X-Plane 11 - Turbo Commander 690B to Key West

Carenado 690B - goo.gl/Jf86f7
XP Realistic Pro (touch down effects etc) - goo.gl/emVDdw
Miami Scenery - goo.gl/EfSbyQ
Key West Scenery - goo.gl/m1HBXE
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Route - KMIA - MNATE - MTH - KEYW
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[@HMSDaring1]

Love your short little hops across the US in very interesting and varied aircraft. Keep it up! I wouldn't say no to more videos on the IXEG737 though, that aircraft is truly one of the best Flight Sim aircraft available.

[@ChrisMcCarroll]

I’m from Key West. That scenery is amazing. The detail is so true to real life. It’s beautiful

[@sdevilx1074]

I have a condo in Key west and visit often and I absolutely LOVE the approach! The scenery is amazing and love the challenging and bumpy approach great vid Jeff

[@ThatBobGuy850]

Very nice! It's truly amazing how far these sims have come. Someone who was transitioning to the Commander back in the 1970's or '80s would have literally killed for such a good simulator. Great video, man. As a pilot I thoroughly enjoyed it. Makes me want a Commander more than ever now!

[@dealwolfstriked272]

That was eye opening to how much of a boost flight sims have gotten recently.People wonder why the flight sim community is suddenly growing at such a quick rate and its due to immersion baby!!! That just looked amazing Jeff and thanks......

[@bohlder]

This video means a lot to me. My first memory of flying was in a commander when my father flew them. His name was Jeff. I also, a year ago went to the Keys to SCUBA dive like how him and I used to do. I know you didn't mean it, but ya hit my heart a little. Thanks, man.

[@flybyairplane3528]

Bohlder that is a real problem, diving then flying, can really get your tit in a wringer. , happens when we go as a group,,you stop diving 1 day before flying.

[@Corsair8X]

What a machine! Beautiful flight and the default weather clouds were beautiful.

[@stponyt]

I flew in an aircraft similar to this and holy shit take off and landings are the scariest. This plane throws around on the ground a lot, we were shaking side to side on the takeoff and landing. Also, the turbulence in the Bahamas is no joke! (Went from Nassau to Eleuthera)

[@FirePilot2020]

I’m genuinely impressed by the modeling of this, specifically sounds on the ground like the beta to reverse growl. Very much like the real airplane. I’ve flown the 500B, S, and the 690A and B. The nose wheel steering is hydraulic in all of them and is controlled by the first inch or two of brake travel range, but the goal is never to actually ride the brakes. Seldom do we use the brakes during taxi other than to come to a stop in the Garrett powered airplanes, mostly beta and reverse in low condition. If you push just a little further than the nose steering range, then you reach a brake application in the pedals. I’ve known 690 brakes/main tires to catch fire as the result of actually riding the brakes during a long crosswind taxi. The rudder pedals must remain centered during usage of the nose wheel steering - If you apply rudder the nosewheel steering system actually shuts off and the nose gear stays pointed where you last commanded it to. During the takeoff we set 250hp while stopped, release brakes, add power, and very carefully use inputs of nose wheel steering below 40kts as the rudder is ineffective. If the nosewheel steering is just a little too slow, then you may get a small jab of brakes, but that’s generally considered poor form. Also, you’re slammed through the 717.5SHP redline on your takeoff! Maintenance would not be happy with you as they took both engines off to send them for a full tear down and overhaul 😉 Thanks for posting this, I’ve just started looking for a good sim model of the 690 and it looks like this one fits the bill.

[@jbob1871]

Hey Jeff love seeing all the X plane content

[@DavidVanmeterDutch]

Darn good flight!! Love that airplane!! Bob Hoover!!!!!!!!

[@glock_2234]

I love it I love it I love it I love it...keep up the good work been here since you started

[@3dmonkeybizz]

Great plane, great pilot, great review and great fun... Great all round. Many thanks!

[@nolanbennett2734]

My dad just got back from a diving trip in Key West, I can see why he went 😍

[@aidansmith7054]

You should do more xplane videos that was AWSOME

[@cjwoods188]

That plane sounds so good

[@x_s3asoning122]

I'll Like To See Jeff Flying An ATR Aircraft

[@kennethmichael81]

Very well done indeed Jeff.

[@kimbrandwijk]

Really liked the video, and it helped me decide to buy this plane. Now I noticed you mention around 4:50 that in the real plane, an orange light comes on at engine start. I have watched a start up video of the real plane, and checked it in X-Plane. You need to set the 'NTS test' button to the engine you're starting. Then, when you move the ignition from 'FUEL PUMP ON' to 'AIR START RUN', the orange light will actually come on, and extinguish during the start up. Not a major thing, but just wanted to share it with you.

[@mgatenoch]

The plane you saw as you land is a Cubana AN-24 that was hijacked to Key West and never returned

[@MorrisseysMonkey]

I have the 'XP Realistic Pro' too and it's bloody brilliant!

[@markmiller6844]

Nice vid Jeff. Trivia: That stand-in ship model that pulled the "Philadelphia Experiment" disappearing-act was Cunard's Queen Mary 2 which has never visited Key West and is technically an ocean liner rather than a cruise ship, but the distinction is fuzzy, sort of like that bit of the scenery.

[@jimmy4745]

hey jeff at the belgian coast they have found a hole b17 flying fortress with the crew members aboard greets from belgium

[@gjman1972]

Awesome work I love flight sims and just planes in general I remember playing the very first Microsoft flight sim in the early 80s it's amazing how far this technology has come, great job.

[@emkayy_]

Jeff , Can you plzzz do a flight from Delhi (India) to Dubai (UAE) On Xplane 11 only . I am an Indian and I want this flight but no one on KZbin did it . Can you plzzz do it ? I will appreciate it 😀

[@Brad_Horn]

I love the sound of that plane 😍

[@aarong.4691]

You need to try flying this thing like Bob Hoover. I would totally watch that

[@smeash1080]

I wish I has x plane11 but it just cost to much but i still have fsx anyway love your vids keep it up!! Also you are my favorite pilot on KZbin I also want to be a pilot my self and when i want to learn i just come to this channel first

[@maarten3225]

nick//double1 shit game crashes. expensive planes.

[@smeash1080]

Yep thats my dream :/

[@JonWylan]

the ship in the harbor at 32:18 is hilariously flat LOL... but the overall scenery is beautiful!

[@falcony100]

totally sunk

[@CT-5736-Bladez]

Amazing video keep up the great work Jeff favigano

[@peteg913]

To combine the two MIA sceneries, you need to use Overlay Editor and open the Drzewiecki Design MIA scenery package, deleting every single object from the MIA airport itself (it takes quite a while). Click save when you’re done, and Nimbus’s MIA airport will appear for the MIA scenery while the downtown skyline will appear from DD.

[@PaulieCav777]

Watched the whole Flight Jeff. Talked me into BUYING THIS GA Model !! Thankyou for Great vids & Tutorials !!😊👍👍

[@jfavignano]

You are very welcome friend

[@blairguinea6811]

Awesome vid Jeff...........you got the style and I am loving x plane 11

[@nathanrichardson8912]

I think Jeff should make a video with stevo

[@manleybrittain1296]

That was a great flight, I love the scenery!

[@viceboys]

jeff i've been waiting for house flipper patiently... give it to us!

[@cachinerof1]

I love in Miami and I’ve done the Key West in my uncles Cessna Skyhawk. We normally fly out of Fort Lauderdale though

[@mrvwbug4423]

Not surprised that a good part of the avionics don't work, I've been burned by Caernado stuff in the past too. Bought their TBM and it turns out that it doesn't work properly in XP11 (despite their claims) and the G1k unit was basically a paperweight. Got run around from both Caernado and Laminar when I tried to get a refund.

[@mrvwbug4423]

Because it was purchased from the org store. I got run around from both Laminar and Carenado. Certainly will never buy their shovelware again.

[@Sir_vAce]

Those default xplane clouds look nice :o

[@chesterbloom]

When you're on the ground and you say "let's get our props set up", moving the condition levers only adjusts the fuel governor to increase or decrease engine RPM (as noted by the N1 drop when you made the adjustment). The propellers are controlled by the Power levers only while on the ground ie. in BETA mode. You can have the condition levers at max or min it doesnt't matter when on the ground. No matter how fast the engine is spinning, the propellers will make the airplane move and to control the propellers, the power levers are used. BETA MODE ONLY ie. taxiing Once the power levers are advanced forward of flight idle, the function of the power levers is then transferred to the fuel valve to control engine power/RPM and the function of the condition levers is transferred to the propellers. There's some specifics on underspeed and overspeed governors and fuel topping governors that dictate exactly when the switching happens but its automatic for the most part and is only really applicable to the guy sitting across the desk from the examiner on the ground portion of a flight test. All this doesn't really matter since its a simulation but that's how the airplane works IRL if you are interested.

[@marcusbrown5947]

That cruise ship isn't fully 3D rendered. Once you flew over it, it was 2D from above

[@quitypopper2795]

fast landing

[@Al-ud8qi]

Usually, if there is a battery hot annunciation on the panel, it's because that aircraft has NiCad batteries which have a tendency to get really hot and thermally run away and potentially burn a hole in your aircraft.

[@paulphibbs5362]

Hey Jeff. You forgot your flaps. Oh well. Nice flight and good landing. Thanks.

[@jfavignano]

no I didn't

[@paulphibbs5362]

Sorry to be clearer, you forgot to RAISE your flaps after landing.

[@DeltaTristar500]

one of my fav GA aircrafts

[@bryceclare5672]

12:25 is movement of plane

[@cowgirlcrazed]

thanks

[@noobpatrol78]

Simmulate a crash or a broken system. Show us how you can recover from such a catastrophe.

[@buckzx12r]

Great video Jeff!I just got this plane,and its a great plane to fly!

[@SmokeStack684]

Flying VFR you should have set it at 8500ft. IFR would be 8000ft. Otherwise it was an AWESOME flight.

[@alexpalmer3706]

What about flying within the yellow the entire flight? should of slowed down when hitting Turb. or slowed to Turbulence penetration speed.

[@rogerdepass9028]

bit of a flat landing, you forgot to show what the cockpit looks like at night. you mentioned you were going to do it at the end. great audio on the A/C and rendering.

[@edembich]

Number 33!

[@MichaelVanHeemst]

I really want to see you fly the Cessna 210. I know you have/had it

[@alexmiller3717]

Fly in bad, stormy conditions in the next vid please. Use a plane of your choice, test your skills

[@markmiller6844]

Like I say; "everything happens on a map", and now: "airfields on satellite photos can tell a lot of stories." I googled and the story on the old plane next to Battery 232 near the threshold of pre-lengthened runway 09 is interesting. The Antonov An-24RV (Cubana CU-T1294) C/N 27308105 (built in the Ukraine or possibly East Siberia) landed at EYW in 2002. It was reportedly hijacked by a defector but that was reportedly a cover-story for a spy to infiltrate groups opposed to communist rule of Cuba. The AN-24 was then bought by a guy from Colorado for $6500, but he couldn't register it because Cuba wouldn't release aircraft's documentation. He sold it for 9X what he paid. Don't know status...the saga(s) continue(s).

[@jakesVB]

I love this

[@colind8935]

Great video keep up the great content

[@rackum44]

Awesome video Jeff. That was alot of fun.i wish I knew everything that you do with all the controls. I always start on the runway and just go...lol...

[@WILLYBREATH_v]

Same i always watch these types of videos like i wish i could do that shit!!!

[@muzikman183]

yeah man, saw frooglesim review it, had to come see you fly it!

[@noahjohnson9170]

Three hundred and sixty third. This may be annoying, but at least it’s not a lie.

[@greenranger9637]

I wish I had a desktop computer to play my Flight simulator my old computer stopped working I'm a really big fan

[@kryad_]

It would be fun to watch you fly the Bombardier Dash 8-Q400. It's $25 on the X-Plane store. Anyways, great video Jeff :) Would love to see more X-Plane content :D

[@timol437]

Battery Temp-Hey Jeff, don't tell me they modelled the Battery temp as in thermo-runaway on Ni-Cad battery- will literally cook-off if you draw too much amps out of it-nasty thing, had it in a King Air back in the late 1970's. Not so much an issue these days. Did I miss the FSExpo wrap-up video?

[@rottencorpse21]

That would be cool if you could fly the world's biggest airline jet.

[@timol437]

Nice review.....interesting AC to fly,

[@jferg4242]

Jeff, new to channel/subscribed. Fantastic X-Plane 11 videos (please do more). Have you ever done your setup and recommended addons? Thanks John

[@emmanuel5877]

Hey dude love the plane

[@Juppie902]

I dont think you NEED to wait a few secs aftert turning on the fuel pumps as I think they are demand pumps, which makes them spew fuel as the engine rotates and creates vaccum (demand) by the movement of the cylinders, which makes sense to me because if it were to just spit fuel whenever its on, I think the cylinders would flood and it would be a hot start or something wouldv'e happened. I might be wrong though because thats just based of mechanical knowledge of 4 stroke land engines with either carb or injectors (cars bikes etc)

[@jfavignano]

I just watched this video to get down the starting procedure. kzbin.info/www/bejne/fKjSmaRurZp_mLM

[@TrainerAQ]

I love that plane!

[@AndyMv3]

Subscribed, thank you, great videos keep 'em up!

[@bran756]

Hi thank you verry much for your fantastic vid,such a shame the avadine system is u-s I was wondering if you knew how much the licence was for the upgrade to garmin 750, anyways I am looking forward to purchasing this fine airplane to add to my little fleet as twin turbos are what I fly all the best and thank you for your time to show us this fine aircraft.

[@g.d.f7817]

I like your videos i just got a idea you should a series flying in the Caribbean or bye different islands in the world.

[@chriswilson7419]

One of the loudest planes in real life. It’s pretty ridiculous

[@ldmax]

It's the engines. Everything powered by TPE331 engines is loud like that. MU-2, C441.

[@joemason9187]

The Bob Hoover plane but newer

[@kublukichuo]

I had the same problem. I moved the kmia hd scenery above Miami city and that worked for me.

[@vikramsingha5429]

A very unusual takeoff it was like almost 5 sec from advancing the throttles...i will feel weird on the real one

[@rolandrayar9336]

autopilot is crazy, descent is a pain.

[@iNeoN50]

Carenado - beautiful default.

[@dowtie1997]

So awesome good video jeffo

[@vinceghio]

Jeff can you use ATC next time

[@mmheydon1725]

I’m so exited omg!!!!!!!

[@edgaralvarez7834]

Cubana de Aviación AN-24 stolen from the Cuban government casually sitting on the side of the runway. Lol

[@loganrufus1316]

Yo Jeff, would you be able to do a flight with the Grumman Goose soon? Please and thank you. Loving all your videos btw.😊

[@grantmiller6570]

very nice.

[@briansmith7829]

It would be really cool if they added the Concorde into the game!

[@roberthochwarth578]

Need that crosswind correction, Jeff!

[@TankOR9563]

Would be awesome if you did a vid on what X-Plane mods you use the most. Freeware and payware. I enjoy the flights. Thanks

[@yeti4242]

The dash 8 needs them sounds

[@fordjw111]

Could you do a flight from KSMO TO KAVX or other way around?

[@DTPGMedia585]

Just for your info triangle sign in bus sim means yeild yeild mean slow down check and go but don't stop

[@acetiger9337]

He knows what the word yield means my dude.. Hes been alive for well over 34 years

[@mynameisray]

And does Xplane not sim any sort of emergency? Don't think I've seen you simulate one yet

[@jbob1871]

mynameisray you can set emergency’s to happen randomly

[@kevind2409]

damn this thing gets out!

[@everydayandrew3556]

You should go a fll to bwi

[@blewyd]

Try carenado pc12 please. It's my only payware airplane and I wanna see what u think

[@brandonputman6988]

The turbo commander is a pain to fuel all the tanks are interconnected and it takes about 25 mins to put 190 gallons in

[@danielmotalebian2473]

Where is the b777?

[@TheHoofedOne]

Jeff, could you do more PilotEdge stuff? Loved those videos!

[@gmanrider9]

Jeff. Your awesome man. Love your content. But bro, a Turbo Commander? Worst airplane to fuel. Ever!

[@9999AWC]

Hey Jeff, how do you learn to operate so many aircraft in X-Plane 11 so fast? I mean I'm a pilot IRL and I still wouldn't learn this fast! I'm really thinking of getting XP11 and DCS, but I won't be able to commit the time supposedly needed to learn to fly all the aircraft in both sims.

[@MalibuRider]

AWC i'm actually a PPL cessna pilot and you will learn the others planes quite fast. There are many tutorials all over KZbin. Just take you're time and you will see it's not that difficult :) many airplanes have interactive checklists, so the checklist shows you which button to press etc. After a des times you know what to do

[@dook228]

If you can run this with a copilot get Buggs involved!!!! PLEASE!!

[@stevendakota5455]

Cool video

[@jakecrew3149]

My cousin just got his pilot license

[@jhonnysins3886]

Ccrew C wow bro so cool now you got a pilot on your family.

[@jakecrew3149]

josiah mark fabello my aunt is also a pilot

[@jhonnysins3886]

Nice you can fly all around the world now LOL.

[@kronosstv9217]

nice , i'm about 10+ hrs into my flying lessons atm :D