Carenado PA-44 Cold and Dark, Shutdown, and Almost Every Checklist In Between - FS2020

[@chrisw3869]

Pretty cool of that airport vehicle, helping you out with the go-around section like that.

[@thecorporatepilotdad]

It wasn't planned at all and they have no idea how helpful they were in assisting the go around in the video. Maybe I'll send the animated truck an electronic thank you card.

[@Heyemeyohsts]

@@thecorporatepilotdad I like how they have always have a full city bus going down the taxiway on these podunk gA airports in the MSFS world LOLZ

[@mjc8281]

Really great video... you have added so much to my enjoyment of this plane... still miss my Mooney though!

[@thecorporatepilotdad]

Glad to hear that. I'm enjoying the PA-44 A LOT. Is the Carenado Mooney totally unplayable since the update? I heard it had more bugs but thought it could still be flown.

[@mjc8281]

@@thecorporatepilotdad I haven't had any luck with mine since October when update 5 came out... I'm guessing if you totally hand fly it you could get it to work but pretty much touching anything in the cockpit crashes it. Loving having a twin to be honest now looking forward to someone doing a 310

[@thecorporatepilotdad]

@@mjc8281 That is too bad about the Mooney. Any word from Carenado with a fix? I would love to see more airplanes on FS2020. I've seen some videos on upcoming aircraft and there seem to be a lot on the way. I would love to see a Cessna 421. That was one of the first twins I flew for hire in real life and would love to see one on FS2020.

[@mjc8281]

@@thecorporatepilotdad Carenado have sent a patch to Asobo for the Mooney(maybe 2 weeks ago). However, that was before update 6 so its anyone's guess if it will fix the problems(when Asobo add into the game), my guess is, as you mentioned in your video...update 6 broke some of the features of PA-44 so I'm guessing we will need a second patch(along with a PA-44)looking at the current MSFS roadmap they are talking about an update on the 23rd Dec so.. we can look forward to everything being very broken for Christmas!

[@thecorporatepilotdad]

@@mjc8281 That is funny but true. We get a big patch and everyone gets some new features or scenery but then people start figuring out things are massively broken in other areas. FS2020 patches are the gifts that keep on giving.

[@z0688]

Well, its been a very busy few weeks at work. Planning on sitting down with the PA-44. Looks like this is a real good starting point!

[@thecorporatepilotdad]

Hopefully things are slower for you now so you can sit and play FS2020 until you can't take it anymore.

[@kokoeteantigha389]

My rudders on this bird are so twirly it's like dancing and doing a piroutte down the runway at each take off and landing.

[@thecorporatepilotdad]

Some airplanes are extreme sensitive on rudder control. Overall, all the airplanes in MSFS have overly sensitive rudder control. Rudder setting for each airplane can be adjusted down below where the aircraft livery selection is located. Reducing rudder effectiveness for the particular airplane might fix the problem some.

[@marshall1864]

I like all your videos. Just one question: Shouldn't you be pitching for blue line speed on climbout and GA? I don't see you emphasizing this. Is there some reason not to that's specific to the type--i.e. contrarotating props?

[@thecorporatepilotdad]

Personally, yes I agree with you about going to blue line. I was taught that in my M.E. training back in the day. I just followed what the Piper checklist said as close as I could in FS2020.

[@AussieAircraft98]

Easiest answer, climbout at 105 knots simply looks after the engines, more airflow over the engines, cools them down alot (especially on 40 degree australian days!)! in my time flying the seminole i rarely did any climbing at 88knots unless absolutely necessary to be honest. Hope this helps!

[@Henkerhaus]

What airport are you flying out of? (Nice Scenery :)

[@thecorporatepilotdad]

The airport is Port Clinton (PCW) in northern Ohio on the shores of Lake Erie. Put-In-Bay (3W2) is one of the more popular islands to the north of Port Clinton. Most of the small islands there have airports on them. Pelee Island is a few miles to the north in Canada.

[@Henkerhaus]

Are the Ammeters not working correctly? You have 50 amps before turning anything on. At 2:45, when you start the left engine, the ammeters drop to zero, and are at zero at your alternator output check at 5:44. At 16:43 when you shut off RH engine, amps go back to 50. When you shut down the Left engine, ammeters go to full scale high, then back to 50 amps when fully shut down again.

[@thecorporatepilotdad]

They are broken. Carenado knows about that one.

[@marshall1864]

I’ve not flown multi, but even in the sim I live in such fear of twin pistons trying to kill me, I would never fly anyplace that demanded max angle. I barely rotate, let it fly off on its own and climb initially at blue line or better. I guess I’ll never put a Baron into a short field, IRL. Then again, I’ll never stall/spin in one. What is it they say about piston twins merely taking you to the crash site that much faster? :) Keep up the vids!

[@thecorporatepilotdad]

That's why I left out short field procedures. The rotation speed was even slower on the checklist (70). Stay as far away from Vmc as possible. It's all for flight sim but I try to keep everything by the book as much as I can.

[@buikhan]

msfs in cockpit checklist for this plane is available now on nexusmod website.

[@TodorRashkov]

would you share a link? I searched but failed ;(

[@viccabrales3091]

A link would be appreciated.

[@thespartanmk1]

I don't get it. For me the controls are really stuff. Like, full left or right roll on the yoke and the plane just kinda gently starts to roll on that direction. Pitch is fine, but it just won't roll at all. I can't find a single reference to this problem anywhere .

[@alessiolucchesi814]

very very useful video! Thanks!

[@thecorporatepilotdad]

Glad you found it useful. I have the checklists in the description. You can find actual checklists for the airplane if you Google search PA-44 POH and look in section 3 and 4. 3 is emergency procedures and 4 is normal procedures.

[@FlyIslandGuy]

Bought this plane today and was excited to try it out but instead I got a bunch of crash to desktops and the autopilot worked sporadically. In fact, before i gave up altogether, selecting heading holding or nav literally caused the plane to start doing barrel rolls and eventually crashed into the ground. Not sure what happened there but I feel like I wasted $20...any ideas?

[@thecorporatepilotdad]

What did you do to get CTDs? If you're going too fast while opening the pilot side window or the main door it will crash. It used to crash if the visor was pulled down. Are you running the latest update of FS2020? For the AP, are you flipping the AP master switch on? If not, make sure you turn it on, center the heading bug, the hit heading mode selector and see if the airplane turns with adjustments in the heading bug.

[@thecorporatepilotdad]

If that doesn't work, contact Carenado and try to get it to work. It's a great airplane for FS2020. I played it constantly until I bought the Mooney.

[@FlyIslandGuy]

The first two times it crashed (To desktop i.e. Microsoft Flight Simulator just exited with no warning) while I was trying to enter a flight plan into the garmin GPS. Basically crashed adding waypoints. The second crash (i.e. the plane hit the ground..lol) was when I tried engage the Heading mode and nav made right after take off. The first time (when I hit heading mode) the plane barrell rolled and I recovered...the second time. I tried to disable FD/AP Master and reenable it and tried again and the same thing happened (I just let the plane plummet to the ground this time).

[@FlyIslandGuy]

@@thecorporatepilotdad I have the steam installation so I basically can't play until the new updates have installed. I should be on the latest version

[@redbox360]

i hope next update, dev will add checklist into msfs like default plane

[@thecorporatepilotdad]

They have the ipad modeled on the yoke. I have no idea why they didn't put the whole checklist on that ipad.

[@buikhan]

How do you get those two pilots in the cockpit? They are not msfs default.

[@thecorporatepilotdad]

I was wondering that same thing a few minutes ago when I was flying the PA-44 and I do not know. Sometimes, there is just the one pilot and other times there is another person up front. I'll have to look into it.

[@Heyemeyohsts]

I have mine set to two white guys in the cockpit

[@CCitis]

What are your PC specs and Graphics settings? Maybe do a video for that?

[@thecorporatepilotdad]

I have an i9 processor 9900KF 16GB memory with 1.48TB HD and NVIDIA RTX2080 Super. I run everything on ultra.

[@CCitis]

@@thecorporatepilotdad Nice. What kind of FPS do you get? Btw, if you have a hankering for the Mooney Ovation it is on sale in the marketplace. I’m a real world GA pilot, and it’s pretty darn good. Also, who doesn’t like 190 knots over the ground at 13.5 GPH!

[@thecorporatepilotdad]

@@CCitis I do not know my FPS but it is high. I can run FS2020 and Adobe Premiere and other stuff at the same time and it doesn't slow down. The only time it slows down a tiny bit is when my kids are playing VR and I am playing FS2020 at the same time. I might have to look at that Mooney. I never flew a Mooney in real life. I've flown about every Cessna and Piper single and some 400 series Cessna aircraft and then went into jets. I miss the fun flying in piston engine airplanes a lot.

[@CCitis]

@@thecorporatepilotdad The Mooney seems very well done. I haven’t flown one in real life either. It’s not perfect, but it’s pretty good if you have a need for speed and want single engine steam gauge. Good touring machine. 40 percent off right now! There’s your next set of videos

[@thecorporatepilotdad]

@@CCitis I thought about that but so many people have already done the Mooney. If a person doesn't get in quick they miss out on reviews and lots of views. I think I will snag that up for myself for another early Christmas present! I am waiting for the WACO YMF by Carenado to be released.

[@Heyemeyohsts]

How come the aux fuel pumps are on the entire time

[@thecorporatepilotdad]

They should be off in cruise. It was probably an oversight. That video is two years old so I have no other idea why they were left on.

[@Heyemeyohsts]

@@thecorporatepilotdad Roger

[@Heyemeyohsts]

@@thecorporatepilotdad I am doing multi training currently on a beech travelair so I am trying to use the ms sim to replicate the exact steps I do in real life

[@thecorporatepilotdad]

​@@Heyemeyohsts Enjoy the multi-engine training. My ME training was in a Piper Apache that rented for 133 an hour (wet). Twin prices are insane nowadays. FlySimWare has made a really good Cessna 414 for MSFS. It's hard for any aircraft in MSFS to be totally realistic, but that one is pretty good.

[@Heyemeyohsts]

@@thecorporatepilotdad I have that 414. It is sweet . It’s the only airplane on msfs where the mixture works sort of like real life . I am getting stuck learning the multi irl.

[@Heyemeyohsts]

That is Putin’s airport! Are you from the area?

[@thecorporatepilotdad]

Is that a typo or did you intend to type Putin? I did live in that area at one point.

[@Heyemeyohsts]

@@thecorporatepilotdad Putin Bay! I fly there quite often

[@thecorporatepilotdad]

@@Heyemeyohsts I haven’t been there in 20 years. When I started flying the runway was gravel and had a dog leg in it. It’s an awesome area to fly in during the summer.

[@Heyemeyohsts]

@@thecorporatepilotdad that was before my time . I go there often . It’s all nice asphalt like the sim! Best bang for my buck for 100$ burger type of deals . Port Clinton is totally redone with a restaurant and museum also if you have not heard .

[@thecorporatepilotdad]

@@Heyemeyohsts I did not know that Port Clinton was renovated with a restaurant and a museum. I have been to PIB quite a few times years ago since the runway was redone.