How to Fly the Kodiak 100 | Part 6 - Taxi and Before Take-off

Tutorial covering taxi and before take-off checklists and aspects of ground handling operations in the Kodiak 100 in Microsoft Flight Simulator 2020.
Aircraft systems, including the use of the Inertial Particle Separator (IPS), are discussed in Part 4 (at 07:55) so make sure to watch that too. The IPS should be in bypass when:
- OAT is less than 4°c and visible moisture is present; and/or
- Operating on or near unsealed surfaces or when there is any risk of FOD.
However the IPS should not be used on other conditions as it reduces ram air inlet recovery and of course reduces engine performance also.
Tell me in the comments if you think the ground handling has improved in the latest version? Am I imagining things or is there weather-vanishing now less severe? EDIT: the devs how confirmed that wheel friction has been increased, so I wasn't imagining it!
The input viewer tool can be found here: flightsim.to/f...
For real-life shots of a Kodiak pilot making tight turns on the ground in PNG check out ‪@MissionaryBushPilot‬
Also, a very cool video from Daher chief Kodiak demo pilot Mark Brown is here. • KODIAK 100 Flight VLOG...
Note that he doesn't put the Aux Bus on until after the generator is on and that he bumps up the condition lever when putting the A/C on.
Made using Kodiak release v1.4.0

[@darojax]

Thanks for your great Kodiak videos, very helpful.

[@alpinebravo7090]

Glad you are finding them useful!

[@ex5tube]

This is a very nice collection of Kodiak tutorials, with lots of additional information not found on other channels.
I'm carefully watching each step, to note any differences in settings. On the first taxi, you did not have the RPM lever at max. Then, on the 2nd taxi, with higher winds, you did have the RPM lever at max. Was that intentional?

[@alpinebravo7090]

Well spotted. A continuity error! All ground operations are performed with the prop lever set to max RPM.
Before they implemented Beta range (which was around the time I recorded this), I used to use lower RPM settings to make the taxi more manageable. But this effects the function of the generator so now I use Beta range, which works very well. I was likely just using my former technique.

[@Austin-jv4wi]

Hi, on grass airstrip you have to set inertial separator to bypass.

[@alpinebravo7090]

The POH talks about 'sandy or dusty' conditions, but yes, I think unless there was some serious operational reason why you needed the extra power, you would want to put the inert sep into bypass as FOD is always more likely on an unsealed surface.

[@ENergyJimP]

@@alpinebravo7090 Inlet bypass is used to prevent ingested items (including ice chunks in freezing conditions

[@alpinebravo7090]

@@ENergyJimP Glad you are enjoying the videos. Inertial Particle Separator (IPS): Yes, absolutely. I covered this in part 3 of the series and will cover again in a future one which will include operation in icing conditions. For the sake of clarity though:
The IPS should be in bypass when:
- OAT is less than 4°c and visible moisture is present; and/or
- Operating on or near unsealed surfaces where there is a risk of FOD.
However the IPS should not be used on other conditions as it reduces ram air inlet recovery and of course reduces engine performance also.
Ryan on MBP seemed to use it as a matter of course, but then his operations were hardly 'normal'!

[@gs2162]

You dont have a throttle quadrant?