MSFS 2020 VATSIM Tutorial (VFR)

How to fly VFR on VATSIM. VATSIM is an immersive online ATC experience where you fly with other simmers across multiple platforms. If you find yourself interested but don't know where to start, watch this video!
Important links:
About VATSIM: www.vatsim.net/about
Getting Started: www.vatsim.net/pilots/getting...
Navigraph: navigraph.com/products/charts
VFR Sectional: vfrmap.com/
Aircraft Codes/Type: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of...
Timeline:
00:00 Introduction
00:40 About VATSIM/Getting Started
03:00 Charts
04:09 Vpilot/Setting Up Flight
04:31 Connecting to VATSIM
05:34 Setting Radios Up
09:41 Contacting Ground
14:10 Departure
17:30 Service Terminated
19:20 Requesting Service En Route
19:45 Conclusion

[@vegasflyby]

Shout out to 3BO! Got my private pilot’s license there in 1995.

[@atmosflight5534]

FourRomeoAlpha LOL! Love it. Small little strip there 🤣

[@TrickyTrips536]

What is 3BO in the clearance mean? I heard someone else say 1BO in another vid but I didn’t know what it meant

[@fauxflights77]

I realize I'm 3 years late, but after 10:44, he confirmed your readback correct despite your having said "7130" instead of "7310". Thanks for the vid! Taking the plunge shortly! Super helpful!

[@fauxflights77]

The funny thing is you said 7130 again when entering it into the transponder at 11:09 despite your fingers putting in the correct 7310.

[@livelongandprosper70]

quite complicated and daunting, but interesting thanks

[@theonemouse]

Holy crap, I’ve wanted to learn how to participate in realistic ATC communications for so long, and you finally explained it in a way that makes sense! Thanks man, great video! You should make more ATC tutorials, like on how to properly take off and land with VFR, or how to use the aircraft computers to plan a route, or something.

[@atmosflight5534]

Glad you enjoyed it! I'm always thinking about new tutorials I could make. There's pretty much existing tutorials for everything, but it seems we often need multiple of the same kind to learn things completely (various ways of presenting the same information). I will surely give some of these a try :)

[@jcarrandson]

Definitely agree with this. I've been flying on XPlane on and off for a year or so, had vatsim the whole time but never had the balls to actually communicate with ATC. Bought msfs2020 and really want to learn the correct way of flying VFR and also communicating with ATC, this is probably the best video I've seen explaining the communication with ATC. Please keep videos like this coming, I've subscribed. Good job man, excellent video.

[@Getfuckeddude]

*Im still blown away that this is all virtual. It BLOWS my mind every time. Never heard of VATSIM...... *but this has absolutely sold me. I have never seen a flight simulator with this much capability. Amazing!*

[@atmosflight5534]

Truly crazy how times have changed. Ten years ago I was flying on FSX on a janky laptop that could barely muster 28 FPS lol

[@JETZcorp]

@@atmosflight5534 I remember when FSX came out. My PC was pulling like 22fps is FS9, so I was devastated to get only 10fps in X on that Christmas morning. Compared to the previous installments, the new one runs like butter! It's riddled with bugs and the UI is a horror show, but I've been happy with the frames. And, in my opinion, this is the first version of the sim where VFR makes any sense at all.

[@MixedRealitySimRacing]

I'm task saturated by just watching how he explains it while others are talking in the background :D I probabaly should stay casual lol

[@atmosflight5534]

LOL. Nah.. Gotta understand I've been doing sim since 2007.. 13 years you learn a lot, even without any formal real world flight. You'll get there :)

[@A_youtube_channel_]

Honestly you learn fast. I’m 15 and I just started flying on vatsim and even on my first few flights i’ve learned a lot. I’ve mostly done traffic patterns and vfr to other airports but I don’t know how to do Ifr and it seems like you need to know a lot. I still have a lot to learn though, like today I didn’t check the atis before arriving at an airport and the atc was giving me an attitude and it honestly kinda pisses me off. But that’s the only ignoranus controller that i’ve come across, most are very accommodating and respectful of my begginerness. Most people understand that it’s just a game so don’t feel scared to go into it not knowing much

[@weepingeye]

Fantastic vid, thank you. A structured step-by-step series like this is definitely needed for Vatsim training - for those of us just starting at least. Sub'd and looking forward to more content. Thanks again.

[@MotoCampAdventure]

Absolutely love this video. I think you just sold me on vatsim as the training tool I need. Your channel is going to gain a lot of traction with videos this well done. Thank you for making this!

[@atmosflight5534]

Wow, thank you! It's a good tool for flight sim.. Limited applicability to real world flying however.

[@captainif6731]

Ive always found IFR easier, VFR always overwhelmed me but it looks fun so Im learning. Thanks!

[@atmosflight5534]

VFR is far simpler than IFR.

[@usmcdevildog91]

Thanks for the vid, exactly what ive been looking for.👍

[@rufrider8682]

Great video. Thanks for posting this nice walkthrough and I would love to see more vatsim flights. I've signed up but haven't yet tried my first flight. Watching experienced people doing it like you helps get the procedure down beforehand. Subbed.

[@atmosflight5534]

Awesome. I should be getting more VATSIM videos up with time. Thinking of doing some IFR stuff Friday :)

[@noahtessier]

This is an amazing video. Excellent production and clarity. I’m quite intimidated to use Vatsim, so it is nice to be led gently into the system. Thank you!

[@atmosflight5534]

Thanks Noah! I recommend starting with VFR flight at a regional airport that is being controlled by a center controller. That way you're still provided ATC coverage but nothing complex. Flying through class B can be pretty tough business. Class C is easy enough, just might get limited vectoring or altitude restrictions to keep you out of traffic flows. I can't recommend flying with a VFR sectional enough. Just so you know where the airspace is and how to avoid it/what levels to fly at. I'm glad you enjoyed the video.

[@noahtessier]

AtmosFlight Thank you so much! I do have a question, however. So for example, if you need to contact ground but only center is online, would you address center as “Center” and then within your message say where you are at specifically, or address them as “AirportName Ground”?

[@atmosflight5534]

Noah Tessier youd call them center. You’d just let them know where you’re at, and then begin your request.

[@JamesTyranski]

@@atmosflight5534 VFR charts do have airspace shown and altitudes. That's how I do all my flights.

[@goosetheracer7467]

Bro when i saw this guy only had 200 subs my jaw dropped. U got my sub from j this vid !

[@atmosflight5534]

David Wrotslavsky thanks so much David!

[@patricklastname5646]

Perfect video. makes me feel better about approaching VatSim. Thank you

[@pilothound1582]

This was an awesome informative vid dude thanks

[@bubba60756]

Clear logical instruction. Easy to understand. Good steady pace. Subscribed.

[@atmosflight5534]

Robert Kirk I appreciate it :)

[@sky173]

Great video. I sure miss these days. thanks for sharing.

[@atmosflight5534]

My days of flying have just begun... Hoping for a long, prosperous airline career comes in time.....

[@747-pilot]

Great job! You covered all the bases!!

[@kendalstewart5308]

Very very well done!!! Pleasantly presented and easy to follow. Subscribed

[@atmosflight5534]

Thank you :)

[@VATSIMnetwork]

Great video and content! Please keep it up!

[@atmosflight5534]

Thanks! Waiting for a solid high-traffic GA event to showcase the VFR/GA stuff ;)

[@dominiquez5643]

Amazing ! Thank you ! Planning on buying FS2020 and your video helped me to make up my mind (and my wallet) !

[@atmosflight5534]

How's it going five months later?

[@dominiquez5643]

@@atmosflight5534 hey man ! Love the game! Still afraid to jump on Vatsim...but I configured ILS landing on the CJ4 super easy to practice...take off and land at the same airport. Doing that on the Airbus looks like a daunting task on the videos. If you can post one where I can easily configure ILS landing on the same airport that be great...

[@ThereWillBeCake]

Thanks man. Great video!

[@gdwnet]

I always tune both com1 and com2 but I never thought to have frequencies set in the standby. That's so obvious!! Nice tip!

[@atmosflight5534]

This helps stay ahead of the airplane. In real life (and even in the sim) departure and approach are busy times in the cockpit and you don't want to be wasting mental energy adjusting comms while trying to manage your energy/climb/descent. This little bit simplifies things to where you just flip a switch/button and keep flying.

[@jhogoboom]

Another great one. More please!!

[@atmosflight5534]

You got it!

[@alexey1820]

You can use SimAware to check where the controllers are as well, there is an ATC button.

[@aryanbajaj7165]

thank you so much for this, you explain everything so well and it makes it much more easier for new pilots like me trying Vatsim and a flight simulator for the first time, thank you btw are you flying a cessna 172 or 152

[@atmosflight5534]

Aryan Bajaj in real life? 172S. Same in the sim. I have the premium deluxe edition.

[@kaspariito]

Please do a video on how the other end of VATSIM ATC looks like. I love your explanation on the topic!

[@atmosflight5534]

kaspariito that may come some day. I am going through their training modules to become a controller :)

[@instrumentenfreak]

Great tutorial. I may watch this one more time :D

[@atmosflight5534]

instrumentenfreak highly recommended! Subscribe for more - working on a video on VFR navigation as we speak.

[@Jaiie535]

This was very informative. I flew into class B airspace yesterday in a A320 and made a mockery of myself because it was my first time on the network and 0 zero experience with ATC. My fault because I should be practicing the smaller flights like this. Also would love IFR tutorial.

[@atmosflight5534]

Jeremaine Larmond lmao! Same but like 10 years ago. Advice: start small. Like with a small prop plane. Do VFR. My last video was IFR focused. Check it out. Not a complete tutorial, but at the least a preview.

[@ooof5281]

Jeremaine Larmond what’s class B? I know you have to get clearance but still confused about it lol

[@atmosflight5534]

A Dor next video I’m releasing will talk about this.

[@skedyt]

I can garauntee every single person who first tries vatsim makes a mockery of themselves, live and learn haha

[@atmosflight5534]

sked the first time I tried flying IFR, I had a direct flight plan, controller gave me an amended clearance and I disconnected because I had no idea what it all meant

[@juansalazar6849]

Nice content man, I subscribed. I already have some hours in IVAO and would like to try VATSIM, looking forward for more VATSIM content!

[@juansalazar6849]

Btw, could you recommend some us airports to learn VFR flying? it seems like VATSIM is very active over there!

[@atmosflight5534]

Juan Salazar VATSIM is really busy in Europe too. In fact, it doesn’t get much busier than the Heathrow-Amsterdam corridor. As for VFR, I’ve never flown VFR in Europe. I don’t know how that works. Airports in the US: I usually check VATUSA’s website to see where they’re doing high traffic events and fly there. You can also see who’s online and fly in their airspace, picking random small airports to fly at and do the basics.

[@juansalazar6849]

Thank you!

[@evidenceplz]

Thanks! Very informative

[@aidenpd1006]

nice tutorial, I’m thinking about going into my first vatsim flight soon, so far i’ve just done about 10 radio checks (lol). would you recommend doing something like what you did here or just some circuits? again, nice video, it’s really helpful

[@atmosflight5534]

Aiden Deffner circuits are nice but can be busy. The nice thing about flight following is you’ll get interaction, but for the most part you’re on your own.

[@Robin-bk2lm]

Also, try to find an airport with little traffic and a ground or tower ATC that can relax and help you out.

[@Buktu1975]

Same here, did a radio check on a small towered airport and the ATC asked why I was sitting forever on the parking spot...;-) Was too intimidated to start...🙈

[@riggamelanson4160]

Thanks for the help! Plan on taking lessons at 3BO as Im in the brookfields

[@atmosflight5534]

Hope it's gone well!

[@hectichive889]

Holy crap, I hope these dudes on VATSIM are patient cause that was a lot to take in!

[@atmosflight5534]

I'm planning on making a 4/5 part series on VFR cross country flying on VATSIM.. Stay tuned :)

[@gabiitou]

Great tutorial man ! Hopefully someday I can learn lol

[@atmosflight5534]

Anybody can.

[@ComdrStew]

Good video, subscribed.

[@Jul1us]

And flying in Europe especially Germany you really need to have precise VFR charts, or a good knowledge of the area on and around controlled airports, because for the most part you’re following rather strict routes in and out of the control zone (mostly not in runway heading nor in a straight line). This really ups the task level. Squawk 7000, never say “with you”, ask for “flight information service”, only turn right when approved... and up you go ;)

[@atmosflight5534]

Never flown anywhere but in the US. I just spent six months in Germany doing weather for the Army.. But yeah no experience with European flight stuff.

[@OneTwoMark]

@@atmosflight5534 What does doing weather mean?

[@RVJimD]

Thanks for the video, I haven’t played FS for years but have been thinking of getting back into it. Actually I might be more inclined to enter the atc side of things. I have been a pilot since the 70’s and am a current CFII. I am working on my second RV and document my progress on my YT channel. I’ll keep looking at the VATSIM site, but wonder what hardware I’ll need for the atc side of things? Jim

[@atmosflight5534]

Don’t think you actually need that much. Just a working computer and a microphone. You have tools you download from their website. Would def go check it out under “for ATC”

[@ComputersAreRealCool]

Great tutorial, are you in VR? The movement of the camera seems very natural

[@atmosflight5534]

I use TrackIR

[@hardwaybets]

Well done.

[@iancurtis5397]

I'm by Bradley...it's my go to for departs

[@affchen3977]

nice vid it helped me a lot

[@atmosflight5534]

Hope to get back into it in August. I've been away from home since Feb :(

[@MrSliiff]

Thanks for the vid. I was wondering what you use for adjusting your in-game view. It looks very smooth and always having a good view.

[@atmosflight5534]

Sorry for the late response. I use TrackIR. It's not the cheapest solution but it's great. There's open-source stuff out there.. Open track No IR etc.

[@Buktu1975]

Thanks for this. Your MSFS graphics look awesome, what‘s your PC configuration? All on Ultra?

[@atmosflight5534]

Most of them are on ultra.

[@rakon8496]

NavBlue Charts+ will be the charts service that comes (for free as announced) with MSFS, it's the substitute from Airbus. So there is no need to get Navigraph's subscriptions, if you wait a bit...

[@atmosflight5534]

Ra Kon I use ForeFlight for my real world flying, so it works for me. I will say, ForeFlight is almost as cheap as NaviGraph, so I might even recommend that lol

[@rakon8496]

@@atmosflight5534 Sure, my comment wasn't targeted @ you directly. As the content of the video is VFR flying it may appeal to many newbies, that may not want a subscription from the start and therefor my comment, just adding context. If youre frequent user/simmer each of the services for may be worth it's price. Btw. great vid, right speed and structured content. THX

[@MCA_Lives]

Pen and paper is a must for vatsim

[@Ogg_Vorbis]

Great tutorial, very helpful. Would it be possible for you to make your TrackIR profile available for download? Looks great!

[@atmosflight5534]

Ogg Vorbis maybe. I’m not a fan of sharing profiles simply because it depends on how high you sit, how far away, etc. I would have no problem sharing the video I used to set it up however.

[@balispotter]

Thankyou broooo like your video

[@OneTwoMark]

You got the squawk code incorrect at 10:45. He said 7310, and you read it as 7130 but he still said correct lol.

[@petakas1]

You called ATC but missed to explain how the PTT button is set when you initially setup vPilot, nice tutorial.

[@atmosflight5534]

Kyprianos Biris yeah, I did not spend much time on installing the Vpilot client - its all rather straightforward but I certainly could’ve spared a minute to talk about it. Thanks!

[@SmiKProduction]

What kind of Track IR do you use? It's very smooth :)

[@tubzvermeulen]

Thank you for the video

[@atmosflight5534]

Thanks for watching! :)

[@havocblast8737]

if you want VFR and IRF charts and don't want to pay then use FltPlanGo . if you have a tablet that is the greatest way to go.

[@RealSalvage]

Amazing Video! Just one question. When they said head '360' Were about in the cockpit do you look to get that heading? Anyway thanks!

[@ryanmcgovern1322]

Volanta is also good for taxing and runway numbers, connects straight to Vatsim too! Still terrified to hop into Vatsim lol

[@atmosflight5534]

You should build the courage up, it's a damn good time.

[@dmrvideos]

Thanks for this, a really informative video! Out of interest, are you using head tracker software? If so, what are you using?

[@atmosflight5534]

I’m using TrackIR

[@DragonPilot]

Looking forward to a VATSIM IFR tutorial. I'm a retired IRL pilot and a bit curious how the IFR flight plan is filed in VATSIM.

[@atmosflight5534]

Gary Stone pretty awesome! Not a full fledged tutorial but my most recent video was an IFR trip into tropical storm Sally. Give it a watch! I didn’t spend much time talking about flight planning.

[@atmosflight5534]

But if you haven’t already - look up SimBrief. It’ll serve as dispatch service, but allows you to control things like your SID/STAR, ZFW, etc. free to use, allows you to import your FPL into the simulator and into VPilot. That’s what I do. When I start training for my IR I may do it differently but it’s fine for VATsIm

[@MrGrandure]

And I was excited about flying through the hurricane in msfs.

[@timeberle5]

Hey, very nice Video! Searched for this tutorial a lot! Got a little question: what‘s your setting in the menu with Live traffic, live weather and live players? Does everything need to turn off while using VatSim? Greets!

[@atmosflight5534]

VATSIM theoretically should turn this off. I turn off AI traffic and multiplayer just to be safe. I set weather to live.

[@carmen110hk]

@@atmosflight5534 if you turn multiplayer off, are you still seeing traffic in vatsim?

[@atmosflight5534]

Kit Nam Lai yes. VATSIM is separate. It pulls in models based on information passed via sim connect.

[@MadsGranumMusic]

Are you using track ir for your soft Camera movements? Thanks for a great video. Looking forward to trying out Vatsim. Have enjoyed Pilotedge but I am ready to explore the world now

[@atmosflight5534]

Yes I am.

[@tirola2144]

Cool video, very well explained, I understood a lot of it. My English is unfortunately pretty crap and I want to practice the takeoff and landing of a Cessna with live radio like a bit. That I can learn a little better English. I think this is a lot of fun and the guy from Boston Center there I had to laugh with what a joy he said hello. That is fun. Thanks for your tips.That with the charts I did not know that you can Downloaden this and I hope it is nobody angry about me when i talk bushit at the radio when i try it. Just one more thing where or what in the hell is 3BO. I have not found that. :-) Greetings from Austria - Tirol

[@atmosflight5534]

3BO was somewhere in Massachusetts I think

[@AOGWardog1229]

Awesome video, very informational. Especially for someone like myself who has nothing but Unicom experience (flying with friends and working at a fbo) one question I do have is is there only one Unicom freq on Vatsim or does it follow your local Unicom freq?

[@atmosflight5534]

It’s one global Unicom frequency but it only works within a certain distance. So you won’t hear someone across the globe but you will hear people at nearby airports.

[@CrazyMarc21783]

One frequency with a range of 15 miles

[@pastorhaze9509]

my boy sheed on boston coms!

[@guritche]

Nice explanation. Trying to get a VFR flight going on vatsim. How about filing the flight plan? Do you have a video on that? I found some videos but mostly on IFR airliner operations.

[@atmosflight5534]

Same way you do for opening an IFR plan on VATSIM, only you fill in the necessary stuff. Both IRL and in the sim, I never, and I mean never, file a flight plan. If you’re doing a short-ish route and flying during the day there’s no real point in it. At least IMO. Some argue the safety factor. I just don’t bother. I always get flight following instead.

[@swazoz7539]

im 14 and i really want to learn how to talk to atc like that. Thank you great vid

[@TA-yt1qy]

The key is to make sure you fully understand how to fly your chosen plane offline, then learn atc and vatsim later with tutorials like this. Approach it in steps and ask yourself what you need to learn and you’ll become a pro in a matter of days

[@shanerose8677]

Is the C172 you have there the one included in the deluxe edition? Great job with video was very to the point.

[@atmosflight5534]

Shane Rose yes. Premium deluxe version of the 172S

[@shanerose8677]

@@atmosflight5534 Yea just watched your landing video where you answered that, great job with that one too and thanks for answering here. I have gamepass so wish they would at least offer the extra planes for an additional fee. I flew that one a good bit in x-plane and would like to be able to swap between it and the G1000 model. Planning on doing some ground school soon so appreciating these videos keep up the good work.

[@JamesTyranski]

Great video. I just did a similar first VATSIM flight yesterday, when I went from KDEN (class B) to KCOS (class C). Doing this during a low traffic time was much easier to follow and I know I messed up a lot, but they were patient with me. Only question I have is, when arriving at KCOS there were no active tower or ground there, but there was still center online from when I started at KDEN. I just stayed on Unicom after leaving class B, but should I have contacted Center for KCOS?

[@atmosflight5534]

You can go to Unicom if you choose not to talk to ATC in class E airspace. However, KCOS is class Charlie, so you would have needed to talk to center to enter it, including landing and taxi. Center must have missed it, decided to leave you to your own devices, or thought little of it with few traffic. Class B, C, and D airspace require 2 way radio. Class E airspace does not. That means for VFR flight you do need to be with ATC at all times, but for class E (basically anything outside of class B, C, and D) you can choose whether to be with ATC or not.

[@JamesTyranski]

@@atmosflight5534 thanks for that.

[@David-ys4ud]

Skyvector is a good one

[@golfkid333]

Sky vector is good for VFR sectional

[@hankschrader627]

Hi! Great video, very helpful. Do you need to file a flight plan?

[@atmosflight5534]

Nope. You don't even need flight following as a VFR pilot.. Just be aware that in Delta, Charlie, and Bravo airspaces, talking to ATC is mandatory and you must establish contact before entering those airspaces. For Bravo, you need explicit clearance to enter.

[@nickmajurovski2516]

I wish the frequencies would auto enter themselves xD.. if they did, I'd be more keen to try.

[@atmosflight5534]

Practice it offline. Get used to adjusting your comms panel in your favorite airplanes and you’ll be good to go on VATSIM

[@lukeorlando4814]

You can cheat by typing .com1 ###.### into the vpilot panel if your finding the knobs in cockpit with a mouse too fiddly.

[@Driver371]

Do you have to turn off multiplayer and live traffic etc to use this? I can’t figure out the set up in general.

[@atmosflight5534]

I turn them both off. Connecting Vpilot will take care of the rest. I do use live weather.

[@wurzzzz]

Right rudder!

[@paulg9042]

Great video. Here is my question: What advice do you have for a complete real life ATC newbie? In other words, someone who can fly well, knows very basic rules, and never has talked with ATC?

[@atmosflight5534]

If you know enough about the rules and terminology... Just go for it. It's fun and they're helpful.. Just stay out of the busiest airspace at first. Find an ATC person that's online but at a quieter area.. KC Center for example is generally a good place to get ATC coverage as a beginner GA pilot.

[@paulg9042]

@@atmosflight5534 Thanks. What if for example Boston Center is active and I'm flying from a completely different airport (outside of Bravo)?

[@atmosflight5534]

@@paulg9042 Boston Center would cover you (once you got off the ground, since 3B0 is in uncontrolled airspace (I believe)). That's not bad since it's a relatively quiet area.

[@showcasestudios3943]

Anyone know if the Tritonsim G-450 portover is online somewhere? I only have the 550 and 650.

[@lennylennington]

Bro how are you doing the head movement? VR or TrackIR? It’s sick!

[@JohnVanderbeck]

Would have liked to hear the traffic callouts

[@llb2899]

The best charts by far are from navigraph

[@joetheox1202]

14:32 good time to look right.

[@rubadubdubb]

When you're just flying around vfr without flight following how do you know when you're supposed to be in contact with a controller and what frequency they're on? Is a flight plan mandatory on vatsim?

[@AustinMarti]

Your squawk readback was incorrect -- he gave you 7310 and you said 7130. He said your readback was correct, though :D He also gave you an altitude of 2,500 when you requested 3,500, so I'm guessing that was unintended on his part.

[@cheeto5039]

How do you make looking around in the cockpit look so fluent and natural?

[@treloarw]

I'm so confused with VFR. This video doesn't seem to cover the one thing I am not understanding. Filing the flight plan, particularly the routing. Considering unlike IFR, VFR does not involve fixes in routing. Just "landmarks"? So in routing, if there are no significant landmarks. What do I put in?

[@AdsGG]

Did you have to file your flight plan via vpilot? if so what does the routing look like? i fly IFR mainly on Vatsim

[@joeholloway7562]

Was hoping to see how you configure MSFS with your flightplan and disable the builtin ATC, but you didn't cover this..

[@atmosflight5534]

Joe Holloway you can configure the flight PSN however you’d like. But you’re right - I did fail to show how to disable the ATC. You can turn off the native ATC voice in the settings. It should be under assists or realism.

[@opsman56]

How about a pdf for vpilot install and setup, I would appreciate it

[@atmosflight5534]

AJ. Maze not pdf, but: vpilot.metacraft.com/Documentation

[@tedstyle3798]

What comp setup are you using?

[@Adrian-px3qg]

Are you using VR set? The movement you have is so much better than mine with mouse and keyboard. I use yoke but still moving view is very hard and rough.

[@atmosflight5534]

Nope. I use TrackIR. Highly recommend.

[@Adrian-px3qg]

@@atmosflight5534 thanks for the quick reply!! I’ll look into it right away!! Made my day :)

[@jortiz42]

Hi, awesome graphics, let me know if it’s possible; what procesor, video graphics, motherboard are you using? Thanks!!!

[@atmosflight5534]

jortiz42 ryzen 7 3700x, 2080 super x570 gaming edge WiFi

[@jortiz42]

@@atmosflight5534 I have AMD 1090T 6 cores, GTX 770 4GB, SSD M.2 and 16GB memory. This give 28 FPS, so I have to upgrade at least the video card. Waiting for the RTX 3080. Did you try Pilotedge?

[@atmosflight5534]

jortiz42 no. PilotEdge is more training than anything else, and I honestly handle comms pretty well when I fly IRL. Might get PE when I start training for my instrument rating but for now VATSIM is enough. I will probably make some videos of me controlling on VATSIM as well

[@Lavici]

Great vid. Very informative. What's your PC specs? Graphics look amazing.

[@atmosflight5534]

Ryzen 7 3700x, 2080 super. 1440p monitor

[@miniatureenginesandmore9906]

Do you have to change the multiplayer setting on msfs to join a vatsim server?

[@allanj]

That was a bit hurried... and lots of VFR elements still to be covered. But in the end I understood this was more of a brief introduction video...

[@atmosflight5534]

Yeah, wanted to demonstrate this in a brief and concise manner. I may make a follow on XC tutorial that would be far more in depth.

[@goalski134]

i was looking at trying this because default atc is very underwhelming. i have a couple of questions. 1) are they forgiving to absolute novices? 2) how does active pause affect game. if i needed to pause for 20 mins, what would happen? anyway, thanks for vid, it was awesome.

[@atmosflight5534]

1) they are but you have to do your part. Study airspace, familiarize yourself with the airport, sectional map, know how to control your plane etc. I still make mistakes. It’s fine. They do too. They usually won’t trip. 2) discouraged. If you need to leave for 20 min recommenced you disconnect. You could probably active pause and disconnect and then resume when you come back.

[@goalski134]

AtmosFlight cheers, much appreciated!

[@aviation5039]

Hey bro...good video. Just started on FS20. What aircraft is this? Is it an add on? I can only see the 152 with the sixpack and the 172 with the G1000. Thanks brother.

[@atmosflight5534]

172s I fly in the sim comes with the premium deluxe or whatever it was.

[@teavo3808]

Two questions, one bigger than the other: One, what does flight following mean exactly, and two, what does a typical landing look like, ATC-wise?

[@atmosflight5534]

Flight following is where ATC is tracking you, but not directing you where to go, except when necessary. You are flying by visual flight rules and navigating on your own.. but ATC will assist you with traffic call outs. A typical landing will feature you contacting ATC with your location and intentions (10 miles out inbound full stop landing) and they’ll clear you into their air space if relevant. Then they’ll clear you to land.

[@r0ck3th76]

What are your in-game settings? :)

[@louischoi2883]

What is flight following stand for at time 9:49?

[@jhkaplan]

Question - how did you set up push to talk to work with your microphone? I'm using honeycomb alpha but not seeing any settings to assign a button.

[@atmosflight5534]

I'm away from my desktop but I believe Vpilot should recognize all inputs. I assigned my PTT to one of the buttons on my thrustmaster T16000m... I have a hard time believing it wont recognize the alpha. Would keep checking up, maybe google honeycomb alpha vpilot. Should detect your input.

[@losty_is_pog]

How do your get your in game camera like that?!

[@ianrhys]

At 0:26 ".... and the willingness to learn the basics." .... let me break that for ya guys. Learn how to read ground charts, learn ATC teminologies with all ground procedures, know your way around the plane you are flying, get uptodate Nav charts, decypher the ATIS Robocop, know comm protocols (like clearance, ground, tower, departure, ctl or center,...), know how to fly the aircraft on ATC's command (heading, alt, speed,) Know your way around the airspace (classification and all) .... And all this is excluding the fact that your aircraft is a Ctrl+E ready one (Imagine doing full procedure to an A2A level aircraft with all the preping procedures). ....... And ofcourse if you are unlucky (most controlers are really really awsome dont get me wrong. I love those guys.), you end up with a grumpy ATC that tell you to pull the mic out of your throat or a fellow Vatsim pilot reports ya because you forgot to put your radio freq on Unicom. Those are the basic, just in case you wanted to know. I just wanna say, this is a good intro to VFR tbh and I appriciate it. I just sometimes see people diving into Vatsim and get furstrated becasue of simple issues like not knowing how to set your transponder and stuff. I DO NOT want to discourage anybody, truly, an if you wanna get into the hobby ..... please please do. It is Brilliant! and Absolutly fun. Good Luck Pilot. P.S. If you are really serious about VFR, please check AviationPro's channel. That guy lays every single detail from A-Z.

[@atmosflight5534]

All of that is why I highly recommend folks fly simple aircraft to begin.