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TopSkills - Managing Your Power – Tutorial Video. Learn about the benefits of managing power realistically. Set fuel mixture properly. Use propeller pitch to your advantage. Feather and reverse propellers when necessary. Use cowl flaps as needed. Understand carburetor heat. Describes Beechcraft Baron 58, Beechcraft King Air 350, Cessna 172SP Skyhawk, Cessna 208B Grand Caravan, Douglas DC-3, Extra 300S, Grumman G21A Goose, Maule 7-260C, and Mooney M20M Bravo. Principles and methods apply to similar aircraft. Based on FSX and FSX Steam. Can be used in other simulators. For home simulation. MP4 duration 18 minutes. From Bill Stack and TopSkills.

TopSkills - Simming on Autopilot in FSX – Tutorial Video. Set desired heading, altitude, and vertical speed. Follow flight plans. Climb, cruise, descend, and approach. Follow GPS in your autopilot. Use autothrottle and flight director. Understand knobs, switches, buttons, and data readouts. Use keyboard shortcuts. And much more. Explains Airbus A321, Beechcraft Baron and King Air, Boeing 737 and 747, Bombardier Learjet 45 and CRJ-700, Cessna 172 and Grand Caravan, Douglas DC-3, Grumman Goose, Maule M7, Mooney Bravo. MP4 duration 15 minutes. Methods can be used for other aircraft. For home flight simulation in FSX and FSX Steam. Principles can be applied to other sims. From Bill Stack and TopSkills.

TopSkills - Using the FSX Flight Planner – Tutorial Video. Simulate like a real pilot by creating and filing flight plans for your VFR and IFR simulations. Lay out complete routes. Set headings and cruising altitude. Identify your origin and destination airports. List waypoints and navaids. Indicate your flight-rule type. See estimated flight duration and fuel needs. Allow autopilot and GPS to follow your flight plan. Enable ATC to vector your IFR flights. For home flight simulation in FSX and FSX Steam. MP4 duration 11 minutes. From Bill Stack and TopSkills.

TopSkills - Using ATC for VFR in FSX – Tutorial Video. Understand ATC lingo. Use clearances, instructions, and readbacks. Request and receive transition clearances. Use ATC at controlled/towered airports. Use CTAF and Unicom at uncontrolled/non-towered airports. Follow ground instructions and clearances, use flight following, and adhere to VFR approach procedures. Find and contact destination airport towers. Acquire automated weather reports. For home flight simulation in FSX and FSX Steam. MP4 duration 16 minutes. From Bill Stack and TopSkills.

TopSkills: Using ATC for IFR in FSX – Tutorial Video. Use Air Traffic Control for Instrument Flight Rules like a professional pilot. Understand ATC lingo. Request and hear preflight briefings. Receive clearance to fly IFR from towered and non-towered airports. Follow ATC vectors and instructions. Acknowledge ATC transmissions. Request alternate vectors, airports, and runways. Receive landing clearances. Declare missed approaches. And many more IFR ATC skills. For home flight simulation in FSX and FSX Steam. MP4 duration 28 minutes. From Bill Stack and TopSkills.

TopSkills - Jet Simming – Tutorial Video. Plan and prepare your jet flights. Push back from gates, start engines, taxi to runways. Take off and climb correctly. Cruise comfortably. Approach and land properly. Park and shut down correctly. Applies to business jets, regional jets, and mid-size and wide-body airliners. For home flight simulation. Based on FSX and FSX Steam. Principles can be applied to other simulators. MP4 duration 18 minutes. From Bill Stack and TopSkills.

TopSkills - Using GPS for Instrument Approaches – Tutorial Video. Simulate like a real pilot with GPS on your instrument approaches. Select, load, and activate published procedures. Choose transition points. Access detailed data about your approach. Follow chosen approaches in the GPS screen. Use autopilot to guide through the approaches or maneuver through the approaches manually. Change approaches if necessary. For home flight simulation. Based on Garmin GPS in FSX and FSX Steam. Can be used with other simulators with similar GPS devices. MP4 duration 12 minutes. From Bill Stack and TopSkills.

TopSkills - Using Weather in FSX – Tutorial Video. Accessing Microsoft Flight Simulator’s weather system. Use preformed weather themes. Apply real-world static and fluid weather. Make custom and advanced weather with clouds, winds, turbulence, and precipitation. Set temperatures, dew points, and atmospheric pressure. Layer your weather systems. Apply real aviation weather to your simulated flights. Learn about sources of real-world aviation data. And many more weather skills. For home flight simulation in FSX and FSX Steam. MP4 duration 29 minutes. From Bill Stack and TopSkills.