The FMC Challenge | Testing the Majestic Dash 8 Q400 Pro FMS in P3D | FSX | Steam

[@SorcererDave]

Great video. Really helped de-mystify the FMS on this plane, which was one of the reasons I've struggled to learn it since getting it.

[@flightsim481]

+SorcererDave Glad it helped :-)

[@mikeroberts4319]

I am sure I speak for all of us FSX enthusiasts when I say Thank You! Quite literally thank you for taking the time to produce these tutorials. Not only are you clearly knowledgeable about the subject of aviation but you deliver the information in a seemless and engaging way and your videos are spot on. Absolutely fabulous!

[@flightsim481]

+Mike Roberts Hi Mike. Huge thanks for the kind words and the support. Greatly appreciated, Rich :-)

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[@hesynergy]

Absolutely superb demonstration I l'm in the process of learning this beast as evidenced by my most recent video, and I can't thank you enough for the complete rendition of the Q 400 FMS! Thanks so much, Chas

[@flightsim481]

+hesynergy Glad you enjoyed it :-)

[@Cycliste1961]

In line with most comments; a well-presented, informative video. The narrative is clear, articulate and and concise. One of the shortcomings of Airline2Sim is that they talk sometimes too fast and on top of each other. Excellent. Merci!

[@flightsim481]

Really glad you enjoyed it, many thanks :-)

[@smooth1652]

You sir...will make every commercial pilot proud. Undoubtedly, you have done a tremendous amount of study and have demonstrated a very commanding understanding of this particular aircraft system. well done and may all flight simmers and potential real world pilot take full advantage of your material.

[@flightsim481]

+Smooth 1 Thank you very, very much for your very kind words. It means a great deal to know that people find my videos useful and enjoyable :-)

[@keithfilby9625]

Fantastic video, been struggling for a while with this FMC but understand it much better now, Many thanks for sharing

[@flightsim481]

+Keith Filby Hi Keith, glad you found it useful, thanks for watching :-)

[@stretchedits]

Great video as always, thoroughly enjoyed watching this one. I have to admit I don't fly the Q400 as much as I should, partly because I have never managed to figure out the FMC properly, your video has shown me just what it can do, which is a lot more than I ever thought possible. I will now have to look at the Q400 in a new light in the future. Only having the pilot edition at the minute but considering the upgrade now.

[@flightsim481]

+stretchedits Great to hear that you found my video enjoyable and useful. I really enjoy flying the Q400 so it's nice to hear people looking at it with renewed enthusiasm. Thanks for the support, Rich. :-)

[@canadaclipper690]

Once again thanks for the great in depth testing of the Q400 FMC. I have had this aircraft since its original release. It is so nice to learn everything that this aircraft has to offer. Keep up the good work

[@flightsim481]

+Canadaclipper No problems, glad you found it useful :-)

[@GWAIHIRKV]

As expected Rich another brilliant video. I did get a bit lost in the middle, so will need to watch a few more times. .. That said, this is something I want to try for myself with the Dash. Thanks for all the effort.

[@flightsim481]

+Ken Vincent No problems Ken, glad you enjoyed it. It does cover quite a bit in the middle but that's testament to how flexible the FMS itself is. Trust me, there are some even more complex elements hidden within it! Thanks for the support :-)

[@MrCobolman-FSPro]

Like you, I love this sim, Rich. The Dash8 is awesome and this video has shown me that it is even better than I already thought! Excellent job. I look forward to trying some of these FMS techniques next time I fly it.

[@flightsim481]

+MrCobolman Thanks Derek. The FMS in this is really quite powerful and superb once the nuances have been learnt.

[@brickviking667]

Well. I thought I'd managed to get to grips with the UNS-1 FMC, but there's a lot more I hadn't known about. Well explained, the FMC is definitely easier to use than the Boeing FMCs that I have access to, or indeed Aerosoft's CDU in the A320. The Q400 has become my favourite aircraft to fly since I got it back in Sept 2016, although my landing skills are still far worse than yours.

[@danp1975]

One of the best MJC Q400 reviews. Thanks for your excellent work!

[@Q8Pilot]

Thank you for this detailed and informative video!

[@flightsim481]

+Osamah Alabdullah Thanks, much appreciated :-)

[@davidhack1974]

Hi Rich, I wonder if you might consider giving us a refresher on how to create the additional waypoints to create the DME arc that you did in this video please, Thank you

[@flightsim481]

+David Hack Hi David, glad you enjoyed the video. I'll certainly consider it as I'm aware that such things are always very helpful. :-)

[@FSFLIGHTproductions]

Once again stunning quality best of the best.

[@flightsim481]

Very kind words, thankyou :-)

[@MrSameeg]

Cheers RichThis is the most comprehensive video on the Q400 FMC to date and so easy to understand I just hope my little grey cells will retain all this beautiful information Mike from Scotland

[@flightsim481]

+Mike Greenaway Lol, huge thanks for the support Mike and I'm so glad my video has helped your grey cells a little ;-)

[@BradyMargeson]

Happy 7000 subscribers!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! have a great 7000 more Rich!

[@flightsim481]

+ProFly-FS Flight Simulation Wow, thanks for highlighting that I missed that milestone. It's safe to say that makes me very happy. More importantly, thanks for the support, much appreciated :-)

[@BradyMargeson]

+flightsim481 No Problem. Keep the awesome vids coming. :D

[@Altenholz]

Even working with the pro version for some time now, i didn't know the major part, of what is shown here. Thanks for this mavellous work men!

[@Mistraltulipe]

Thank You very much, I own the pro version of the Majestic Dash, and was looking for a tutorial of in depth manipulation of the FMC, without having to read the whole manual, because its nicer to see and hear it explained (says the lazy bugger) You' re a talented teacher. great job. Cheers

[@flightsim481]

+Daniel De Beukelaer Huge thanks for the kind words. :-)

[@davidhack1974]

This is a brilliant video and I thank Marshall Arbitman for telling me about it. I shall similarly be telling my Dash 8 mates about it too. I thought I had most of the Dash's FMS secrets uncovered but I think I'm going to have to go back to school. Thanks.

[@flightsim481]

+David Hack Glad you enjoyed it David :-)

[@georgebeorn159]

Another fantastic training video, we can't wait till the next one. must have taken a-lot of work. Thanks

[@flightsim481]

+George Beorn Hi George, yes it took a while to get it all recorded and edited but I enjoy doing it. Thanks for the support :-)

[@JosephNgwaci]

Amazing tutorial!! Just one thing though..the warning horn you got in flight and right before touchdown is the beta warning horn. It comes on to warn you of power lever position below the Flight Idle gate and into the Beta range (DISC and MAX REV) while airborne. Operation of the flight levers below the flight idle gate is prohibited while in flight. Other than that..I really like your attention to detail.

[@SvenHazzel]

Hey great video, just few pointers from the real thing. At 53:43 where you are talking you want it to hold present position it is not used for that. we use it to hold the pos on the fms so we can write it down when we are on ocianic legs and are making lat/long crossing checks. it just holds the pos on screen for few moments. Also when you go into cmd hdg in lnav we can use the hdg bug to change the hdg if atc gives us a new hdg later on

[@flightsim481]

Huge thanks for that, much appreciated. The doppler nav kit I used many years ago in Jetstreams had a fix button where pressing the button did exactly the same thing, marking the lat/long of a specific position. Glad you enjoyed the video, Rich

[@hubinsc]

Wonderful explanation of the FMS.

[@flightsim481]

+hubinsc Thanks :-)

[@seanlatimer5871]

Thanks for the brilliant and intelligent video. Love the quality of content and your tenacity in learning this aircraft in so much detail😊

[@HondaJet100]

Excellent video; I have referred it to many of my VA friends. I will watch for new content to see what comes next. I also have seen your video on the 747 FMS. Have you done one for the A320 series FMS? I looked but did not find one. Thanks and keep up the good works. Jerry

[@flightsim481]

+HondaJet100 Hi Jerry. Thanks f or the kind words. I certainly have the A320 series in my sights. Glad you enjoyed the video :-)

[@christopherfuller2401]

Are you able to re teach the Lat and long inputs needed and explain why IMCG waypoints change to ICMG...mine dont follow on like yours do? please

[@pathm11]

Thanks. Great video and tutorial . Only thing I could not make the PVOR . Waypoint HON2 cannot be saved in FSX Steam. PS. PVOR also works with new patch by MJC. It saves the PIlot Data way points.Thanks.

[@robsonbr1246]

Thanks for the wonderful class! Really helped me a lot.

[@flightsim481]

+Robson Sousa Really glad you enjoyed it, thanks for watching :-)

[@tonforr]

The exit feature on the hold page during your first hold didn't work as the FGS didnt have an active route engaged.

[@flightsim481]

Thanks, hadn't spotted that.

[@tm8473]

Thankyou for this great informative video. I have a question about something not covered here. There is a correct way to pre-program the diversion route in the fmc while on the ground? I mean the one to follow in case of diversion to the alternate airport. Any hint?

[@Flight231]

Comprehensive review of the marvellous Universal FMC in the Dash 8. A few questions, if I may? Do you know if the "Universal" FMC used in the Milviz 737-200 Combi, is the same FMC as in the Dash 8? Although there are no glass ND's in the old 737-200C, that Universal FMC would make it very interesting? Secondly, how did you get UT2 into P3dv3? Lastly that TCAS warning to "descend" is why I ignore them...it wanted you to descend onto the conflicting traffic..LOL! Thanks

[@flightsim481]

Thanks, glad you enjoyed it. The Universal FMC in the Dash 8 Q400 is specific to that aircraft, being the UNS-1E I believe. Quite how that differs to the FMC used in the Milviz I'm not sure because they have used the UNS-1LW. However, I should imagine that they are fairly similar in operation the only caveat being that in Milviz's description, they use the phrase "fully functional (given FSX's limitations)". Given that I don't have the Milviz, I can't really advise further, sorry. For UT2 I used the Estonian Migration tool and this advice from Avsim www.avsim.com/topic/483474-installing-ut2-into-p3d-v31-easy-way/#entry3372418 In my opinion, TCAS generally isn't handled well in FSX/P3D.

[@Flight231]

Thanks again Rich. These FMS videos are great for revision study! Demonstrates what's possible in flight simulator these days.

[@flightsim481]

No problem.

[@MrSameeg]

Hi Rich Just a question after watching this great vid (again and again) I noticed that when going into your first hold the aircraft seemed to turn sharply would you actually go into the hold at 240kts (which I think you where doing) and would this be the cause of such a sharp intersectionCheers Mike

[@flightsim481]

+Mike Greenaway Hi Mike. I think the sharp turn was a brief anomaly in the sim, however it sorted itself out quite quickly. In line with ICAO (and unless otherwise published) the maximum hold speed up to 20000' is 240 knots and above that up to 34000' is 265 knots. In reality though one would more likely try to fly at a speed which minimises fuel burn, so depending on the aircraft, it would generally be more towards the best endurance speed or the best turbulence penetration speed in rough air. Cheers, Rich

[@woolfwoolf6885]

simply awesome , amazing , fantastic

[@davidhack1974]

Hi, This is a very good tutorial on this aircraft and one that I go back to for refresher training, I hope you are still doing video's of this quality still.

[@jo2h34iu34gfdfg]

Could you do a series focusing on different q400 failures and having do deal with them in a realistic way?

[@flightsim481]

+James Wilkins Hi James. Thanks for the support. Honestly, I'm not sure I would have enough time to dedicate to that but if I get the chance I might have a play with a few failures.

[@jo2h34iu34gfdfg]

Yeah, it would be interesting to see

[@colinhunt1552]

Brilliant video again Rich. I got this aircraft at Christmas, and have been struggling a little with the flight planning. This vid has cleared away a lot of the confusion. PS. Any chance of the Aerosoft A320 next please?. Regards

[@flightsim481]

+Colin Hunt Hi Colin, huge thanks for the support. Great to hear the video helped and the A320 is certainly in my sights. Thanks, Rich.

[@michal2992]

Fantastic video. Thanks!

[@flitedeck9377]

Thanks for an excellent explanation.

[@flightsim481]

+flitedeck No problems, thanks for watching :-)

[@schmeichel75]

Fantastic video again! Very informative and perfectly done! So, the DME arc programming worked automatically after entering the radial and distance for just the first pilot generated waypoint IGMC1? And which value for the offset of the radial does it use in between two of these waypoints of the arc, 10 degrees? Thanks a lot for clarification in advance!

[@flightsim481]

+schmeichel75 Thanks for the kind words. To generate the 'DME' arc, you need a series of manually entered sequential waypoints to link in series as a chain. I used the point, bearing, distance method of defining a new waypoint for ICMG1 as 10.2 nm on the 300 degree radial from CAM. What wasn't shown was that I had already programmed ICMG2, 3,4,5 and 6 using the same technique on the 320, 340, 000, 020 and 040 radials and then just entered those waypoints in sequence into the flightplan in that order. There is no 'defined' offset for the radials, that's really down to practicalities but 20 degrees between the waypoints seems to work well for 10 nm range. The resultant legs between the waypoints are about 3.5 nm. Of course, one could use 10 degrees, but the same arc would have needed 12 waypoints, or one could use 40 degrees, at which point one would only need 4 waypoints. Hope that helps and thanks for the support, Rich

[@schmeichel75]

Ok, that answers my question. Thanks for that! I asked myself, how in the world does the FMS know that the waypoints in sequence, after IMGC1, should form a DME arc! ;-) I am looking forward to the next video in that series! Greets from Germany!

[@flightsim481]

Glad it helped. Likewise greetings from the UK :-)

[@ghostinye6493]

Pls how i change the announcemments

[@scottr7550]

Nice! But surprised there aren't more dislikes from the atc and all the planes on final that had to go round @ 30:30 heheh

[@lee4318]

Ooohhh which soft cloud set did you use for the vid

[@flightsim481]

+lee thornton Hi Lee, I've just had a look at my Softclouds, but can't figure out which set this was. Sorry.

[@zk9058]

+flightsim481 so ironic....you can work out the nitty gritty of the UNS-1E, but you can't figure out which set of textures you used! As always great video.....thanks for sharing your knowledge with the rest of us!

[@flightsim481]

Lol, it doesn't really help that I just quickly clicked on one without really paying attention. Doh! Thanks for the support, much appreciated :-)

[@tonforr]

Great tutorial, thats

[@flightsim481]

Thanks :-)

[@blackclip7398]

Very interest. thx very much

[@MrSameeg]

Hi RichThanks for your answer you can probably gather that I have no real world flight time and I find that videos such as your are a great help to people like me Will you be doing something similar to the Fokker Friendship which I know you have Sort of old school with a twistCheers Mike

[@flightsim481]

+Mike Greenaway Thanks Mike. Not sure how I would do an FMC challenge with old school steam gauges.

[@flightsim481]

+Mike Greenaway Thanks Mike. Not sure how I would do an FMC challenge with old school steam gauges.

[@horvath83]

Just a quick tip. You know You can set VNAV to level off before designated waypoint? Levelling off 3 miles before waypoint would look like this: ICMG1 -3 @ 2000 at the VNAV page. This sim is amazing. And in my personal opinion it goes far beyond competition in aspects like system implementation, flight model, coding. P.S. Don't forget to rudder trim that baby ;)

[@flightsim481]

+horvath83 Huge thanks. Lol, I always forget to rudder trim this baby. I also agree wholeheartedly with your opinion. :-)

[@jb894]

737 pmdg is way easier to learn that this plane

[@beijingpete]

Bostin

[@flightsim481]

+beijingpete Lol, thanks :-)

[@FlightSim008]

Really enjoying this new series testing the "brains" of modern commercial aircraft. Thanks for sharing and all the hard work!

[@flightsim481]

+FlightSim008 Glad you are enjoying it and thanks for watching. :-)