(You should also install a plugin called headshake) Also watch a YouTuber called Swiss001.

I also just got it too and I learnt how to use it in no time. Watch some tutorials on how to get started. Then you can gradually into the full ordeal - cold and dark start from turning battery on, bleeds on and off, complete checklists, and then engage the default ATC interactions, and then join virtual ATCs., use free Simbrief to plan flights and load fuel, get Skyvector maps.Īn end-to-end passenger airline jet flight probably has over a hundred different steps (I have not tried to count it yet), you are switching views within the aircraft, finding buttons, referring to info back and forth between different screens - so if you start there, you can get lost in the forest for the trees. Then go to Zibo 737, or good payware like Toliss A321 - they have 'start with engine running' modes, so start there and figure out how the aircraft behaves. Try some of the other default aircraft like the Cirrus SF50 - good simplified intro to jets, learn to play with the somewhat awkward interface of the Garmin navigation to plot routes and fly them to get a feel for timing, what various dials mean. Otherwise, it can be hours of download and configuration, and you can get overwhelmed, especially with airport procedures or aircraft-specific manuals and all that. Then you can get fancy with the other stuff - playing with weather, locations.

Try to get airborne, get a feel, try to find the airport and land - in the rectangular pattern. Don't know how much basic flight / other flight sims you already know, but in any case, recommend you start in steps with the basics - such as following the X-plane manual on C-172 that tells you the basic set-up and controls - scenery, views, flaps, brakes, joystick basics (throttle, flap set-up) if you have it.

X plane 11 view commands