Flexing the Transall C-160 in Welsh Countryside (AzurPoly | MSFS)
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- *Military pilot flies composite sortie through bad weather & Mach Loop! Proper Clock & Map nav!
Liverpool to RAF Valley inc VOR & ILS, tactical approaches. DOWNLOAD the Route*
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"I was a fast jet pilot, not multi-engine. But the airmanship and mission planning are largely the same. Slightly different content style from me. This is a 'one-take recording' of a mission covering a variety of profiles and techniques. I highlight some bugs and lack of functionality with v1.0 of the Transall C-160 by AzurPoly for Microsoft Flight Simulator. Expect an update to come out and fix things. But in the meantime, I adapt and overcome!"
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📚 CHAPTERS
00:00 Mission Profile Overview
01:24 C160 v1.0 Nav Avionics Setup
04:58 Takeoff from Liverpool
08:45 Flying the WAL VOR
10:17 Using the C160 Autopilot
11:37 Descent Planning
14:41 Low Level Navigation
17:32 Bad weather at Bala
19:29 Stunning weather in Wales
20:13 Hanging out of the rear door
20:54 C160 through the Mach Loop
23:41 Sitting on the C160's ramp at low level
25:05 SoFly, OBS, SkyDolly
29:28 Tactical approach to Llanbedr
31:54 Transit Llanbedr to RAF Valley
33:18 ILS Setup
37:20 Turning inbound for ILS 13
38:56 C160 established on ILS in bad weather
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The instrument like the HSI is a RMI.
Aaaaah, thanks! Pinned this comment
They call it a "Bearing Distance Heading Indicator", but it's a fancy RMI yes. ILS localisers are not omnidirectional so RMI-esque instruments shouldn't point at them ( and Azurpoly acknowledged it's a bug - it's also a bug in most MSFS aircraft! ), not sure about the dot on the EHSI though, whether that's some fancy synthesized bearing indicator when you're in the lobes or just the default avionics section thinking it's a VOR.
I still haven't got round to flying the mission, I must.
I would absolutely love to see you fly the Mach Loop in a C-130J, or a Sarajevo approach in blackout conditions. Thank you for making great content! 👍🏼
That would be a very dark video lol!
I have jumped from both the French AF and German LW Transalls, that view from the Starboard jump door was scarily realistic. The Germans use a klaxon as well as a green light, always gives you a start. lol. Great vid with some interesting insights.
Great video, personally I really like the slightly longer mission videos as you can learn so much from someone who’s actually done it IRL. The final approach was brilliant work :)
Thanks for the feedback. I’ll be sure to keep doing these amongst my other videos 👍🏻
Hi Chris, I like your fun videos, but your missio videos are in a leage of their own! Very nicely done, as always
Thank you kindly!
The sound effects are amazing!
They are pretty good 👍🏻
Awesome as always Chris, thanks for sharing!
My pleasure! 👍🏻
As always Chris great video. Love you enjoying aviating the virtual skies.
Whether I'm flying, thinking about flying, or simulating flying - I'm happiest!
Fantastic video! Thank you for taking the time to make this.
My pleasure 👍🏻
LOVE this type of practical application video - more please! :)
Roger that! 🤘🏻
I flew from valley and did the match loop yesterday in this aircraft. Absolutely amazing. Really enjoy it. Thanks for another great video!
My pleasure!
Very nice work. I really enjoyed the video. Well done
Thank you kindly! 👍🏻
@@cgaviator hey have you had issues capturing glideslope when using the AP?
Great video, Chris!
Tah very much!
Thanks for this sir, excellent video, love this type of aircraft and it's great to see it flown by someone who really knows what their doing, thanks again.
Knows what he's doing.. kinda! Lol. Procedurally terrible but big picture stuff is accurate! Thanks for the compliments!
Another absolutely amazing video and tutorial! Please don’t stop doing these videos! I’m loving the C160 - flew it today on a low lvl from some French air base scenery from flightsim . to.
I must admit watching this video makes me so excited for the JF Tornado and the videos you will (hopefully) produce for that!!!
oh yes, can't wait for the Tonka! and thanks, much appreciated!
That was very enjoyable to watch, thank you. Still in love with those sounds :D
My pleasure, thanks for watching 👍🏻
Great video. Very professional.
Thanks very much! 👍🏻
These videos are great!
Thanks! 👍🏻
Press the clock dial long to reset the timer.
On either side of the Fault Panel are buttons to start the timer as well.
Clock dial long - thanks! 👍🏻👍🏻
Hey Chris cracking video as ever full of instructional gems. An insight into the world of the fast jet pilot. On your point about the row of terraced houses as you exit the 'Bulch' in the loop, it is in fact a row of large dressed stones.... going back to the days of this area being very much outlaw country. Probably to help stop us English from coming through the valley. I have looked and wondered about them many times as I have driven past them. 😎👍
Thanks, and thank you for settling what is there instead of houses. I’ve never noticed them in real life, travelling too fast! 😅
@@cgaviator And I have often sailed right past them in my car as my eyes are trained up in the sky looking for you fast jet jockeys 🤣 don't tell plod 😎👍
@@garryadams67 and all of a sudden you end up back at home not knowing how you got there! 😂 As an aside, I bought a car with panoramic roof and I can’t say that seeing aircraft wasn’t one of the reasons! 😅
@@cgaviator if you look on Google earth you can see the stones stretch more or less from one side of the valley to the other with the road passing through the centre on its way to Cross Foxes. I am with you I wish someone would come up with a scenery fix as you turn towards Bluebells from Dinas. It's such a shame just a black blob. I've always thought it might be something to do with shadow?? But it's such an iconic route I am surprised no one has fixed it. 😎👍
@@garryadams67 maybe I’ll have a dabble at a fix! 😅
Thats crazy smooth!!!
Thank you kindly!
@cgaviator : You are perfectly right on the red lamp at the bottom of the undercarriage indicator. It is the transition light that's only on during the time of gear and gear hatches travel. If it stayed red afterwards, it is a warning light for gear hatches or gear locking malfunction. Great video!
Thank you kindly 👍🏻
Thank you for the video. I will follow your plan!
Regarding the ADF: I really like using it, it is very helpful for VFR flights. But unfortunately there aren't many NDB's anymore!
Arndt EDDP
I guess there are still some NDB holds if you’re into that sort of thing.
Yesss I love these mission videos 😁✌️
Mission Videos, I like the sound of that! 👍🏻
Cracking video, Chris!
More so, because I live in Wallasey and have seen numerous Hawks, Tucanos, Texans, A400’s, Hercules, etc doing either touch and goes or practice missed approaches at Liverpool airport, then a low level run down the Mersey and back to Valley for tea and biscuits! So, I have probably and quite unknowingly seen you and a student pilot a few times!
Is there a Hawker Hunter in MSFS or as as an add-on as I would love to see you do a similar sortie in one. And a Tornado!
Keep up the good work, Sir!
Best wishes from Wirral!
Great place to live for see the jets! Not sure about a Hunter but there are Tornados in the works which I’ll be all over!
Love both the longer as well as the shorter videos you make. Maybe som short ones with challenges…. 😃
That’s what I’ll aim for. A mix! 👍🏻
Great stuff! Was through the Loop earlier in a Typhoon after flying along the Mall, over Buckingham Palace and had a load of gas to spare 😬(I may have inadvertently gone through the number climbing out to avoid LHR…ooops). Maybe someday you should open up your flight to multiplayer . Carnage would ensue 🤣🤣🤣
That is on my todo list. At some point. And carnage it would be! 😂
I'm like a dog watching someone doing magic tricks, it's beyond me but I love it!
😂 Who’s a good boy!? 🐕
@@cgaviator Can I have a biscuit?!
Love the videos and especially the missions!
Chris, do you have a good link to navigating the Mach loop? Thinking gps coordinates?navigation aids? I always seem to get lost. Thanks and keep up the great work!
Nah, gps routing is cheating! 😁 Follow any of my Mach loop videos (there’s a playlist on my channel). Note the features and follow through. It’s the best way 👍🏻
@@cgaviator ha. Fair point. Thank you kindly, sir. Binge watching your Mach loop videos now.
Wow! Gotta say Chris, you are great at flying and makin these wonderful and fun videos ! Watched alot of them and more it will be! :)
I was searching around YT for the "best fighter jet for MSFS" and your videos came up on Griffin, Hawk T1 etc..Happy i found your channel! :)
I know that you are biased for the Hawk which seems lovely, but still, what 2 or 3 Fighter Jets would be the ones you would choose for msfs2020. I would like if the systems instruments etc are functioning properly so its some kind of challenge as well! :)
( I have been in the aviation industry for many years as an civilian aircraft technician, and trained a lot of pilots and technicians on technical ground school for type ratings etc. and also hold an US SEL but have not been current the last 15 years, haha so flightsim suits me fine now :)
Thanks ! David, Sweden.
Thanks so much! My pleasure. Best jets, maybe it’s time for me to make a video on that. But if I had to buy 3 right now, I’d have F35 for level of detail, model variants and VTOL abilities. The Hawk T1 of course as it’s slightly older school, less tech but great systems depth. But it suffers from some buggy handling characteristics and needs that fixing for a good handling experience. For a third aircraft, hmmm, somewhere between Harrier by DC Design, Typhoon by CJ Sim, and MB339 by indiafoxtecho as an alternative to the Hawk 👍🏻
The F22 by Top Mach is also fun to throw around with the vectoring but the systems aren’t as developed as the others
Thanks Chris for replying and Charing youre pick of jets! Appreciate it alot :)
I saw that you put up some flight plans on your website so one can follow along on some of you’re flights, wonderful! 👍
Thank you for teaching and helping us all! Would be great with some kind of mini ground school class on flying some of you’re missions or flights, since you hold so much knowledge and experience in flying, even military! 😀👍
@@skinnyTheCat there’s all lot of information for sure. I’ll have a think about a suitable format and perhaps classes could be possible. Thanks for watching 👍🏻
This is probably a silly question but how have you sent the custom views out of the ramp and side doors?
that looks awesome?
Thanks for another great video I'm also really enjoying flying the c160 as well
Custom camera views. Save them and reuse as desired 👍🏻
Awesome video and flight. Amazing weather and scenery. Are you using any scenery addons, as it almost looks photo realistic to me. Also, how do you get the circular menu that pops up?
I'll add some links to addons, forgot! That's P42's FLOW menu system - very useful
Oh, and the only scenery addon was RAF Valley freeware. I do tweak the contrast and colour slightly using nvidia filters
Thanks for the quick reply, really appreciate it. I will check out everything mentioned. Keep up the excellent work. Always enjoy your videos and learn something new each time. Thanks.
Great mission video Chris…..making me very jealous…stuck on a ship for another 2 weeks till I can get back to flying the loop ….keep up the great work….so I assume you recommend the 160 ?
Thanks! Hopefully that ship is for pleasure and not business! 😅 Check out my review video for it - spoiler - yes I recommend it! Some bugs and functionality to sort in terms of IFR, but otherwise a cracking addon!
@cgaviator unfortunately it is for work....only a short 4 week trip (which also means only a 4 week break to catch up on MSFS) but the hunt for oil & gas continues 🙈😉
@@TashyMan well someone’s gotta do it I guess! 👍🏻
So we keep the landing lights on for the full trip ?? Nice video Chris.
I think airliners switch them off above 10,000ft. As a military pilot I have always left them on, especially at low level, for increased conspicuity.
Flown this route from location Liverpool John Lennon airport though the Mach loop then land at caenarvon airport in msfs 2020 nice scenic flight
I would have gone to caenarvon but needed an ILS in the profile. Nice little airfield. Did some aeros there in a spitfire (sadly only in the sim)
Hey Chris, lovely mission! I still strugge a bit with the Trall due to the lack of IFR navigation capabilities (why didn't they just put a GNS530 in there at the navigators station until their FMS comes around? - or at least fix the ability to actually track VORs and navigate outbound), but it's a lot of fun on any mission involving visual navigation!
With the basic VOR to VOR that it can do at the moment I flew it up north for some tankering missions and supply drops.
I have to admit, it suits my flight style nicely! 😅 I’m not sure of their team’s makeup and what’s involved in gps integrations. Think they’re wanting to keep it authentic. Good news for PC users is using external apps that track like a custom gps. I love LNM for that. Thanks for weighing in, always appreciated 👍🏻
"VORs and navigate outbound" .. Does that mean that it is currently unable to track on a back course VOR?..
@@Vanadeo it’s since been updated and lots of bug fixes added features. I can’t confirm, but I’m fairly sure this will all have been sorted. Check the changelog to confirm
@@Vanadeo PS, I’ve never heard it called a back course VOR lol
@@cgaviator :D lol . Ahh Cheers bud!. I've just done a little flight and I love it, such a cool aircraft.
You can use MSFS Map Enhancement to make that "black lump" look much better, especially now you can tweak the map brightness and colour settings.
Never heard of it, will take a look
Sensacional
Thanks 🙏🏻
Nice! It would be interesting maybe to do exactly the same mission fully loaded and see the difference, the aircraft would be more tricky to fly :) also why the glide scope and the papi lights are not synchronized ? Did you report that to Asobo?
I haven’t reported it, I’m wasn’t sure who’s responsible for fixing that.
@@cgaviator Threw their official forum in the bug section
Many moons ago i used to fly from RAF Woodvale to Raf Valley good times just got this aircraft myself
What did you fly that route in?
@@cgaviator Oh just light props training aircraft the older B.125 and when they got retired the newer G 115 eventually finishing up with the T1
@@DannieGemz nice, great aircraft 👍🏻
@@cgaviator aye such great memories, and such wonderful aircraft to fly, smooth as silk
Whould love to fly such a mission as a communityflight with you. Imagine 10 c160 or more through the mach loop :0 :)
I’ll have to do this eventually! Maybe something to work towards for next Christmas!
Hope you are well. Will you be doing videos on the Vulcan when it is released?
It’s out now, and sadly I’m STILL without PC. I’ll be back online next month. Before Christmas I hope!
nice video!
Thanks. Kept it fairly simple with the editing on this one
I can tell I'm getting old. When you lowered the ramp and opened the side door, my initial reaction was to think "Woah! That would be cold!" Anyway, I can't sit here writing comments all day - I've got to put my slippers and and make my cocoa...
Haha, I’m getting there! I did have the privilege of standing in the door opening on a DC-3 inflight, it wasn’t too bad actually! Air doesn’t come in so much but if you stuck your head out, I’m sure that would be a different matter! Enjoy your cocoa!
How do you get the map and headings to show up in msfs2020. Is that a special app. Thanks for the great vids.
I have triple monitor so my map is always to the side. In this video I wanted to save some editing time by doing it one take so I used OBS and a stream deck button to overlay the map real time to the video but it didn’t appear on my MSFS window while flying. A bit complicated, but in essence I did it for the viewers. I know there are some ingame apps that have a tablet map type function if you were interested in that 👍🏻
Before turning the pink or green needle:
Reset it by klicking the knob.
Then the milage to the next VOR ( ILS should be correct.
What does resetting do? It shouldn’t need resetting to get the correct range, no?
@@cgaviator In the real A/C you do not need to reset. But as the current implementation seems to be a bit faulty and some systems (like the FMS) are not in their final state it seems to resets also some variables.
@@EnsiFerrum understood, thanks!
@@cgaviator Nothing to thank for ;-)
Question:
I would like to fly your flightplan and explain it to the german community. Is this OK for you?
@@EnsiFerrum help yourself to any of the flight plans 👍🏻
fantastic video and landing and no aileron trim!
I am strugling with lining up with the runway, the Transall suddenly drives to the right and then I uses aileron trim but with no succes
Wonder what I am doing wrong apart from not being a prof. pilot
Nah, sounds like you’ve got a trim runaway! 😅 Maybe you’ve assigned full trim instead of incremental trim to the button? Or a sticky switch?
I was thinking after the last C-160 video, "when's Chris going to fly through the Mach Loop in it?" 😆
Would hate to disappoint! 😁
One question I have is about the Hawk T1A. I can fly it but I struggle to fly it smoothly. Is that the whole point and can you do a video about how to fly it smoothly and accurately with regard to trimming, engine power etc? In words and pictures that a Beano reader can understand?
the hawk has a bit of a buggy trim system, it's too sensitive to pitch changes and hard to get it to trim perfectly. Not really a video I can produce to fix that as even I struggle with it. You could watch my Land Any Jet video for info on pitch and power settings in the pattern. Otherwise it's all about keeping a good cross check. Perhaps I will do a Select Hold Trim video!
PREEEEEESENT !
AAAAAAAND CORRECT! 😂
V GOOD
Thanks 🙏🏻
26:45 those terraced houses ... OMG thank you for mentioning that they're not actually there, I've spent SO long in google maps / earth trying to find that spot to see what the building across the road really is !
Haha, I’d buy a house if they were there! 😂
A question : The ILS approach didn't seem to align well with the Valley runway (IMO). Is this normal, or an inaccuracy in the C160?
I was doing it from memory so I could have been off with the course though deflection should still be accurate. Can’t remember the UK limits of ILS off runway heading but it’s entirely plausible.
Hi chris can you do something with the cessna tweet freware trainer when you get a chance
I haven’t tried the update, I would like to take another look, I’ll add it to the list
I know this is only a beta release but it looks like the raindrops are streaming on the inside of the front/ side windows?
Yes, a little. I’ve noticed that on a few different models I think.
I can confirm that there is NOT a row of terrace houses when you come over the top of Dinas Mawddwy. It is a dry stone wall at most.
Lol, yup! Would be a great place for photographers to live though!
@@cgaviator Interestingly the houses appear on the Google Maps mod too.
@@philipfoster7269 I don’t think the google mod changes building position but I could be wrong
Haven't got the C-160 yet.. but my test route is normally SAME >> SCEL providing the plane has enough ceiling.
Crikey, quite the hop! Is there a valley if the cloudbase is low?
@@cgaviator no 😬 a reenactment of Uruguayan Flight 571 is always a possibility in bad weather.
@@fulanitoflyer ah, maybe something more north south then! 😅
hi how do you show the little navmap map in the simulator
It’s not in sim sadly, it’s via my screen recording and OBS
How do you u get the weather change app that you click on?
Good point, I'll put a link in the description. The weather is the same, but the menu system is P42's FLOW.
@@cgaviator It’s a handy tool to use from the looks of it. Will get this C-160 as soon as I get home in a weeks time looks great….
Does the Windshield Wipers work man?
At the time, they wipe but don’t move the water. They may have updated it since then
@cgaviator I seen they added a big patch to it recently so they might now hopefully. I'm on the fence about buying this or the wilga 35/80 plane their both really good just don't know which one to go for lol.
@@tropicnight3166 crikey, they are completely different aeroplanes! 😅 Buy the one which you’d use more, you won’t be disappointed either way 👍🏻
‘13 to 14 thousand RPM’
Those engines are spinning like powertools!
Haha, I think it must be turbine speed not prop! 😅
@@cgaviator Indeed, it's the low pressure turbine speed, 15250 for full throttle /Take off. There was also a lower rpm used (14500) to reduce the wear of the engines.
@@glend.7652 perfect, thanks for the confirmation and info
Now here's the real question, have you flown the loop more in sim or in real life?
Chris as I understand it is an ex fast jet instructor so yes he will have flown the loop many time in the real world 😎👍
Tough call, think still maybe more in real life but it’s getting close!
hello! is best this plane or caribou? Thanks!
I haven’t flown the caribou yet. I would guess that the caribou nav systems are more functional but only a guess til the C160 systems are updated. I personally would pick this because it’s more my style.
@@cgaviator thanks!
Hi,
I have bought Azurpoly C160 yesterday from Sim Market but it does'nt work. I can't figure out what the problem is.
The on-board tablet does not turn on. The APU switch button cannot be used, the systems cannot be started. It's like a demo version. Please help me out because I like to use this program. Maybe the registration key is missing ? I have not received any. I wonder why is it not working. It was to expensive if it 's a demo version. Please give us technical advise. Many Thanks in advance 0:47
That’s a strange one. I used Orbx and didn’t have any issues. Try reinstalling? Disable antivirus while you install?
What is Orbx? I put the Flight simulator in the exceptions in the antivirus
@@cgaviatorMSFS2020 is not original. Could that be a problem?
@@kola7392 I’m not sure what you mean by not original but please don’t imply that it’s pirated!
@@cgaviator Far from it.
He's not a pirate
Are the wipers operational?
Trying to remember. Yes I believe so, but I don’t think they move the water. They may have updated it since.
@@cgaviator ty for the response. I have the same plane and struggling locating all the switches.
@@Mimiclobster think the manual is reasonable. Took me a while but once you know it’s easy! 😂
When I'm older or wanna fly in the raf and pilot the f35b
Also Chris do you know the requirements for a pilot starting from gcses
All the info will be on the RAF careers website. It's been a while since I went through the process. Usually it's 5 GCSEs then 2 A Levels all grade C or better. If you go through Uni first (strongly advised but optional) then you get quick promotion to Flt Lt and much better pay. Just make sure you fill your down time between semesters and after class with so team type extra curricular stuff.
Thx ill try to keep that in mind 👍😊
Although strictly an ameteure and a rule breaker (all of them),I do like to use radio but do wish Asobo or whomever deals wiyh it,would get the British terminology sorted.I assume flight following is equivalent to our basic service.I have complained on the microsoft ticket site but so far to no avail.................................
Flight following would be Traffic Service I think. Basic service is a very low priority and wouldn't work in busy airspace around large airfields in the US.
@@cgaviator I was refering to the terminology used in the UK with particular reference to your statement regarding how we tend to fly in familiar surroundings.I tend to fly out of EGLF or EGHI as they're my two closest airports......................
TACAN won't do anything unless you are flying to a carrier or a tanker.
Eh? The TACAN is bugged and should pick up the ground navaids. Update inbound.
@@cgaviator TACAN is a portable beacon, only for tankers and carriers. Well, maybe for other spook shit as well, it's very highly classified since the codes for each instance track back to very high value targets.
@@JasonSnow-zq2ve I think you may have it confused. Tactical Air Navigation is just the military equivalent of a VOR though is can be used on Carriers and Refuellers. They’re listed on most aeronautical charts and can be used by anyone with the right kit to tune them 👍🏻
How to capture the fuckn glidesolope(after localiser captured by radio nav button)????!!!!!
Not sure I follow?
That's a french. The Germans don't have the refueling probe.
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I heard this plane is awful, not working autopilot , problems with flight plan and other crap and that keeps me away from buying that. And no recent reviews on youtube.
It’s one of the most enjoyable aircraft out there. Very versatile. They’ve since updated it though I can’t tell you how much extra detail is in there. It’s probably in my top 3, definitely top 5 fav models 👍🏻
This is a beautiful plane i fly it everywhere everyday! I have gotten so used to it i can't fly anything else anymore lmao
I can imagine, it does everything you’d want from an aeroplane. Aside from the go fast thing! 😁
@@cgaviator oh yes definitely my boyfriend is a marine an he is the one who taught me all the buttons an stuff an how to start it from a cold start an then taught how to fly it an i was like omg it flys so smooth an perfect an since then i literally can not control anything else i tried to fly on 320Neo last night crash 2 miles off the runway smh i couldn't remember how to work it an it was way more touchy then the 160 so i went to try the Boeing an crashed before i even got to the runway i was like my god what is going on so i said F it an went back to the 160 an flew around fort Campbell for a bit i was like yep this my new bae lol
Oh an the rumble it makes when outside the cockpit i love it as well so i fly both inside an outside the cockpit.
@@mine-tantrumgirl absolutely. New planes are too automated. I like having the control and telling it what to do directly. It’s predictable!
@@cgaviator yes agreed! 100% 💓
Used to like going to Llanbedr from Vy. A good day out from VY.
Using what method of travel?
Top class video once again. Very entertaining and your flying is sublime.
Why thank you kindly! Much appreciated