The Douglas DC-3 “Dakota” has arrived in Microsoft Flight Simulator as part of the 40th Anniversary update, and it’s wonderful! In this video I walk through firing the plane up from cold and dark and take it for a quick circuit. Apologies in advance for the lack-of-talent displayed in landing it, where I almost get into a ground loop. Postscript – a real DC3 pilot got in touch with me and helped me revise the startup procedure – the checklist within the aircraft is **wrong**.
Here’s a link to the checklist I used to start the plane up:
https://bit.ly/jonbeckett-msfs-checklists
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is it easy to fly the dc3
Great stuff thanks. Tried to take off in this before seeing your vid. I was all over the place…. Different than the MAAM DC3 I was used to in FSX. Loved that. I'm now going to try again!
That dancing of the DC3 is exactly what you feel in real life. I grew up as a kid in Africa in the 70s and we used to fly a lot with a DC3. (hardly any roads there)
Recently I was fortunately enough to take a DC3 flight again. Low flight around 5000 ft. The plane is sluggish and the turbulence almost feels like a very gentle ride in a slow motion rollercoaster. I think the enormous wing surface also adds to the experience when looking outside. And the sound of those engines!
This plane is so beautiful.
The quality of this plane is amazing.
Did you have a look on the DHC-2 beaver ?
Thank you very much for this excellent video. Now I know how to start this bird, I've been waiting for it for a long time. Subscribed, of course. 👌
for me this is THE aircraft to go for rather than the a310
What a great video on the DC-3! Excellent overview and fantastic details on the aircraft model. What airfield is this? Haven't been able to find it just by your quick mention of the name. TY
Juging by the simulator flying this thing in any type of weather must have been a hell of a work out lol
I tried this plane the other day and my god what a difference it is to say the A320 I’m used to in the game
I am having trouble whenever I start takeoff roll the engines lock and I can’t take off do you know why?
Excellent tutorial. I agree on the fact this DC3 is THE gift of this update. Made some scale models of the Dakota as a teenager and my Dad jumped out of this plane while in the armed forces. The work carried out by the developpers is huge with accurate aluminium reflection, smoke and sounds. Thanks again. But I crashed several times!
Thanks, do you know how to choose VOR nav / and change CRS in the DC-3 vintage cockpit?
Thank you Jonathan for your honest demonstration! So pleasant to watch!. For a perfect landing maybe can we adjust the sensibility settings for the rudders? keep your smiling ambiance in the cockpit! 😉😊
I hope they fix the start up animation but the rest looks really nice
No flaps required for TO. The approach wasn't too bad but decent rate was high. Fly down to the runway keeping abit of power in, hold back pressure on your stick and stabilise the AC then fly it onto the runway. Once down stick forward and when the tail starts to drop stick fully to the rear. Many hours flying my tail dragger and the DC3 feels quite true to real life.
AWESOME TUTORIAL, Finally I have a complete Dc:3 checklist on paper
I wonder what specs his pc has…?
The DC-3 seems to need a lot of rudder on landing approach. Is this accurate?
Jonathon, I still have my original DC3 Manual with any of the procedures you want including the step by step startup if we can arrange for somewhere for me to drop copies.
Our DC3's had the Pratt R1830 & Cyclone R1820 engines which were almost identical to operate.
Very interesting tutorial! Two questions. What is the take offlanding airport? Is it a default airport or addon airport?
Thanks for the video, now all I need is buffalo airways livery and I’m off to Alaska 😊
Thanks – The problem with takeoff is the false view. I have been sitting in cockpit in real dc3. You are watching up with much of body weight to back rest.
The view in the sim is similar to a nose gear aircraft.
When the tail lifts – you feel that you are nose diving, and pulls up into a stall. But you are still on takeoff run.
Maybe you should memorize how it looks at touchdown – this is more close to takeoff attitude.
And – how to stop dancing ….. Land with tail wheel locked
You dont normally takeoff with flaps in a DC-3. You should have checked the DG and other flight instruments prior to takeoff.
That is a lovely aircraft I’ll try that tonight. Could you remind me which airfield that is? Can’t find it.
Short and complete tutorial for starting this nice bird
A fantastic video, congratulations. I have to learn all of this and if I'm able to land like you it will be a great achievement. Better then you, only after 20 attempts.
It turns out the checklist in the aircraft is actually wrong – I received feedback from a real DC3 pilot who helped – please take a look at my second flight in the DC3 to find out how we fixed it – https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jNPb_eo8BDA
Thank you—this is very helpful!
On Xbox series x this plane nose dives to the left seconds after takeoff with no way to stop it hopefully they fix it
09:18 After gear up: Did anyone notice a warning light is lightening up? Saying the gear is up and unlocked. Hope to find a solution here…… any thoughts…..?
never heard of auto lean. very cool, wish it was on other AC.
You forgot to disconnect the GPU so your batteries are still hanging out under the nose
Cool video and thanks ! 😁👍
Thanks for the great guidance.
ver Nice 🙂 for free very nice !
Can it be used on MSFS 2020?
Really thought that landing was going to go sideways there for a bit. I say under the circumstances “great job!” You didn’t buy the farm and kept in one piece. Well done! I need to get this sim… again. My son had it for a while as he had the Xbox gold subscription and to the game pass, I believe it was. He transitioned to PC gaming and stopped the subscriptions and there it went. Have been putting together the gear for a flight sim. Need a good set of pedals at a reasonable price or maybe just know that the best ones are to get. Looking forward to using it again. Also looking into DCS. Any advice for equipment to get or not waste money on as well any software content or add ones to make the experience better? Thanks for sharing!
Brilliant vid, I didn't realise it was a bit of a bastard to fly lol, im off to give it a go now, great tutorial👍👍
Saw one of these fly fairly low over my house recently. One of my favs…only tried a little flight so far and it was incredibly difficult to climb. Can’t wait to give it a proper go
brilliant! thank you. the drop down checklists in FS were not useful.