You can add other map styles to LittleNavMap as well. I typically use a sectional for flight planning. Check out this AVSIM forum post that details how to install the alternate maps: www.avsim.com/forums/topic/548994-new-maps-for-lnm/
Thanks for the video, very informative. My friend and I both watched it and it helped get us started. The funny thing is whenever we try and help each other with Little Nav Map features we always do so in your voice!
Thanks so much for your kind comments. These videos take the most effort to produce and perform the worst on the channel. I wish they performed better as I would make more of this type.
Great video - massive thanks for taking the time to make, edit and post these. I am closely following this series, and learning huge amounts, especially re LittleNavMap (which strikes me as a brilliant, yet free, program). Regards, Alasdair
This is a great intro to basic VFR flight planning, thanks! I've been using LNM for this for a few weeks but I found a few new things in your video that are very useful. It's especially great to have LNM open on my second monitor during the flight. One small point of terminology. "Knots" means "nautical miles per hour." When you're talking distance, it's just "nautical miles."
Wow thank you so much! this is my first foray into flight navigation this really has helped me, Im looking forward to your next video thanks a million.
Thanks for another great tutorial. I am a newbie and had no trouble following along and implementing. I don't know if you are a professional teacher or not, but you sure could be!
Your videos are really great and explained in an understandable way. I am already looking forward to the next part. Please keep up the good work. Thanks
Thanks heaps for the first 2 parts of your tutorial for using little navmap. I found it to be the easiest to follow of all the other tutorials I have found. I look forward to part 3 and wonder how I will know when it is released.
Great video, very helpful in getting started with Little NavMap (together with the first video on the subject) One nit-picky point of correction, though. Several times in the video you use the term "knots" when I think it's really nautical miles you mean to use. Knots is a unit of speed (nautical miles per hour) and is abbreviated kn, while nm stands for the related distance unit nautical mile. Like I said, I'm nit-picking. Still a fantastic video. Thanks!
Thanks for this great guide. It all works great here except for one weird issue. I made the same flightplan as you did, then load it into FS2020. FS then adds an extra waypoint, in the direction of the takeoff, from that waypoint it directs me to the first waypoint I made in Navmap. So the first waypoint I made in Navmap becomes the 2nd waypoint when I load it into FS2020. It's not a huge deal, but I read the navmap manual, googled for hours and I simply can't figure out what is causing this. Maybe this is a 'new' feature since the latest Navmap version?
@@badGamr Hi :) I posted this issue on the FS2020 forum and apparently MSFS just recently added this. Although I think this should only be for IFR plans. But I thought I was doing something wrong, couldn't figure out why I got that extra waypoint added :) "FAA Order 8260.46, Departure Procedure (DP) Program, and FAA Order 8260.3, United States Standard for Terminal Instrument Procedures (TERPS), Volume 4, establishes guidelines for IFR departure turning procedures which assumes a climb to 400 feet above the departure end of runway (DER) elevation before a turn is made."
@@badGamr Welcome :) Hey maybe you know this - When I open the VFR map in MSFS, it draws a line between the waypoints, but not exactly. The line bends towards the next waypoint while being quite far from the former waypoint. It makes navigating by following the headings of the waypoints a bit difficult. When I follow the headings exactly I fly straight from waypoint to waypoint, like the flightpath shows in Navmap - but that actually doesn't correspond exactly with the flightpath on the VFR map in FS2020. It's all so confusing :D
Great video. LNM is indeed a treasure. If I save a LNM flight plan and fly a non-glass Cessna 172 in MSFS, will the autopilot follow the elevation data as well as the heading or do I have to manually set elevation as I fly the route?
No idea, sorry. I do not have the non glass 172 to test with sadly. Wish I did. When I bought MSFS I was unsure if it would even run on my iMac so I opted for the cheaper risk :)
Hello, badGamr, I have the exact screen up as you have, MSFS2020 running, I type in the Airport code CYYF, for Penticton, BC Canada and nothing shows up in the black area where your airport shows up, What am I missing? I am following your screen to a T except I am using the airport location I fly out of. Thank you for your time. Oh, I wanted to make a flight plan from CYYF to CYXX following with you on the screen.
Sorry, where can I find your Community page? Re the Question above, Did I miss something for this not to come up on my computer, I have the newest version, had MSFS running.
@@andrewstraatsma3136 Go to my home page here: ua-cam.com/channels/JA1uggbAgVaINZIBM769Fg.html Along the top is a menu that says home -videos - Playlists - Community. Click on the community link.
@@badGamr I looked at your screen, my screen looks identical to yours, it is connected to MSFS and yet it will not populate, the only thing I noticed different from your screen is that at the bottom of the screen right beside where it says connected, it says in that box: Database is empty, in red. I don't see that on your screen. Can that have something to do with it? The plane shows up on the tarmac, I can make it move, yet the other part don't want to populate? Thank you for your time. Hope we can get this working.
@@andrewstraatsma3136 In the menu at the top it has an entry called Scenery Library. In that menu, at the bottom, it says load scenery library. Try that. It may want the path to your MSFS sim on your system. I am not at my machine now or I would try this myself to be more specific. If that still does not work, post about your issue over at the developer's support forum here: www.avsim.com/forums/forum/780-little-navmap-little-navconnect-little-logbook-support-forum/
While LittleNavMap does not open a map window or directly integrate into the MSFS user interface, it does provide a detailed map in it's own user interface as a separate application that is connected to the sim and displays your location as well as other information. The mapping tools inside of MSFS are currently fairly limited and LittleNavMap allows for greater flexibility. But it does so in it's own user interface. Hope that helps!
Part of the issue is that SID and STAR are not working properly because of deficiencies in MSFS 3rd party integration tools. I was hoping it would have been fixed by now.
@@stevesumner9988 Part 3 is almost done being scripted and I hope to have it up this week. It's a much longer video than the previous 2. As to the sids (now called DP in the US) and STAR naming issue Alex (the developer) has stated that this is an issue with MSFS.
I have not verified that yet with his latest release. Make sure you get the current release since it's out of beta now. You can find links etc. for it in my community tab.
Nice job again. I've learned a lot of little things I did not know about setting up Little Navmap in the first two videos. I did not see the third video in this series though. Did you end up making it or is it a WIP still? AE
Thank you again for a awesome video, one question, is there anyway the nav log can be printed off, it has lots of info and would be nice to have it in hand as your reference? Thank you for your time.
Under the menu item "Logbook" is an export to CSV function. This will save the logbook data to a file that can be read by Google Sheets, Excel or most database applications.
@@badGamr Thank you for your response, I think I did not use the right terminology when I asked the question, my bad, What I meant was is this: when I choose a flight in the sim from point A to B it creates a Nav Log, WayPoint Log with heading, distance Etc, that is the log I would like to print off and have in my hand during the flight, Is that one printable? Thanks again for your time.
@@andrewstraatsma3136 Do you mean the flight plan itself? You can create your plan in FS2020 however you like. Then save the plan and then go into Little NavMap and load the plan into there and then print it using the print command in the file menu.
@@badGamr What I meant was, I create a flight say from Penticton to Vancouver in the sim, using low altitude airways setting, then click on Nav Log where you see all the info heading, distance etc, that is the piece I would like to print off, is that possible or is that what you save and transfer it to Little Nav?
Minor "niggle" - could you please disable the MSFS "theme tune" in your videos, it is extremely irritating and why I have it completely muted in my options, I keep thinking I have MSFS running in the background while watching your videos. I dread to think what a cacophony it would be if it were enabled in my MSFS running in the background!!!
@@badGamr No worries mate :) Brisbane - Toowoomba went fine, VFR along highway. Took a while to understand, why yellow line wouldn’t respond to my mouse clicks. Now it’s easy !
@@badGamr Jepp, that’s the one :) Living very close to YBAF, so felt like a good practice run 🏃🏻♂️ up to Toowoomba. After spending so many hours in DC6, small Piper Arrow III felt like a toy 🧸
You can add other map styles to LittleNavMap as well. I typically use a sectional for flight planning. Check out this AVSIM forum post that details how to install the alternate maps: www.avsim.com/forums/topic/548994-new-maps-for-lnm/
Thanks for the video, very informative. My friend and I both watched it and it helped get us started. The funny thing is whenever we try and help each other with Little Nav Map features we always do so in your voice!
That's hilarious. Glad it helped you :)
Deeper dive that's a masterpiece of expression to motivate me to keep watching the video
You are a blessing for msfs 2020 community
Thanks so much for your kind comments. These videos take the most effort to produce and perform the worst on the channel. I wish they performed better as I would make more of this type.
Great video - massive thanks for taking the time to make, edit and post these.
I am closely following this series, and learning huge amounts, especially re LittleNavMap (which strikes me as a brilliant, yet free, program).
Regards, Alasdair
Thanks so much for the kind comments!
This is a great intro to basic VFR flight planning, thanks! I've been using LNM for this for a few weeks but I found a few new things in your video that are very useful. It's especially great to have LNM open on my second monitor during the flight. One small point of terminology. "Knots" means "nautical miles per hour." When you're talking distance, it's just "nautical miles."
Glad it was helpful! Thanks for the correction!
Wow thank you so much! this is my first foray into flight navigation this really has helped me, Im looking forward to your next video thanks a million.
Thanks for the kind comments! Glad it helped!
Thanks for another great tutorial. I am a newbie and had no trouble following along and implementing. I don't know if you are a professional teacher or not, but you sure could be!
Thanks so much Lee! Glad it was helpful!
Your videos are really great and explained in an understandable way. I am already looking forward to the next part. Please keep up the good work. Thanks
Thanks so much Tobi!
Thanks heaps for the first 2 parts of your tutorial for using little navmap. I found it to be the easiest to follow of all the other tutorials I have found.
I look forward to part 3 and wonder how I will know when it is released.
Thanks! Glad it helped! Subscribing and hitting the little bell will notify you of my video uploads :)
Amazing video, I was looking for something like this but I would have never understood it without your explainer. Thanks a lot!!
You are welcome! Glad it helped!
Thanks for these video's , I put Little Navmap on a laptop so I can watch where I am as I fly along.
Glad it was helpful!
Thanks for this video. I hope you have plans for an IFR flight planning video as well. That would be very helpful.
I do have plans for a 3rd installment for this that will cover some IFR elements.
Great video, very helpful in getting started with Little NavMap (together with the first video on the subject)
One nit-picky point of correction, though. Several times in the video you use the term "knots" when I think it's really nautical miles you mean to use.
Knots is a unit of speed (nautical miles per hour) and is abbreviated kn, while nm stands for the related distance unit nautical mile.
Like I said, I'm nit-picking. Still a fantastic video. Thanks!
Thanks. Glad you liked it. Sorry about the knots :)
Is it possible to have a flight plan that has a variable altitude along the route? I would want to do this to go over and under controlled airspace.
For the click and move a leg point on the map, click Flightplan and edit flightplan on the map.. Thank you for this tutorial..Following :-)
Thanks so much for the tip Dream!
Thanks for this great guide. It all works great here except for one weird issue. I made the same flightplan as you did, then load it into FS2020. FS then adds an extra waypoint, in the direction of the takeoff, from that waypoint it directs me to the first waypoint I made in Navmap. So the first waypoint I made in Navmap becomes the 2nd waypoint when I load it into FS2020.
It's not a huge deal, but I read the navmap manual, googled for hours and I simply can't figure out what is causing this.
Maybe this is a 'new' feature since the latest Navmap version?
Thanks for the kind words! It's a bug in MSFS.
@@badGamr Hi :) I posted this issue on the FS2020 forum and apparently MSFS just recently added this. Although I think this should only be for IFR plans. But I thought I was doing something wrong, couldn't figure out why I got that extra waypoint added :)
"FAA Order 8260.46, Departure Procedure (DP) Program, and FAA Order 8260.3, United States Standard for Terminal Instrument Procedures (TERPS), Volume 4, establishes guidelines for IFR departure turning procedures which assumes a climb to 400 feet above the departure end of runway (DER) elevation before a turn is made."
@@MrEDET VERY interesting! Thanks for this!
@@badGamr Welcome :) Hey maybe you know this - When I open the VFR map in MSFS, it draws a line between the waypoints, but not exactly. The line bends towards the next waypoint while being quite far from the former waypoint. It makes navigating by following the headings of the waypoints a bit difficult. When I follow the headings exactly I fly straight from waypoint to waypoint, like the flightpath shows in Navmap - but that actually doesn't correspond exactly with the flightpath on the VFR map in FS2020. It's all so confusing :D
Awesome video sir I learned a lot, thank you.
My pleasure!
Great video. LNM is indeed a treasure. If I save a LNM flight plan and fly a non-glass Cessna 172 in MSFS, will the autopilot follow the elevation data as well as the heading or do I have to manually set elevation as I fly the route?
No idea, sorry. I do not have the non glass 172 to test with sadly. Wish I did. When I bought MSFS I was unsure if it would even run on my iMac so I opted for the cheaper risk :)
@@badGamr Thanks for the info.
Cannot connect to flight simulator 2020 from LNM.Advised to look for cfg file.If this file is not present do I simply add it somehow?Thx
Did you install the latest SimConnect? You need that to have it talk to FS2020.
Hello, badGamr, I have the exact screen up as you have, MSFS2020 running, I type in the Airport code CYYF, for Penticton, BC Canada and nothing shows up in the black area where your airport shows up, What am I missing? I am following your screen to a T except I am using the airport location I fly out of. Thank you for your time. Oh, I wanted to make a flight plan from CYYF to CYXX following with you on the screen.
I just tried it in LNM and it came right up. Look on my community page and I will put a screenshot of it there for you to see.
Sorry, where can I find your Community page? Re the Question above, Did I miss something for this not to come up on my computer, I have the newest version, had MSFS running.
@@andrewstraatsma3136 Go to my home page here:
ua-cam.com/channels/JA1uggbAgVaINZIBM769Fg.html
Along the top is a menu that says home -videos - Playlists - Community. Click on the community link.
@@badGamr I looked at your screen, my screen looks identical to yours, it is connected to MSFS and yet it will not populate, the only thing I noticed different from your screen is that at the bottom of the screen right beside where it says connected, it says in that box: Database is empty, in red. I don't see that on your screen. Can that have something to do with it? The plane shows up on the tarmac, I can make it move, yet the other part don't want to populate? Thank you for your time. Hope we can get this working.
@@andrewstraatsma3136 In the menu at the top it has an entry called Scenery Library. In that menu, at the bottom, it says load scenery library. Try that. It may want the path to your MSFS sim on your system. I am not at my machine now or I would try this myself to be more specific. If that still does not work, post about your issue over at the developer's support forum here:
www.avsim.com/forums/forum/780-little-navmap-little-navconnect-little-logbook-support-forum/
When it's said that little nav maps a moving map, does that mean it opens a small window in msfs like the built it msfs map?
While LittleNavMap does not open a map window or directly integrate into the MSFS user interface, it does provide a detailed map in it's own user interface as a separate application that is connected to the sim and displays your location as well as other information.
The mapping tools inside of MSFS are currently fairly limited and LittleNavMap allows for greater flexibility. But it does so in it's own user interface.
Hope that helps!
@@badGamr There is an addon that allows you to open LittleNavMap's map from the Cockpit menu as well rather than use the MS VFR map
@@AlyKatzGrrl That sounds awesome! Do you have a link to it?
Thanks a lot for this helpful tutorial!
You're welcome!
Hi, so where is PART 3?.... can't find it. It should be the same name except for the number "3"... or not? TIA.
I am still working on it
@@badGamr Oh sorry :)... take your time to do your GOOD work! :)
Part of the issue is that SID and STAR are not working properly because of deficiencies in MSFS 3rd party integration tools. I was hoping it would have been fixed by now.
@@badGamr I had the same question, and was wondering about the Sid, Star issue. Either in MSFS, or Little Navmap. Very clear videos. Well done.
@@stevesumner9988 Part 3 is almost done being scripted and I hope to have it up this week. It's a much longer video than the previous 2. As to the sids (now called DP in the US) and STAR naming issue Alex (the developer) has stated that this is an issue with MSFS.
Great video mate. Do you know if Alex has rectified the accuracy of all SID's and STAR's?
I have not verified that yet with his latest release. Make sure you get the current release since it's out of beta now. You can find links etc. for it in my community tab.
Nice job again. I've learned a lot of little things I did not know about setting up Little Navmap in the first two videos. I did not see the third video in this series though. Did you end up making it or is it a WIP still? AE
Still in process. I was hoping that the sim had fixed the star and sid issues in their API by now so that LNM would work correctly for ILS.
@@badGamr Ah okay. I'll check back later or when I get notified...thanks.
Thank you again for a awesome video, one question, is there anyway the nav log can be printed off, it has lots of info and would be nice to have it in hand as your reference? Thank you for your time.
Under the menu item "Logbook" is an export to CSV function. This will save the logbook data to a file that can be read by Google Sheets, Excel or most database applications.
@@badGamr Thank you for your response, I think I did not use the right terminology when I asked the question, my bad, What I meant was is this: when I choose a flight in the sim from point A to B it creates a Nav Log, WayPoint Log with heading, distance Etc, that is the log I would like to print off and have in my hand during the flight, Is that one printable? Thanks again for your time.
@@andrewstraatsma3136 Do you mean the flight plan itself? You can create your plan in FS2020 however you like. Then save the plan and then go into Little NavMap and load the plan into there and then print it using the print command in the file menu.
@@badGamr What I meant was, I create a flight say from Penticton to Vancouver in the sim, using low altitude airways setting, then click on Nav Log where you see all the info heading, distance etc, that is the piece I would like to print off, is that possible or is that what you save and transfer it to Little Nav?
@@andrewstraatsma3136 That is what you save and transfer to little NavMap and print from there.
Thanks again for your great videos...take care.
Thanks for watching Helmut!
Great Video. Thanks.
You're welcome!
excellent video many thanks next videos, please slower for us new beginners . Thanks
Noted!
Minor "niggle" - could you please disable the MSFS "theme tune" in your videos, it is extremely irritating and why I have it completely muted in my options, I keep thinking I have MSFS running in the background while watching your videos. I dread to think what a cacophony it would be if it were enabled in my MSFS running in the background!!!
Perfect, practice next up :) Then watch tutorial #3
Thanks so much Ronnie!
@@badGamr No worries mate :) Brisbane - Toowoomba went fine, VFR along highway. Took a while to understand, why yellow line wouldn’t respond to my mouse clicks. Now it’s easy !
@@yams900 Follow the A2 to Toowoomba?
@@badGamr Jepp, that’s the one :) Living very close to YBAF, so felt like a good practice run 🏃🏻♂️ up to Toowoomba. After spending so many hours in DC6, small Piper Arrow III felt like a toy 🧸
@@yams900 LOL I bet! Happy flying!
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