PMDG 737 MSFS - Easy Cold & Dark Start Tutorial
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- Опубліковано 7 вер 2024
- Tutorial starts at 00:05
This tutorial is valid for all variants, as they vary only in weight and size - all systems are identical. For reference, the model featured in this video is the 700.
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Note: In this video, we did the full startup process at the gate for demo purposes. If you're following real world procedures, you'll want to close doors, remove chocks, and push back before engine start.
More PMDG 737 Videos:
Full flight tutorial ua-cam.com/video/nQMrV5jn_S4/v-deo.html
Cabin tour: ua-cam.com/video/Shue-BuCjGk/v-deo.html
RNAV tutorial ua-cam.com/video/GqcQE2mvkeU/v-deo.html
Flight planning with Simbrief (by British Avgeek) ua-cam.com/video/Y--qSXEkr0E/v-deo.html
is it possible to make the flight follow the fpl in msfs rather than use the mfd? Like when you chose the route before getting into the plane that is
@@kolavadae4592 no 😢 would be nice wouldn’t it?
@@TiJayFLY lol as somehow who has gotten severe used to it ya.. but I guess i gotta enjoy the entire $99
737 PMDG COLD AND DARK STARTUP
1. Switch Batteries ON
2. STANDBYE POWER to BATTERY
3. FMC: Ground Power Request
4. Ground Power switch ON
5. Left and Right WINDOW HEAT ON
6. ALLIGN IRS: Switch BOTH to NAV [wait for alignment]
7. FMC: FMC menu: POS INNIT: Select GPS Positions
8. [START APU] Switch Left Fuel Pumps ON
9. APU START [watch EGT increase] (Watch blue light indication on APU GEN SWITCHES)
10. Switch Left and Right APU Gens
11. Switch APU Bleed ON
12. FMC: Release Ground Power Cart
13. Switch fuel pumps for RIGHT and Center TANKS
14. Switch ON remaining hydraulic pumps
15. [ENGINE START] Select ENG 2 to GRND
16 [Watch ENG 2 Power on MFD rise] Select fuel switch ENG 2
17. Repeat steps 15 and 16 for ENG 1
18. Switch Left and Right ENG generators ON
19. Switch off APU Generators Switch
20. Switch OFF APU Bleed
21. Switch Left and Right Pack to AUTO (ON APU Bleed Panel)
22.Select Cabin Altitude to Cruising Altitude
23. Configure Auto Pilot
24. FMC: FS ACTIONS: Close Doors and Remove Wheel Chocks
I have to say. Out of all the tutorials I've looked at, you have been straight to the point and not gone around the houses. Thank you. :)
I try my best, that means a lot :) thank you
When I start it, this alarm sounds and on the alarm panel it says anti ice, low pressure
You absolute legend. When I was learning to fly this plane a while ago I was looking for dark n cold guides but they all just went over so much unneeded info and were incredibly long. This is straight to the point with exactly the information you need and nothing else, just perfect! Thanks my man
An extremely useful tutorial. Very well articulated and direct to the point. Best I’ve seen so far on this topic. Many thanks TiJay. Subscribed.
This looks pretty cool. I'm about to do my type rating in the 737. Couple things... I'm not sure on the merit of switching the standby to battery. Auto will provide the AC and DC standby buses with power either from the battery or AC buses depending which has power. I suppose other airlines may do this, but that step really is not necessary. Also, ideally you would wait IRL for 25% N2 to introduce fuel, unless it's stable above at least 20% (and you aren't getting more) and you're careful. Lastly, on the electrics, you cannot parallel AC power in the 737. Meaning when you manually select a new AC power source (APU or engine gens or GPU), it will automatically disconnect the previous source. This means that selecting APU gen switches to off is redundant and unnecessary. When you select engine generators on and the APU GEN OFF BUS light comes on, it means the APU gen is no longer powering any electrical bus. Even more lastly, it's actually only one APU generator. The 737 electric system is very ancient. The APU is connected to the tie bus which connects to AC transfer bus 1 and 2. That's what you're actually controlling with those two APU gen switches. This allows you regain two generators and power the off side system in the event an engine or its generator fails.
Yup fair. This is from an old checklist I had for x plane and adapted. I’m a flight sim player not a pilot, so don’t have the deep technical knowledge of why everything works, I just know it does :)
@@TiJayFLY hi do you have a pdf format I could have that’s the quickest I’ve seen and I’m struggling as coming from airbus
I just got this plane today. Looking forward to learning how to fly it as I did the A320. With that said your video tutorial was outstanding. You took your time and explained everything in detail. You didn't rush through it like a lot of these guys do. Thank you. I am going to look for your flight tutorial video so I can take my first flight today.
Thank u so much I picked this up yesterday and this was by far the best tutorial so far
I even printed it out by using the transcript lol
@@Object775 finally someone who follows advice 😂😄👍
It's nice to see switches, like those that activate the hydraulic pumps, actually work, instead of getting a generic message telling me it's "Inoperable".
thanks man i finally figured out why my plane wouldn't start. best tutorial i've seen straight to the point and clear
Pls never delete this video! Thanks for this helpfuly Tutorial 🙏❤️
You don't need the standby power, you can start the L fuel pump or R and start the APU, you can then align the IRS and continue with the checklist, Also when starting the engine, wait till the No. Reads 25% before introducing fuel
Yup - someone mentioned the standby power a little earlier. It was just because this was an old X Plane checklist I carried across to MSFS.
As for the N1 reading 25%, the fuel system wasn’t modelled to this level of detail at the time the video was made - you could introduce fuel straight after activating the starter.
This was fabulous! Very subtle departures from c/d startup for Zibo 738 in x-plane but you nailed it and helped me immensely! Love the straight forward explanation. Saves time and promotes clarity! 10/10 on this vid!
Straight to the point! Thank you. I don't want one-hour long videos. I'm just a simmer:)
This is the BEST tutorial for starting up the PMDG 737-800 for beginners. Thank you!
Sometimes one needs some depth, sometimes you want it done. You ruled the last category. Thanks!
Thank you for this! With 737-800 finally out, I am not really interested in a 30 minutes tutorial just for a cold and dark like others I've seen these days.
Seems the longest part of startups is programming the FMC.
@@jeffallen5871 yup, for sure.
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Great tutorial saves me a lot of time and knowing seeing a better visual of what to turn on/off
Great work, no unnecessary info, straight through the process. Very useful to clear up a few things I was confused by. (Coming from the airbus it's all so condensed on that aircraft)
Super helpful tutorial! I'm still trying to learn my way around MSFS, and I bought the PMDG 737-9, so learning to cold start it did wonders.
thanks, i was always disappointed what should i do, and your tutorial helped me a lot!! now i found out that it isnt hard to start the 737, thank you again
finally someone who doesnt do every single startup procedure just to make a 20 min vid
I love the simplicity and shortness of your videos, thank you again!
I've watched quite a few tutorials and they are good but hopeless because of one main reason.
Well, they start of with a cold and dark aircraft and start telling you how to get the thing up and running, Great but no good to me as my plane is up and running.
You started off with how to get it into the cold & dark settings which is what I needed to know but everyone seemed to miss that one.
Finally, 👍👍 Now I can follow your tutorial and start learning how to set up the plane from cold & dark which I now know how to get the plane into that position.
Thank you very much TiJayFLY.
I have also now subscribed.
Best video Ive found so far on cold and dark. Thanks for keeping it simple.
Just saved me Hours of learning thanks.
Tremendous best tutorial I have seen, practical, clear and very helpful thanks.
Thank you for the video. I really needed this video for a long time. You go straight to the point howcome i couldn't see you before?!! Again, thank you so much.
Thanks for the video hopefully it will help me to learn the 737 600 to start with, flying the airbus is pretty easy, but the Boeing is a different animal, it would be great if you could make a flow chart/ checklist with your video procedure although that takes time, I’m going to try compile one from your steps in the video, keep up the great videos and cheers
Your tutorials are great! Straight to the point! Thank you very much indeed...
If only all UA-cam videos didn’t waist time like yours. Thank you
Excellent mate! To the point and spot on tutorial. Exactly what I was looking for. Thanks for creating this video.
This was perfect and concise.
Thank you for your hard work. Highly Excellent tutorial. Simple, Strict, No Chasing around. 5*.
Merci beaucoup, c'est clair, c'est net et trop précis et c'est comme ça que mon 737-800 a démarré!
Great video and very straight to the point! however just a snippet of helpful info for you, you don't want to set cabin altitude to cruise altitude. typically commercial airlines don't want a cabin altitude over 10000 feet which is why it is set there automatically. anywhere from 8500 to 10000 is pretty normal because its the altitude pressure being felt inside the skin of the aircraft.
Interesting!
From the tutorials I watched years ago learning to fly the 737 in Xplane, you’re supposed to enter your cruise alt in this panel to tell the airplane what altitude you’re going to - so it can plan the speed at which to reduce/increase the cabin altitude (which is auto-set to 8000 and can’t be changed by the crew) during climb and descent.
I’ll go find some documentation - have I been doing it wrong all these years? 😂
I believe for APU you can just toggle the switch to on and it runs up automatically, no need to hold
Thanks! I think that was a hangover from X Plane where you had to hold it for a second.
Excellent when I pick up the PMDG 737 - I know where I'm headed first :)
Perfect. Just what I needed. Very much appreciated!!
I love your tutorials thank you so much ❤
Best how/to by far. Good voice, clear and no dumb ass rambling
Straight to the point thanks for the help
Thanks for video, just what I needed! Great job!
Thank you very much for your tutorial! It's really helpful
God i needed this it’s straight to the point!
Amazing thank you!
Fast and simple, amazing
Straight to the point, thanks
Thank you very much. Almost got mad about that thing.
It’s cool that the video doesn’t take 40 minutes. Perhaps its a good addition to explain the pushback process. As I understand it the engines are only started during pushback.
It is IRL yup. Just wanted to cover a bare minimum quick start here. Pushback in MSFS is easy - ATC > Pushback > Push straight/left/right > Cancel pushback
Great tutorial, The checklist made my head hurt.
Exactly like one of the pages has 117 items
Thank you for tutorial 👍😊😁
I'm about to speedrun this. Thanks!
Takes a little longer than shown here as you have to wait for the APU and engines to spool, but all the steps are here :)
amazing tutorial but what is the weird alarm that goes on after u disconnect the ground power cart?
There shouldn’t be one, check that your APU is running and APU bleed is on
thank you so much for this tutorial! i will ask though, when i enable TOGA, i get a warning about takeoff config, should this be happing?
@@RealSheepShoop nope, check your spoilers are not armed :)
@@TiJayFLY thank you bro, I appreciate the fast reply too man, love your stuff!
Also yep, that was it.
information is good, just moving through too fast for me, I spend more time looking for the cockpit area the video is referring too.. the FMC clicks were so fast I had to go frame by frame.
I always recommend pausing along the way and making notes before flying. Don’t try to write it down or fly while it’s playing!
I wrote all this down. Thanks for this man!
thank u so much!
Hi, when i try to turn on the elec hyd pumps, it doesn't work. The lights don't go out, and the lights under the flight control switch guards don't extinguish either
APU bleed on?
@@TiJayFLY yeah
Great man! On the point! Thank you.
Straight to point, no bullshit 👍👍
That’s the idea 😁 thanks man
very helpful but im having a issue when i turn my vnav on and my lnav the green line below it wont show
See my full flight tutorial. You need a complete flight plan and completed perf pages
perfect tutorial. however i have a one question. What the switch between those engine start knobs (on the overhead panel you set to ground) does? I know that is not required to start the engines, but i am just curious. Also, i saw that those knobs mentioned before have other mode, and what those other modes does?
aviation.stackexchange.com/questions/74824/what-are-the-cont-and-flt-modes-of-the-737-start-switches
I’m confused I can move some of the switches on Xbox over tried to set the IRS and it wouldn’t work
Yeah you just need to make sure you understand the control scheme for your platform - it’s different on Xbox with a controller and the “Lock” scheme than it is on PC with a mouse. All the switches operate on Xbox too.
Working my way through. When I select FMC POS INIT to enter the coordinates I don't have SET IRS POS on my FMC
@@chrispurkiss1491 it would really help to see videos of your process. Almost impossible to help without seeing your screen and the actions you’re taking leading up to an issue.
my plane starts beeping at me whenever i release the gnd power, why is that?
@@owxn366 your APU / APU gen isn’t on
how do i make it so it dosent automaticaly go into cold and dark state. I sometimes just wamt to do a landing but when i spawn in the air my door is open and a stairtruck is beside me and my engines are off sorry if i didint explane very well.
The first minute of the video explains how to set default state
Thank U this was very helpfl
Hi I have a question do you know how to make it so that thr cargo vehicle and passenger vehicle dosent stick on to you if you spawn as landing or on the runway also I am very disappointed with this plane
I think they’re toggle-able on the EFB now. Why are you disappointed?
@@TiJayFLY oh ok thanks for replying also i was disappointed but now not so much I'm actually impressed this is my first study level airplane also I have something else to say I'm finding it a bit hard to use my rudder on the ground why is that?
@@Superjet853 probably got nose wheel steering disabled. Check the “toggle nose wheel steering” key bind in sim options and use that to switch it on/off
I found out why all these glitches where happening also I dont think it was a glitch so what I did was I pressed taxi on my start up state and now my plane works
Bro your one of best
how do I get my plane to start from cold and dark? Thank you. I select parking but the engines are still running
@@Stan-ug9mx explained in the first minute of the video 👍
@@TiJayFLY yes I saw that after writing you. My Once turning on the batt and Standby Power the FMC doesn't come on like in your tutorial
@@Stan-ug9mx hmm, post a video on discord if you can. Will take a look for you
@@TiJayFLY I figured it out. I had to wait a bit . thanks
Any rudder is slow when I cold start it even when I got ground power
I don't want to do this each and everytime. Way too much time how can i just be ready for flight and just program the fmc
Start on runway - see my full flight tutorial
@@TiJayFLY i figured it out. I start in a different state
@@IAMYUNGGAF oh yes - sorry, I forgot - in the PMDG, startup state is configured in the FMC (shown at the start of this video). In other planes you’d just start on runway to make engines run.
Nice , easy , simple ✅
I did the computer programming in real life before because my dad flys for Alaska Airlines
My hydraulic systems say no pressure and i’ve tried everything to fix it, called ground services, they never show up, running ground power, checked for failures, etc. Someone help me.
Drop by the discord in description and share a video of your process
Please, how do I turn it off so that I don't see the inscriptions when I move the mouse over any button in the cockpit?
General settings > Accessibility > change “Lock” to “Legacy”.
@@TiJayFLY I did this and it keeps popping up.
@@spiritposu1349 that’s all you can do. You can’t remove the tool tips
Engines are started yet when i use the throttle only my left engine works and not the right
Check whether the throttle in the airplane is moving. Could just be an axis assignment
When i first watched this tutorial, i quickly learned how to start this plane up, but i took a break from msfs and needed a refresh. Now whenever i try to start the engines up how i used to it gives me a warning saying “Engine Fail” and “Start Valve Open” and “Low Oil Pressure” please help me.
check APU is on, available, APU gen is on. Essentially just make sure you follow the steps carefully
@@TiJayFLY Alright thank you
On the console this is one of the glitchiest aircraft and worth 100$ not many times I can get a full landing session in without something going wrong
I’d be interested to hear about the issues you’re experiencing. PMDG is generally the least buggy airplane in the sim
How is it do we have finally have a fully unbugged Boeing ???
Also why don’t I see this yet in marketplace the concord was the same it always takes me 1 week longer than everyone else before I even see it in the marketplace …
Seems pretty good to me, but I think some people are encountering the odd minor thing.
This isn’t on the Marketplace yet, it’s on the PMDG website. Same with Concorde - that was available on the Just Flight website a week before the Marketplace. It’s because the Marketplace approval process takes extra time.
Yeah especially in vr there tend to be extra issues but I heard it comes with a nice price tag so I expect a lot out of this one 🙏
And thank you for that I’m not wasting any time about to check it out now thank you for that I didn’t know that I thought it was some issue on my end 😂 thank you for quick response and always helpful tips 🙏
My MCDU is a dark screen when I load up. I tried to turn up the brightness and nothing. Any way to fix it? I can somehow configure and see all the panel lighting except the Navigation and MDCU lighting.
assuming your batteries are on, this sounds more like an installation issue. Seek support on the PMDG forums
Did pmdg not add the realistic switches,batts,pump,trim etc sounds that the plane makes ie: like zibo? As I didn't hear anything in your tutorial. Thanks
The video volume is super low so you can hear the narration. All the sounds are there
Every time I begin on a gate for some reason I begin while the airplane is on
If you watch the first minute of this video, it will solve your issue ;)
Followed every step correctly multiple times but I cant get the "low pressure" warning lights off from the hydraulic switches.
Ground power was definitely attached, and you waited for the APU to start?
@@TiJayFLY Yup but I fixed it, apparently I needed to go in the maintenance menu in the FMC and service the hydraulic system.
@@TiJayFLY But thanks for the help anyways, great video!
How do I got back to starting on the runway?
@@Lor_Zee just select a runway from the world map
Perfect. Subscribed!
my irs position is not showing up if anyone knows why please let me know thanks
Hi i have a problem. So i downloaded the pmdg 737, and installed and everything went smoothly untill i entered operation center. I dont see ny plane neither in the operation center nor in the simulator. What is interesting is when i entered the installing program it showed my to repair, modify or remove meaning it is instaled. do you know what am I supposed to do?
@@antinetpl contact pmdg
Is there a way to auto start the 737? Kinda like the FBW 320neo
I show the options at the start of this video 👍
@@TiJayFLY do you recommend that I should buy it because I want to I just like flying planes that have a quick start option as I’m still learning the sim
@@ThatOneShyGuy04 if you can fly the FBW properly in managed mode, the 737 is a good next step
Bro pls help me. When I start my flight, the plane is already started idk why even though I spawned in a gate. If anyone knows why and how to fix it pls let me know.
Watch the first minute of the video 😂 it tells you how to set the cold and dark state
@@TiJayFLY I did that and nothing happened
@@TiJayFLYoh nvm thanks😂 didn’t restart
@@TiJayFLYbro pls help (again) when I increase my throttle, my plane won’t go😢
@@ihatecheese26 did you take the parking brake off? ;)
engine 2 of the b737-900 doesn't start for me when I'm on the gate
You’re missing something
Thanks, this helped a lot👻👌🏻
When I turn my center and right fuel pump tanks there’s this beeping sound and it says low pressure y??
Empty tanks will show as low pressure - check in the sim’s loadout menu how much fuel there is, and how the fuel is distributed. Could also just be that your APU isn’t up to speed yet, and APU gen isn’t working yet
awesome! but whenever i move my throttle, there's a beeping noise :/
That’ll be takeoff config. Apply less throttle when leaving the stand and taxiing out. Then make sure you’re in good takeoff config before departure.
Takeoff config is covered in my full flight tutorial.
thankyou so much
only good tutorial i found for the b737
Hi i have a question? What is a purpose of switching stdb power to battery? In some startup videos of real planes they usually start battery and ground power without using stdb power switch
Unnecessary, it was just left over from an old x plane checklist
@@TiJayFLY okay, thank you. Tutorial is amazing btw
@@TiJayFLY i acctualy have another question. so after switching on the apu you disconected the ground power using the fmc. Can i turn off the ground power switch instead?
@@antinetpl both - the option on the FMC is a simulator thing that physically despawns the ground power cart
Got work as usual ! Must return to 737 series, it’s been ages…
Thank you so much for the tutorial but I have on issue and that is after the engines are started if I close the APU the aircraft shuts down. Do I leave ignition switch to CONT and then when I take off turn off the APU? Also, in the overhead panel I have the APU bleed off and next to the APU bleed the two switches are in ON position and I get the BLEED TRIP OFF lights are on. Can you please help me with this? Thank you
Are engine generators on? They’re the switches on the outer edges of the generator panel to the left.