TWIN OTTER EXTENDED FOR FSX - FIRST IMPRESSIONS Pt 2

[@StarCitizenIrish]

Very nice video. I like the fact you manage to explain everything your are doing, while you do it, i find myself checking your channel everyday for new videos, and re watching your old ones ( i bought the PMDG 737 from watching your vids ) clear voice, everything explained, no loud music or notepad explanations. You got my sub and well earned too, keep up the good work.

[@frooglesim]

You are correct, just followed a direct to course on the GPS. The next flight uses VOR and flies a VOR/DME approach.

[@rll661]

Another excellent vid! Your impressions, plus stuff I've seen elsewhere onKZbin, makes me think Aerosoft got this flight model spot on. Another addition to my Christmas list!

[@casaamaril]

As always, highly enjoyable and educational...

[@iM399]

Yay, been waiting eagerly since part one!

[@frooglesim]

Normally routes in BAV have an 'official' recommendation on the flight plan, but we are free to override that with our own. In the case of this flight there was no official plan on file, so I decided to fly VFR at 9000. In the final event, the flight came in at 98% of the actual scheduled trip time, so I think I was pretty close - climbing higher would have considerably lengthened the trip making me late. Also, I could not find a BA or FlyBe livery unfortunately.

[@Maxi67]

Great first impressions Pete always love your videos. Sorry if this has been said before , but you do know that the runway at Barra is the beach so no markings and the flight times are dictated by the low tide times :) I watched a Twin Otter make a bumpy dive for runway 05 at Glasgow this morning through a mega thunderstorm , it looked interesting! :)

[@NavyGuy2OO7]

I realize this is an older video series but I just picked this plane up, have you tried shooting an approach to SABA from Princess Juliana? That's fun, one of the worlds shortest runways, something like 1300ft with a cliff face on one side!

[@frooglesim]

I shall have to check that out. Thanks.

[@frooglesim]

Yes!

[@Gavincornelll]

I love these first impression videos!

[@GilbMLRS]

You forgot to mention that this is a first impressions video!

[@jozuabaker1345]

hey froogle nice work flying into barra.

[@MrSameeg]

Just purchased this aircraft (already have the Fight1s) I enjoyed the vid Thanks Mike from Scotland

[@stretchedits]

Hi Froogle, I think you'll find a Flybe livery for the Twin Otter on the Aerosoft forum under "Aircraft Repaints" It's really nice too, and done by Aerosoft themselves.

[@MajorSitutation]

Hey Froogle. Love your vids. I know you probably didn't do it on purpose and it's just a first impression vid but the runway had a displaced threshold and you landed way before that ;). The nitpicker in me had to mention it. Keep up the good work!

[@Snipersight00]

Love this aircraft. Great video Froogle. By the way, we have a new Prince of Cambridge, future King. No name decided yet, that we know of anyway.

[@thehealthyheretic2370]

Awesome flight man. I've been getting into more visual and VOR navigation myself. Still love the ol' airbus though can't wait for more advanced stuff with that or to get the Airbus X myself.

[@63256325N]

Not much of a going concern there at Barra...LOL Nice flight, thanks for the up load.

[@frooglesim]

Thanks very much.

[@frooglesim]

Probably but bear in mind they take as long to record and even longer to edit as they do to fly. For any trip I do, take the trip time, multiply it by 5 and that's how long it takes to get a video pulled together. You can see why I'm not in a big hurry to do a 12 hour flight now right?

[@wilmarbrouwer]

In my knowledge Barra doesn't have a real airport? But the Twin Otter lands on the beach at low tide.

[@rumbleforce2]

Sweet just finished part 1, now part 2 from FB. :)

[@bmbpdk]

Nice video, really educational. I have a problem getting the altitude autopilot to work, and i can see that even though you set the altitude to 9000ft it keeps you at 8900ft. Seems like it holds the altitude you where at, when pressing "ALT AP" and not getting you to the height dialed in, maybe im wrong but it does not seems like the "ALT AP" works properly.

[@chakraUK]

From the Systems manual: "Note that using the autopilot to acquire an exact altitude, as set on the Altitude Alerter, the ALT button should not be used. The ALT button simply levels the aircraft at the altitude present when the ALT button was pressed. To acquire a selected altitude on the Altitude Alerter use either IAS mode or Autopilot manual vertical mode (Autopilot on, but with IAS, ALT and APPR unselected)." Hope this helps.

[@atlanticiacomjr9951]

Oh got it now!!! Such a long time

[@0728Rob]

Nice video. Tempted to add this aircraft. I really enjoy turboprops. Engine management keeps you on your toes. Someone else noted your landing on the displaced threshhold. Tsk tsk. :-)

[@stretchedits]

Hi Froogle, Another very informative video as usual, thanks again. Just a question though, I have the Aerosoft Barra on my sim, you land on sand with very little in the way of runway markings and it doesn't look very much like yours did. Was that default scenery or maybe dare I say not Barra, though I doubt Froogle would make an error like that! Oh and there is a Flybe livery on the Aerosoft website forum if you haven't seen my other comment. Great plane this, looking forward to the return

[@vincentdufour9572]

Nice job froog, if you wish to land on quite a close looks lile representation of Barra EGPR, you should have a look at the Aerosoft website, and look for Dangerous Airports 1, Barra is part of those, the beach is nice, ATC tower is there too, and the runways are not so easy to localize and land on it........;O)

[@frooglesim]

Yes.

[@SuffyANX]

Awesome video. I'm hopefully gonna get the Twotter soon for some VA flights. And, I was curious, do you use any shader mods? Your FSX looks really nice.

[@ldee247]

Nice flying ...froogle how did you get dark cockpit shader are you using DX10 fixer or its just normal..?

[@frooglesim]

Shade.

[@frooglesim]

Barra EGPR. I've read a few comments indicating that I may have landed in the wrong place so I double checked and nope, this is the right place. The default FSX scenery though looks absolutely nothing like the real one.

[@DeltaZulu16]

Are you ever going to do one of those long-haul flights in one of your videos?

[@shipbiulder101]

+fooglesim Do you know that the default scenery for Barra in FSX is incorrect the airport is located in a bay and the runway is the beach?

[@frooglesim]

When training on a VFR aircraft for VFR flight, you will be strongly encouraged to NOT look at the instruments until you have a feel for the aircraft. When training IFR or higher, you will be told to focus on the instruments.

[@ASolitaryHowl]

Nice flying.

[@DeltaZulu16]

When you were flying with British Airways Virtual in this video did your flight briefing tell you to fly at 9,000 feet under VFR flight rules?

[@Fwatt08]

When you reach 100 videos you should do flight from Heathrow to NY in the 747. Gives you a while to learn it and then get it recorded.

[@chriswilson805]

Keep the videos coming please the low tide times can not been seen on fsx anyway certain softwares are available to changes tides and so on are out there

[@FonzzyIn3D]

Yesss Froogle :D

[@frooglesim]

Lots of different places. Really depends on what the addon is. For PMDG stuff, I'll give my money to PMDG. For Aerosoft, I go to Aerosoft. Smaller addons I'll use Flightsimstore etc. Sorry, there is no one easy answer.

[@One1Raptor]

Love to fly the TwinOtter...

Whenever I engage IAS on AP the aircraft pitches up heavily. Do you get the same behaviour?

[@ihor69]

Pressures altitude and the altitude you're flying at are two different things, so when you were looking at the charts you're most likely looking at wrong altitude.

[@docbrad262]

I know its just a first impressions, but as a general rule, in unpressurized aircraft, you shouldn't descend any faster than 1000fpm, or else it will be very uncomfortable pressure changes for the passengers. Great video tho!!

[@jaredk817]

on the climb you can use full power its not an airliner and also it only stresses the engines if you do it for 10-15 minutes

[@itsumonihon]

you only use full power if you need it in an emergency. you see those red lines? if your temperature exceeds or enters the red, your engines get melted and your mechanic gives you a big bill for replacing the compressor blades.

[@jaredk817]

true true , you can use a high power setting

[@HDShinx]

I'm curious if you love flying 757, if u do u should do a first impression :)

[@johnnnification]

please review more aircraft!

[@gabradshaw]

As someone who normally flys jets, pmdg ngx and airosoft airbus x both purchased after watching your fantastic vids. If you could only get one to start with and enjoy as real as it gets flying which prop plane would you suggest this or the dash 8. Any tips welcome

[@g7usl]

Only one mistake there Froogle :) You landed too early on the arrows. (naughty boy) hehe. Nice video and a great review. Thanks again. Aerosoft will be proud of you ;)

[@Flightbudy2channel]

Vary nice, loved it

[@hesynergy]

actually, unless zooming into an instrument, I much prefer the immersive feel of you looking around with TracKIR....take a vote...as usual, a superlative review...Chas

[@eluitmoose]

Hey Froogle what are the frames like on this bad boy?

[@atlanticiacomjr9951]

You say look out of the window. At my airline when I trained for a boeing 737-800 i was told DO NOT in any circumstance to do so And you need to but i dont know

[@vidsfsx]

hey froogel thanks for the infos now finely ican fly this bird thanks

[@TrainNutter]

+frooglesim Do you know how to program the GPS (for routing)

[@frooglesim]

No. Different beast altogether.

[@Kolobochok95]

How about the A2A P-51? Have you got this one?

[@edrickmarquez7558]

has anyone had any problem starting the right engine on this plane? i can't seem to get it to start manually or right clicking the check list. however when i start a mission using twin otter both engine runs no problem. any tips? thanks!

[@sloblock1972]

+Edrick Marquez Don't know if you got this sorted? Might be worth loading up a flight with a default aircraft (something with left and right fuel tank selectors - I actually use the Carenado B58 Baron), make sure you both fuel tank selectors are turned 'On', then switch vehicles to the Twin Otter. Another odd thing that happens if I don't do this is that only one of the fuel tanks will be used, regardless of how I set the switches.

[@edrickmarquez7558]

Thanks for the tip ***** . i will give it a try later

[@sloblock1972]

No problem, hope it works. I understand there is an issue in the way that FSX/P3D handles the fuel with some turbo-props (maybe even some jets too) that can cause engines not to start. This may or not be the problem. The usual way to solve it is to load up something like the default Cessna 172, make sure both fuel tanks are selected, then switch to the aircraft you are trying to start. P3D doesn't have the default Cessna 172, so I use my Carenado B58 Baron instead.

[@edrickmarquez7558]

+Andy B_1972 yes it did work! thanks! i tried to manually start the right engine caught on fire...lol

[@sloblock1972]

+Edrick Marquez Haha 😄 Yes, I did that too at first. You just have to watch the Ng gauge once you flick the starter and don't add any fuel till it gets above 12%. Hope you enjoy the Twin Otter now!

[@Tobus75]

Now try to fly in pacific island sim's "png raw grit". Thats where a twin otter will steal the show and keep you alive too.

[@flyboymd88]

can you do the md80 from maddog

[@atlanticiacomjr9951]

I like it but the autopilot seems to fight alot

[@QlassikTech]

Schweet!

[@Concorde707]

My least fave thing is that the COMM 1 and 2 read different from the COMM 1 and 2 on the GPS. Those two should be paired so If I want to change my frequencies through the GPS I could do so.

[@bigvimfuego]

Where's the beach landing that Barra has? 3 runways not very realistic.

[@frooglesim]

Yeah this is default, and it's awful. Nothing like the real airport. Thankfully that's not my fault ;)