Beginners Guide to autopilot operation in the Cessna 414 Chancellor in Microsoft Flight Simulator

[@caiolinnertel8777]

On climb, set power slowly. I own and fly 1980 C414A and climb is 35 inches and 2500 RPM with RAM engines (2450 otherwise). Cruise RPM set is 2200-2400. Descenets 2200-2300 RPM and can be left untouched as you gradually reduce power (about 1 inch MP per minute to avoid shock cooling. Final should be at 110 kts, then landing assured 95 kts and in flair while with power on. Taking power off will help you settle. I have thousands of hours in these lovely planes (C310. 340. 414, and 414As). Love the plane. No idea how I came across this, but was surprised to see my plane in a flight sim. Have fun!

[@jonbeckett]

It's great to fly in the sim - I imagine the real aircraft is a little easier, purely because you can FEEL what it's doing, versus just see :)

[@Scot-land]

​@@jonbeckett can you preform ils landing's in this aircraft

[@jonbeckett]

@@Scot-land It has approach mode, but not auto-land. Only the big jets have auto-land.

[@Bruce_Warren]

@@jonbeckett Approach mode in IFR and sinking through the soup to find the runway right ahead are among the most thrilling experiences in Flight-simming! Real life too😄

[@Bruce_Warren]

Well done Jon, Thanks!

[@jonbeckett]

Thank you! :)

[@twistedyogert]

Hearing that engine start is pure ear candy.

[@mikecoffee100]

A Splendid video on old style autopilot navigation

[@jonbeckett]

Cheers :)

[@bermuda13]

Excellent video thanks 👍 I bought this plane (over the Milviz 310R) to fly missions in Neofly and even though I can fly a plane, needed a bit more input on the avionics, and this really helped. Just need to brush up on the ILS and flight computer processes for this plane. The Developer has done an awesome job.

[@jonbeckett]

Glad I could help!

[@photos24]

Jonathan, thank you so much! You helped me so much with this very good explanation.

[@jonbeckett]

You're welcome :)

[@ryanp6999]

This is my favorite GA plane in the game, thus far. FlySimWare has been updating this badboy almost weekly. The sounds are excellent and so are the textures.

[@jonbeckett]

It's great, isn't it.

[@donc9751]

Even after engine shut down the engine is ticking away as it dissapates the heat from its just shut down engines! This plane has fantastic sounds!!!

[@mapsiez]

Thanks for the tips. When it comes to the soundscape this aircraft should be a benchmark for any other developer.

[@tubeztoonz]

That was very helpful-thank you!

[@jonbeckett]

You're welcome!

[@dillank3240]

Excellent video! I was trying to figure out how to descend, and you answered my question, as well as explained other things I hadn't gotten around to yet. Thanks!

[@donc9751]

Great introduction to this sweet planes auto pilot! Thank you!

[@jonbeckett]

Glad you liked it!

[@locohombreau]

Very helpful video.

[@mikecoffee100]

Update for the 430/530 now it works for me and this is the best place to learn this old fashioned system in which can be challanging and good

[@jonbeckett]

Thanks for sharing

[@xxxxjet1982xxxx]

Thanks for the info on the fantastic 414. I hope you are feeling better. Cheers!

[@jonbeckett]

Thanks 👍

[@trooks40]

Well done Jonathan! I appreciate your candor by keeping your challenges in the video.

[@jonbeckett]

I appreciate that!

[@jackbackus2117]

Thank you very much for this great video.

[@jonbeckett]

You are welcome!

[@GumperVanLier]

Thanks for this video on the autopilot. It's unique. I have the premium version of GTN 750 and it now has an autopilot feature. I find using that, especially for the pitch control, to be easier to use. Its compatible with all autopilots and will not give you any features the plane's autopilot doesn't have. I've got to get this plane soon.

[@jonbeckett]

Cheers for that!

[@Taipan303]

Does the GTN work with the 414s in-cockpit autopilot? Or you have to use the one inside the GTN touchscreen?

[@GumperVanLier]

@@Taipan303 inside dual and one outside for a total of three!

[@Taipan303]

@@GumperVanLier But does the FSW Navomatic 800B autopilot work with the GTN?

[@donridgeway2267]

Excellent video, thanks, explains a lot.

[@jonbeckett]

Glad it was helpful!

[@GumperVanLier]

I just purchased this plane as it's in it's final release. Very interesting autopilot. Quite the challenge. I flew with the dual GTN750 and still had problems with the autopilot but managed an ILS approach successfully. It sometimes doesn't follow the flight plan and once it didn't recognize the plan at all and I had to restart the flight. When using the GTN750s, the altitude alert is digital and I don't understand how to use it. The manual doesn't talk about it. It will show 35,000 feet and then finally show the correct altitude when I level off. Then when coming down, it will show -1,500 feet. Maybe you could do another video showing the autopilot again but this time with the GTN 750s. Love this plane though. Lots of work done in producing it.

[@jonbeckett]

When I get some time I'll record a full flight with it.

[@nialball9023]

A great video as usual 👍🏻I particularly love your comment on landing, "I got away with it, thankfully." You use thankfully quite a lot ... Thankfully its a simulation! If you crash its time to go and put the kettle on 😄👍🏻

[@jonbeckett]

I really did wallop it into the ground though, didn't I :)

[@nialball9023]

You did! I manage to get away with it about 3 out of 5 times thankfully 😄👍🏻 Thanks for the videos, as a newbie to flight sims they are a great source of information.

[@JimboAmerican1980]

Great video. Just bought this on Xbox x. Couldn’t get the engines to start. This video should have sorted that. Watching rest now x. Thankyou

[@tubeymcdee]

I've rewatched literally a hundred times now but can't find the 'button' you say you have to click at 6:02 to turn the autopilot on. Your mouse looks to be just under the GPS unit but nothing around there seems to work. Where's the button!? Thanks

[@jonbeckett]

You have to map it to a joystick button :) in the real aircraft the button is on the yolk.

[@tubeymcdee]

@@jonbeckett ooooooooooooohhhh! Thanks

[@KimFieldstad]

@@jonbeckett Yes, I wish you made this more evident.

[@chartphred1]

I had a similar issue... using a VKB Gladiator Premium stick, and WinWing Orion Throttle - Could NOT for the life of me get the switch mapping to work. No matter what button/toggle I assigned in MSFS Controls Options - the Autopilot Master refuses to turn on! So, not even the old Z keyboard mapping works! Any ideas?

[@taylorsimonr]

@@chartphred1 The clickable master switch is just below the mixture levers on the centre console.

[@jay-rus4437]

Whoa…..there is no start up procedures for this? I didnt see it on your page

[@ChrisSmith-yq1ej]

Thanks for that Jonathan, the 414 is a great aircraft and it’s version with the older avionics that you have to nurse a little is a unique challenge. I suspect you will but in future vides would you consider a delve into the secondary VOR and pressurisation systems for example? Keep up the good work!

[@jonbeckett]

I'm sure over time I'll start looking at some of the more detailed functionality - it's nice to have an aircraft that simulates the further systems.

[@imad1996]

The auto pilot does not work with 700nxi. With others it works fine. The nxi navigation is not working on all aircraft's.

[@Tonny0909]

How to bind autopilot master switch? That one on the yoke? I cn't find any setting for that. Tried all autopilot disengage- related on controls, but no use... :(

[@jonbeckett]

I think I have the toggle autopilot mapped. It doesn't work for all aircraft - you need to be careful - some of the big Airbus aircraft have three state autopilots :)

[@jay-rus4437]

Any chance of getting startup checklist on this one?

[@frostbitten8491]

What is the button or switch in the cockpit for the different AP settings? (e.g HDG, ALT etc…)

[@jonbeckett]

You've just described exactly what it is - the autopilot mode.

[@ceegnz]

So when you engage the autopilot and it enters pitch and roll hold, what it holds is the pitch and roll it would be doing if you weren't touching the controls not what it's actually currently doing ? Just knowing that answers so many questions , thank you !

[@jonbeckett]

Yes. The gyros that take over when the autopilot switches on start from zero deflection.

[@flybeeson7950]

I have tried to follow your video with regard to moving the heading bug on the CDI screen, but I can’t seem to move it properly with the dial using my mouse. Also on the CDI screen what is the green line with an arrow on one end of it? I have a feeling that I may need an even more basic video! My plane seemed to be going in circles at one stage when I engaged AP.

[@C42210]

I have TDS gtn 750, how do I make it work into this aircraft?

[@jonbeckett]

It's available within the liveries (I think)

[@ncfirefighter1519]

Is there somewhere to click in cockpit to turn autopilot on?

[@jonbeckett]

It's a button on the yolk. You have to map a button for it.

[@discovery_a380]

There is also a switch below the mixture levers (AP ON), and below it the yaw damper one.

[@JockoFlocko]

When I use the TDS GTN 750xi I always use the Working Title Autopilot, it seems to work much more effectively than the default one especially during approaches. Flysimware made a different livery for each cockpit variation so you have to look for PMS GTN+WT or TDS GTN+WT to use the working title autopilot version for which ever GTN 750 you're using. This, IMHO, is the best GA aircraft on the market right now for FS 2020, however, there's one thing I wish they would have coded properly and that's the Cessna RN-1079A RNAV system similar to the KNS-80 RNAV system Black Square coded for their awesome new Analog Caravan Cessna 208 cockpit. Great video!

[@jonbeckett]

Yes - the GTN 750 is much better.

[@JockoFlocko]

@@jonbeckett Actually what I meant to say that the PMS GTN 750 is the one that works with the Working Title Autopilot, not the TDS version. Also, with the TDS version you *MUST* capture the glide slope from below the beam.

[@frederix7847]

Thanks you for this; great to have your explanantion of the arcane autopilot! I still have one mystery to solve - maybe it's an xbox thing but although NAV works fine for ILS, follows the locater and glide slope, if I tune to a VOR the NAV won't engage at all. It shows correctly on the HSI but even if I'm heading directly to the VOR and in close proximity I cannot click the NAV button. I notice on your video as soon as you tune to Bovingdon VOR and click NAV vor shows up on the display and it behaves fine. Any ideas? Anyone else had this problem? Could it be something to do with the Working Title Garmin 530? Anyway Thanks very much for this very clear explanation.

[@frederix7847]

Just to answer my own question, if I delete the WT 530 and use the default one it all works fine so there is a conflict. Let's hope Working Title fix it soon as it's great other than this glitch.

[@jonbeckett]

As far as I understand, the Working Title 530 is very much a beta - lots of issues with it.

[@pixelboys8565]

auto pilot atleast for me dont work 100 percent of the time in msfs .they need to update the auto pilot in every plane in the sim

[@jonbeckett]

It works fine for me.

[@raybugrova201]

если решили показат и расказати про сесссна 414 в рф то нужно показовать наруском языке.

[@jordividal3213]

Terrible framerates on landing, when they matter the most...

[@jonbeckett]

I've never had that issue.

[@AdamsSIMporium]

@@jonbeckett You have now :)

[@ZicajosProductions]

@@AdamsSIMporium I think it’s a screen recording issue not actually in sim

[@Aleksandar6ix]

If this is an autopilot tutorial... We don't need to see you do a cold start. You can cut right to the chase on the runway and save yourself the shenanigans.

[@edffilms2324]

lol alright Aleksandar..

[@jonbeckett]

Noted.

[@donridgeway2267]

I guess you're entitled to your opinion, but from my POV, I found the whole video very intuitive and helpful. It's always good to lead into a instruction video, rather than "cold turkey". A lot of flight simmers want to see that so they know they haven't missed anything.

[@hondarider100r]

Or you could just skip forward 😂

[@robb5828]

​@@jonbeckettdon't, actually It was more helpful with all the startup procedures, didn't know them 😁