MSFS - Basics of Instrument Flying (AH IFR Flight lesson #1)

Welcome back to Alpha Hotel Flight Simulator Training!
This videos is the first flight lesson in our Instrument flight training series. In this video, we'll talk about how to develop a good instrument scan, and then look at some maneuvers that will help you hone your scanning skills, and that you'll need to be able to fly for more advanced instrument flying like instrument approach procedures.
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For the video series on the Cessna 172, follow these links:
• MSFS - Cessna 172 chec... (172 Systems)
• MSFS - Cessna 172 Trai... (172 Maneuvers)
For the video on how to control weather in MSFS, follow this link:
• MSFS In-depth weather ...
For the video series on the G1000 panel (including the NXI upgrade) follow this link:
• Garmin G1000 training
For the video series on the GNS 530/430, follow this link:
• Garmin GNS 530/430
Chapters:
00:00 - Intro
02:24 - Instrument rating overview
05:43 - Steam or glass?
08:40 - RNAV considerations
09:50 - Instrument Scan basics
13:36 - Instrument maneuvers
18:43 - Proficiency standards
19:12 - Practice flight setup
24:33 - Instrument checks
27:47 - IFR clearance
29:36 - Takeoff and initial climb
32:20 - Straight and level
33:04 - Standard rate turns
39:39 - Steep turns & climbing turns
42:43 - Constant airspeed descent
45:08 - Constant rate descent
48:28 - Level flight at approach speed
51:37 - Descents at approach speed
55:09 - Missed approach
57:26 - Return to airport

[@jrfink1672]

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[@jaylusk4590]

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[@AlphaHotelFlightSimulation]

Thanks again for the kind words, Jay. Glad you continue to enjoy the content, and thanks for watching!

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[@mpaw23]

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[@AlphaHotelFlightSimulation]

@mpaw23, thanks for the kind words. I'm glad you've enjoyed the content - thanks for watching!

[@isaicalderon5371]

Wonderful and instructional, thanks!

[@AlphaHotelFlightSimulation]

@isaicalderon5371, thanks for the kind words. Glad you enjoyed the content, and thanks for watching!

[@jackredig6924]

Great lesson on how to fly your plane under IFR : those basic skills (maintain your speed, altitude and heading...) must be acquired even before starting IFR-courses. Thank you for these examples, and please keep up the good work !

[@AlphaHotelFlightSimulation]

Agreed, @jackredig6924 - you have to learn the fundamentals before you learn advanced techniques like IFR enroute and instrument approaches. Thanks for the kind words. Glad you're enjoying the content, and thanks for watching!

[@Simjack2021]

I think that with the level of realism in MSFS the FAA should lend itself to giving more credence to it for getting a pilot's license. I started with the first version of MSFS more than 20 years ago and it was a long learning curve but now with KZbin and great presentations like this, it is fantastic.

[@AlphaHotelFlightSimulation]

@Simjack202, thanks for the kind words. Glad you are enjoying the content, and thanks for watching! I know Xplane was actually used in a certified GA motion simulator at one time - so I think it's certainly possible. I'm sure the FAA would want them to tweak a few things to get it certified as a FTD or trainer, and there are a few things It doesn't do very well - but overall I think it's a great learning tool that can help you develop a good scan and good procedures.

[@ammarsadaka7130]

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[@TormodSteinsholt]

This is excellent. This is so well prepared and paced. I\m usually positive about videos, but this is over and beyond. If you had a DLC training package about in-flight coaching and situational drills, I'd buy it immediately. I haven't tried the existing IFR training package for purchase, but I've seen it on youtube. I'm positive that you would have done better. I'm really looking forward to the 2024 flight sim. It takes so much out-of-app focus and "forced roleplay" in the present installment to have a flight career, but I'm hoping the next MS Fsim will amend that.

[@AlphaHotelFlightSimulation]

@TormodSteinsholt, thanks for the kind words. I'm glad you've enjoyed the content, and found it helpful. I think everyone is looking forward to the 2024 edition, and seeing what improvements and new features it brings to the sim. (Now that we've gotten over the initial shock of the announcement.) Hopefully they make some meaningful improvements on top of the features they've teased us with. Thanks for watching!

[@panthros7395]

Thank you for putting this together. This is going to be a great series to watch more than once.

[@AlphaHotelFlightSimulation]

Glad you are enjoying it, Panthros. Thanks for watching!

[@chaphuskison]

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[@mishmish1968]

This is gonna be a great series ,thanks so much for such a great ,detailed lessons, I'll be following the channel, this channel is a great sources for flight simmer ,all the best.

[@AlphaHotelFlightSimulation]

Thanks for the kind words, mishmish. I've been looking forward to making this series for a while. Hope you enjoy, and thanks for watching!

[@newhallgeorge1]

After watching your videos on IFR lessons, I wish I had gotten an IFR rating soon after getting my private pilot certificate more than 40 years ago. My attitude was that I would not want to fly in IFR conditions in a single engine plane, so why bother getting an instrument rating? Now, I see that having an IFR rating would have taken much of the anxiety out of flying long cross country trips and worrying about getting caught up in instrument conditions.

[@AlphaHotelFlightSimulation]

@newhallgeorge1, you bring up a good point - you don't have to use your IFR rating to fly hard IFR. A lot of GA pilots have personal weather minimums, and only use their IFR rating to punch through a thin layer of clouds. It's also useful to back visual approaches up with instrument approaches - particularly at night. (In fact, many comercial operatros mandate this.) Thanks for watching!

[@dhill2275]

Great job as usual. Thank you!

[@AlphaHotelFlightSimulation]

Thanks D Hill. Glad you are continuing to enjoy the content. Thanks for watching!

[@AM.Boxing]

Thank you for such a detail dense load video for us student pilots to learn

[@AlphaHotelFlightSimulation]

Glad you're finding the content helpful, AM. Best wishes in your training, and thanks for watching!

[@babarahmed9423]

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[@AlphaHotelFlightSimulation]

Thanks for the kind words, Babar, and glad you enjoyed the content. Thanks for watching!

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[@AlphaHotelFlightSimulation]

@808florida6, glad you enjoyed it. Thanks for watching, and thanks for the sub!

[@jakew9887]

Excellent presentation. Thanks

[@AlphaHotelFlightSimulation]

Thanks for your continued support of the channel @jakew9887. Glad you continue to enjoy the content, and thanks for watching!

[@brunogt1982]

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[@AlphaHotelFlightSimulation]

Glad you are enjoying the content DeusCriolo. Thanks for watching!

[@allanprewett4429]

Hi, I am looking for your presentation for calculating a glide slope. I have skinned through a few videos without luck. It’s the segment where you show the FAA table - climb and descent. I tried one from my notes but it was wrong, so must have written down the wrong information. Thanks. Great work.

[@AlphaHotelFlightSimulation]

I'll leave a link to that segment of the video it was in below - it was one of my older videos on the GNS530/430. I'll be making a video on ILS approaches (as well videos on other approach types) in the near future that will talk about this as well. Thanks for the kind words, and thanks for watching! kzbin.info/www/bejne/hmLHi6F5f9OFhrs

[@allanprewett4429]

@@AlphaHotelFlightSimulation Thanks. Currently watching your NXI video and learning VNAV - will have to watch a couple of times I think.

[@AlphaHotelFlightSimulation]

BTW, I should mention that a quick way to calculate the descent rate you will need on an approach with a 3 degree glideslope/glidepath is to divide your ground speed by 2 and then multiply that by 10. (e.g. - with a groundspeed of 100 kts you would want a decent rate of 500 fpm to maintain glideslope/glidepath.)

[@allanprewett4429]

@@AlphaHotelFlightSimulation thanks. I had picked up similar maths from somewhere; GS x5. So you are saying you could do either - descent rate or altitude?

[@Cosme422]

At 8:37 there’s a green circle with 3 lines in the PFD. What is that?

[@AlphaHotelFlightSimulation]

Luis, that is a flight path indicator or flight path vector. It basically shows the direction the aircraft is travelling both vertically and horizontally - which may be different that where the aircraft's nose is pointed (which is what is shown by the attitude indicator.) I may do a more detailed video on it in the future, but I did a brief explanation of it in a video on the G1000 NXI upgrade. You can find that segment here: kzbin.info/www/bejne/mJfGeq2uorxoq8k