Practical Aviation Tips and Tricks to Make Flying Easier - MSFS

[@thecorporatepilotdad]

Fly VNAV like a pro with this full length video on VNAV: kzbin.info/www/bejne/i6aWZ5eca5Zna8k

[@theupdraftchannel48]

By far the best real-life pilot MSFS instructor on YT

[@thecorporatepilotdad]

Thank you for the kind words.

[@awash-mg8ce]

Yes I would like to learn more about metars and weather

[@06L]

Working Title are full of surprises Thanks!

[@thecorporatepilotdad]

That is for sure. Now that they have joined Microsoft/Asobo we will hopefully get more great features in other aircraft and not just the CJ4 and other avionics mods they have done.

[@sebastianmartinez761]

Stuff like this is going to make a better instructor, thank you mister!

[@NoDakExpress]

I joke about it a lot but being able to quickly interpolate those numbers given approximation and known values is a big deal. Great video! Lots of questions about metars and ATIS - even controllers have to use the handbooks to freshen up on those regularly!

[@thecorporatepilotdad]

I will start tackling that this weekend (but not until I do a race in a reasonably priced airplane). It will be a refresher for me. We never use the METAR after RMK but I have a feeling in a couple of days I will be reminded of what ALL items are after RMK.

[@keithbennett5280]

Yes to METAR, thanks for another exceptional video!!

[@thecorporatepilotdad]

Glad you liked it. A video covering ATIS/ASOS/AWOS (which include METARs) will probably be next which will tie nicely into the video planned after that one.

[@willycanuck]

that TAS calc blew my mind!

[@thecorporatepilotdad]

The calculation used in the flight levels was told to me many years ago by a former student who went into the USAF and was taught that during his flight training in the military. He told it to me and my mind was blown, too.

Lots of good stuff there, thanks for sharing 👍

[@thecorporatepilotdad]

You are welcome. How did you like the true airspeed calculation segment in that fancy looking Turbo Bonanza?

@@thecorporatepilotdad Really cool how you can find out roughly using that method! Didn't hear about that one before and I'm always amazed of all smart tricks there are and how guys can keep them in memory 🙂

[@PeterBurton50]

Thank you thank you. Your tutorials are second to none. I’ve watched them all and learned SO much. On your last tip, my Altitude Selector will always change by 1000 (although sometimes when I enter FS2020 it will change by 100, but this lasts for only a few seconds). A single left-click gives me 1000 but a left-click and hold gives very fast 100s. Strange behaviour! Keyboard left shift does nothing for me. I have the latest updates for FS2020 and the Working Title mod. Maybe this will get sorted sometime.

[@thecorporatepilotdad]

I am glad you find these tutorials helpful. Hearing that makes the effort put into them worth it. Thank you. People have commented about OBS course changing by 10 instead of 1. Most of them had one thing in common - Honeycomb flight controls. Here is an old post about it from the MSFS Forum that might be helpful : forums.flightsimulator.com/t/alt-hdg-etc-incrementing-and-decrementing-in-wrong-intervals-with-honeycomb-alpha-plugged-in-just-started-after-latest-windows-build-installed/231881

[@PeterBurton50]

@@thecorporatepilotdad thank you, I’ll check that out.

[@EdMeyer22]

Would like to know more about METAR - thanks!

[@chrispatton7215]

Great video, thanks.

[@thecorporatepilotdad]

Thank you. This video is full of quite a few handy tricks.

[@hpdkmay]

Thanks again for a great tutorial / tips!

[@thecorporatepilotdad]

You're welcome. I was sitting on this video for 3 weeks! Sorry for keeping this info from everyone ;)

[@Shamdouh1]

Nice tips, why would you need your TAS in the middle of the flight?

[@thecorporatepilotdad]

A Citation I flew years ago had a TAS display on a separate display. The display was out. We had no easy way to get TAS other than using the method with FL and IAS. By knowing that we were able to fly a given IAS attain the TAS that we normally used.

[@octanejimmy]

So much maths!!!!!! Youre a legend. I need to remember the decent calculation. Thanks

[@thecorporatepilotdad]

Math is not my favorite subject at all but these are easy calculations - thankfully! A little bit of practice and 300'/NM is very easy to remember. Then remember half of GS and add a 0 to your answer for the descent rate. You can do this on an ILS to check yourself. It will work out almost exact on the height and rate of descent. That is why I had the visual approach in the FMS to show the GP coinciding with the altitude on the way down.

[@octanejimmy]

@@thecorporatepilotdad my biggest mess up is always deciding when to descend from cruise. I always mess that up. BTW is there a reason you kept picking Teteborough? Just wondering I grew up fairly close to it in NJ.

[@thecorporatepilotdad]

@@octanejimmy As much as I have flown there in the past 15 years one would think I would despise the place. TEB has grown on me and almost seems like a second home. On when to descend from cruise, try this video: kzbin.info/www/bejne/qoPan3Z_hN2trqc

[@octanejimmy]

@@thecorporatepilotdad thanks for that link. I grew up in a small town alled Maywood. My dad was actually the Judge of Teteborogh many many moons ago.

[@thecorporatepilotdad]

@@octanejimmy I didn't know Teterboro had a judge. The population is only about 60 people. I have probably been through Maywood. We don't usually go too far north of Hasbrouck Heights unless going to Paramus if we feel like going to a mall.

[@peyt_ace5618]

I’m planning on being a pilot for Hawaiian Airlines and with the help or corporate, I believe I will succeed!

[@thecorporatepilotdad]

Either way, do something you enjoy. When I was young (younger) I wanted to be an airline pilot in the worst way. Today, as an adult, the corporate pilot route worked for me. I have several friends from college in the airlines and the airline life would not have been one I would have liked. They love it though.

[@simcaptainrik]

Great stuff. My version of Working Title CJ4 doesn't have a working Datalink (greyed out) Is there an update Im missing?

[@thecorporatepilotdad]

I am guessing that is the reason why it is greyed out. I actually need the newest update myself which is version 0.11.3 and since I had to look that up I copied the link for you: github.com/Working-Title-MSFS-Mods/fspackages/releases/tag/cj4-v0.11.0

[@simcaptainrik]

@@thecorporatepilotdad Much Appreciated. If you get a chance check out my KZbin Channel. I fly the CJ4 a lot.

[@simcaptainrik]

@@thecorporatepilotdad I've downloaded the updated mod. I'm having an issue with the liveries. The user-created liveries show an error on the FMC in bright red.

[@thecorporatepilotdad]

@@simcaptainrik I asked a very reliable source who also makes liveries and he said, "Ask the creator to update the livery without the panel.cfg folder. Thats the only way."

[@neucoas]

Weather explained please!

[@squid11160]

Thank you

[@thecorporatepilotdad]

What was your most favorite tip from the video?

[@Nikonvision]

Destination Hold and Direct to setup

[@harrybassett9433]

Rate of descent - although I'll have to watch it several times before it sinks in 😂 Captain Joe in his videos does say that working out the rate is messed by every pilot so maybe I'm not alone.

[@richavery66]

I fly GA aircraft mostly and found the TAS for props extremely useful, although the estimating height tip (for TOD and checking glideslope) was also very valuable.

[@simcaptainrik]

ATIS at destination

[@thecorporatepilotdad]

@@harrybassett9433 This rate of descent is an estimate. You can use it on ILS approaches as a target rate of descent in airplanes that don't have autopilots. Divide ground speed by 2 and add a 0. If GS is 140 = 140/2=70 add a 0 - 700'/min. That's it. And the distance/height .. 300Xdistance to the airport + field elevation. 300X7=2100 and add field elevation. At 7 NM from the runway you'll want to be 2100 feet AGL (add field elevation for what the altimeter will read at that 7 mile point) and then descend at 700'/min from the previous example. I hope that helps.

[@06L]

To find (almost) all acronyms regarding aviation, weather etc. (even etc.: Et Cetera) see: www.acronymfinder.com/

[@Poseidon6363]

Atis explained please.

[@thecorporatepilotdad]

Someone else asked me that as well. That will probably be next. Do you want to know what ATIS is or what everything in the ATIS means or both? Either way, I'll probably throw both into a video along with ASOS/AWOS. More practical flight planning videos on the way too.

[@Poseidon6363]

@@thecorporatepilotdad That would be great, I know what Atis and Metar is but confused how to read it.

[@TheFalconJetDriver]

Nice Formulas, where did you ever find them? 🤣🛫

[@thecorporatepilotdad]

Oh here and there and from a friend or two. Actually, those were all in my head.

[@TheFalconJetDriver]

@@thecorporatepilotdad They are good formulas to have incase of a helmet fire! 😁🛫

[@thecorporatepilotdad]

@@TheFalconJetDriver Or without a helmet fire.