To anyone looking to start their journey in kodiak 100, I say this is the best series I could find on internet. This channel is worth subscribing and watching rest of the parts is worth watching. There is so much to learn and it's well presented. Thank you so much for great content and sharing knowledge. :)
Thanks for the feedback! Each part is supposed to provide the basis for the next, so yes - watch them in order and don't skip parts or you may miss vital info!
Agreed. Ive watched a LOT of videos, and this is the very first series that I would recommend for someone just stepping into the kodiak 100. Really thorough and straightforward series.
I've only just purchased the Kodiak 100, and was quite happy to find this series on youtube. I've got to finish ground school and get my Alpha/Bravo set up before I try to fly my new bird.
Just bought the Kodiak in the sale and while a casual simmer on Xbox I decided I wanted to get my virtual hands dirty really getting to grips with a particular plane. Saw some of your posts on the MSFS forums regarding the Kodiak and decided to start watching the series. Nice pace and a lot of information that I found very helpful.. Thank you
@@alpinebravo7090 Yes I am thanks to your series of videos. Had some issues starting out with overstressing but having read the manual and understood torque limits I have managed a couple of successful flights including one with full start up. I normally fly external camera for the view but I have found I have to fly cockpit with the Kodiak and I like it all the more for it. I am making my way through your videos and they are a great help.
It's a very sensitive and finely balanced aircraft - how it's loaded and how it's trimmed make big differences to how it will fly. Just like the real thing! It's particularly sensitive on the pitch axis so watch out for that.
@@alpinebravo7090 Yeah I noticed that! Have lost one flight because I gained too much speed very quickly when the nose pitched down. I haven't quite found a sweet spot with the elevator trim yet. I set the power for the torque level for the cruising limit or just below but I cant maintain a level flight with trimming. I just need to keep experimenting. :)
Don't stress if you can't get it to trim perfectly in level flight - I mean you should be able to, but it's currently not quite stable enough for that. The PC-6 in comparison is fairly easy to trim for pitch. With the Kodiak I can usually trim it good enough for two finger touch on the yoke, but never enough to go hands free. If I want that I have to put the autopilot on!
Nice work! 👍 It's been a long 12 year layoff from MSFS for me. Never really learned "the good stuff" last time around and it looks like your tutorials are going to be my choice to learn an actual study-simulation in the Kodiak. This will be my first add-on plane purchase since I got my Xbox a month ago. Just waiting for SU-12 to land tomorrow, wait a few days, and then hopefully make my purchase. Thanks for this fine piece of work you've done. Looking forward to #2.
Hi there, thanks for the feedback. The Kodiak is certainly one of the best GA aircraft in the SIM. Not the easiest to fly, but true-to-life life. You have a few more tutorials in the series to get through and maybe by then I'll have found the time to make the next few. Looking forward to SU12 too!
@@alpinebravo7090 I almost forgot to mention...thank you very much for the link to the manual for the Kodiak 100. I had been hoping this might be available to review prior to my purchase.
@@darrenw2Good stuff. I've developed a better method of configuring the throttle axis in MSFS to get beta/reverse since I made this tutorial - I'll do a post about it.
I thought after covering all of the basics like takeoff, landing, level flight, climbs and descents etc I could maybe start learning how to fly the Kodiak. But the more I hear about it the more I realize it is a pretty complicated aircraft to fly. What is a good way for me to know I’m ready to try learning how to fly it?
I would say just get in any fly. My tutorials should tell you enough about the particular handling challenges of the Kodiak. The Circuits tutorial as well as the take off and landing ones will be the most useful in terms of basic aircraft handling. The more complex process of performance management and STOL can come later. Just start with a standard load out with clear weather preset on a nice big airfield and take it from there.
ok Subscribed since The Kodiak right now is my go to plane atm or perhaps the 414 but right now the Kodiak and now . I am re learning how to fly it in the sim cause of the latest update and along with these videos should be very helpfull thank you
Hello there, thank you for your videos! One question though, How did you set up your Bravo throttles to use the beta range? Is it just full reverse once you get it past the detent on the throttle quadrant? Thanks!
Hi there, thanks, glad you are enjoying them! So I used SPAD.next to configure my the Bravo throttle axis Above the detent is forward and beta. Below the detent (the button press) is full reverse thrust. That works very well for me and makes taxiing in beta a breeze. I dont mind not having axis control over reverse as i only ever use it for STOL landings and then I always want all of it! I'll either do a post or a short video showing the SPAD configuration (or you can just download my Kodiak profile if you have SPAD - search for Brendan-GWBCH). If you only have the MSFS in-game control mapping available then you could use something like: TOGGGLE REVERSE THRUST [on release] on the button below the detent. Then if you quickly drop the throttle below the detent and back up, as you push the throttle forward you should get the beta and reverse range as it places the throttle axis into the reserve range. I personally don't like this method as it means pushing the throttle forward at critical moments of flight and if you were aiming to get beta/reverse on the roll-out after landing, if for some reason it doesn't recognise the toggle command, you will end up adding thrust just at the moment you are trying to lose it! Setting the button command to 'on release' helps mitigate this though and I know for some folks it works well.
To anyone looking to start their journey in kodiak 100, I say this is the best series I could find on internet. This channel is worth subscribing and watching rest of the parts is worth watching. There is so much to learn and it's well presented.
Thank you so much for great content and sharing knowledge. :)
Thanks for the feedback! Each part is supposed to provide the basis for the next, so yes - watch them in order and don't skip parts or you may miss vital info!
Thank you for this comment. The Kodiak went on sale for us today so I grabbed it. As usual I will research first before crashing violently myself.
Agreed. Ive watched a LOT of videos, and this is the very first series that I would recommend for someone just stepping into the kodiak 100. Really thorough and straightforward series.
I've only just purchased the Kodiak 100, and was quite happy to find this series on youtube. I've got to finish ground school and get my Alpha/Bravo set up before I try to fly my new bird.
Welcome aboard!
Just bought the Kodiak in the sale and while a casual simmer on Xbox I decided I wanted to get my virtual hands dirty really getting to grips with a particular plane. Saw some of your posts on the MSFS forums regarding the Kodiak and decided to start watching the series. Nice pace and a lot of information that I found very helpful.. Thank you
Hi Ed, hope you enjoy the Kodiak - its a tough plane to fly well, but rewarding once you start to master it.
@@alpinebravo7090 Yes I am thanks to your series of videos. Had some issues starting out with overstressing but having read the manual and understood torque limits I have managed a couple of successful flights including one with full start up. I normally fly external camera for the view but I have found I have to fly cockpit with the Kodiak and I like it all the more for it. I am making my way through your videos and they are a great help.
It's a very sensitive and finely balanced aircraft - how it's loaded and how it's trimmed make big differences to how it will fly. Just like the real thing! It's particularly sensitive on the pitch axis so watch out for that.
@@alpinebravo7090 Yeah I noticed that! Have lost one flight because I gained too much speed very quickly when the nose pitched down. I haven't quite found a sweet spot with the elevator trim yet. I set the power for the torque level for the cruising limit or just below but I cant maintain a level flight with trimming. I just need to keep experimenting. :)
Don't stress if you can't get it to trim perfectly in level flight - I mean you should be able to, but it's currently not quite stable enough for that. The PC-6 in comparison is fairly easy to trim for pitch. With the Kodiak I can usually trim it good enough for two finger touch on the yoke, but never enough to go hands free. If I want that I have to put the autopilot on!
Nice work! 👍 It's been a long 12 year layoff from MSFS for me. Never really learned "the good stuff" last time around and it looks like your tutorials are going to be my choice to learn an actual study-simulation in the Kodiak. This will be my first add-on plane purchase since I got my Xbox a month ago. Just waiting for SU-12 to land tomorrow, wait a few days, and then hopefully make my purchase. Thanks for this fine piece of work you've done. Looking forward to #2.
Hi there, thanks for the feedback. The Kodiak is certainly one of the best GA aircraft in the SIM. Not the easiest to fly, but true-to-life life.
You have a few more tutorials in the series to get through and maybe by then I'll have found the time to make the next few.
Looking forward to SU12 too!
@@alpinebravo7090 I almost forgot to mention...thank you very much for the link to the manual for the Kodiak 100. I had been hoping this might be available to review prior to my purchase.
Stumbled across this looking for help. Great stuff!
Glad it was helpful!
@@alpinebravo7090 definitely - just got the plane so getting it set up right is very helpful! Subbed
@@darrenw2Good stuff. I've developed a better method of configuring the throttle axis in MSFS to get beta/reverse since I made this tutorial - I'll do a post about it.
@@alpinebravo7090excellent- will look out for it
Thank you for your time and effort in making this series of turorials.
No problem and glad you have found them helpful.
I thought after covering all of the basics like takeoff, landing, level flight, climbs and descents etc I could maybe start learning how to fly the Kodiak. But the more I hear about it the more I realize it is a pretty complicated aircraft to fly.
What is a good way for me to know I’m ready to try learning how to fly it?
I would say just get in any fly. My tutorials should tell you enough about the particular handling challenges of the Kodiak. The Circuits tutorial as well as the take off and landing ones will be the most useful in terms of basic aircraft handling. The more complex process of performance management and STOL can come later. Just start with a standard load out with clear weather preset on a nice big airfield and take it from there.
ok Subscribed since The Kodiak right now is my go to plane atm or perhaps the 414 but right now the Kodiak and now . I am re learning how to fly it in the sim cause of the latest update and along with these videos should be very helpfull thank you
Glad you are finding them helpful! Enjoy flying the Kodiak, its the best!
Hello there, thank you for your videos! One question though, How did you set up your Bravo throttles to use the beta range? Is it just full reverse once you get it past the detent on the throttle quadrant? Thanks!
Hi there, thanks, glad you are enjoying them!
So I used SPAD.next to configure my the Bravo throttle axis Above the detent is forward and beta. Below the detent (the button press) is full reverse thrust. That works very well for me and makes taxiing in beta a breeze. I dont mind not having axis control over reverse as i only ever use it for STOL landings and then I always want all of it!
I'll either do a post or a short video showing the SPAD configuration (or you can just download my Kodiak profile if you have SPAD - search for Brendan-GWBCH). If you only have the MSFS in-game control mapping available then you could use something like: TOGGGLE REVERSE THRUST [on release] on the button below the detent. Then if you quickly drop the throttle below the detent and back up, as you push the throttle forward you should get the beta and reverse range as it places the throttle axis into the reserve range.
I personally don't like this method as it means pushing the throttle forward at critical moments of flight and if you were aiming to get beta/reverse on the roll-out after landing, if for some reason it doesn't recognise the toggle command, you will end up adding thrust just at the moment you are trying to lose it! Setting the button command to 'on release' helps mitigate this though and I know for some folks it works well.