Beginners guide to programming the FMC in the PMDG Boeing 737-700 in Microsoft Flight Simulator
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 10 พ.ค. 2022
- A very basic beginners guide to programming the flight management computer (FMC) in the PMDG Boeing 737-700 in Microsoft Flight Simulator - showing how to programme a route, how to modify that route, how to fill performance data, and how to view the route within the aircraft.
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Jon, you are without doubt head and shoulders above others for msfs. Not only for your explanations but the fact that you leave glitches and mistakes in which helps us normal mortals immensely. Keep it up and thanks 👍
A head and shoulders ad poped out as i was just reading ur comment 💀
Finally i found an video been looking for, for over a month in understanding the F plan box in loading
Actually one of the best tutorials I have seen regarding setting up basic FMC!
Hi Jonathan, just dropping line to say I really appreciate your guides and effort you have put into making them. I have been following your 146, MadDog and now the 737 guides and find them invaluable as it can be daunting to work through the PDF manuals/procedures from scratch but your guides are great for watching and following as I Implement them into my own Aircraft setups. Keep up the good work buddy
Great to hear!
Wonderful Job at explaining the FMC!!! I NOW think I'm starting to understand.
For me it's by far the best guide to programming the FMC.
Thank you very much.
Glad it helped
As others have stated, super helpful. I've been leery of commercial jets for awhile but your videos and instruction broke that barrier for me. Between the 737, the 146 and future craft I'll definitely be looking to your channel for helpful tips. The way you explain things along with the 'why' really do it for me rather than someone just blazing thru a chklist.
Yeah - I always want to know why - if you blindly follow a list you can't problem solve.
You are the only one who explained this perfectly for me. Everyone else is so confusing. Very easy to understand!!!!
Thank you for this! I love to fly airliners and always just made the routes and such on the default MSFS World Map screen. Learning how to use the FMC, teaching us how to use Little NAVMAP, and actually dialing things in really adds to the immersion of the Sim. Now I have been using this guide to do a Rough FMC flight plan on the MSFS default aircraft! Thank you again so much for enrichening everyone's MSFS experience!
Glad I could help!
@@jonbeckett my friend I have a question instead of using simbrief because I’m new to the fmc can I just go to departures and arrivals and pick the route from there?
Thank you so much Johnatan. I have just started learning the PMDG 737-800 and yours are by far the best tutorials I have been able to find. Keep up the excellent work.
Glad to help!
I can’t thank you enough for this, I love being able to learn how to do this for new planes !
Only been flying the H145 the last 2 years and now just bought the PMDG . Lot's to learn . Your vids are extremly helpfull and easy to follow along .
Thankyou
Glad to help
What a comprehensive FMC. And you did a fantastic job explaining it well.
Thanks - I'm glad you enjoyed it
Thank you for this. I am also new into flight simulator and am really excited to get a more realistic experiance.
This was the first video that I have seen of yours, and I’m really happy it just popped into my feed.
I am now a subscriber 🎉
Glad it was helpful!
Wow! What a great tutorial Jonathan! You make it much easier to do by explaining everything in simple terms. THANK YOU! Definitely going to step-by-step mine in now.
You're welcome :)
That was so intuitive, thank you very much for your time explaining the FMC in a good level of detail :)
I can’t tell you how many times I tried to understand the fmc and just gave up. Then watching this video along with your cold and dark video on pmdg 737 and I was able to set everything up properly and fly a full flight gate to gate. It’s amazing how seamless the flight is compared to setting up a flight in the world map and flying a stock a320. Thank you!!
Jonathan Beckett, I am obsessed with your videos, so informative! I have been purchasing kit to build a few cockpits, a Cirrus SR22 and a Boeing 737 one, and your guides are teaching me how to fly!
Glad you like them
Thank you! So helpful. I got a lot of useful information from this. Many hidden features I wasn't aware of so thank you again!
You're welcome!
Thank you sir for this fantastic videos! You covered several things in this video that were assumed in other videos, for example connecting the ground power cart before enabling the ground power switch.
Glad it was helpful!
Fantastic video! Exactly what I needed. Thank you very much.
Thank you so much for your tutorial, I’m a newcomer to airline aircraft and found this invaluable. Excellent work
Glad you enjoyed it!
Thank you for this. Previously, I would follow the VFR map while using autopilot. Now I can take it easy.
Thanks, you explained it quite well, I wasnt expecting myself to understand this!
It's not actually THAT hard - just a lot of bits and pieces.
Hi Jonathan, I have just subscribed to your brilliant channel. This is a brilliant tutorial that is explained super clear! Time to program my FMC!
Awesome, thank you!
Hi Jonathan, just to reiterate what others have said; thanks very much for the excellent, clear, concise tutorials. Liked and subscribed!
Awesome, thank you!
Thank you so much. Detailed yet explained clearly
Just purchased this aircraft yesterday. Have a lot to learn after only flying the fenix a320 as my airliner over the past months. The PMDG 837 does seem like a great aircraft though. Got the -800 to use with a fedex livery out of KMEM
You the best pedagogical , le explains it well. Thanks
Thanks a lot! You are a great instructor!
Thank you this is the best tutorial for the 737-700 FMC that I have seen. Your pace was perfect, I could understand every word. Also explaining the reason for a lot of things was very helpful. A lot of people seem to use Sim Brief for the planning side of things is it something that you would recommend. I really hope you post more tutorials on the 737.
Glad it helped! - I'll be posting more tutorials going forward :) If you check out the channel I've posted several full flights, and an ILS tutorial.
Thank you very much
Very clear and calm explanation.Just what i needed !
Glad it was helpful!
fantastic video, thanks for making this. helped a *ton* !
Glad to hear it!
Fantastic! Wishing you the best and hope this channel grows!
Thank you so much!
I've had issues with the IRS and you have helped me. Thank you sir. My dream is to become a pilot and i want to learn as much as i can!
Excellently explained... thank you, Jonathan!
Glad it was helpful!
thank you so much for this tutorial it helped me so much. I found one of your MadDog videos last week and subscribed to your channel found it very informative.
Awesome, thank you!
You the best pedagogical , you explain it well.sorry there was a mistake in the sentence...;
Cheers :)
Thank you, I did not know the ZFW was auto calculated, and defo makes getting to the sky's a lot quicker. Sorted out my TOC and TODs.
Yep - it's very handy.
Thank you for this excellent video.
I see 9.99k subscribers, I hit "Subscribe." Great video man! Thank you.
Thanks for the sub!
Spot on. Just be aware that when reading out runway designators say the numbers individually e.g. 22, say two, two, for 18, say one, eight.
Noted (I actually already knew - it's a bad habit) :)
Very helpful, thank you!
Thanks for your tutorials, they are easy to understand the way you explain them. To the point without any unnecessary information. I have just bought a hardware MDU/FMC for the B737 and it adds much more to the flight. What I haven’t been able to find is where on, for example, the simbrief OFP I can find the info that the FMC needs, a video about that would be very useful for many serious flight simmers. Thanks again and keep up the good work!
Yep - I'll do a video on simbrief integration soon - a few people have asked about it. It's worth pointing out before I do it - the integration doesn't load everything about a flight plan - you still have to go and review/revise it afterwards.
@@jonbeckett I have seen that and I think many serious flightsimmers would benefit from that. A clear guide about all the info you need to feed (and why) into the FMC at what stage of the flight and how you can use it. That video can also be used to make a good FMC “checklist”. Just my thoughts..
BTW, if there is anything that I can do to help, just let me know!
Excellent
i am learning so much on this channel, ty!
Good to hear
Thank so much for your explanation, it really help me a lot!!
Glad it helped!
Please continue to help us noobs. I appreciate it. Now I can almost fly the 737. I always have problems attaining correct speed with AT during my climb and cruise
Use the FLC button! It does it for you :)
Hey thanks, this was very useful information! I have a sim coming up for a selection and I have not flown since March 2020 and I’ve never flown a 73, however there’s similarities with the big Boeings I’ve flown before.
I presume the biggest issue might be the scanning, anyway great video!
Should there be a snag in the programming there’s always a way of going back to more basic modes, but that requires some effort in knowing the Mode Control Panel of course.
Excellent tutorial, enjoyed watching. Thank you for sharing your knowledge.
You're welcome, glad you liked it!
@@jonbeckett Easier than I imagined, maybe because of previous experience from A32NX and CRJ.
SIir you helped me more than anyone else
Awesome video. Thanks
Glad you liked it!
Very helpful thank you
Great vid. Very useful for me.
Glad it helped
Thank you. Excellent as well.👍👍👍
You're welcome :)
Fantastic video
Thanks! 😃
I've only had like a half hour with this thing and this video because I'm actually busy in simulator training for the real thing. And I find this thing dizzying. Not because I don't get it. But because I'm actually surprised how accurately it all seems to work so far. IRL we have the ability to auto load the route and the takeoff performance data is more complicated than what you see here. But as far as routes, menus, holding, it's all spot on. What will really break my head is if you can do things like abeam points, build points a distance from a fix along your route, or place points via place bearing distance. Those are things that are technically not necessary for a sim, but would be incredible if they're there. Now what we really need are the weather radar and RNAV(RNP) approaches.
The abeam points are difinitely there - in the FIX menu. Nice to have feedback from a real pilot! :)
Another fantastic video 👍
Thanks for the visit
Thank you alot i guess i will now program fmc myself instead of downloading pre set saves
It's always more fun programming it yourself.
🔥✈️ once again killing it
You're welcome :)
Thanks for this. Very useful.
You're welcome!
Very useful and informative video which has helped me a lot thank you.
Glad it was helpful!
Fantastic! 😁 thanks a lot 🙏😁
No problem 😊
Really good explanation sir!
Glad it was helpful!
Thanks for this video its very helpfull :)
You're welcome!
@@jonbeckett I had no clue how to get rid of discontinuitys in the flight plan Thanks again mate
Thank you Jonathan, this excellent video is by far the most helpful to those of us who are learning the FMC CDU. As someone else here said most videos blast through the setup without taking the time to explain why certain keys are pressed. Could you possibly do an FMC video explaining Winds setup and also Hold and Fix? Thanks again!
I'll try to find time :)
Great video! First I've come across which explains how the FMC works rather than just give a rapid play-by-play of what buttons get pushed in what order. Very comprehensive tutorial. Do you have one like it to walk us beginners through how to work the autopilot?
That's a good idea for a video!
Little Nav Map has a fuel report (the tab next to flight plan tab). If you load the Aircraft Performance file for the 737 the calculation should be fine. I use the LNM fuel report function a lot for the CRJ and never had any problems.
thank you so much
very useful
Glad to hear that
Thank you
Besides the weights are in LBS and not TONS, your video was very good. Congrats
Good video thank you. Just a quick note, you are talking about the Navigation Display ND not the PFD.
Yep - my bad :)
You add about 15 more knots that the V2 speed shows on the FMC and place that total speed in the MCP speed setting.
Does the Boeing have an option similar to the “Direct” button in the Airbus? How do I go about going direct to a given waypoint and bypass those previous to it?
Hi great video any idea how to take the description tips off when hovering over a panel or knob etc
Yes - it's in the general settings - accessibility.
This is great. @ the 5:24 mark what is the flight planning tool that you used which showed your route.
It's called "LittleNavMap", and it's free :)
Great tutorial. I'm new to MSFS after using FSX and P3D for longer than I care to admit. This might be a silly question but how do you zoom in on the FMC CDU to be able to program it effectively? I notice you were able to simply zoom in over the top of the FMC which is a lot easier than trying to program it with in the virtual cockpit view.
There are a number of CTRL+num keyboard combinations that move to default views around the aircraft - setup by PMDG - one of them is over the FMC. If you download my guide from ko-fi.com/jonbeckett/shop it has the various keys to press detailed in it :)
Thanks - I
have problem with airways in little navmap. Not in database error.
I use airways in Skyvector as a supplement to little navmap.
Highly recommend Simplates for detailed ILS approaches
Yes - Simplates is very good. I keep wondering about signing up with Navigraph, purely for the charts. If you're flying in the USA, chartfox gives you plates for free.
Hi buddy great video have you done one on how to create a flight plan on little navmap.
Cheers
Yes I have - if you search my channel for LittleNavMap I've done several.
Great instructional video, thanks for posting this.
Question 4 you or the group here. I'm new to FMC- I know the basics. I paid for update Navigraph subscription and downloaded recent AIRAC cycle for my Plane in the Sim which is a Wilco 777-200ER.
One question is, the new AIRAC cycle show correctly in my FMC CDU screen ok.
But when I enter say New York (KJFK airport then try choosing runway 31L or 31R for Departing its not there listed as an option. It only showing 1/1 pages so there isn't another page. Only runways showing for KJFK are RW04L, RW04R, RW13L, RW13R & RW22L) thats it- No runway 31L or 31R for departures.
Strange thing is on my FMC if I try seeing what runways are available at KJFK for Arrivals I'm seeing all runways including 31L, 31R. But I noticed its also missing IAPs- they show the runways but do not list ILS or RNAV approaches.
Anyone have a clue whats going on or how to fix/remedy this issue? or experienced this themselves?
I would perhaps check a different aircraft, to see if it's a problem with the 777...
when I depart from the airport, my instruments shut down for some reason. But the rest of the plane is fully functional
Did you switch power over to the engines ?
So whenever I put my first waypoint route page on the to side it works fine but whenever I insert an airway number on the via side it says invalid entry every time. Is this a bug or a setting is off somewhere?
Greetings... Comprehensive educational video and many benefits... I am facing a problem after take off and on autopilot, lnav & vnaf but after a period of take-off it runs regularly on the navigation line, but after a while I notice that the plane does not travel correctly on the navigation line as it is entered fmc and that it is rotated To the right or left of the navigation points is very slow, i.e. the angle of rotation is very slow, which leads to the plane losing its navigation line..what is the step I missed to do it?
You're not making a mistake - the real aircraft does the same thing. It very much depends on the speed you are going when you reach a turn, and if the aircraft can make it. On some SIDs and STARs, the constraint may be to overfly a point before changing direction - which will often make your track over the ground differ too.
Hi, great videos help so much. I am having a small problem with my 737-700 I can get the batteries and gen power up and running but I am only getting the captain's side displays showing I can not get the 1st officer to show or turn on what am I doing wrong?
Go into the FMC, MENU, PMDG, LOAD STATE and choose the TAKE-OFF state - wait a few minutes, and see if everything has come on. It's a quick way of knowing if there's something wrong in the sim (maybe an add-on or something that's causing it)
Very good video, thank you so much. I have a little problem this aircraft; When I pick this plane, its not starting cold and dark position. Battery, IR, all other stuffs working and I starting with APU. How Can I start cold and dark position this aircraft?
You need to go into the FMC - MENU / PMDG and set the Load State.
Would you not usually wait until t/d to program the approach?
What I very much appreciate of you is that with everything you do, unlike other tutorials, you explain the logic/reasoning behind it, which really helps me understand what I will be doing.
You're very welcome!
My friend I hit the soft key next to the gps position but I don’t see where it says irs position?
@@chuck176 After you pick up the GPS position from page 2 of the pos pages, go back to the previous page - where you can fill the IRS position.
@@jonbeckett thanks so much my friend! Your videos are the best ever!!
@@jonbeckett I’m still confused do I start at a gate? I’m still not seeing the irs position box😩
Hey Jonathan Thank you for the tutorial. Can I ask a question? What app you using in navigating the map?
It's "LittleNavMap" - it's free.
Im Having a Little Issue with A Departure im Trying to Set Up What If I Want to Avoid a Certain FIX and Execute another one already on the Flight Plan?
If you're already in flight, just do a direct to. If you're on the ground, I'm not sure if you can modify a SID or STAR - it really depends on the aircraft - some allow it, some don't. I think the Airbus aircraft allow it - the Boeing may not.
Hello Jonathan, Do you know anything about, how have to synchronize captain and copilot FMC work parallel with each other? I try to search for it but have no success. Thanks
The PMDG aircraft are accurate to the real thing - although the flight plan will appear in both, operation of the two FMCs is independent. You're lucky - in the real plane, the barometric pressure is independent too - you have to set it three times :)
Thanks for this nice video. Regards from Sweden.
is there a next video, like using the AP and following the flight plan?
I have several flights in the 737 recorded on the channel - flying from A to B - where you will see me operating the various systems and explaining along the way. I don't tend to use VNAV, because it would leave me with very little to do :)
Hi, how do you come up with those tiny labels when you click the mouse on buttons and dials?
In general settings, under assistance within Microsoft Flight Simulator, there is a setting for the tool tips - wether they are instant, delayed, or off.
Great video, again. I can actually (almost) fly the PMDG thanks to your tutorials. Could you give me just a hint why my TOD is (starts) always to late? I really have to manually dive to lower the altitude. Thanks in advance Jonathan ;-)
Have no fear of using air brakes during descent. They will expedite it. Real aircraft do it. While you might get 1700fpm descent rate without brakes, you'll get a LOT more with them.
@@jonbeckett Wow, I had once heard -600fpm should be the average. "Never to old to learn right"? 🙂 Have a great weekend.
@@eds5709 It's not unheard of for airliners to descend at FAR faster rates. The more time they can fly at altitude, and the least time they fly lower, the more efficient they are in terms of fuel burn.
John can you send me a way to obtain the map program that you illustrated on this tube . Tnx
Search Google for "LittleNavMap" - I have several videos about it :)
Hi mate, great video, thanks for the education. What was the name of the flight planning program you were using in the video? I tried to listen hard but missed the name.
It was LittleNavMap :)
@@jonbeckett Thanks legend
Will this still work when u dont have...up to date Airac Cycles cuz im guessing alot of sids and stars will be missing and your flightplan wont match up correct?
i only have access to cycle 25 March 21 - 21 April 21 that was free... I dont want to spend money just yet until i im confident i can fly the airliner and understand it all as the 737 will be my 1st one...
I have the stock scenery. Every time ASOBO update the sim, they update the Airac.
If you imput the performance and or seleft a n1 limit, do you have to do a toga takeoff or can you manually imput the throttle
TOGA is the preferred power setting - you can use whatever power setting you want.
@@jonbeckett Thanks
Does one need the PMDG in order to get the V speeds selected because I don't have the PMDG and wondering how to get the V speeds to be shown like Vr,V1,V2, trend vector and so on can anyone answer that. I have the Microsoft flight simulator X steam edition but planning on getting the X plane 12 when it comes out I think it's coming out in July this year.
What is PMDG?
The FMC is a part of the PMDG 737 - other versions of the 737 available at the moment are not as realistic.
@@jonbeckett thank you for your reply 😊 how do I get the 737 with pmdg does it cost?
Kind regards 😊
@@jonbeckett so it’s a separate game called pmdg 737?