MSFS | Take Your FLIGHT PLANNING To The Next Level | IFR | Xbox and PC

[@SimHangerFS]

See my follow up flight planning video here, flying the route! kzbin.info/www/bejne/mJTOf4SfatmrY80

[@ellonysman]

Uh Say Mark....what airport is that at the onset of the video? Beautiful spot!

[@SimHangerFS]

@@ellonysman LPMA - Madeira

[@DP-xz8xr]

Oh wow Mark. Awesome video. Please do more of these kind of tutorials which are clear and focused on a specific topic. Excellent excellent excellent. Top work Sir!

[@TWOKDOK1]

Brilliant coverage and explanation. Thank you. You are an excellent ambassador for exploring the simming envelope Mark; every time I watch one of your videos a new perspective opens and I can feel my brain plasicity being exercised just that bit more (which is a bit essential looking from this end of life's 'telescope'. Great stuff.

[@borramir01]

I have been playing for 2 weeks and was wondering why on Earth I was always having to fly in straight lines, now I know why 🤣🤣 Thank you for your time creating such a detailed video for us beginners!

[@AM-6030]

I'm looking forward to watching this video and sharing it with my two young brother in-laws who love flying. Many thanks!! :D

[@Lucca-An-Aspiring-Poet]

You save my flying experience! Much love goes out, merry christmas, cheers! ^^

[@SimHangerFS]

Thanks and merry Xmas 😀

[@willemfs6733]

Always handy Mark, I learned a bunch in a year now but never finished. Thanks a lot and your soothing voice! hahaha

[@gabsmoscow]

Incredibly clear tutorial..at times, I thought I was watching a BBC documentary…great job!!

[@Shant107]

You sir are a god sent!, thank you for this I am a noob onto flight sim and was trying to do this but didn't know where to start!. There are no words to say thank you enough.

[@nigelswar245]

One thing I love about your videos is that I learn something new . Great job thanks

[@markthomas9370]

Very useful video, as someone who has been flying sims since psion Flight Simulator days on a ZX81 I've always wanted to fly better and more realistically. I'm going to start getting more into this on MSFS2020. Cheers

[@SimHangerFS]

Ahhhhh….the ZX81…..👍

[@Simon-us1fu]

Wow that brings back some great memories on the ZX81 and then the spectrum (48k of course)😂

[@marcusgrimstad7120]

ZX81 ❤

[@nitchgamingstudios]

Awesome video mate! Will definitely have this video saved 🤣🙌

[@ola.ljungqvist1966]

Great work once again Mark. I felt in the beginning that I probably already know this, but then some new information popped out. Wow! A bunch of tnx for that 👌🏽

[@freeethnker]

This is a quality video. Thank you for clarifying things like wind direction when noted in degrees and the odd/even altitude levels based on either flying east or west.

[@themtoniraniremaxbroker2447]

Brilliant As Usual, Many thanks for what you do Sir!! Truly Grateful and you Make My Sim Flying So Much More Enjoyable! Thank you.

[@rosscorr]

Hey thank you so much for that terrific video. I have been stumbling around trying to work things by myself and getting very frustrated but in just 24 minutes you had me sorted. Brilliant!

[@Jhhjr]

Hey mark! Love the videos! I just wanted to say that I believe in SimBrief the a20N airframe model is in fact the neo! I’m sure it doesn’t make much difference in the planning of the route, but pretty cool none the less in my opinion. Thank you again!

[@captainwealthy]

Hopefully I can use this for the up and coming Zambesi fly-in you are doing on 29 December 2022 !!

[@martinvandersandt4631]

I wish I had found this video earlier. All the info I needed but was struggling to find.

[@markwilliams6]

Thanks Mark, the videos and tutorials are very useful indeed. I do appreciate you taking the time to produce these videos.

[@edy61mt]

Thanks Mark. One of the best tutorials.

[@SimHangerFS]

One thing I forgot to mention, Navigraph in-sim panels are not available for the Xbox version at this time. Thanks for watching!

[@hap3465]

Hi Mark are there any in-sim panels available for the Xbox

[@SimHangerFS]

@@hap3465 unfortunately not at this time.

[@ianoppenheim7143]

They are now in the Vision Jet and Navigraph is currently working to add navigraph charts to the other aircraft with G3000 avionics suite. Great video.

[@CMACJAZZ]

Great presentation Mark, informative, concise just the job. Cheers Charlie

[@SimHangerFS]

Thanks Charlie 👍

[@uk-cymruresin8or598]

Brilliant as always Mark - Thanks!

[@oliverturner128]

Thank you, very useful information! :)

[@weircottage]

Excellent, Mark, as always. Thank you.

[@josephbowman87]

You sound similar to David Attenborough.. 😂 Dope.

[@SimHangerFS]

🤣

[@prosperow]

this is brilliant thankyou just what i needed

[@martinhsl68hw]

Thanks Mark! Good work as ever

[@RichardGarrisonScreenwriter]

Very informative. What is the name of the cool looking airport you're landing at in the intro?

[@SimHangerFS]

Madeira (LPMA)

[@goimer9_d684]

Very informative. Thank you!

[@stachowi]

wow, this is phenomenal, thanks!

[@calinutza33]

you are doing a very good job Sir . i find your tutorials very good , so i subscribed to your channel , only one question for you ... are you a real pilot ? Thank you !

[@mikeallen789]

Great tutorial. At the point where you’re showing Navigraoh in the sim, is this Xbox or PC? Also without a subscription to simbrief do you still get Sid’s and stats applied to the route ?

[@SimHangerFS]

SimBrief is freeware. This was on PC

[@Cherfield-D-Blessedman]

Thanks for sharing very informative video.

[@phillipbeharall6271]

Great thank you Mark 👏👏🥸🥸🥸🥸

[@MrBloxboy]

Many thanks for another great video. You mention that "FS Academy" is on sale at the moment, but checking the various sites they are sold on they are all selling it for around 22 euros, which I believe is the usual price. ???

[@SimHangerFS]

Check in-sim marketplace.

[@peterpulciani]

Simbrief does have the a320neo, you passed it when choosing the a320?

[@ellonysman]

My brain is twisting trying to do it manually on a Garmin lol😮

[@ianriley5817]

Hi Mark thanks for this tutorial really helpful. I picked Alicante as departure and Valencia as arrival. I placed 4 other waypoints along the way. When I clicked fly I had no magenta line but a white one. Why is this so I ha r to have the Flight director and GPS on first before making the route plan. Sorry for all the questions I’m nee to this and gaming in general. I am also struggling in how to communicate with ATC.

[@christopherfinn7986]

Hi Mark, a couple of “howlers” here I’m afraid. We never say “feet” and “Flight Level” together. An IFR Flight Level is an altitude in multiples of 1000 ft based on the Standard Pressure Setting (SPS) of 1013.2 Hps, or Millibars. It is set as you pass through the Transition Altitude in the climb. It’s use is to reduce the chance of you hitting other aircraft. An altitude in feet is based on the QNH (or the QFE at UK Mil airfields) and is all about you not hitting the ground, it is set when flying below Transition Altitude, or when passing Transition Level in the descent (or as directed by ATC). So, if you hear “Flight Level” you must be on the SPS, and if you hear “feet” you must be on QNH or QFE, and never should the twain be mixed ! En-route charts are used world-wide and produced by any number of organisations, both commercial and military, and come in two flavours: Low and High depending on the national division of airspace. Rgds Chris

[@SimHangerFS]

Thanks Chris, appreciate the response and detail. You are correct in your statements. My only comment would be this is aimed at first time simmers. The key aim here is simplicity.

[@christopherfinn7986]

@@SimHangerFS Hi Mark, I know you get this, but the VATSIM wannabes don’t ! Apropos, if you are ever up this way, Lincolnshire, do come to BBMF on a Friday and I’ll make sure I’m doing you tour. Rgds, Chris

[@abduyaqubi9822]

Thanks for explaining the flight planning...But How we calculate the right altitude for each flight ? MSFS gives very high altitude even for Short flights

[@SimHangerFS]

Yes, MSFS reports ridiculous altitudes most the time. Altitude is determined by aircraft type. Small GA usually 5000-9000’ turbo 13000-21000. Small airliner 18000-24000 large airliner 23000-39000. These are a rough guide only.

[@abduyaqubi9822]

@@SimHangerFS I appreciate your useful information...Now I just found how we calculate the right altitude for each Flight ✈️ First take the distance from departure to arrival and multiply by 30 then the score multiply by 2 let’s say your distance 200 NM multiply by 30 it’s 6000 and multiply by 2 the score is 12000 so the right altitude for this flight is FL120✔️... and so on for all Flights it worked for me and I wish this help you and others.

[@unyx6969]

I need help, because my atc change my cruise altitude. pls help. Btw nice video

[@carlobaroncini949]

Thanks a lot!

[@FlyLA-be3vj]

Great video! What clouds are you using in your opening sequence? Is that a mod? They look amazing.

[@SimHangerFS]

No they are default clouds on high setting. Time of day does enhance the look.

[@nitramluap]

They're only flight levels above 10,000ft and when you're above that all aircraft altimeter pressures are set to 29.92. Below that you set the barometric pressure based on forecasts (area, terminal, etc) and they're not called 'flight levels' - you simply refer to the altitude in feet. So 'Flight Level 75' (or Flight Level 60, etc.) isn't a thing technically and you'd never call it that regardless.

[@SimHangerFS]

I beg to differ, any altitude below transition level is in feet. Above that it is FL.

[@Stianpilot]

Nice vid! Bur what about Navigraph?

[@WyMustIGo]

hahah

[@fsn417k___9]

Is it possible to make more than one flight plan so you won’t have to leave the flight to create a new flight plan every single time after you finish one flight

[@SimHangerFS]

Yes, but you would need to use the in-cockpit flight planning via the fmc or Garmin devices installed in some of the aircraft.

[@franksonora5824]

How do you hear the flight Attendants in the airplane? Or the voices?? Thanks

[@helicopterovirtual-msfs6254]

👍👏👏👏

[@Rawbful]

If you do a VOR to VOR flight, is there a way to get the frequencies of the VOR stations you will be using once you are loaded into the sim?

[@SimHangerFS]

Only through a third party application such as Navigraph…for Xbox …no

[@Rawbful]

@@SimHangerFS thank you. Thought I might be missing it somewhere. Would be nice if this was in the nav guide like it is when you are preflight.

[@ellonysman]

I can't buy FS Academy vfr/ifr from the Marketplace for my Xbox....says something about points. Me no understand.

[@SimHangerFS]

Ignore the points issue, it’s a normal purchase.

[@av8rgrip]

No disrespect to Mark, but is anyone really using MSFS 2020 for any type of instrument practice? I have MSFS and xplane. MSFS has great visuals, but I have not found aircraft systems conducive to instrument practice. Xplane visuals aren’t nearly on the level of MSFS but the accuracy of instruments and aircraft systems are sooo much better. MSFS is fun as a game.

[@SimHangerFS]

Fair comment, however, MSFS is doing something the other sims have not excelled at, bringing younger, new simmers into the genre. This tutorial is aimed at that audience and to create interest in the IFR and planning area. MSFS will expand and develop over time, so hopefully provide a platform to generate interest in what will become tomorrow’s pilots.

[@MykeyMix]

Do you get Navigraph to work in xbox by using xbox internal browser?

[@SimHangerFS]

I fortunately not and can’t integrate into sim

[@simonargent62]

How do I work out the top of descent please as the airbus VNAV isn’t implemented yet

[@SimHangerFS]

www.thinkaviation.net/top-of-descent-calculation/

[@gpk9993]

those flight levels are not for just IFR....they also apply to VFR

[@nedstudt]

Also, anything below 18,000ft is not called flight level.

[@bluboy349]

Hi Mark, was wondering if you could help pls.I wanted to join you guys on multiplayer but now I don't have multiplayer option for some reason on xbox seriesx.Do I need to subscribe for that option? I used to have it but now it's gone.Data is showing multiplayer disabled, very frustrating.Many thanks..

[@SimHangerFS]

Hi Peter, you need a live, gold or ultimate Xbox subscription to use multiplayer.

[@bluboy349]

Thankyou so much Mark.Hopefuly join you guys soon.

[@aviationkphx2599]

How can I see the plane moving on navigraph Xbox

[@SimHangerFS]

Navigraph is not xbox compatible unfortunately at the moment. Something for the future.

[@NickMarlin1234]

For Xbox console can you use sim Brief to import flight plans or only on the pc

[@SimHangerFS]

Only on pc I’m afraid.

[@NickMarlin1234]

@@SimHangerFS How do you do real flight plans with an xbox please

[@WhiteHawk77]

@@NickMarlin1234 manually. You will have to type in every point yourself by searching for it after you have made the plan in a web browser on SimBrief or an application of some kind. Bare in mind the database won’t necessarily be the same so some fix’s, VOR’s etc might not be in one or the other as they are updated every month.

[@aviationkphx2599]

How do I get the moving map on Xbox plz help

[@SimHangerFS]

Select the VFR map from the in-sim toolbar whilst flying