Beginners Guide to X-Plane 11 | How To Get Started

[@TheFlightSimDeck]

0:28 Graphic Settings 1:38 Hardware Setup 3:52 Starting A Flight 7:08 Best Freeware Hub 7:36 Better Pushback 10:02 Improve Airport Ground Textures 10:33 Camera Addon 12:50 My Tutorial Videos 12:59 How to Get the Zibo Mod 737-800 13:47 How to Connect with Vatsim (online ATC + Traffic) 14:55 Excellent Free Scenery Options 16:38 Adding Real World Weather 17:06 How to install Addons

[@NinoElsKill]

hello i just got xplane 11 but i have a problem of sceneries. Can u please help me out on how i can download the global sceneries atleast, maybe europe or usa please....my game is realy limited....en feels like sucking,,....

[@aaalm8724]

How to get a320 plane?

[@TheFlightSimDeck]

@@aaalm8724 This is the best one: store.x-plane.org/A320-Ultimate_p_688.html This one is decent too jardesign.org/a320/

[@mikejw58]

@@TheFlightSimDeck $90. ! ! ! Will it take me to Florida? Literally

[@damionmorrison8479]

How to setup add on in xplane 11

[@dylanshields4248]

“ this is better pushback, what it does, is make the pushback so much better” -FlightSimDeck 2019

[@bobbyrutz9402]

Tremendous!

[@AvCenterAviation]

This is the best X Plane tutorial I've ever seen! Thank Yo so much!

[@allaboutstatus]

agreed!!!

[@nityamgandhi25]

Exactly correct

[@yulott]

True True True..

[@alexzap1450]

Yes

[@ery9077]

Yes

[@abu1950]

This guy is god sent.Thanks for all the hard work and time you put into this.

[@randoseworld5557]

I just got X Plane 11 and I didn't have an idea of what to do. Your tutorial helped a lot!!

[@josephjallad-eg4iw]

I just wanted come back to the video that made me get addicted to flight simming… I was a complete beginner when I first watched this video 3 years ago… and now I have more than 2,000 flying hours. Last year, I learned about VatSim and now I am more involved in the flight simming world than I ever imagined. Thank you very much my dear sir. ❤️ Edit: I also watched your complete tutorial on the Zibo 737 back in the day, and that was the first ever aircraft that I completely learned how to fly… I still remember my first full flight… and I can never forget how happy I was after performing my first landing 🥹

[@jeremycarlisle9895]

Thank you for taking the time to make this very informative video. I've been operating with MSFS since 1998 and finally making the switch over to something completely new and different. (mostly for the FlightFactor A350, better sceneries, and performance, IMO). This video is a huge help. Thanks again!

[@TheFlightSimDeck]

You’re very welcome! Always here if you have any additional questions.

[@martinrobitaille5281]

This is the best tutorial. Thank you for this. If you have the opportunity could you instruct newbies as to how to set up communication with tower please.

[@btaylo24]

Thanks for doing this. New to XP11 from P3d and still trying to find my way around.

[@grahamball364]

I’ve just found your channel and I’m new to x plane , your video on how to ,has been very helpful and I look forward to your next video. Graham .

[@blake_4x185]

is the boeing 737-800 come with x plane or do you need ot buy it within the game.

[@Ash_18037]

Appreciate the video, I learned about a couple of useful looking mods. However as a beginner the video wasn't as helpful as I'd hoped. It would have been great to see the start to end process of installing/setup the game, selecting a relatively simple plane such as the Cessna and actually showing us the bare minimum controls needed to takeoff and land the plane. I know NOTHING about flying a Cessna, but with a little time, trial and error I was able to be able to take off and land using only knowledge of the controls for brake, throttle, rudder, flaps and trim. As you can see from other recent comments here, a lot of beginners take one look at the complexity of a commercial jet control panel and run away. The Cessna may not be as "cool" but its much more fun to get a plane in the air and safely down again then spending 30 mins looking at settings and control dials.

[@Ranveer_Singh_sangha03]

THANK YOU, MY MAN, YOU ARE THE BOSS

[@mcsstudios101]

just got it. this really helped. Thank you!

[@anubhavtewari9245]

just went to your website and man do i just freaking love it. those checklists are just

[@kjvoller]

I have been using FSX for about 15 years. I downloaded XPlane 11 over a year ago but couldn’t seem to do what I could get from FSX ( with a lot of add ons I might add) and have been wanting to give it another go. So thank you very much for these tutorials etc. It really has inspired my get going with XPlane. I was surprised at some of the choice of add ons available.

[@747-pilot]

I have the latest version of XPlane 11 (have also used FSX in the distant past), and was shocked how incredibly bad the scenery was in some places (specifically the San Francisco bay area). The golden gate bridge , for instance, does not look anything like it looks in the real world (the sim represents it just as a line, not even the arches are there), and the "squarish" and "jagged" textures do not look realistic at all. The bay area is where I live, and also where I typically do my ACTUAL flying in the real world, in a 172M. In the sim, the entire thing looks as if someone had just pasted a few "squares" there. I'm not sure if something is wrong with my XPlane copy or if it is just supposed to be that way! I don't recall the original FSX being this terrible!

[@allaboutstatus]

took me some months but thank you for this video....a nice handy tutorial. You havent lost your touch mate. Still so good at these!

[@DoubleTeaMedia]

I have 2,444.4 hours on FSX steam edition, no telling how many on the original version, and my computer went kuput. I finally got a replacement years later and it came in today. Steam had XP11 on sale for 30 bucks and I've really been wanting to try it.

[@JosephSeabourne]

Thank you so much for this! I currently don't even have.a PC so I'm stuck to Infinite Flight on my iPad... I mean, love it but think it's time I take the next step. This video was very helpful!

[@TheFlightSimDeck]

Appreciate it! I check my comments regularly so if you have any additional questions once you get going I will do my best to answer.

[@adesojiadebisi3477]

You are limited in what can be done on an iPad though, especially when it comes to simulations 🤔. Hope you have managed to get a PC ( I would have suggested a desktop, because you have the advantage of going for a large monitor; mine is 27inches). ?

[@lelie4221]

do the things on x plane org work on mac?

[@Chris-kj3bp]

Greetings from Roland Park, Baltimore. Thanks for putting this together!

[@TheFlightSimDeck]

Hello all the way in Baltimore. Thanks for watching!

[@hondarider100r]

Got it downloading now. Been playing DCS. This should be fun.

[@benroorda826]

I was really struggling, thank you very much

[@rbsims6376]

Thanks for this. I'm brand new to X Plane and this is the best tutorial I've seen so far. I like your website, too. I Think I'm sub....In fact, I just did....

[@TheFlightSimDeck]

RbSims thank you so much!

[@Senor0Droolcup]

This is exactly what I needed thank you.

[@matthewangeloenao1928]

Thank you

[@johnhearn65]

I recently switched to xplane from p3d and this helped me a bunch thank you alot

[@llMurcielagoll]

Fantastic guide, love it! I've been flying Xp11 since its beta and I wish this video existed back then, would have saved me tons of time figuring things out. Also, X-Camera explains a lot why I suddenly lost my camera presets, at the time I started using I saved a bunch of views and took a while to pull them off, and when I started the game after a longtime they suddenly disappeared. They went out of their way to change the free version to force people to buy their premium version.

[@scottskinner577]

Great guide. Im new to this, but loving it so much. Been on FSX for years. All those hours didnt prepare me for this lol Now to learn full start procedures so i can fly something besides the L5 😎

[@TheFlightSimDeck]

Scott Skinner sounds exciting! It will all catch on eventually like everything else. Can be a little discouraging at first. I’ve been there.

[@pavelpavlov7718]

Really nice beginners guide to X-plane

[@husky-xu2ow]

Ive got xplane 11 had it for awhile.very complicated so not played it much.This will help me keep the how to vids coming please helps alot.👍👍👍

[@mohyla103]

Thanks for X-Planing all this for us.

[@jncm1945]

This is really good way to start thanks for sharing

[@adesojiadebisi3477]

Thanks for this video. I can finally start enjoying X-Plane 11👍

[@TheFlightSimDeck]

That makes me happy, enjoy your new simulator!

[@adesojiadebisi3477]

@@TheFlightSimDeck : Still wondering why it took me this long to try out X-Plane 11 though 🤔. I guess the 'blame' goes to the lure of advertisement. I got the game on steam, a week or so after buying FSX:SE, but I didn't have any controller then, at it was easier to use the keyboard. It less than 2 days of watching your video ( plus hints from a few sources), I was able to do the following; * Install a livery for the default 737-800(I have the ZIBO Mod too). * Start the default 737-800 from 'cold and dark', using the flow from another video that I saw, after watching yours. * Carried out a test flight ( KMCO - KMCO ) at FL5000. The 'Better Pushback' is really handy. I couldn't get the 5th folder ( to update the ZIBO MOD), but I managed to get the ZIBO Updater working. I guess I am going to stick to Boeing on X-Plane 11, and stick with Airbus on FSX: SE 🙂

[@_rxkii4962]

My birthday is in like 2 days and I'm getting this, thanks a lot for the tutorial!!

[@TheFlightSimDeck]

Thank you, and happy early birthday!

[@_rxkii4962]

@@TheFlightSimDeck thank you!

[@Jellybeantiger]

Best control setup in a flying simulation,so easy to use.

[@paulwalker4639]

I am going to add XPlane once I get my new computer next month, I will be contacting you for help lol thanks for this great video!!

[@TheFlightSimDeck]

Paul Walker sounds good, I’ll be here!

[@paulwalker4639]

@@TheFlightSimDeck thank you so much, and thanks for that video, that is making me want to get X Plane 11

[@nlhockey286]

5:26 can you select approaches? And I thought there was a Dash 8 in the sim???

[@TheFlightSimDeck]

Unfortunately you can't add STARs. All you can do is add 3 mile or 10 mile lined up approach with a runway you choose. There is a Dash 8: store.x-plane.org/Dash-8-Q400-Legacy_p_78.html

[@nlhockey286]

@@TheFlightSimDeck OK yeah that’s what I was asking! Thanks 😊

[@OfficialAn6re]

You are amazing! Thank you!!

[@robedmunds7163]

Thanks. Was going for fs2020 but did not have a 3k gaming computer. Was worried about xplanes scenery, but can see with a bit if work it can be pretty good.

[@qulrz5170]

How do you get that ipad to the left of the plane cockpit with all those simple interactions? I want that, its not in the plane i have now..

[@dominicboatman8819]

great tutorial and you sound like kermit i love it

[@TheFlightSimDeck]

Hahaha someone else said that too.

[@khexi5149]

00:15 what mod does this kind of water induction thing come with? Looks cool and I’m sure it comes with more

[@TheFlightSimDeck]

That’s part for X-Plane 11 when it rains. I never added anything for that.

[@khexi5149]

@@TheFlightSimDeck I look pretty stupid, I realized it’s just apart of the visual effects in graphics settings

[@i_amthearteest4129]

Hey, thanks for this tutorial it has been a big help!

[@raftrask9540]

at 28 seconds in you begin but I can't get to that point and xplane 11 support only gives help to buy more stuff. is there anywhere I can get to the help I need to get to the settings screen? the data base was no help either.

[@josneira1827]

my first actual flight as i like to challenge myself so i have just come across a situation flying heatheow to Las Palmas (Gran Canaria) and at first wasn't too disasterous missed my vor flighplan somewhat but was cruising ssw at 40000 ft, autopilot was on then the aircraft wouldn't stop pitching upwards think i accidentally pressen the elevator trim, despite me trying to push the nose down desperately... it was just giving me audio warnings ie stickshaker if i of had a device that had ff, anyway managed to resolve the issue... least i thought i had.. again pressed the wrong button configured to a 2nd device.. accidently triggered the mixture to drop and i think all the engines went out....but now for some reason everything went pitch black?, i even tried the nvg's and i still can't see a thing... outside view of aircraft looks like there might be in ice?, but still why should everything go dark? noway i can restart the engines if i can't see.. even the nvg..though it's not night playing in realtime somewhere over France i think. and dawn had broke....yep i'' repeat this was my first flight...p going to try and reload see if the situation is the same.........glitch bug?, surely this isn't meant to happen is it?...i have failures on random but much less % chance than default

[@GHRabani]

I have downloaded the better pushback unzip the file and added the folder into plugins but still not working. Am i missing something hear?

[@franzhalaschek-wiener594]

Can you explain why the Logitech Flight Yoke System does not respond in X-Plane 11.55 running on Windows 10 though the Switch Panel, Radio Panel and the FIP respond just fine in the sim? I have been working on this for weeks and can’t make any positive resolve.

[@RobAviation8225]

i am going to be getting xplane 11 so these tips are really helpful

[@cwwisk]

Thank you so much. If you are sponsored, you just sold a flight sim bundle! If you're not sponsored, I think that should change (cough, cough...).

[@leohyped8208]

blury texts in cockpit i cant read what it says is there any way to fix it?

[@jimroberts8140]

Senior multi-eng pilot but new to X-Plane11 so this tutorial and your web site are a big help...THANKS. Note: The link to X-Camera, in your recommended plug-ins list, is not working for me.

[@xNightflyerx]

Great vid!

[@yourpakistaniavgeek7489]

Omg! You helped me A lot thanks!

[@MagnumMike44]

My system (a new build) has an i9 9900K 3.6 GHZ (overclocked to almost 5 GHZ) liquid-cooled processor, 64 GB of DDR4 RAM, a GEForce GTX 1080ti 11 GB graphics card, 2 seperate SSD drives, a 500 GB SATA that has Windows 10 Pro and a 1 TB SSD NVME that has X-Plane 11 installed on it. Add-ons tend to take up a lot of space but you'll need them in order to get something that looks decent. With my system I get an average of 35 to 70 FPS and that's with all graphics settings at high or maximum.

[@eaglegames4840]

where can u buy the joystick and the throttle?

[@saibaldas5073]

best video ever keep up ur goodwork

[@ashwinshajan4474]

Bro will the ski windshield effect work on xplane 11 11.53 update? ........coz its note showing any rain particles when i turn it to ski

[@5ksubcriberswithoutanyvide877]

Thanks man. that helped me a lot

[@stephanemetellus4261]

Best tut ever

[@Gvlogs200]

Thinking about getting it, thanks!

[@DylanHK]

So I have a question. Is there like an online mode, or global mode, where you play with others + ATC? Or is it exclusively solo?

[@TheFlightSimDeck]

DylanHK yes check out 13:47. You will need to download xsquawkbox and this will connect you to the Vatsim Network. It’s a network of people flying online and also ATC coverage.

[@anubhavtewari9245]

Also can you tell me if the CH product flight sim yoke would work fine with xplane 11 or not?

[@puretrouble1603]

Why is the control panel in the 172 so dark? I can’t find anyway to lighten it up. Any suggestions?

[@TheFlightSimDeck]

There are some light knobs above the trim wheel that might brighten it a bit.

[@alfietuerto]

Thanks for that video my friend, really helpfull!

[@shaunshattuck952]

Great video for a newbie like me. Can you tell me if the ZIBOO mod cann be used on a Mac desktop using Catalina. It seems as though only. Windows users have input.

[@aviationandcoasterkid8446]

it takes me to a google forum for the 737, and i have to request acsess sooooooooo im just gonna leave that onbe out for now

[@aedale1]

Great video! Very useful, thank you.

[@Patrykkawa]

Thx so helpful

[@suttonflorer7258]

I have trouble with staying straight on takeoff I’m using a Logitech side stick Is there a way to bind auto rudder on takeoff

[@TheFlightSimDeck]

I don't think they offer auto rudder in this one. But they sort of do... I've heard if you unmap the rudder controls XP11 will attempt to do it for you.

[@Hedgeflexlfz]

Great video, thanks

[@drivertwo5250]

Are you on imac

[@dhblan8591]

can you use a game pad on the PC such as Box or similar?

[@TheFlightSimDeck]

Yes it will work with a controller.

[@ceoofairfrancevirtualrfs7066]

Bc of this im subscribing rigth away

[@The-Veteran-Investor]

Very good tutorial.

[@markgriffin2285]

I would like to use my keyboard. But how do I steer the plane left or right? And how do I go up and down with the keyboard? Help!

[@TheFlightSimDeck]

I've seen people do it with the mouse.

[@veloz7860]

Started off good but then the video veered way off into plug ins. I still don't know how to start a flight and get off the ground!

[@luvlipstickkisses]

I've seen in various reviews that in installation there is no "key". That to use X plane you have to put disc 1 in the disc drive. Is this true?

[@themupproductions2273]

So, I have a Toshiba Windows 7. I downloaded it to my computer. When I got it to run, it going to start the tutorial. When it was there it just froze on the screen. I dont know if there is a certain Graphic machine to biy or anything like that. All I want to do is just get it running

[@TheFlightSimDeck]

The Mup Productions what Toshiba model is it?

[@themupproductions2273]

@@TheFlightSimDeck PSKA8U-01T00R Is the number

[@Denz420]

Thanks man its helping me for more realism

[@FlyJSimXP]

Pretty good tutorial... thanks for sharing!

[@connorsmith1531]

Can a monitor play this with a HP 27fw Full HD 27" IPS LCD Monitor - White

[@H3nles]

Do you neer a steeringwheel for this game of dan you plat Whit a controller or keyboard???

[@anbrod1]

Just got the Demo xplane11, in the Joystick device it only shows my Hotas Warthog trhottel and not my Joy stik, for configuration, is that because it is a Demo version you think??

[@TheFlightSimDeck]

It could be that it's the demo but I'm not sure. If you unplug the throttle does it recognize the joystick? Possibly needs an additional driver.

[@MidhannAhuja]

do we need the plane joystick or can we use mouse and keyboard or an xbox controller?

[@TheFlightSimDeck]

Midhann Ahuja you can use mouse keyboard and Xbox controller. Best with a stick, but those work too.

[@Unknwon__now]

How do you turn the lighting knobs of the plane faster?

[@TheFlightSimDeck]

Hover until the turn symbol appears then hold right click.

[@Unknwon__now]

@@TheFlightSimDeck ok thanks

[@Unknwon__now]

@@TheFlightSimDeck it still didn’t work

[@TheFlightSimDeck]

@@Unknwon__now what plane are we talking about?

[@Unknwon__now]

@@TheFlightSimDeck 737-800 zibo mod(device used is HP Pavilion x360 Convertible)

[@rymdskrotet]

Feeling stupid when trying to understand the basics of flight planning, how VOR's working, difference between this and that etc. I need at very good tutorial, and I will look on yours now and see what I need to learn. I want to know how its in real life, and start with the cessna (how to plan a flight with that) and move on to bigger planes. But i do really need to understand the planning and all the things thats incorporated with that.

[@reshadamiry8639]

how can we plan a flight in this simulator? for example, taking off from one airport traveling and landing in another one and stuff like that?

[@TheFlightSimDeck]

Reshad Amiry I think I’ll do a video about this.

[@garywslentz5924]

How do you launch program after it is in stalled ?

[@TheFlightSimDeck]

Have to locate the .exe file for it. Should have added one to the desktop. If not just search x-plane 11 on the drive you installed it on.

[@junesondrab3833]

New user here..does X Plane have options to set difficulty level, and/or throw in plane malfunctions, to teach how to handle unforseen problems that may arise?

[@TheFlightSimDeck]

Welcome! There isn’t really any difficultly settings, but it does have a great failure system. You can setup many failures to trigger at certain times, altitudes, or you can assign a button to trigger the failure.

[@Tee-zt4wr]

Im Back, wow the varjo aero vr really looks good IN X-PLANE. Im maxed out in msfs with rtx 3090 4.0 cpu ect. and all the tricks and fixes but still jitterery yikes. I tryed ms but really enjoy X-PLANE again

[@JL-je5dm]

I’m tired of flying with the same airline company , how do I install more airline companies?

[@thekentishtrainspotter3052]

Are these specs ok? Ram: 16GB GDDR3 Processor: intel i7-2600K Graphic card: GTX 1650 4GB Windows: windows 10 64 bit directx11

[@plumey6278]

How do you add a checklist ?

[@MexicanRacoonRBLX]

Can you play it on /keyboard/ or a /controller/?

[@user-rf4vc7mt4d]

mister6x sceneries can't be downloaded anymore, check out the website and hit download. There is a message explaining why they don't give new downloads.

[@user-rf4vc7mt4d]

but I found it on forums-xplane anyways

[@ranginator]

The jagged shadows can easily be solved with FlywithLua. It's a little fps eater but the result its a lot better.

[@TheFlightSimDeck]

Rui Silva I tried that too at one point and it was still doing it. It ended up being my zoom level with the camera. I was starting to notice that when I zoomed in past a certain point they would become that way and when I backed up they smoothed out. I’ll try Lua again though. This was a year or two ago.

[@aramis839]

I play on phone I cant seem to travel it says afta rabit in caps OUT OF BOWNDS

[@husarmapping8460]

Hey i only have a joystick can i start only with that setup or do i need more hardware to have any sense in this?

[@TheFlightSimDeck]

Husar Mapping a joystick will work fine.

[@husarmapping8460]

The Flight Sim Deck ;D

[@iamzat747]

What do you recommend for that airplane steering wheel or what it's called there. And what else do you need for it there

[@TheFlightSimDeck]

I'd recommend rudder pedals or a flight stick that swivels right to left. www.amazon.com/Extreme-3D-Pro-Joystick-Windows/dp/B00009OY9U/ref=asc_df_B00009OY9U/?tag=hyprod-20&linkCode=df0&hvadid=242012519199&hvpos=1o2&hvnetw=g&hvrand=15173354533938594237&hvpone=&hvptwo=&hvqmt=&hvdev=c&hvdvcmdl=&hvlocint=&hvlocphy=9051519&hvtargid=aud-800640527683:pla-365326647739&psc=1

[@eriiis2231]

Do the add-ons and plug ins affect frame rate? I use an RX580 and Ryzen 7 2700x.

[@user-rf4vc7mt4d]

some do

[@JamieElvisGass]

Does a PlayStation thrustmaster work with this sim?