Hello all!

Following on from my popular CJ4 and CRJ 'live lessons', I'm pleased to present a full flight, 'live lesson' tutorial on the PMDG 737 in MSFS. 

Learn how to fly the PMDG 737-700 for MSFS along with me in this lesson with a real world 737 pilot, following Ryanair SOPs! We take you through everything you need to know to fly almost any flight realistically, from setting the aircraft up from cold and dark to shutting it down at the other end. This tutorial has something for everyone - it's simple enough for beginner flight simmers and detailed enough that even the most seasoned PMDG user and avsim.com forumite will learn something new. 🙂

If you'd like to fly along as you watch, see the video description for the flight plan, links to the sceneries we used, and a Ryanair checklist. 

There are also bookmarks to allow you to jump to a particular section, although I do recommend you watch the whole thing before jumping about so as not to miss anything.

Hope you find it interesting and useful.

Cheers,
Filbert

 

 

PRE-DEPARTURE

00:00:00 - Introducing Seb & Ryanair procedures
00:03:20 - Establishing electrical power & initial safety flows
00:09:03 - Rainbow check
00:12:35 - Light & oxygen tests
00:14:15 - Fuel & payload setup
00:16:29 - FMC setup & performance calculations
00:35:10 - Trim & MCP speed setup
00:36:35 - Final flow - overhead panel
00:44:10 - Final flow - MCP, EFIS, radios, SID, FMC check
00:51:15 - Final flow - autobrakes, MFDs, throttle quadrant, config check, aft panel
00:55:09 - Safety Inspection & Before Start checklists, pre-pushback flow

PUSHBACK, ENGINE START & TAXI OUT

00:59:00 - Pushback
01:00:06 - Engine start
01:08:44 - Taxi out
01:11:00 - Before takeoff review, checklist & briefing
01:12:52 - Line up, before takeoff checklist & flow below the line

TAKEOFF, CLIMB & CRUISE

01:15:23 - Takeoff discussion
01:17:38 - Takeoff
01:20:55 - Initial climb, ALT INTV usage, altitude capture bug
01:23:18 - Transition altitude, climb flows, use of V/S in climb
01:28:20 - LVL CHG & V/S risks, IAS to Mach changeover
01:30:14 - Vertical modes and their uses - VNAV, LVL CHG, V/S
01:35:27 - Additional 10,000ft actions

DESCENT, APPROACH, LANDING, TAXI IN & SHUTDOWN

01:40:53 - Descent planning
01:48:08 - Starting a descent early with ALT INTV
01:49:11 - FMC setup
01:54:54 - Approach preparation
02:02:23 - Descent checklist & VNAV descent path
02:04:08 - Direct To on descent, effect on VNAV
02:09:46 - Descent below transition level, 10,000ft (FLAPS) checks
02:12:30 - FRISC checks
02:14:34 - Approach checks
02:15:32 - Approach
02:20:38 - Landing checks & landing
02:23:40 - After landing flow, checks & taxi in
02:28:23 - Approach speed discussion
02:31:00 - Shutdown

Wow!

Help me... I'm running out of time to follow all those exciting threads.

Kind regards, Michael

The only help I can offer is to forget about the threads and spend the next 2.5 hours flying along with this! 😉

OMG is it the real SkyGod?!?!?!? 😅 #ThisIsAJoke

Edited May 12, 20224 yr by Hinshee
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I only had time for a few minutes right now, but this is done excellent - slow and patiently. Might even catch a pure GA pilot like me.

Thanks, Filbert.

Kind regards, Michael

 

Very good video. Thanks

I agree, this has been a great tutorial video! Appreciate this very much 🙂 Super helpful.

wow thank you

What you like, and what you need, are separate from what is best. Although I bought a competing airliner of the 3 released the same week, and glad that I chose it, nevertheless surely this PMDG is a candidate for best MSFS plane. And therefore worthy of such an extended tutorial.