Flight Simulator 2020 Flight LESSONS | HOW TO LAND | Pilot Teaches How to FLY - MS Tutorial #2

[@Pilotemilie]

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[@sn1p4m4n]

Oh man, that Attitude / Power - Speed / Altitude rule completely changed the game for me almost in an instant. I used to have huge problems approaching and landing and just did 6 traffic patterns with take off and landing almost no problem.

[@pppeeettteeerrr]

Pattern work is what student pilots practice over and over (and over) again in real life... Abeam runway numbers... Power to decent.... Pitch for flaps operating range... Flaps 1, pitch for 80kts, turn base... Flaps 2, pitch for 70kts... Turn final... Flaps 3... Pitch for 60 until over the threshold.... Flare... Land... Don't ask how I know 🤣🤣🤣

[@camcutcnc]

Hi, I am 60 yrs old, I have been a licensed pilot since I was 16. I enjoy your videos. You can be my instructor any day. I was always taught that you pull back on the yoke to go up and that you pull all the way back to go down, LOL. You are an asset to the aviation community!

[@jamiecheslo]

I am brand new to the flight sim world, and I stumbled across your tutorials. You are a fabulous and inspirational instructor! Please keep making these videos, we are all learning so much about flight from you!! Thank you, thank you, thank you!!

[@anthonysmith7627]

Emilie is an awesome teacher

[@stanvangilder9006]

Emilie, These tutorials are PURE GOLD. Many thanks. I am returning to flying after a 20+ year break - these are HUGELY helpful.

[@coldisle]

I really appreciate how you articulate things…a lost art. At 68, I’m not sure if flying ( other than FS 2020) is in my future as my sailing is already expensive and (pleasantly) time consuming. There are many similarities in flying and sailing principles. However, since I’ve been in awe of planes and flight forever…maybe it’s time. Thanks for doing such a great job with these. And full disclaimer, I only kept watching initially because Ninja looks Exactly like my precious Marvin who slept next to my head for 15 years! Great job. Thanks Emilie!

[@matthiasgsenger8106]

I just enjoyed this video. I was pretty a Sim flier 20 years ago, and started recently again. Let me say this is the best lessen I ever got in the fields you cover here. Especially the landing technique has put me on a new level of concept how to do. You own a terrific pedagogical talent and its a pleasure to watch the way you present these videos.

[@syd4444]

What a great teacher you are, Thanks Emilie. Having real pilots instructing has certainly made me far more proficient.

[@squilky]

Wow, what a great lesson! I only had a very basic understanding about the relationship between power, attitude and trim. After watching your lesson, I feel like I understand it so much better. You are a wonderful teacher! I just tried my first circuit after watching your video, and it was my smoothest landing to date. I was in complete control and touched down exactly where I wanted. I even had real-world weather turned on and was fighting a bit of crosswind and still set the plane down right on the centerline. Thank you so much for such an amazing instructional video.

[@Archie_Haddock]

Thanks for posting, Emelie! I have watched a few of your vids now, and going from complete ignorance and uninterest I find your posts really interesting! You have great teaching skills! Cheers from Sweden!

[@Pilotemilie]

You are so welcome! Thank you!!

[@jhogoboom]

The reference points for flying the pattern were really helpful. Hadn't heard about most of them previously. Thanks for doing this!

[@Steelbee]

Fantastic video as usual. Thank you for "simpliflying" the terminologies and making it easy for the average people to understand .. great stuff

[@patrickhurley7029]

This youtube channel is a gold mine of information!

[@colinmorgan8641]

"half a wing strut is the right distance from the runway on the down leg", "start turning at 45 degrees from the runway" - genius! These are the tips that really, really help. Thanks!!

[@colinwills7256]

Not a pilot, maybe to old now, but as an ex electronics engineer, building a flight sim, and then having a go at flying seems really exciting, then when the lad takes me to fly, I might know what he is doing. Love the videos you are providing, many thanks to you and your co-pilot cat

[@surfricke]

Please continue this series of lessons. Waiting for number 3! 😀🙏

[@BernieParker21]

Hi Emilie. Again loving the tutorials. I’ve been flying flight sim since MSFS 2004. Just with this tutorial, it showed me I’ve been I’ve been landing using the incorrect procedure. The Power, Attitude & Trim info was so useful. I practiced it in the Cessna, then did the same circuit at my airport here in Brisbane in the A320. OMG. It made manual landing in the jet so much easier. Finally getting consistent soft (butter) landings. Thanks for doing these tutorials.

[@fonslibert6041]

Thank you! Novice DCS player here. You thought me more about actually flying in 30 minutes than any DCS tutorial ever could.

[@marcdraco2189]

You want to get your cat to stay? Simples! Get a little heated mat (mine is about 7W with a comfy cover) - once they find that, they'll never leave! :)

[@danielpedro2867]

You explain everything very well and in detail, it's easy to learn , The best Pro pilot teacher , cheers from Lisbon

[@Pilotemilie]

Thank you very much Daniel!!

[@marshie1337]

thank you emilie. all the real pilots on here seem to do the airliners etc. super clutch making a video with the cessna and explaining basics like this. thank you thank you thank you!

[@jembawls]

this is such a great resource! I've been struggling in FS2020 just randomly doing shit. Thank you so much emilie!

[@sandman20011]

Best tutorial bar non on KZbin, really appreciate you taking the time to do these videos. Thank you. UK viewer.

[@BostonClipper]

The first pattern turns were amazingly coordinated standard rate turns. Real pro stuff Emilie. For airports not aligned with the cardinal points (N,S,E,W) use the DG to glance at your 90 degree heading prior to turning. Peterborough 27 has PAPI lights which are great for understanding what being on the 3-degree glideslope looks like. One thing that helped me early on was to "fly the numbers". Understanding the specific aircraft with flap configuration, what airspeed would give me the proper rate of descent.

[@richavery66]

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[@mauriciomorro6693]

Great tutorial. I remember my first hundred landings almost every time I was short of the runway desperately adding 100% throttle just not to crash

[@Pilotemilie]

Hopefully this helps!! Thanks Mauricio!!

[@moi01887]

The engine characteristics in FS don't help with this. One of the things I really hoped they'd fix in this version (vs. FSX and earlier) is the slow response of piston engines, but it didn't happen. Idle to full power in FS takes 3-4 seconds (longer if using the keyboard for a throttle as there's no longer a dedicated "full throttle" key) but in a real airplane it takes less than a second if you move the lever reasonably fast.

[@teamground0229]

Your landing formula helped me. Tweaking the sensitivity rate and dead zone is helping also. Still having trouble on the downwind-base-final turns. Getting the rectangular pattern helps. Having difficulties seeing runway to set up for final. Thanks for the videos.

[@thefridge71]

I learnt a lot here. Thankyou. Your style of teaching is great, I teach an online trade at the moment and showing an example then talking about it is a great way to learn for me. Going back over it with the learning has allowed me to practise this for the last hour or so. Thanks for the great tips I look forward to seeing more. Cheers Tom, Australia

[@cuzicantstop82]

I just picked this game up with zero experience. It’s going to take a looooong time to get the hang of it, but videos like this definitely help. Thanks for this!

[@DavidKing-ph8or]

Thanks Emilie. Nice tutorial. I'm not a real pilot but have been simming for years. Back in the day we had to figure all this stuff out ourselves (no tutorials or internet!) I crashed more often than I landed! It is great that we have an actual real life pilot now teaching us how to do it properly. Keep up the good work mate. PS Hug for Ninja ;-)

[@Daniel_Wolf]

wow wow wow woooooowwww.... much information to my brain Emilie! hahaha... You have a good pedagogical methodology, it is difficult for me to follow you in parts (I understand "some" of English, but the translation is not always the best), so I have to repeat each section several times until I fully understand what you are explaining. It is not the same when it has already been assimilated (your case) as when the one who knows little (like me) imagines what happens. Today, where you explained in minute 7 about attitude and power, suddenly "there was light for me" and I understood what I was doing wrong and why it was difficult for me to land. I am very grateful for the time you take to explain us. Thank you very much and greetings from the South (Patagonia) Argentina !. Daniel

[@Supra1728]

Great video, really enjoying the series. It remind me of an old trick i think one of my instructors taught me always treat the aiming point as if you don't flare at all that would be the spot on the runway you would land, aim for it after you pass it round out use the ground effect to help the aircraft settle and flare just enough keeping the nose to the horizon to put it down on the runway.

[@mmmmmmm8706]

These tutorials are just awesome! Its exactly whats missing from msfs flight tutorials and xplane 11 tutorials. Also xplane 11 has awesome vr support. Flying in vr ... nothing better except the real thing.

[@Hearthglow]

First: Immensely grateful for both content and presentation. I was really struggling to do a simple TO-ground loop-landing, until I watched this. (Planning ground school in March. Wanted advance sim work.) I was puzzled by some other sources, and this is well presented. I was still puzzled, though. Mantra: Normal flight: Power=KIAS trim=VSI: note KIAS dependence on trim (07:40) Slow flight: Power=VSI trim=KIAS: note VSI dependence on trim (07:50) @07:40, the key element for me is mentioned in passing: for power to change KIAS at cruise, you must hold/retrim for level flight. This implies that at slow speeds, power change KIAS as long as you retrim for the same descent. I experimented. Cessna 152 2100rpm KIAS=75 trimmed level VSI=0 rpm (slowly)>>2400 VSI>+500 KIAS=75 rpm (slowly)>>2100 VSI>0 KIAS=75 rpm (slowly)>>1800 VSI>-500 KIAS=80 so Power=VSI for same trim for level cruise flight Power=KIAS for retrim for level flight Cessna 152 1500rpm KIAS=65 flaps=10° trimmed VSI=-500 (slow descent) rpm (slowly)>>2100 VSI>+100 KIAS=60 rpm (slowly)>>1200 VSI>-900 KIAS=65 so Power=VSI for same trim for descending slow flight (same as cruise) Power=KIAS for retrim/hold descent rate for descending flight I am not correcting anything here. I am just clarifying for anyone else who found the mantra counter-intuitive. I see a lot of debate about this on other flight fora, and I opine that it is because it not fully explained, except maybe in ground school or flight school. (I suggested to MS that they look at these vids to improve their own "training".)

[@carvdecarv]

I stumbled upon your page just now and it's crazy that you're flying out of Peterborough!! I'm actually moving there next summer and have been flying out of there in Sim as well. I'll be just across the river from the airport so will see lot's of live action landing and take offs!!

[@casalfigura6077]

Yeah! What a vid! I have this dream of piloting, and I got MSFS years ago, but never understood it. Now, I will follow every video and see what I can learn. Really cool. Thank you very much.

[@Quiggy1]

Thank you for posting these videos. Yes, they are 3 years old, but yours is the best intro series for MSFS. Very helpful!

[@davidgudgeon2326]

Not bought the new flight 2020 sim yet but watching your tutorials is inspiring my to learn to fly properly. well done

[@Raniaska0306]

Can't stress enought how you solved my problems in landing by introducing the PAT acronym, I saw some improvements in my landings already :)

[@richardzacharias4440]

I love how well you explain flight in your videos. Keep them coming. Bye from the Ozarks!

[@SirGregory]

This is so helpful. I used MS Flight Sim X a long time ago but just mucked about without knowing what I was doing. Now we're in COVID lockdown (again) I'm going to get MS FS 2020 and learn the correct way to fly. Subscribed.

[@mikedoucette8581]

Thanks Emilie. Best circuit lesson I have seen on KZbin. Oshawa to Peterborough is my go to flight on Flightsim.

[@brynifer]

So I'm trying to get my wife to fly and all was well until I told her "it's important to have the right attitude" She turned around and yelled " what's wrong with my attitude, know what? I'm not doing this now" Guess I should have explained aircraft terminology first.

[@DavidKing-ph8or]

:-)

[@triforcegamerz7150]

Lol😂😅

[@BernieParker21]

My wife says I have an attitude problem. I said “No I don’t. No attitude - No problem!”😜

[@richarddx22]

Sounds like she has your balls in her purse in that relationship!

[@Cys62]

Ha3x...

[@petruzzovichi]

Wonderful, lovely teacher who makes learning very nice. You are just a delight, no question. Thank you for speaking directly to me alone!!! Nice...

[@onthemark40]

Great video!! Really liked part about the circuit pattern and on the downwind leg keeping runway half a wing strut away. Hardest part for me is keeping headings correct for down wind, base , and final. Also when transitioning into the circuit pattern when approaching airport. Just started using flight simulator and I am really impressed with the scenery and able to pick out landmarks for different parts of circuit pattern. Doing a lot of flying out of Brampton airport.

[@pabloba2288]

Thank you for the tutorial Emilie, often basic things are the ones I learn the most of

[@foggyless]

My landing style is Stone skipping. Thanks for the content. Awsome

[@Pilotemilie]

I feel like we all start out like that!! lol

[@charlielima]

My landing style currently involves a complete rebuild - hahaha. Hopefully now with this great tutorial I will be able to land in one piece.

[@sparkymarky68]

good tutorial, thank you. Landing is probably the bit i struggle with most....very hit and miss! This will help me improve, learnt some new things here.

[@crucian2472]

I love the use of the prop (pun intended), it really helps illustrate.

[@mr.t.1608]

Thank you emilie for your videos, every time i am amazed at how easy you deal with the topics. Unfortunately, despite countless flights, I'm still a scared bunny when it comes to flying (in real life) but I think I would be able to bite every flight in which you are behind the wheel. Thank you!

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[@sidplays77]

Yep I use it, fraction of the cost compared to trackIR and does the job very nicely - no need for anything stuck to your head!

[@Rahhhhhnman]

Outstanding instructional video that I completely devoured. Obviously I'm learning but have not found any other videos with this level of understanding concerning a novice...kudos

[@leonardodecesaris4987]

hello , I am not an English mother tongue but I 've uunderstood quit a lot and found this video so interesting and very useful. congratulation very well done

[@terrenceyoung5990]

Thanks for the tips. I myself have a microsoft flight simulator x-plane-11. I like watching your channel

[@jimp7181]

I've always heard that your attitude determines your altitude. Now I know what it means!

[@royra8562]

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[@TheNordicVoyager]

🙄

[@unhomme8906]

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[@janosbornemisza1807]

Hi there, brand new to Flight Simulator (just came on board with the xbox release) and thank goodness youTube pointed me your way because your back to basics tutorials are so helpful! I honestly think I'd have been put off by the learning curve without your brilliant videos. I know this was a side gig for you and its great to see you returning to non simulated flight! Thanks again, J

[@nimit9575]

Love your content, Emilie. I've just started simming on X-Plane and this tutorial has been super helpful. I can finally stop ruining my landing gear :p

[@aquaticborealis4877]

Clear, straight forward teaching. Thanks Emilie!

[@steveraynard5114]

Thank you for an education video with great reference points. Keep posting as you are a gifted teacher.

[@lechstryzewski9350]

Awesome video Emile !! - Great explanations - Thank you for taking the time to do this for us.

[@Pilotemilie]

Glad it was helpful!

[@blueknight9781]

WestJet Pilot? I flew with them a few years ago...pleasant time. Ground effect...so much to learn

[@firdausali8625]

The way you explain is good. Now I can fly better in FS2020. ♥️From Malaysia 🇲🇾

[@junglejetdriver]

It’s a bit more advanced of an idea, but when you trim the airplane, you don’t trim it for an attitude. You are actually trimming it for an airspeed. Think about it, the only thing that trim tab knows is the amount of airflow over it. When I trim the airplane “nose-up”, I’m actually trimming it for a slower airspeed. The airplane, once trimmed for that speed, will do whatever it has to do to maintain that speed. So, if I am trimmed at 100 KIAS, and I decide to roll nose-up trim to trim it instead at 80 KIAS, the airplane will pitch up to catch that airspeed. Whether or not the airplane climbs, descends, or maintains level after this depends on your power.

[@thefridge71]

I have seen this in other videos and I have found this to be very helpful. By selecting an airspeed, flap setup then trying my best to maintain that speed with trim I have had my most successful landings. I still have issues with the slope and where to start it to end up not needing to throttle down or up repeatedly but I am getting better. When I get it right I slide onto the runway :) The point is that by focusing on the airspeed I have been able to control my descents and landings more effectively. Cheers Trever.

[@junglejetdriver]

@@thefridge71 Thanks for the comment! Glad it is working for you! I had the same challenge when learning to fly irl. In real training, we always talk about how on approach, the commands of the airplane are reversed. What that basically means is that when you are on final approach, you control your airspeed with pitch, and you control your altitude with power. Once you have that approach speed nailed, use the elevator to maintain that. If it gets slow, push forward, if it gets fast, pull back. Then use your power to adjust your altitude. If you are high on approach, reduce power, or if you are low, add power. The whole “pitch for airspeed, power for altitude” thing sounds counterintuitive, but once you realize that the airplane flies that way, landings are much easier to control.

[@thefridge71]

@@junglejetdriver Thank YOU. Your explanation in your first comment made perfect sense to me :) Take care mate.

[@junglejetdriver]

@@thefridge71 Anytime, take care and stay safe!

[@Sc00terNut]

Great information! I'm currently doing my first flight: Yellowknife to Hay River. Going well so far.

[@yutubetom]

Drink a shot every time Emilie says 'actually'! Just playing, I love these lessons, very helpful!

[@Pilotemilie]

Thank you! Try doing a tutorial & see how you do - lol!!

[@yutubetom]

@@Pilotemilie Oh no, I would look like a drooling idiot compared to you. You're doing great! Subscribed weeks ago, by the way!

[@Pilotemilie]

@@yutubetom Ahaha thank you!

[@samiam3297]

YOU ROCK! Best instruction vid for the year! Clear concise convincing...essentially your aim point & end of runway are the ball. Your too far away or id ask you to be my real life instructor. Wondering if you've already talked about your set up. Thank you!

[@JamesDavidWalley]

Great video! One thing I noticed is that you mentioned reducing power on the roundout if you start to float. Almost every other lesson I've seen has said that you should pull the throttle back to idle as soon as you cross the runway threshold. I assume that's incorrect advice? (I'm referring, of course, to Cessnas and other such small aircraft - I understand that one should never lower the throttles to idle while landing in a Q400, lest it turn into the proverbial "Crash-8." 😄 )

[@jjjjjjjasdfasdf]

OMG! PE I've been messing on the FS for a long time with my ch yoke. Your simple lesson today about landing was wonderful! I could never figure how to get it all working... I could "land" but... on the 2nd try I did a perfect flair. Woooo! Thx. Oh, and I've had a few cocktails (yes I know in real life that is a horrible decision).

[@michaelstack2024]

Loved this video. Brought back my memories of private pilot instruction!

[@PrivateColt]

Thanks, Emilie for explaining things with which I have some struggle. I will try, for sure, to fix it next time I'll fire-up my simulator. Thanks again! 😀👍🤝🛩️

[@user-lr2jv1uk7s]

This is more fun than the E6B tutorials.

[@dpc111]

Another great lesson Emilie. Gratz on your sponsor!

[@Pilotemilie]

Yay! Thank you!

[@triforcegamerz7150]

Thank you very much Emilie for another great video. Unfortunately I don’t have a pc yet, but I’m working on that atm. Can’t wait to fly with this simulator😁

[@davecarlsen7212]

Thanks for this tutorial, Emilie! I've just started playing Flight Simulator and the aim point pointer as well as your tips about power controlling the altitude in slow flight are really helpful! As well, I'm going to start using trim a lot more now. Your descriptions make sense; it's obvious you've taught this stuff before! :)

[@aidencarron8238]

I’m currently learning to fly and these videos are very helpful and help to clarify what I’m reading in the textbooks

[@truevegas]

I've been cutting power completely usually around or just under 200ft and going in for a sweet glide. Good times 🥳

[@FirstLast58d]

AHHHHH thank you so MUCH ive been having a problem getting too close to runways when I do my cross country's IRL and half a wing strut makes it soo much easier thank you.

[@TorchCad30]

Thank you for the lesson, as always a well put out video, sharing your knowledge and tips. 🤝😊

[@Pilotemilie]

Glad you enjoyed it!

[@theandroids]

I just wing it (no pun intended) You know those people you see in movies that have never flown a plane before, but somehow land the plane? I pretend I'm those people...

[@Eramsay121]

Keep these videos up! These are incredibly useful for any flight simmer

[@JimEstep12071]

Thank you, you make me want to learn to fly with the controls and not just the AP

[@reltius2993]

Prefer tobii eye tracker to trackir. Have both, trackir requires tethering you to your desk via the headset.

[@neozoan]

Very well laid out lesson. Thank you! I've improved my simming a lot since I started, but I always felt a lack of confidence with respect to crabbing and altitude changes. Will be practicing alongside this video to internalize these procedures.

[@Pilotemilie]

Glad it was helpful!

[@neozoan]

@@Pilotemilie, definitely. And I've had a lot of practice, and have heard many of these tips before, but you broke it down very nicely.

[@ShadeAKAhayate]

In Soviet Russia we used to call these flight regimes, 1st for normal flight where losing airspeed leads to excessive power that tends to accelerate the aircraft, and 2nd for landing or near-stall conditions where losing airspeed leads to power deficiency that tends to decelerate the aircraft further :)

[@seth197725]

Your channel is great! Thanks for the instruction!

[@petertarantelli]

Peterborough...I like that name! You make learning so easy and I love that you use your Q400 model for visuals. Well done Capt. Emilie!

[@nonnayourbsns1001]

Thank You Pilot Emilie, Alberta future Sim pilot here.

[@Vograx]

Another great video! :) Excellent way for someone new to learn how to maneuver their plane!

[@Pilotemilie]

Glad you enjoyed it! That's exactly what I'm hoping! :)

[@Vortex_ICEcold]

I feel like adding a little bit of pitch upwards while raising power could be better if your coming down too fast

[@shivang15]

Great video captain. Will really help me fly better

[@ksp1278]

Emilie. Wow. You are such a great teacher. Loved this.

[@Chris4]

Too cool! I found your videos recently as I got into FS 2020. I'm currently taking flying lessons with WMAero, but not in Peterborough, I'm out of the Lindsay location. Thought it was neat when you mentioned that you were doing instructing out of Peterborough. Thanks for the content and flying tips!

[@PilotongHilaw]

thanks for sharing landing tips. because pilot is hard to landing but easy to plane.

[@philipgoff2461]

Superb lesson Emilie, thank you very much.

[@skipharm]

Great series. Perfect for new pilots in training!

[@Pilotemilie]

Glad you think so! Thank you!

[@mindartis4081]

Thanks! Great explanations! - esp with attitude and power differences in cruise vs 🛫 takeoff/landing

[@vincentthibault9630]

Encore un bon vidéo, les explications sont claires et bien expliquées. Merci Émilie ✈️