How to fly the Kodiak 100 | Part 1: Set-Up

This is the first part in a series of videos exploring how the fly the Daher Kodiak 100 by SimWorks Studio in Microsoft Flight Simulator 2020.

This episode covers how to create custom control profiles and configure the G1000 avionics settings.

UPDATE: as of 16 December 2022 SWS released an updated version of the Kodiak 100, which is considerably smoother to fly. Part of the changes included reduced elevator sensitivity so you might want to have less of a curve. I'm still using the same settings as in the video and find it very smooth now.

A PDF copy of The SWS Kodiak manual is available for download here:

00:00 Introduction
01:22 Manual
02:35 Aileron and Elevator sensitivity
06:12 Rudder
07:34 Trim controls
08:15 Damage settings
09:10 Add-ons - G1000nxi
10:35 Other mods
11:20 In-cockpit settings
11:53 MFD
15:06 PFD

[khrdina]

I've only just purchased the Kodiak 100, and was quite happy to find this series on youtube. I've got to finish ground school and get my Alpha/Bravo set up before I try to fly my new bird.

[AakashKalaria]

To anyone looking to start their journey in kodiak 100, I say this is the best series I could find on internet. This channel is worth subscribing and watching rest of the parts is worth watching. There is so much to learn and it's well presented.

Thank you so much for great content and sharing knowledge. :)

[EdGreenwood]

Just bought the Kodiak in the sale and while a casual simmer on Xbox I decided I wanted to get my virtual hands dirty really getting to grips with a particular plane. Saw some of your posts on the MSFS forums regarding the Kodiak and decided to start watching the series. Nice pace and a lot of information that I found very helpful.. Thank you

[billyaz]

Nice work! 👍 It's been a long 12 year layoff from MSFS for me. Never really learned "the good stuff" last time around and it looks like your tutorials are going to be my choice to learn an actual study-simulation in the Kodiak. This will be my first add-on plane purchase since I got my Xbox a month ago. Just waiting for SU-12 to land tomorrow, wait a few days, and then hopefully make my purchase. Thanks for this fine piece of work you've done. Looking forward to #2.

[bankabled]

Thank you for your time and effort in making this series of turorials.

[darrenw]

Stumbled across this looking for help. Great stuff!

[mikecoffee]

ok Subscribed since The Kodiak right now is my go to plane atm or perhaps the 414 but right now the Kodiak and now . I am re learning how to fly it in the sim cause of the latest update and along with these videos should be very helpfull thank you

[cdogz]

I thought after covering all of the basics like takeoff, landing, level flight, climbs and descents etc I could maybe start learning how to fly the Kodiak. But the more I hear about it the more I realize it is a pretty complicated aircraft to fly.

What is a good way for me to know I’m ready to try learning how to fly it?

[ImagenNoReligion]

Hello there, thank you for your videos! One question though, How did you set up your Bravo throttles to use the beta range? Is it just full reverse once you get it past the detent on the throttle quadrant? Thanks!