MSFS: TBM 930 - G3000 Flight Planning and ILS Approach - Microsoft Flight Simulator

[@lyingcat9022]

Man I wish I had 5 million dollars lying around, I’d buy the TBM in a heartbeat. I love this plane, really hope to get a chance to fly this beautiful machine in real life:)

[@leeholden13]

You make wonderful tutorials! I especially like the visual zoom-ins and highlighting the instrument you are talking about. Many people who otherwise make good tutorials assume the viewer knows exactly where to look and how the control works. As a newbie, I can tell you we do not! Thanks!

[@ianpollard4138]

Amongst the best flight tutorials on KZbin, well done.

[@metaomicron72]

Great video, I like this level of realism + fun + sim. Some videos dudes go WAY to into it, heavy moded sims and they refuse to use any sim features (ATC) or shortcuts, or any QoL assitance. Your style is the one I enjoy. You explain the stuff but you explain how to do within the game tools and in a fun way. Ie, I know how to set the BARO manually but I just hit the B button on my keyboard.

[@KipOnTheGround]

Thank you! I definitely like that kind of balance for the sim too. Using the mouse just feels so unnatural so IMO anything you can do to keep your hands on the yoke/stick is best, so I like to take advantage of all the shortcuts, while still knowing what they’re doing for me.

[@jay-rus4437]

Really appreciate all of your video tutorials. Been super helpful. Your well paced, descriptive progression, and video guide has been extremely useful in learning these systems

[@Sebastopolmark]

KIP that is a GREAT video. Those little tips really help us understand the G3000. Initially I didn't like the night flights but I realize the contrast for the instruments really works. You are one of only a few that use night mode for tutorials. Keep'em coming! !! !!!

[@LokiDWolf]

Thanks for this video. I'm a visual learning type of person and this really did help!

[@avash2009]

Thanks again brother . Had to go through the video multiple times to understand everything and it was totally worth it . Flew from frankfurt to prague and loved it .

[@KipOnTheGround]

Glad it helped! If you're loving the TBM I'd recommend checking out the Working Title G3000 mod (which will likely be baked into MSFS in the future instead of as a mod). It adds a ton of functionality :-) github.com/Working-Title-MSFS-Mods/fspackages/releases/tag/g3000-v0.7.2

[@avash2009]

I will get the mod ,thanks . Yes i am loving the TBM 930 so far , its fast and has touchscreen :) . I would have preferred cessna longitude over the tbm but that comes as part of the premium upgrade .

[@Baranoeda]

One of the best teachers on MSFS 2020

[@Joshtheshua]

Thank you for putting this out. Surprised by how much I learned here.

[@michaelacnoyes4380]

Wow! I ran onto your KZbin tutorial by accident. So glad I did! I have been watching tutorials for many years and I must say that you have it down to a science! Excited to watch more!

[@blainemartin1397]

Holy crap dude, this is the 2nd video of your’s that I’ve watched and can I just say all the other peoples videos need to disappear cause your’s BY FAR are the most informative and helpful!

[@mixdiver1961]

Choice of a night flight was bang'n! Great Teacher and fun to watch. I'm sold... Hats off to ya from CT

[@KipOnTheGround]

Thanks Dave! 🍻

[@rackum44]

Kip thanks so much for the evaluation checklist I never knew that in this videos a year old I will definitely use that to help me memorize the checklist

[@kyledarrenhanson]

Excellent video, was exactly the content I was after and learned even more than I was after. Loved that you explained, and showed the stuff and when/what to do for each step.

[@charlesmarschall1375]

Great video! (again!) I've learned so much about ILS and the various systems in the various aircraft from your videos. I believe that genius is the ability to explain the complex in simple terms. Your videos meet that definition every time.

[@raywalsh5414]

Nice clear video. I was fairly up to date on the TBM 930 but picked up a few more tips and shortcuts from your video, thanks !

[@ZL8103]

Great video! Wow, entering flight plan into G3000 is so much more intuitive the the Airbus A320 MCDU!

[@cloudchaser9287]

Excellent tutorial! Thank you :)

[@Vondoodle]

Very good - I learnt a lot from this - thanks

[@DaveSouthPhoto]

really helpful stuff, thank you. Had a bit of a 'mare on my first approach. I loaded and activated the course, then it turned the opposite way to seemingly pick up a point further back. Need to experiment some more.

[@KipOnTheGround]

There are "turnaround" bugs with the stock avionics that are still not yet fixed in MSFS. For the TBM specifically, and if you're on a PC, I highly recommend using the G3000 mod by the Working Title team here: www.workingtitle.aero/packages/g3000/

[@miguela.c.3302]

Nice and well explained tutorial. So useful. Thanks!

[@matti1893]

Thanks for that, really great tutorial! Cheers from Poland!

[@garrykid]

Dude you're a hero!

[@theguyfromberlin]

Brilliant. Thanks Kip.

[@andyroedel8521]

Just starting playing flight sim on Xbox and all these are so helpful

[@infocusphotographyandvideo]

Excellent and really great tutorial. Thank you and muchly appreciated.

[@Aedrieus]

I always use the automatically generated IFR flight plan. I'm still not entirely certain how the approach mode works though, but I'll be sure to give it another go. Thanks for the tutorial!

[@kabloosh699]

I found you need to tweak it a little bit in the world map. There are two drop down boxes underneath the location you want to land at and you have to select them. It takes some trial and error to find which options work best for a good approach so you can catch the glide slope, but it works. Alternatively you can always just manually land since your IFR will get you to 3000 feet with a good approach to the runway.

[@yams900]

Good work mate, Happy Easter 🐣!

[@AlSibert]

Very nice. Steady voice and video. Lots of useful bits of information. I'm hoping to use VR for this training and will follow this flight plan until I get it down pat.

[@barepilot1954]

Great video. Should not land with Yaw Damper on. I usually turn it off about 200 ft above the runway

[@eagle272000]

Thanks man. I really appreciate. It works. Yeahhh

[@joytser]

Excellent tutorial, many thanks! Subbed.

[@mattalford3932]

That checklist help is awesome. Now they need to do that for autopilot because I can't seem to figure that out. I mostly want to just use GPS, nav mode doesn't work most of the time because I did something wrong or forgot a step lol.

[@yams900]

Very useful indeed, will be my next flight :)

[@johnderperez]

Amazing 🙏🏼

[@zoro07able]

perfect exercise- can't wait to launch the program and follow you'r lead - any 3000?

[@vgrecu5355]

Great tutorial, actually all, I've learned pretty much everything I know from you, thank you. Still have some problems with flight planning with the Beechcraft King air 350, G3xx. Maybe a tutorial on that one?

[@lanedunn5726]

I had that same issue with ILS in a A320 landing at SFO

[@charles0406]

Very useful and and very informative video. I like the way you explain things. How did you map keys to change the altitude? I have done this before but now I can’t find the settings anymore. Awesome videos anyways

[@acidi]

i cant get active nav to GPS only FMS

[@mrsaskriders]

Thanks mate!

[@aj508746]

Great vid! Can you load airways like in the G1000?

[@KipOnTheGround]

You can using the Working Title G3000 mod! www.workingtitle.aero/packages/g3000/

[@rackum44]

Kip I just learned about the evaluation mode for the checklist I tried it in a Grand caravan mod and everything works fine until I get to the starter and it won't let me shut it off and then the Bonanza mod it keeps giving me low oil pressure maybe you can make a video on a startup evaluation checklist for this thanks

[@j_london9791]

Thx for this but I was wondering if I can use the flight lander n Little Navmap with this?

[@j_london9791]

“Flight planner”

[@benjoo192]

Might of missed it but can you preview the plan? I.E. go through the plan to see the route including the approach?

[@jimlthor]

Yo! I've had this shit since it launched and had no clue you could do that assisted (evaluate) checklist. Mind is blown.

[@ADPeguero]

Do you set altitudes in the FMS when entering the flight plan?

[@KipOnTheGround]

First, lemme say that a LOT will be changing in the TBM's G3000 when the "Aircraft & Avionics Update 1" comes out for MSFS (as soon as this week even). It got an entire overhaul to be much more realistic and feature-complete. If you love the TBM, you're going to love it even more. That said, adding (or editing) waypoint altitudes is for using VNAV, which will be fully functional after the update. When loading an instrument procedure like a Departure, Arrival, or Approach, altitudes will already be loaded in for each waypoint automatically from the navigation database. But, you can add a VNAV altitude to any waypoint yourself, or edit the existing altitudes if necessary. If you want a preview of the capabilities the G3000 will have, you can look at the G1000 NXi and its VNAV capabilities that I use it in this video (the NXi has been updated a lot since this video too): kzbin.info/www/bejne/eV7RnYGHjsmrb8U

[@asaga2035]

I only have FMS no GPS option 😢

[@HolyOrangeJuice]

Only tutorial missing is the GTN 750 mods you can toss into most payware planes.

[@jtepsr]

do you have tutorial on the mod for the g3000

[@paulhill7928]

Love the video, you explain everything clearly and pace your dialogue well. I do have a question though. How do you set your flight level change while stationary?

[@KipOnTheGround]

Thanks Paul! I'm not sure if this is what you mean, but you can set up the different autopilot modes before you actually enable the AP itself. So before you take off for example, you can actually pre-arm HDG mode and FLC mode for your initial climb. Then, when you finally arm AP, it's already set up to continue your climb.

[@2airvette3]

how/where do you input the cruise altitude when you´re doing the flight plan?

[@ChristopherWilliamsakadopher]

We have talked in the past. You always have valuable information. I'm starting to toy with the TBM and wanted to ask if you use the Bravo Quadrant and if so, do you have any special setup for the unique power controls that this aircraft uses?

[@StarbaseX-co4mv]

For this approach you have to overfly PSM, then fly outbound on radial R-165 to IDEED. There you have to do a Hold in lieu of PT (Procedure Turn) with one minute legs where you descend to 3000’. The proc. Turn will allow you to make a 180 degree turn and align yourself with the 345 degree inbound course. During the PT you capture the localizer and then fly it down as a regular ILS, what you know how to do. It is a big no-no just randomly taking a different route than depicted. What if there was an obstacle there (a tall antenna or something) or in mountainous terrain a mountain ? The approach charts are very precise for exactly that reason. In fact during the approach the GPS precision gradually gets more and more precise and the same with the localizer and glide slope. You can download the NACO approach procedure from skyvector.com or directly from the FAA website. It is a great learning tool. Regards and good luck with your learning.

[@georgesiebes]

Is it me or are the NAV frequencies gone?? I'm only getting the COM side.

[@olfmombach260]

Thanks for the video. Unfortunately I can't select procedures for the airports I'm flying to, do you need any addons for the sim for that?

[@KipOnTheGround]

No add-ons needed for procedures, though some people use Navigraph to update their nav database more often than MSFS updates theirs natively. It's possible that the airports you're flying to have no instrument procedures.

[@pavlosspyropoulos8420]

Great video as always thx for your hard work, By the way i was wondering can you save a flight for furure use after you program the fmc G3000?

[@kenmunn4421]

How about adding airways?… can’t find that…

[@bettytureaud]

I also always get odd Approaches typically the uppersit runway so the tower yells at me "you are not clear to land" lol

[@KipOnTheGround]

A few weeks ago I was getting "go around!" over and over from ATC. There's a lot that needs to be fixed 😅

[@ElChocolate420]

Why does my checklist does not look like that ? No option to auto-complete

[@KipOnTheGround]

You need to enable the "assisted checklist" option under the main sim settings -- Assistance Options / Piloting.

[@ElChocolate420]

@@KipOnTheGround Wow thanks you very much for the reply ! Love your content you just earned a subscriber ! have a nice day

[@adamwaterman2700]

Hey love your videos. Is there any way to see how much time is left until the next waypoint in your flight plan on the TBM? Trying to time the descent correctly with the proper VS is hard if I don’t know how many minutes until a waypoint.

[@dhblan8591]

Kip, Excellent and clear video. This is the second time I watched as the first time I was lost as a newbie flight simmer. One question I have is that when setting up the approach initially in the G3000, you loaded but did not activate because you were too far away. Then as you neared KPSM, you activated approach on the AP. At what point do you do so in the G3000, or is it necessary or redundant to activate the approach in the G3000 if done thru the AP? BTW, initially your takeoff clearance said Pease and not Portsmouth. As a local to the area, I know that KPSM was/is Pease and was mainly a military air base. Viewers might have been confused by that if they caught it.

[@KipOnTheGround]

Hey DH. Thanks! There are two separate things, an approach activation within the G3000 and also an approach mode on the autopilot. On the G3000, activating the approach just makes the initial approach fix (IAF) the active waypoint in the flight plan. When choosing an approach from the Procedures menu, you can choose to either load or load+activate the approach. If you're in a situation when you want to head immediately to the IAF of the approach, you'd pick the latter option, e.g. if ATC assigns you the approach and then clears you to the IAF ("e.g. RNAV 21 approach via DARTS transition. *Cleared to DARTS*"). If you're just pre-adding the procedure to the flight plan but aren't ready to actually head to the IAF yet, you'd just use "load". Once you cross over the IAF, the G3000 will react mattering the type of approach. In the case of an ILS, it will automatically tune to the correct Localizer frequency and switch to LOC1/NAV1 mode (instead of GPS). Both lateral and vertical guides will appear on the HSI and altimeter on the G3000. On the autopilot, the Approach mode will activate the autopilot's ability to capture the glidepath/glideslope of an approach that has vertical guidance, like an ILS or WAAS/GPS LPV approach. When enabling APR on the auto-pilot, you will see a white "GS" in the right area of the autopilot status on the PFD indicating it's ready to capture the glideslope. I believe approach mode also adds some level of higher precision to the lateral guidance as well, but would need to double check on that :-) Hope that helps. I didn't realize it said Pease and not Portsmouth! Weird.

[@dhblan8591]

@@KipOnTheGround - Thank you for the very detailed reply. I understood most of it ;-) I appreciate your style and clarity. Thanks again and stay safe and well.

[@voorachter4846]

Yust a question: Should de YD (Yaw Dampener) not be turned off when entering AP (Aproach Mode) ?

[@CoffeeFlight]

Is it possible to program ILS approach with no transition (FINAL)?

[@ACFiftyFive]

on the route section of sim brief it says V39 but on the map it’s vollu followed by mical. Anyone know what that might mean. Thanks

[@oetti546]

hallo , ich habe gelesen, dass man zum Beispiel im Mfd bei Flugplänen die Buchstaben und zahlen auch mit der PC Tastatur eingeben kann . Wie ging das noch.danke

[@Lumlums]

How do you turn off the Morse code beeps coming from the ils/loc frequency? So annoying and I cant figure it out comparing it to the g1000 it’s just a click of a button.

[@warlord76i]

Sometimes after an accomplished flight plan if i want to create another and i delete a waypoint crashes the game...

[@KipOnTheGround]

I've had that happen to me before. I think what people have been saying about MSFS is still unfortunately true -- it's good for VFR, but not IFR. They still have a LOT of work to do. It's absolutely beautiful, but it leans more to the "game" side than the "simulator" side right now. It may be that way for several more years. I hope I'm wrong though :-)

[@warlord76i]

@@KipOnTheGround True

[@warlord76i]

@@bluebrus Ok but lets say i landed in an airport and i want to continue with a new flight plan then what?

[@danhoven]

Great video but what happened to AI assist? I don't have that option. My AI menu looks completely different with no AI assist option under AI or the checklist tab. Did the get rid of it in the last patch or something?

[@KipOnTheGround]

Since Sim Update 5, the AI menu got redone a bit, but you can still find all the assist options under the main Options menu, under Assistance Options. If you're looking for assisted checklist, it's under the "Pilot" section there.

[@albertomoreno993]

Hello, I used for years GPS 430 . Also often I set it up with the Closest Point option and had the info right on map screen , when flying from A to B, for example. Now I am using G3000 , try to set up the Closest Point option and can´t get the info on the screen as I did on the 430. Do you have any advice on that ? Thank you !

[@gmac2493]

are you using the working title g3000 for this?

[@KipOnTheGround]

Nope! That’s vanilla :-)

[@BenM81]

Hi Kip, another great tutorial. So I got 2 quick questions. At what point do you enable approach on an ILS flight and the 2nd question or more of an observation…when I try and enter my ILS radio frequency for the localizer I press activate but it’s not adding this frequency to my MFD. is this a bug you think? I’m playing on an Xbox ( for now, building a PC soon). Thank you sir.

[@KipOnTheGround]

Hey Beni, thanks! Approach Mode on the autopilot can enabled any time during your approach. As long as you enable it before the final approach fix (FAF, which is where you'll capture the glideslope), you'll be good. Just make sure you're switching the CDI (nav source) over to LOC1 or LOC2 for the ILS. You can give the G3000 mod a try if there is an issue with swapping the NAV1/NAV2 frequency, but I haven't flown the TBM in a while so not sure if it's a known issue. Make sure you press the "XFER" button after entering the new frequency in the standby field. You can find the G3000 mod here if you want to give it a shot: www.workingtitle.aero/packages/g3000/

[@keithwalter1241]

Kip, along with my previous message, I am having a problem with all of my autopilots on several airplanes. When tracking a course, instead of crabbing into the wind as in real life, the plane enters a bank to counteract the wind and flies that way the entire route.. You didn't seem to have this problem. Do you know what I can do to fix this problem? Thanks

[@KipOnTheGround]

Weird! The whole route? The autopilot should bank to change your heading into the wind to compensate. I’ve never seen it not go wings-level after getting to the necessary heading to stay on track though! If it was constantly banked, I’d expect it would constantly be turning. Do you happen to be using any mods?

[@Fuzzygoat]

Hi Kip, I tried this tonight in the Xbox flying TBM 930 and I could not get the G3000 to find the CAM and CON waypoints, it only came up with 3 and all were 3000+ kilometres from NY. I then tried the same plan in the C208 with the G1000 Nxi and it worked perfectly, what am I missing?

[@KipOnTheGround]

I'm not sure! That is weird. Were there more than 3 shown in the list, maybe you needed to use the "down" button to scroll to see others?

[@Fuzzygoat]

@@KipOnTheGround I did check that, but did not see any. I will give it another go this weekend and report back.

[@falima2000]

I learned how to fly the TBM 930. I can land successfully in any airport using ILS. I never inserted the VOR frequency, at approach, the TBM switch from GPS to LOC the ILS automatic. Is that the best way to approach and land?

[@KipOnTheGround]

I always have the approach chart handy in case it doesn't automatically change over to LOC1 for me, and AFAIK it's standard to always have briefed the approach using the chart before flying it, so it's up to you how thorough you want to be in the sim :-) Sometimes I'll just let the G3000 do the work and not worry about it if I'm doing a more casual flight. I love using the ILS since it's both lateral and vertical guidance, and having around 200-foot AGL minimums is amazing. But I'll generally just use whichever approach the ATC assigns to me. If they give you a visual or other approach, you can use the ATC window to request a specific approach like the ILS. Since not every airport has an ILS, it's nice to be familiar with the different types of approaches, so you really can fly anywhere :-)

[@falima2000]

@@KipOnTheGround Excellent. I would like to thank you for your intelligent answer and your videos, I watch all of them and subscribed to the channel. If you have similar videos teaching how to fly the A320neo and 737Max let me know ok? Thank you.

[@falima2000]

@@KipOnTheGround One more thing about TBM930, how about the call outs, how to enable them? It is possible to hear starting from 1000feet then 500, 300, 200, 100 etc…If yes, how to enable.

[@KipOnTheGround]

I don't have much experience in the airliners yet so probably won't have any videos on those anytime soon, sorry! Definitely focusing more on GA planes right now :-)

[@KipOnTheGround]

Unlike the airliners, you won't get as many callouts. You'll get a 500 foot warning, and a "minimums" warning if you've set up the minimums (I believe the "minimums" callout isn't working in the stock/vanilla MSFS yet, only in the G3000 mod made by a team called Working Title. So if you're flying the TBM a lot, I'd recommend checking out that plugin here (bottom of the page): github.com/Working-Title-MSFS-Mods/fspackages It's actually going to be integrated into MSFS itself! Microsoft hired the Working Title team as contractors to implement it, so I bet we'll see that later this year.

[@josephpereira1640]

Too funny I live in portsmouth

[@studio-vk8lj]

Great Video Kip, and thank you, it has helped me greatly. One question, you are using SimBrief instead of using the in-game flight planner with IFR low alt airways. Is the reason for this simply to demonstrate the authenticity of manually inputting the waypoints or are there other benefits?

[@KipOnTheGround]

Yes, i used simbrief just to get a route to manually input. The world map is mostly how I do it, but sometimes I’ll use simbrief if I’m using OnAir company as it gives useful info like fuel calculations. In both cases I usually will import the simbrief flight plan file using the world map too, to save time. But you can use whichever way you prefer :-)

[@j_london9791]

@@KipOnTheGround Where do I look n the world map to import the in game flight planner?