure what was going on.

[@SVT000]

4:20 if i see it correctly, one engine is off

[@MrVinchenza]

Is it possible to get the cabin view on the xbox? As in see the passengers. If so, how do you do it? Thanks, Terry.

[@Huddison]

Plug in a USB keyboard and use the cursor keys to move around.

[@MrVinchenza]

You are a star as always. Thank you.

[@Pyroshep86]

What’s the reason why the approach wasn’t loaded into the world map , why go through the effort to load it into the fms ? Just curious .

[@Huddison]

I'm not fully sure of what you're asking. Approach vectors generally need to be done in the Airliners themselves.

[@Pyroshep86]

@@Huddison ok . I purchased the Concorde last night and i tried to cheat in loading the vectors in the world map and it just flew away from the runway when i changed to radio .. 🤣 do i need tonser the corse aswell ?

[@markdracup1178]

where did they take off tutorial go and how to set autopilot go

[@Huddison]

This one? kzbin.info/www/bejne/d53Gan-urZ2ag5I

[@jocking3b510]

Was engine 1 off all the time?

[@mamahayes9721]

Sorry it’s me again The VFR map is that Navigraph too sir?

[@Huddison]

That's the Sim's built in map

[@mamahayes9721]

Right that makes sense now I use X Plane but I watch your videos to acquire more knowledge because procedure of both sims are not far from each other thanks again bro

[@mamahayes9721]

Your tutorials are very clear and have more understanding people will be glad to see you do one in xplane

[@peterjohnson350]

Great video. Did you see the dog in the clouds at 15.23? Enjoyable tutorial. I must get a Concorde after seeing this.

[@Huddison]

Thanks Peter - I'll have to look back through the video, to spot the dog 😁

[@etsfan1863]

it's currently on sale until the end of july if you haven't got it yet

[@peterjohnson350]

@@etsfan1863 Thank you. I'm now a proud owner of a Concorde.

[@markdracup1178]

how do i find the ILS DME for any ILS runway in the simulator

[@Huddison]

You can fine ILS information on the World Map in MSFS or by using an external program such as Navigraph.

[@markdracup1178]

@@Huddison can you please show a video explaining how to find ILS FREQ using the world map as i cant find it. I can only see frequencies,at an airport. None of these show actual ILS FREQ for the different runways at an airport or am i missing something

[@Huddison]

@@markdracup1178 This might help: kzbin.info/www/bejne/o36peXSNhsZkick

[@taitthemate]

Why is engine one off

[@Huddison]

Possibly some kind of bug; the Concorde is constantly being updated/patched.