I guess I'm late to the party for these videos... but this is the best entry point explanation I have found thus far as new MSFS and flight sim enthusiast.
Navigraph really should reward you with something as this is the best sales speech for the product. Heading now to Navigraph to spend some money! You got yourself new subscriber, superb tutorial!
Nicely done video, I have been a customer for Navigraph for two years and to be honest, I cant see how to enjoy FS without it ......It adds a whole new realism level to the flight and works fine with MSFS 2020, thank you
This video convinced me to try a months subscription and so far it's amazing. The update you can do the MSFS nav data is a big deal, at least now when you work out a plan in navigraph or simbrief it matches properly in the sim. It also adds a nice extra layer of realism to the game, which is cool.
I was considering Foreflight, Simcharts and Navigraph. Only watched the first of your videos and already sold on Navigraph. For the subscription price it sounds like it's just unbeatable.
This video helped me a lot about low and high routes. But even more to create visual sids and arrivals/approaches. This should be information that should be on the navigraph site! Thanks.
Much appreciated. I subscribed to Navigraph today and you are absolutely correct; adds an enormous amount to my X-Plane and MSFS 2020 experience. I look forward to learning a lot more from you
Just what I need!! So helpful. My ForeFlight subscription is about to end so I’m switching to navigraph and simbrief. This series will be awesome for learning all about it.
Thank you so much for this tutorial series! Wow! Now as a newbie to all this you I can get a great understanding of how this all works. Thank you for taking the time to help us become better Sim Pilots. Once again a big heart felt thank you for helping.
Wow! Incredible series and an outstanding job by you. I am just getting into the flight simulation space having recently experienced MSFS 2020. I need all the help I can get (smile) and I have been looking around for educational series in this space. Your Navigraph series is simply the best one out there that I have seen and it is exactly what I am looking for. I appreciate your time, production, and easy to understand explanation of the Navigraph tool and I look forward to watching your other educational flight sim sessions as well as I know they each will be top notch. Job well done sir and thank you!
Only came across your channel an hour ago and you've already cost me a Mooney and a Navigraph account ya bastard. Didn't get a Kitfox though... Lol. Seriously great content sir. Thanks.
This is so cool, thank you so much for the great videos, I'm learning what I wanted & needed to know fast and with ease, instead of trying to figure out everything alone.
Excellent tutorial. Navigraph has changed for the better since my FSX days. The UI can be daunting but your commentary (with the help of the pause button) helped immensely to get me situated again after a 3 year hiatus. BTW, recent change, the ILS 10 is no longer at Trudeau Intl.
Im wayyyy from this level yet (172 AP still trying to kill me in FS2020) but this all makes sense - once I get reliable on basics I'll look forward to getting into this more. What a powerful tool.... Really great presentation and explanation - will definitely check out your info vids - thank you :):)
@@NOTAM1 I would love to have a series that looks at where to do from a basic 152/172 simmer in terms of the next step which seems really lacking which is the middle ground, not the airliners but the large middle chunk of private jets and turbo as well as twin-engine aircraft.
@@NOTAM1 I hear you , I think there is a niche there not the complete basics of flight, that really has been done across all the sims and truth be told you can learn the basics from courses people have done all the way back to FSX and before. So I think and this is only my thought process, as a newbie who is no longer a complete newbie , but wants to take it to the next level and does not necessarily want to go into what is rather abstract as far as flying goes, namely the big passenger birds, I want to know more about the more complex and powerful props. 182 and up, where you have RPM control and cowling!
Calm, clear and concise help with the fascinating world of air navigation. What's not to like? Liked and already subscribed. Nice that you've linked timestamps to the various parts of the video and to other videos in the series. I don't know when you started your channel but you're bound to have a lot more than two thousand subscribers if you keep this up.
@@NOTAM1 I just searched for free alternatives to navigraph and found chartfox.org/ Could be it's worth recommending for those, like me, that aren't keen on monthly subscriptions. Not yet at least.
@@JELB1960 There are a lot of open projects like this... and as a developer myself, I would never talk badly of them. They're all great in their own right, and free is amazing. I'll have a look. In general (not charfox specifically as I don't know) the problem I find with most of these projects is keeping the AIRAC data up to date. If it doesn't match MSFS exactly then it won't work well. I can't speak to chartfox, but this is a large undertaking. Definitely looks like its worth a look for me though, thanks.
Great introduction to the utility, NOTAM. Definitely subbing to the channel. One question, though: I notice that Navigraph has three separate subscription plans, but I'm unclear what the difference is between them. Can you elaborate on that, or direct me to a video where you've covered that already? Thanks and happy new year!
Thank you for your detailed description of the Navigraph chart and flight planning program. I used them several years ago and did start an account with them again following your video. I just purchased the FS2020 and wanted to integrate the Navigraph files into this program. I do not know if I am doing something wrong? However, when I plan a detailed IFR route including departure and approach procedures, the Sid's and Star's do not seem to transfer into the FS2020 program. I only get the departure airport, arrival airport and the waypoints. Have you got any suggestions
I seem to recall reading somewhere where MSFS has not included SIDS and STARS into the sim yet. I could be wrong (I have not tried to use them yet) but that may be why they don't come into MSFS from your saved flight plan. This is one of the issues that bugs me about the new sim in that not everything was fully implemented prior to release.
Excellent video and very helpful. Thanks for putting it together. I am just getting back into flight simming and I have forgotten a lot of things so your video is very timely. Happy New Year from a fellow Canuck!
great video but I noticed its really for larger commercial jets using sids and stars. I'm more interested in gps approaches with holding patterns for smaller general aircraft, will it show those approaches?
I have been flying Microsoft Flight Simulator since Flight Simulator 2 by Sublogic on my Atari 800. I have always been a casual flyer, just jump in fly around and look at stuff. I am trying to become a more serious sim pilot and trying to learn the systems of the aircraft. I want to learn ILS, proper flight procedures, how to read carts, etc. My question to you is when would it be the right time to sub to Navigraph? I have a second monitor that I have been running the Flight Sim mobile companion and Fltplan go on my tablet to look at airport charts. I did my very first ground start, and coms with ATC for pushback, taxi instructions, takeoff clearance, request for landing, etc. I am having so much fun learning the sim right now.
@@NOTAM1 Thanks, I will! I'm particularly interested in how Navigraph will eventually tie in with the various systems in the core simulator, like the ATC AI.
Once a nice selection of vintage aircraft are available for MSFS I will look forward to some old school flying using charts, IFR, gauges and dials to navigate.
It's more much more interesting way of creating flight plan than the in-game method. Especially when all arrivals visible at the same time, so you can choose proper :)
Great video and very informative! Looking forward to going through the rest of the series to begin to develop my IFR simming. You have a very soothing voice also. :)
Could you elaborate on the mechanism that will transfer updated Navigraph chart information into my FX2020 data base please - how is it moved over?. Thanks.
Not a RL pilot. Used FF in X-Plane for flight planning and iPad integration flying IFR. Flew only in U.S. Would be expensive for whole world coverage. Navigraph will work just fine. Love MSFS 2020. Keep up the good work.
That's really slick how you can see all the approqches/departures and adjust your plan accordingly. Looks like I'm going to be a Navigraph subscriber soon. 😉
Great tutorial series. One question how do I get the MSFS 2020 airnav data updated with the latest Navigraph NAV data? Also do I need to do the update every 28 days or is it automatic. Thanks, Steve Parry Sound
Thanks Lutz, I do see the value in NG but I am also very new to the whole world of training myself to, A. build a full on and good flight sim at home, B. buying hardware that efficiently supports my growing needs, C all at a cost that is reasonable, D, useful purchases that are meaningful and useful, appropriate for a beginner who really wants to fly in real life. I am not sure about my $150.00 purchase of NG as being an efficient and necessary purchase at the point in my training. Especially as thier is limmited support for learning pitols who are focused with VFR to get them selves started. Thanks for the little navmap advice, might have been more suitable for my situation when I started. I wonder in NG would consider holding my annual membership in a pause status until I grew into their service that I bought only a few months ago? Well, its in todays times that I think this, so, no is very likely the answer. Anyways, thank for your time Lutz, keep on flying and stay safe.. Dean
How does one factor the winds into the planning in order to determine runways in use when using this planner? I don't want to be taking off or landing and have an AI aircraft coming from the other direction. Thanks for these helpful videos!
Thanks so much for producing this series about Navigraph and understanding the information on the charts. I had one question. Could you go over again how I replace the charts that come with MS FS2020 with the Navigraph charts? Thanks so much!! And please keep them coming!!
I just subscribed to Navigraph today and yours is the first tutorial I watched. It was awesome. I do have a question (or 50 lol). I know you know the airports that are in this video, but how do you choose runways on airports you don't know? Also, will you be covering how to find the route you just created when loading into the game? I'm a realllly serious noob here. Sorry. If it's any consolation, you did gain a new sub. lol. Have a great day.
Very useful. I thought I heard you mention how Navigraph can load current data into MSFS. Did I understand that correctly (much like you could do with X-Plane 11)? If so, how is that done? I already encountered in error in MSFS where ATC instructed me to use taxiway Charlie to get to the active runway but the Navigraph airport chart had no taxiway Charlie. I am just wondering how I can update the frequencies and charts in MSFS2020 with the latest Navigraph database, or has that not been implemented yet? Thanks!
Awesome, sorry for the miscommunication, hope you enjoy the series. My first few videos were not planned that well and off the cuff a little too much. As the series progresses I started to make point for notes to ensure I don't miss important details that I very much did in my earlier videos.
Based on this video I subscribed and am seriously looking into Navigraph. Just one question please. I currently set up a flight plan with STAR in the MCDU, but when I get ATC clearance on approach they invariably give me a different runway than what I planned. So is planning a route with a STAR in Navigraph worth it? How do you get around that? Do you just ignore ATC altogether and not even ask for clearance? I'm just starting out with all this so thank you for your patience and your response.
Just bought Navigraphs purely because of this video mate. I am mad because I have found out over the last few days I definitely need to watch everything you have produced. I hope you're doing well for all the effort you have put in, this looks simple but I know it is not. You are well planned and think about the way you talk and demonstrate! Do you write a bit of a script for these ones or just dot points to cover etc? Thanks again!
Thanks Tom, The first set of reviews were off the cuff, but I realized afterward that I was missing things so as you progress I started creating point form notes. Sometimes if I find myself stumbling over those points or struggling to say it correctly I'll type out a script for that paragraph or set of points so that I can sort of get over that hump. Sometimes its just me struggling for the right words, other times its the Gin :)
@@NOTAM1 Haha. Modern technology makes our job a lot easier. Trying to shoot something in one take is damn near impossible for me. Thanks for the reply mate. Take care.
Fantastic presentation. Navigraph seems to provide it all. Your tutorial may well be the trigger. I have one question. I use a second monitor to monitor the PFD and MFD. Can the navigraph displays also be moved to the second or navigation monitor? Thanks for any guidance you may provide.
Loved the tutorial. I only had one problem as the star and approaches for Montreal (CYUL) have changed and runway 10 is no longer available. However landing on 6L or 6R works great. Using version 7.4.3
Hello Sir. Can you give us information on how to install Navigraph and do you have to put it in a particular folder . I had navigraph but moved msfs to a new SSD drive in my pc im not sure if it is communicating with msfs now.
Do you need the higher tier subscriptions, or can one get away with just the FMS Data Manager tier? I don't need the charts, as I have my own (FAA/NGA/Mil) provided by military. Doesn't have ALL of the approaches but has most, but I need to be able to have those approaches at least hand-jammable into the FMS, and I can't do that right now since the points in MSFS are SOOOO out of wack in most cases.
Old vid, but maybe I'll get lucky. I really like Navigraph, but I fly a lot of VOR/VFR and when I plan a flight this way it doesn't give me headings from departure, which makes things tough. Are these hidden somewhere I'm overlooking? I typically end up planning my flights in SkyVector and using Navigraph for charts alone because of this.
Great Tutorial, I am trying to get in to VatSim at the moment and would be good to show a flight from airport A to Airport B and needs to be done during the flight as you go across the areas in between, I am from the UK and I guess the principle is the same? forgot to mention doing GA at the moment not the big birds yet, so I guess would be VFR and not IFR?
First of all, excellent video. Extremely helpful to me. Just one main question regarding MS2020. How does what you do here, including exporting the flight plan, interface with the ATC? I have already been frustrated that when taxi instructions are given, the taxiways don't match those on the airport charts. Often, the ones they designate don't even exist. another question (which you may answer in another video) is how do the Navigraph updates get into MS2020 so the charts in the sim are updated? With XPlane, the data manager scanned and found the simulator, but that process does not include MSFS2020. Thanks!
I have loads of issues with default VOR/DMEs in MSFS, some of them don't work out right, some only give me the distance. I got those frequencies directly from MSFS' world map. You think Navigraph will help?
no, simtoolkitpro is still nice. This doesn't do that. This is purely an IFR and charts etc... That being said, nothing else offers proper charting so if you want to replicate jeppesen charts and routes this is it. But still use STKP IMO.
Thanks for your guidance. I have taken your advice to purchase a Navigraph subscription and now have both the Navigraph Charts and Navigraph FMS Data files on my desktop. What I cannot figure out is how to link my Navigraph flight plan to FS2020 and thus get it into my MFD. And of course, I cannot see my mod on the Navigraph Chart. When I try to export the plan to FS2020 from Navigraph it brings up a window indicating that I should save the link, which I've done, but doesn't help. I have seen something about "Simlink" but I'm not sure what that is or if I need to get it either from the Navigraph website or from another source. Can you help?
To add to the saga, I found the Simlink app and loaded it. Thus far, I have managed to get my aircraft mod to appear in the charts, just as you explained. But I still am having trouble figuring out how to automatically load my Navigraph charted flight plan into the aircraft MFD. Advice?
Hey Peter, will do a video on this soon, but at the moment Navigraph has stumbled across an issue with Asobo (that they are aware of and trying to resolve) that is now preventing this connection. (the good news is you aren't crazy, the bad news is that we have to wait now for an update).
First! I love how you explain things! Subbed for when I'll want to know more about ILS flying! Came here for more MSFS integration btw. Excellent work, keep it up!
hey man great video. i have an issue sir. i just downloaded navigraph and the fenix a320. im logged into the tablet with my navigraph info. problem is after i create my flight plan and save it to desktop, when i try to load the flight plan from simbrief via the tablet it says "no flight plan connected to username". am i saving the flight plan in wrong place? or am i missing something????
I also do VFR flights only (for now). When its only for creating flightplans, you can use little navmap. Thats free. But if you want e.g. correct departure plans, taxi ways etc.....then (for me) Navigraph is the better (and worth) toolkit
Hello David. A really great video. I’m subscribed! Your presentation was clear, well paced, and very informative. I’m a big advocate of Navigraph myself. What is your background if you don’t mind saying? I’m guessing you’re at least a CFII. Great job. Keep it up!
@@NOTAM1 Sorry you couldn't pursue Military aviation. That's where I started. Also sorry you can no longer hold a medical. I'd have never guessed you hadn't instructed pilots! Glad you're in the hobby. Keep those videos coming!
One of the things i find with most chart options, is there is very little Australian content. i have been unable to find out what Navigraph holds for Australians. Can anyone tell me if this is a good subscription for people who like to fly GA within Australia in sims?
But Microsoft and Asobo have promised us that up-to-date navdata/gps data/fmc data/navaids/whatever-you-wanna-call-them and Charts will be provided to us regularly and that's why they formed a partnership with Navblue. They reiterated this during the latest developer question and answer live session on twitch and youtube too. I'll wait and see how far we can get without having to buy Navigraph.
I've heard this before from commentors, but haven't seen yet were the devs promise charts. I'd be very surprised if this were true. I believe they partnered with navblue to provide navaid data based on airac cycle and hi and low enroute charts, but not 10-9's SID/STAR APR etc... If you have a link I'd love to see otherwise.
I guess I'm late to the party for these videos... but this is the best entry point explanation I have found thus far as new MSFS and flight sim enthusiast.
Definitely the best tutorial available. The explanation is very detailed and easy to understand. Thank you very much.
Navigraph really should reward you with something as this is the best sales speech for the product. Heading now to Navigraph to spend some money! You got yourself new subscriber, superb tutorial!
Nicely done video, I have been a customer for Navigraph for two years and to be honest, I cant see how to enjoy FS without it ......It adds a whole new realism level to the flight and works fine with MSFS 2020, thank you
My eyes straight up went WHOA when you showed that you can view all the departures/arrivals overlayed on the map. Impressive
You ability to explain and your speed of explanation are top notch. Will be watching the rest of your videos on Navigraph.
This video convinced me to try a months subscription and so far it's amazing. The update you can do the MSFS nav data is a big deal, at least now when you work out a plan in navigraph or simbrief it matches properly in the sim. It also adds a nice extra layer of realism to the game, which is cool.
I was considering Foreflight, Simcharts and Navigraph. Only watched the first of your videos and already sold on Navigraph. For the subscription price it sounds like it's just unbeatable.
This video helped me a lot about low and high routes.
But even more to create visual sids and arrivals/approaches.
This should be information that should be on the navigraph site!
Thanks.
Damn it... explained so well I now may need to spend $75 a year : ).. thank you.. extremely helpful
Much appreciated. I subscribed to Navigraph today and you are absolutely correct; adds an enormous amount to my X-Plane and MSFS 2020 experience. I look forward to learning a lot more from you
Just what I need!! So helpful. My ForeFlight subscription is about to end so I’m switching to navigraph and simbrief. This series will be awesome for learning all about it.
Good stuff - I have only been using half the features of Navigraph, this video changed that. Thank you.
i was on the fence about buying navigraph. but this video definitely pushed me to bite the bullet and get it
Thank you so much for this tutorial series! Wow! Now as a newbie to all this you I can get a great understanding of how this all works. Thank you for taking the time to help us become better Sim Pilots. Once again a big heart felt thank you for helping.
Wow! Incredible series and an outstanding job by you. I am just getting into the flight simulation space having recently experienced MSFS 2020. I need all the help I can get (smile) and I have been looking around for educational series in this space. Your Navigraph series is simply the best one out there that I have seen and it is exactly what I am looking for. I appreciate your time, production, and easy to understand explanation of the Navigraph tool and I look forward to watching your other educational flight sim sessions as well as I know they each will be top notch. Job well done sir and thank you!
I bought navigraph because of this video series. Thank you.
this sold me on getting my subscription. i need this now! you're videos are absolutely amazing!
That was brilliant, you sure do build a good case for using the tool. Thanks David!
Great work.... one step closer to get Navigraph, all thanks to you!
Wow, this has helped so much. I got Navigraph on Day 1 of MSFS, but I haven't been realizing it's full potential. Thanks!
@@NOTAM1 Look forward to it. You're killing it with quality content right now. I'm trying to soak up some knowledge, lol.
Only came across your channel an hour ago and you've already cost me a Mooney and a Navigraph account ya bastard. Didn't get a Kitfox though... Lol. Seriously great content sir. Thanks.
This is way better than Navigraph tutorial. Awesome job. Subscribed
Great tutorial. I haven't found Navigraph that intuitive, but you have helped enormously. Great manner of teaching, thanks so much for posting.
Been subscribing to Navigraph for years it’s essential imo. The moving maps on geo referenced charts is worth the fee alone
David Traves navigraph ceo announced VFR charts before launch of MSFS so it’s coming at some point
This is so cool, thank you so much for the great videos, I'm learning what I wanted & needed to know fast and with ease, instead of trying to figure out everything alone.
Amazing video. New navi graph and fs 2020 learnt a lot.
Just subscribed to Navigraph and this is the what I needed to get started - thanks! 👍👍👍
Extremely helpful video, exactly what I wanted to know ! Just started a subscription with Navigraph, so there's a lot to learn, including FS2020.
Excellent tutorial. Navigraph has changed for the better since my FSX days. The UI can be daunting but your commentary (with the help of the pause button) helped immensely to get me situated again after a 3 year hiatus. BTW, recent change, the ILS 10 is no longer at Trudeau Intl.
You are an excellent tutorial creator. Thank you
Im wayyyy from this level yet (172 AP still trying to kill me in FS2020) but this all makes sense - once I get reliable on basics I'll look forward to getting into this more. What a powerful tool.... Really great presentation and explanation - will definitely check out your info vids - thank you :):)
@@NOTAM1 I would love to have a series that looks at where to do from a basic 152/172 simmer in terms of the next step which seems really lacking which is the middle ground, not the airliners but the large middle chunk of private jets and turbo as well as twin-engine aircraft.
@@NOTAM1 I hear you , I think there is a niche there not the complete basics of flight, that really has been done across all the sims and truth be told you can learn the basics from courses people have done all the way back to FSX and before. So I think and this is only my thought process, as a newbie who is no longer a complete newbie , but wants to take it to the next level and does not necessarily want to go into what is rather abstract as far as flying goes, namely the big passenger birds, I want to know more about the more complex and powerful props. 182 and up, where you have RPM control and cowling!
Great tutorial. Terrific to see how Navigraphs works. Looking forward to more videos.
Working on 104B right now, about 12 planned total.
I just stumbled upon your channel and tutorial series and I love it! Thank you for the great content!
Thanks for your excellent tutorials, for a beginner in MSFS they are extremely helpful! :)
Excellent video. Explanation was clear. Thank you.
Thanks so much for this series my grandchildren and I are just getting into MSFS so this series is just wonderful
Excellent tutorial and explanation, thank you ❤
I subscribed to Navigraph because of your video!
This is the first video of yours I’ve seen, and I’ve now subscribed. Really well done. Can’t wait to see further instalments!
Awesome, thank you!, working on 104B right now, hopefully its done before you get there.
Calm, clear and concise help with the fascinating world of air navigation. What's not to like? Liked and already subscribed.
Nice that you've linked timestamps to the various parts of the video and to other videos in the series. I don't know when you started your channel but you're bound to have a lot more than two thousand subscribers if you keep this up.
Thanks Jelb, appreciate the kind words.
@@NOTAM1 I just searched for free alternatives to navigraph and found chartfox.org/ Could be it's worth recommending for those, like me, that aren't keen on monthly subscriptions. Not yet at least.
@@JELB1960 There are a lot of open projects like this... and as a developer myself, I would never talk badly of them. They're all great in their own right, and free is amazing. I'll have a look. In general (not charfox specifically as I don't know) the problem I find with most of these projects is keeping the AIRAC data up to date. If it doesn't match MSFS exactly then it won't work well. I can't speak to chartfox, but this is a large undertaking. Definitely looks like its worth a look for me though, thanks.
Great introduction to the utility, NOTAM. Definitely subbing to the channel. One question, though: I notice that Navigraph has three separate subscription plans, but I'm unclear what the difference is between them. Can you elaborate on that, or direct me to a video where you've covered that already? Thanks and happy new year!
Thank you for your detailed description of the Navigraph chart and flight planning program. I used them several years ago and did start an account with them again following your video. I just purchased the FS2020 and wanted to integrate the Navigraph files into this program. I do not know if I am doing something wrong? However, when I plan a detailed IFR route including departure and approach procedures, the Sid's and Star's do not seem to transfer into the FS2020 program. I only get the departure airport, arrival airport and the waypoints. Have you got any suggestions
I seem to recall reading somewhere where MSFS has not included SIDS and STARS into the sim yet. I could be wrong (I have not tried to use them yet) but that may be why they don't come into MSFS from your saved flight plan. This is one of the issues that bugs me about the new sim in that not everything was fully implemented prior to release.
Very nice Tutorial, I subscribed to Navigraph but wasn't really sure how to use it. This video is exactly what I needed. Thank you so much!
Excellent video and very helpful. Thanks for putting it together. I am just getting back into flight simming and I have forgotten a lot of things so your video is very timely. Happy New Year from a fellow Canuck!
Thank you David! Very nice tutorial and looking forward to the rest of the series.
Glad you enjoyed it Rehan, more to come.
great video but I noticed its really for larger commercial jets using sids and stars. I'm more interested in gps approaches with holding patterns for smaller general aircraft, will it show those approaches?
Great video! I'd heard a bit about Navigraph but after seeing you use it I know it's a must have :D
Great Presentation. Thanks. Is it possible to run Navigraph on a separate tablet and tie into MSFS2020 on another computer?
Awesome tutorial! Bravo!
I have been flying Microsoft Flight Simulator since Flight Simulator 2 by Sublogic on my Atari 800. I have always been a casual flyer, just jump in fly around and look at stuff. I am trying to become a more serious sim pilot and trying to learn the systems of the aircraft. I want to learn ILS, proper flight procedures, how to read carts, etc. My question to you is when would it be the right time to sub to Navigraph? I have a second monitor that I have been running the Flight Sim mobile companion and Fltplan go on my tablet to look at airport charts. I did my very first ground start, and coms with ATC for pushback, taxi instructions, takeoff clearance, request for landing, etc. I am having so much fun learning the sim right now.
Great video, thanks for doing this! This definitely made me think about getting Navigraph at some point for MSFS.
@@NOTAM1 Thanks, I will! I'm particularly interested in how Navigraph will eventually tie in with the various systems in the core simulator, like the ATC AI.
Thank you so much for this. You explained this quickly and concisely.
Thank you. I just subscribed to navigraph.
Awesome Vid. Thx for the explanation into the navi it was a big help, I look forward to your nxt vid
Once a nice selection of vintage aircraft are available for MSFS I will look forward to some old school flying using charts, IFR, gauges and dials to navigate.
It's more much more interesting way of creating flight plan than the in-game method. Especially when all arrivals visible at the same time, so you can choose proper :)
It's definitely nice when planning. One of my favorite features.
Great video and very informative! Looking forward to going through the rest of the series to begin to develop my IFR simming. You have a very soothing voice also. :)
Could you elaborate on the mechanism that will transfer updated Navigraph chart information into my FX2020 data base please - how is it moved over?. Thanks.
Thank you very much , great tutorial
Well done. Just chose Navigraph over my old fav, ForeFlight. This will help me transition to it.
Not a RL pilot. Used FF in X-Plane for flight planning and iPad integration flying IFR. Flew only in U.S. Would be expensive for whole world coverage. Navigraph will work just fine. Love MSFS 2020. Keep up the good work.
That's really slick how you can see all the approqches/departures and adjust your plan accordingly. Looks like I'm going to be a Navigraph subscriber soon. 😉
@@NOTAM1 I bought a year subscription yesterday and have been messing around with it. Thank you for making me spend more money. Hehehe...
Great tutorial series. One question how do I get the MSFS 2020 airnav data updated with the latest Navigraph NAV data? Also do I need to do the update every 28 days or is it automatic.
Thanks,
Steve
Parry Sound
Thanks Lutz,
I do see the value in NG but I am also very new to the whole world of training myself to, A. build a full on and good flight sim at home, B. buying hardware that efficiently supports my growing needs, C all at a cost that is reasonable, D, useful purchases that are meaningful and useful, appropriate for a beginner who really wants to fly in real life.
I am not sure about my $150.00 purchase of NG as being an efficient and necessary purchase at the point in my training. Especially as thier is limmited support for learning pitols who are focused with VFR to get them selves started. Thanks for the little navmap advice, might have been more suitable for my situation when I started.
I wonder in NG would consider holding my annual membership in a pause status until I grew into their service that I bought only a few months ago? Well, its in todays times that I think this, so, no is very likely the answer.
Anyways, thank for your time Lutz, keep on flying and stay safe..
Dean
How does one factor the winds into the planning in order to determine runways in use when using this planner? I don't want to be taking off or landing and have an AI aircraft coming from the other direction. Thanks for these helpful videos!
Thanks so much for producing this series about Navigraph and understanding the information on the charts. I had one question. Could you go over again how I replace the charts that come with MS FS2020 with the Navigraph charts? Thanks so much!! And please keep them coming!!
@@NOTAM1 have you tested the beta? I'm tempted to use it by myself.
@@RabbitFCB I'm using it. It's not perfect. But we're beginning to think that's limitations with MSFS itself.
I just subscribed to Navigraph today and yours is the first tutorial I watched. It was awesome. I do have a question (or 50 lol). I know you know the airports that are in this video, but how do you choose runways on airports you don't know? Also, will you be covering how to find the route you just created when loading into the game? I'm a realllly serious noob here. Sorry. If it's any consolation, you did gain a new sub. lol. Have a great day.
Nice videos serie. Congratulations.
Extremely useful, thank you!
How do you open the navigraph window in the flight sim? So that you can access the map while flying?
Thanks David for your tutorial, appreciate it!!
how did you get your navigraph to work with Microsoft flight simulator 2020 I am having problems
disregard I got it working I figured out I had the run symlink first
Very useful. I thought I heard you mention how Navigraph can load current data into MSFS. Did I understand that correctly (much like you could do with X-Plane 11)? If so, how is that done? I already encountered in error in MSFS where ATC instructed me to use taxiway Charlie to get to the active runway but the Navigraph airport chart had no taxiway Charlie. I am just wondering how I can update the frequencies and charts in MSFS2020 with the latest Navigraph database, or has that not been implemented yet? Thanks!
okay thank you, now i understand. you have earned my subscription.
Awesome, sorry for the miscommunication, hope you enjoy the series. My first few videos were not planned that well and off the cuff a little too much. As the series progresses I started to make point for notes to ensure I don't miss important details that I very much did in my earlier videos.
Based on this video I subscribed and am seriously looking into Navigraph. Just one question please. I currently set up a flight plan with STAR in the MCDU, but when I get ATC clearance on approach they invariably give me a different runway than what I planned. So is planning a route with a STAR in Navigraph worth it? How do you get around that? Do you just ignore ATC altogether and not even ask for clearance? I'm just starting out with all this so thank you for your patience and your response.
Just bought Navigraphs purely because of this video mate. I am mad because I have found out over the last few days I definitely need to watch everything you have produced. I hope you're doing well for all the effort you have put in, this looks simple but I know it is not. You are well planned and think about the way you talk and demonstrate! Do you write a bit of a script for these ones or just dot points to cover etc? Thanks again!
Thanks Tom, The first set of reviews were off the cuff, but I realized afterward that I was missing things so as you progress I started creating point form notes. Sometimes if I find myself stumbling over those points or struggling to say it correctly I'll type out a script for that paragraph or set of points so that I can sort of get over that hump. Sometimes its just me struggling for the right words, other times its the Gin :)
@@NOTAM1 Haha. Modern technology makes our job a lot easier. Trying to shoot something in one take is damn near impossible for me. Thanks for the reply mate. Take care.
Fantastic presentation. Navigraph seems to provide it all. Your tutorial may well be the trigger. I have one question. I use a second monitor to monitor the PFD and MFD. Can the navigraph displays also be moved to the second or navigation monitor? Thanks for any guidance you may provide.
Loved the tutorial. I only had one problem as the star and approaches for Montreal (CYUL) have changed and runway 10 is no longer available. However landing on 6L or 6R works great. Using version 7.4.3
... Brilliant tutorial ... thank you so much!👍
You're very welcome, thanks Ken.
Hello Sir. Can you give us information on how to install Navigraph and do you have to put it in a particular folder . I had navigraph but moved msfs to a new SSD drive in my pc im not sure if it is communicating with msfs now.
So helpful THANK YOU!!!!!
excellent tutorial! Thanks David!
Really great helpful video! You deserve more subs.
Thanks 180shutter, appreciate it.
Do you need the higher tier subscriptions, or can one get away with just the FMS Data Manager tier? I don't need the charts, as I have my own (FAA/NGA/Mil) provided by military. Doesn't have ALL of the approaches but has most, but I need to be able to have those approaches at least hand-jammable into the FMS, and I can't do that right now since the points in MSFS are SOOOO out of wack in most cases.
Old vid, but maybe I'll get lucky.
I really like Navigraph, but I fly a lot of VOR/VFR and when I plan a flight this way it doesn't give me headings from departure, which makes things tough. Are these hidden somewhere I'm overlooking?
I typically end up planning my flights in SkyVector and using Navigraph for charts alone because of this.
Looks like you can do the same level of planning with the built-in FS20 flight planner. What am I missing?
Charts would be a big one.
Great Tutorial, I am trying to get in to VatSim at the moment and would be good to show a flight from airport A to Airport B and needs to be done during the flight as you go across the areas in between, I am from the UK and I guess the principle is the same? forgot to mention doing GA at the moment not the big birds yet, so I guess would be VFR and not IFR?
First of all, excellent video. Extremely helpful to me. Just one main question regarding MS2020. How does what you do here, including exporting the flight plan, interface with the ATC? I have already been frustrated that when taxi instructions are given, the taxiways don't match those on the airport charts. Often, the ones they designate don't even exist. another question (which you may answer in another video) is how do the Navigraph updates get into MS2020 so the charts in the sim are updated? With XPlane, the data manager scanned and found the simulator, but that process does not include MSFS2020. Thanks!
I have loads of issues with default VOR/DMEs in MSFS, some of them don't work out right, some only give me the distance. I got those frequencies directly from MSFS' world map. You think Navigraph will help?
This is all fine and good until ATC changes your runway, then how do you work that?
You just change it in Navigraph and it updates on the fly
Does this make Simtoolkitpro obsolete? I like that STKP shows you how hard or smooth your landings are, does this do it as well?
no, simtoolkitpro is still nice. This doesn't do that. This is purely an IFR and charts etc... That being said, nothing else offers proper charting so if you want to replicate jeppesen charts and routes this is it. But still use STKP IMO.
Thanks for your guidance. I have taken your advice to purchase a Navigraph subscription and now have both the Navigraph Charts and Navigraph FMS Data files on my desktop. What I cannot figure out is how to link my Navigraph flight plan to FS2020 and thus get it into my MFD. And of course, I cannot see my mod on the Navigraph Chart. When I try to export the plan to FS2020 from Navigraph it brings up a window indicating that I should save the link, which I've done, but doesn't help. I have seen something about "Simlink" but I'm not sure what that is or if I need to get it either from the Navigraph website or from another source. Can you help?
To add to the saga, I found the Simlink app and loaded it. Thus far, I have managed to get my aircraft mod to appear in the charts, just as you explained. But I still am having trouble figuring out how to automatically load my Navigraph charted flight plan into the aircraft MFD. Advice?
Hey Peter, will do a video on this soon, but at the moment Navigraph has stumbled across an issue with Asobo (that they are aware of and trying to resolve) that is now preventing this connection. (the good news is you aren't crazy, the bad news is that we have to wait now for an update).
@@NOTAM1 Thanks for
Thanks for getting back to me with this. Will stand by and look forward to your next video.
First! I love how you explain things! Subbed for when I'll want to know more about ILS flying! Came here for more MSFS integration btw. Excellent work, keep it up!
hey man great video. i have an issue sir. i just downloaded navigraph and the fenix a320. im logged into the tablet with my navigraph info. problem is after i create my flight plan and save it to desktop, when i try to load the flight plan from simbrief via the tablet it says "no flight plan connected to username". am i saving the flight plan in wrong place? or am i missing something????
Great video! How do you know in advance which runways you will be vectored into by atc? Or which one to take off from?
Ditto to the previous comment! Question: is it worth having Navigraph for someone starting out with MSFS202 who is only flying VFR?
I also do VFR flights only (for now). When its only for creating flightplans, you can use little navmap. Thats free. But if you want e.g. correct departure plans, taxi ways etc.....then (for me) Navigraph is the better (and worth) toolkit
Hello David. A really great video. I’m subscribed! Your presentation was clear, well paced, and very informative. I’m a big advocate of Navigraph myself. What is your background if you don’t mind saying? I’m guessing you’re at least a CFII. Great job. Keep it up!
@@NOTAM1 Sorry you couldn't pursue Military aviation. That's where I started. Also sorry you can no longer hold a medical. I'd have never guessed you hadn't instructed pilots! Glad you're in the hobby. Keep those videos coming!
how do I get that exported into msfs and how do I pull up the plan on the fmc on msfs?
Export in .pln format and then Load the .pln into MSFS from the map page
One of the things i find with most chart options, is there is very little Australian content. i have been unable to find out what Navigraph holds for Australians. Can anyone tell me if this is a good subscription for people who like to fly GA within Australia in sims?
But Microsoft and Asobo have promised us that up-to-date navdata/gps data/fmc data/navaids/whatever-you-wanna-call-them and Charts will be provided to us regularly and that's why they formed a partnership with Navblue. They reiterated this during the latest developer question and answer live session on twitch and youtube too. I'll wait and see how far we can get without having to buy Navigraph.
I've heard this before from commentors, but haven't seen yet were the devs promise charts. I'd be very surprised if this were true. I believe they partnered with navblue to provide navaid data based on airac cycle and hi and low enroute charts, but not 10-9's SID/STAR APR etc... If you have a link I'd love to see otherwise.