Carenado B1900D COMPLETE Cold & Dark Tutorial for XP11.10+

Due to the major changes with X-Plane 11.10, we re-do the Cold & Dark tutorial for the Carenado B1900D, as the previous tutorial I made is now obsolete.
v11.10
HD Mesh v4
SkyMaxx Pro v4.6
Carenado B1900D for XP11
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[@Bearviation]

I've had the 1900D for quite some time and have watched this countless times. I'm a poor learner these days but your video was quick, to-the-point, and now I'm enjoying the hec out of this plane! Thank you for this video very much. The 1900D is fast-becoming a favorite of mine as well.

[@TheTallTurtle]

I am so very glad that this was helpful for you! It's a great plane, one of Carenado's best, but there isn't much instruction out there.

[@gordongrant3242]

Impressive. Thanks so much. At this point I have 68 steps in on my B1900 Pre-Takeoff

[@michaellevesque9053]

Carenado, in my version of the B1900D, has still not fixed the recog and tail flood light position issue prior to start up. Thanks for the video. It helped me to put together a checklist!

[@mikepapahotel]

Great job! I was about to hit the buy button over xplane.org but wanted to check if there were any good quality cold & dark tutes first - then I found yours and the decision was easy. Thank you, I really appreciate your effort and I'm really looking forward to flying this plane... 😊

[@TheTallTurtle]

I am glad you liked the video! The only oddity to be aware of for now is that if you land with throttles completely at idle, you will get sucked into the ground at the last moment, regardless of your speed or flare. The workaround for now is to land with throttles engaged about 1/4 way, then you can land perfectly smoothly. Carenado is aware of this and is working on a fix, but Laminar keeps messing with the way props work with every update to the sim. I demonstrate the "issue" in my "Transcontinental Series - Leg 17" video, but then I demonstrate a perfect landing with throttles engaged slightly in a video currently being edited called "Lake Victoria, Africa." Look for both of these videos if you are having issues landing. Most KZbinrs and Twitch streamers claim there is no issue and say that you are supposed to land with throttles engaged in real life, thus the model is perfectly fine, however I have a real life turboprop pilot friend, and he says that you always land with throttles at idle in real life. Interesting disparity between simmers and a real life pilot!

[@mikepapahotel]

Thanks for the tip! I started watching your Transcontinental series - up to leg 5. :) My eldest son has a few thousand hours flying heavies for Virgin Australia and spent several years on small/medium pistons after his training, then turbos before moving to e-jets and finally the big boys. He agrees with you about the touchdown throttle setting - his philosophy is that during the perfect landing you should be at idle power, then if you your speed is right and you judge your flair right, you should literally float down to the ground in what is effectively a controlled stall over those last few feet. Of course he also says that this is the "holy grail" scenario, and whilst it being the goal for every landing for every pilot, it isn't achieved as often as they would like due to the those factors outside the pilot's control. Anyhow I just followed your cold and dark video again (4th time), but this time went all the way and started my first flight from YSSY to YBCG (Sydney - Gold Coast). I've just turned on the AP so now it's time to make a cuppa and settle in. Bye for now... Mike :)

[@TheTallTurtle]

I am glad you are enjoying the series! There are a lot of beautiful moments in that series, as well as some pretty embarrassing, cringe-worthy ones!

[@DaugBiscuit]

Ah, a really good instructive tutorial, I purchased and flew the B1900 in X-Plane 10. I recently purchased the X-Plane 11 version and am anxious to follow your tutorial and apply every point. I will most likely use you Cold & Dark instructions to build a clist.txt to work with Bill Sprakers Xcheklist tool. I normally do this for my favorite planes. Again, thank you.

[@bdavis7263]

Nice Cold And Dark tutorial. Thanks.

[@TheTallTurtle]

I am glad you found it helpful!

[@DavidIdeaMachine]

Don't take off with FULL power. 5000 torque is a transient limitation and is only good for 20 seconds. Takeoff power is 3950 ft lbs, which is good for 5 minutes as you said.

[@gingerball]

Great tutorial! Carenado should hire you to write their manuals

[@TheTallTurtle]

Thank you for your kind words and support of the channel!

[@kotonizna]

unless he learns how to trash all his unimportant yada-yada craps out of his tuts. Make a straight to the point step by step guide the will save time and electricity and bandwidth.

[@percyhornickel]

@@kotonizna If you can do something better just do it.

[@YankeeEcho]

Thanks Arc...great stuff:)

[@TheTallTurtle]

Thanks for your support of the channel!

[@ft2bme]

Thanks for this tutorial! I threw out my checklist because I like yours better. Incidentally, on the gyro issue, NoJoe posted an alternative for the Cessna 208 that works well on the 1900D as well, so you don’t have to worry about synching the compasses anymore. forums.x-plane.org/index.php?/forums/topic/131063-heading-carenado-c208-xp1110b1/#elComment_1260435

[@Sergey6838]

Thanks for the best guide !!!

[@TheTallTurtle]

Glad you enjoyed it!

[@marlo2198]

Hi. Do you need Xplane 11 to run this game? And What are some other minimum equipment and/or software that you need to run this simulator ? Thanks in advance.

[@TheTallTurtle]

Yep, X-plane 11. I don't know the minimum requirements anymore; you'll have to look it up on their site.

[@spagroen]

Thank you, this was helpful!

[@mauromarquet701]

Excelente video!! Thanks! What should I do when I turn on the "CABIN ALT HI" signal?

[@TheTallTurtle]

Play with the smaller dial to the left of the Alt select for cabin pressure between the pilots' seats. It's not a perfect representation of the cabin pressure system, so you have to stretch your imagination a bit. :)

[@b.h1362]

plase help the ap doesnt work i put nav ap eng and it does not follow the track

[@TheTallTurtle]

I will try to do a tutorial on AP/NAV/GPS, etc in this aircraft.

[@veggieov3035]

Is the approach and descent self explanatory ?

[@TheTallTurtle]

yep! Nothing out of the ordinary.

[@philipm7054]

Why do you turn the standby pumps on and auto ignition on to start the engines? Also I wouldnt be going to high idle until the engine is at idle especialy if the engine is still hot. This happens automatically when you select start. Also it is better to turn the battery on before external power. This ensures the avionics relay is powered off making sure nothing gets a voltage spike when selecting external power. I was a mechanic on these for 8 years and thats how we were instructed.

[@TheTallTurtle]

I'm just going off the Carenado checklist with some of my own nuances. I am aware that starting the REAL aircraft this way would likely cause some issues, but I don't consider this to be a study-level aircraft anyway. The sim is what you make of it, and I am not into the start-up process that deeply. I have friends who have flown this aircraft in real life, and while I have discussed landing processes with them, I never talked to them about starting up the aircraft. I guess I could take your real-life experience into account as well as my friends', but there are other areas of the sim I like to spend my time studying. This video is to get people started in the aircraft. They can take it to a deeper level if they'd like on their own from here. I thought I mentioned that in this video, but perhaps not. I do usually mention it each time I fly this plane these days, though. Thank you for your real-life comments!! I will take your real-life experience into account in the future! Nice to hear from a real-life mechanic!

[@philipm7054]

@@TheTallTurtle Thanks for the reply. I was just curious. We always used to question the pilots procedures on some things because as we knew the aircraft systems we thought they were doing it wrong. They thought we were wrong too because they were using the checklist.

[@TheTallTurtle]

@@philipm7054 I have definitely heard lots of stories of pilots vs. the mechanics! :)

[@johnorton6372]

Awesome Video thanks.... one thing I noticed was with the power management you didn't switch the volt meter bus to Gen once you switched off the external power. LOL minor I know but didn't detract from the process.

[@kotonizna]

start 2:50

[@MrPolska55]

Excellent

[@blake3865]

What yoke? Ch products with the throttle, prop, and mixture?? That’s what I have!

[@TheTallTurtle]

It's called the CH Eclipse.

[@andrew_culver]

Excellent video. Thanks. You mentioned that your checklist is based on the POH. Can you share a link to it for us?

[@TheTallTurtle]

Ooh, I'll have to search it out again and paste a link. I didn't bookmark it once I was done with my own checklist. I'll see what I can do!

[@furiosomalus]

Hi there. Thanks for this video. I am having an issue where this plane is draining only its left tank. I have tried putting the flow switch to the left and turning on pumps on right side only but no joy. It is not a gauge fault either as the plane is unstable out of A/P as if one side is heavier than the other. Has anyone else had this issue ?

[@valtterirantala6940]

Hello! I have broblems with B1900D's autopilot. When i turn autopilot on and i choose nav mode, it starts turning about heading 240. I have nav mode on gps and HDG mode off and it do same thing. Can you help me? PS: Good video!

[@TheTallTurtle]

XP11.10? It could be the gyro sync issue that is new to XP11.10; it will make your AP go nuts. Pay special attention starting at 8:58 in the video. I discuss this and how to "fix" it.

[@freightdawg6762]

You should re make this video with the new Update 1.2

[@percyhornickel]

Hi, this is a very nice and instructive video. About the B1900D could you please explain how to do this (slaving compass/cage/un-cage gyros): /// * 10. Standby Attitude Indicator & Copilot’s Electronic Altimeter (if installed) - CHECK NOTE When uncaging gyro, avoid snapping knob against indicator. When caging, use minimum amount of force. f. Cage Knob PULL AND ROTATE Clockwise To Cage. OFF Flag In View /// I find Carenado B1900D a little different of some others like F1 B200 with Garmin 1000 so I'm using FSX and having problems about how to or where to press to slave compass, where to cage/uncage gyros.. ...what that means??. I really apreciate some help with this. Thank you

[@andrefinken]

Nice Tutorial. But you must have a long External-Power-Cable :) Thank for the Compass-Info. That Bug really drove me mad.

[@spooledup8295]

Where did you get the POH?

[@TheTallTurtle]

Sadly, I am very bad about bookmarking things, but someone had linked me to it on the .org forums in one of the Carenado threads. I am sure it is buried very deep by now. If I run across it again, I will link it here. Sorry!

[@b.h1362]

plase do a video about the hdg bug

[@TheTallTurtle]

I will add that to my to-do list!

[@CanadianTexaninLiguria]

Oops, X-Plane. See Yah

[@TheTallTurtle]

Ha! MSFS2020 videos started yesterday. :)

[@Concorde707]

I fly a 1900 there’s a lot wrong here, if anyone has questions on it or power settings or something let me know

[@TheTallTurtle]

Yep, I know real B1900D pilots, too. We are at the mercy of the sim and the developer of the add-on aircraft, and we can only work with what we are given. And we all use the sim in different ways with different objectives, as well.

[@shyamhk]

Do I need to have generator on to test the AC power transfer switch?

[@divaldopatricio4843]

I works this airplane is a Nice aircraft

[@Yonlawlawlaw]

My autopilot doesnt engage

[@TheTallTurtle]

Do you have it mapped to a key on your keyboard or yoke? If so, it might require a different command to be mapped. Something changed for me along the way, so I just use AP engage and disengage within the sim for all the aircraft now instead of my yoke.

[@Yonlawlawlaw]

I solve it turnin on the BUS power switch @@TheTallTurtle

[@roadrunner0812]

Nice tutorial. Thank you! A bit disappointing that Carenado doesn´t provide a manual (POH). I have a problem to slave the GPS to the autopilot. Also the HDG switch only responds after I reset the generator connection (forgot the the proper name of the switch). Maybe someone has an idea what to do?

[@percyhornickel]

In the GPS you can press the CDI to slave/un-slave this device with the autopilot.

[@Concorde707]

There’s ALOT wrong In this video

[@TheTallTurtle]

We are at the mercy of the sim and the modeling of the developer. I know that you could in no way get a real B1900D going based on my video here, but we do what we can do with what we are given.

[@DC3Refom]

no mention of the performance defict running this aircraft tut meh

[@TheTallTurtle]

You mean I gave up calling it "the frame rate killer"? :D

[@thomaslee7005]

Thank you so much for the tutorial, nice one.