@@jonbeckett I read that is a reason for the low price. People who want to fly real aircraft with real liveries on real routes won't go for this particular aircraft. Those of us who are just happy to have a full-featured PMDG 737 get a bargain!
@@duncanwoodhouse9452 i’m people and i just want the experience of flying as close to study level as i can. i’m not phased about the route or the livery. we definitely got a bargain!
Hi Jonathan, Great presentation for the beginners who want to make the big step to the PMGD devices but can't see the forest for the trees as undereaten. The way of presenting the way you do it is great, you take your time and you can follow it well. Most of the time the presenter shoots with his mouse point like a rocket across the screen and you soon lose track and you think to yourself "never mind" and that happens often. I subscribe because you do it perfectly as it should be with knowledge transfer. I wrote this post with Google Translate.
You say that but I was watching him on the map 17:07 and his mouse pointer was following the line, then disappeared talking about NUGB1R? (all I could see on the map where I last saw his pointer was NUGBO. I carried on watching and at 19:26 he said about Daventry DTY and I saw that on the map, and then he said about the OVDOV waypoint which I couldn't find on the map? Then Whilst I was looking on the map, I saw his pointer over to the left moving as it caught my eye and all the writing there. Ahhhh, now it makes sense. So it is a very good tutorial but you need to mention where you are pointing your cursor at and wiggle it around a few times for us to lock onto it. Not a big thing, but I was struggling a bit. I have seen some of these video makers that record the screen and a blob of colour blobs on the screen when they click the mouse button so you can see it better. Not a complaint, just a kind reminder that we are not always looking where we should be looking. I've liked and subscribed to your channel Jonathan. Now to get back to the video and continue learning. 👍👍 Just got to 40:09 and you said, where are we on the airfield? and the map appeared. Where do you get the map from, or how do you get it displayed?
@@jonbeckett I bought it last night! My first pmdg absolutely love it! I just have a couple of questions, how do you release the parking break, I’m using a keyboard and mouse, and on the fmc it says something about data out of date, and one more thing how do you move in the cabin to look around, thank you👍
My first PMDG product the 600 thinks it amazing drama I did have was setting auto pilot for speed nav and altitude and u explained. Perfectly please more of the 600 really fantastic video she’s a great plant to fly and it is a pocket rocket 🚀 good job 👍
I don't know why I find airliner FMCs so confusing, I guess I've been so spoiled by GA nav units like the GTN750. This guide was very helpful and I'm stoked to get immersed and used to the B736!
N1 is known as the LPC or low pressure compressor which the Fan is apart of which is couple to the LPT, I think N1 is just the fan on the CFM56 and N2 is the HPC, high pressure compressor which is coupled to the HPT turbine. The accessory gearbox is coupled to N2, this is used to crank the engine on start up. Nice video, keep it up. Cheers.
Love your videos; so educational but not too serious and sprinkling of fun too. Now that PMDG have added an EFB to their 737 fleet I am hoping you'll do a short video about it to complete the 737 set.
Ah, I've been on that approach many, many times (but as a passenger)! Usually from Munich or Hamburg in a 737, home for the weekend! Hope the family enjoy their time in Birmingham - my home town - the locals are a fairly decent lot! Also, even though this is for MSFS, it's equally applicable to other sims as the aircraft systems generally the same, so it was quite easy to follow along using a 737 in That Other Sim. The PMDG 737's look like great value for money and I'd have no hesitation in paying them for it. Side note: When I were nowt but a lad, I could ride my bike from home to the Honily VOR, wondering what the heck it was!
Oh yes, another comment of thanks. Thank you for your video regarding using the Thrustmaster Airbus TCA with the Boeing PMDG. It would be extremely awkward, not to mention cost of actually buying more than one, setup. In fact impossible as some yoke setups, joysticks and thrust systems are bolted to your desk etc. So yes, unless you have a desk the size of an aircrafts carrier ! most of us I guess will only have one setup of choice. For me it is the Thrustmaster Airbus TCA, since FlyByWire gave us the excellent A320 NX then the Fenix. So it was helpful knowing how I could use that setup, in some way fir the PMDG 737. Thank you.
A big word of thanks Jonathan for your very interesting, informative and extremely helpful tutorials. I am subscribed to your channel. Love the way you explain everything, why ?, what for ?, what it does etc. And like the way you tell us your key presses for views etc. Much much more that you do in your videos. Thank you. As office chair pilots MSFS 2020 offers an incredible amount of immersion but that immersion is only possible if we understand what we are doing at every switch level, as we try to achieve that which a real pilot will do, to a point !. So long may your tutorials continue. Hoping also that you will continue to revisit and teach as more about some of the many offerings of GA and Airliners from our favourite developers. From cold and dark to takeoff, FMC, autopilot and ILS landings etc. Thank you again for your good work. It is appreciated.
This is the best tutorial yet for me, I actually managed to follow every step you provided and get the 737 off the ground and into autopilot etc.....the tutorial that comes with this aircraft doesn't work properly, it must assume you already have some experience as a 737 pilot. Support wasn't that good either, brief answers and no hi, or welcome to PMDG or anything. Thank you so much Jonathan, you made this sim pilot wannabe a very happy fella !! Subbed and liked !! cheers, Daz, Leicester.
I agree with your comment coffee guy 66, very well stated. Office chair pilots like myself have been enjoying MSFS Flight Simulator for many years. But MSFS 2020 is on a very different level, offering scores and scores of aircraft. The Market Place can be daunting, and always my advice is “ buyer beware “. There is a deluge at times of poorly developed aircraft and adds ons that seem to have only one action , “ they want your money ! “ but offer no support in real friendly terms. And there is often a very long gap in some aircraft getting updated. It’s often quite difficult for new users of MSFS to know what to buy. So yes I can sort of understand your frustration of a lack of total support, not saying that they will not help, but perhaps just offering you something scripted rather than a bit more personal, even from PMDG. I’m certainly not demeaning them as their products are good, if not excellent, but yes we would all appreciate a “ hi “ or “ welcome “. It’s certainly true, as many of us have never been pilots in real life, or flown much even as passengers, but this new MSFS offers an incredible amount of immersion. At times we all could do with some support. These big airliners have a very steep learning curve. So yes many many thanks to Jonathan for his channel, which I have already subscribed to. He has been very helpful with many complicated aircraft and systems. I’m still trying to get my head around the BAe 146 !. So long may his channel continue. Many thanks.
Amazing video! Thank you. Somehow I feel the need (or want) to buy it but im afraid that im not going to use it. Well, after watching this WHOLE video, I might even buy it after all! Thanks again, good luck flying! ❤️ ✈️
In real life we always programme the full route as per the flight plan,which will include a sid and star and then we crosscheck the route in the fmc against the flight plan to confirm the distances and fuel burn match. Cost index is provided by the company on the flight plan and it is a figure that affects fuel burn over the entire flight.The higher the cost index the higher the speeds and fuel burn.
I am not a beginner when it comes to PMDG. Instead I used their Boing 737s in different variants decades ago in FS 2004 already. But it seems to me that the earlier versions of MSFS were not that sophisticated from the software engineering point of view so that even PMDG's Boings were much easier to set up and fly. So thanks for this video.
Jonathon you need to be a cricket commentator with that voice - you remind me of the old school commentators. ;-) Appreciate the tutorial - the main thing I got out of this was Little Navmap. Wow what a gorgeous piece of free software!
Such a cute little plane. When it´s grown up it wants to become a Jumbo Jet :D ..... Hm the FMC feels very intuitive and easy to learn, everything to fill in is clear and understandable and the FMC is almost using the same terms as the Airbus. But there is still no weather radar and radar-tilt available? In one video I have seen it has a very beautyful passenger cabin with only two seats to the left and right, very luxurious and comfortable - can the cockpit door now be opened and the passenger cabin entered like in the Fenix Airbus, or is that stupid drone camera still necessary? Why hiding such a beautyful passenger cabin, why not render the whole aircraft with the cabin behind the cockpit door. It looks great, really luxurious.
@@jonbeckett Ah wonderful! PMDG should animate the cockpit door because the new cabin looks truly good, and especially when doing empty transfer flights at night I love to switch off the cabin lights and enjoy the creepy feeling of that open door with the darkness behind....
Cheers bud. Just picked up this “cheap” version to see if my pc could handle it ok. Pleasantly surprised with the performance. Just one issue I had. When I disconnected auto pilot got a warning alarm and couldn’t shut it up. First time run through so I’m sure it’s my error somewhere. 😂
There are two small square buttons on the instrument panel in front of the pilot - they shut the autopilot disengage and autothrottle disengage alarms up :)
I also have the Airbus Squadrant. It is working perfectly for me with Trust Axis (0-100) and the virtual buttons 12 and 16 assigned to "hold reverse thrust". in addition a bit changing the sensitivity options. slightly increase the deadzone and it should work perfectly fine.
That's exactly how I have it configured. I had the throttles set for a different aircraft when I got in - I had to change it. I always leave issues IN videos, unlike many that edit them out.
Those airliners are complicated. I don't like programming the MCDU or whatever it's called. But it looks familiar to other airliners. PMGD makes great products. I have their DC-6 and I happily get help from the flight engineer. LOL. This short version of the 737 is like that 146 you fly, right? They are both short. I may purchase the 146 down the road because it's different from the others being older and having gauges. But $65 is a steep price. Another excellent, video, Jonathan.
The 737 is fairly current - the 146 is from the mid 1980s, and it shows :) It's all a bit more mechanical and simple in the 146. That said, when the 737 is fully configured, it almost flies itself.
Very helpful thanks ! I've just purchased this I've not flown a study level airliner since Dreamfleet's 737-400 so will use your video as the basis for getting me up in the air. Subscribed.
hey, whenever i try to turn on lnav, it just does not turn on, I tried everything. Restarting the sim, uninstalling and reinstalling, but it just wont work, can you tell me why it does not work?
Hi I followed every step correctly multiple times but I cant seem to get the "low pressure" lights to turn off on the hydraulic switches. I even tried different tutorials, I tried following the in-game checklist but nothing seems to work....
Are you sure it's not that you're out of hydraulic fluid ? :) The PMDG aircraft have consumeable fluids. You can repair them in the FMC (in FS Services?)
Thank you for this! I've been trying to find some reliable FCOM documentation for the 737-600, but this will do quite nicely for startup procedures. Any chance you have a shutdown procedure in the works? Thank you again!
Hmm i followed this but engine ignition isnt working. I have lights saying oil pressure low and start valve ooen. The APU airflow worked but then died down.
Oil pressure low will go out when the engine starts. For the boeings, you need fuel pumps on, APU running, Bleed Air on, ignition system to L or R, starter to GND on the eyebrow panel, monitor N2, then advance starter lever when RPM gets to 25% - at which point you should see the fuel flow increase, and the exhaust gas temperature increase.
@@jonbeckett Hey JB yeah I think I know where I went wrong. L or R starter. I hadn't touched it! Thanks for your help! I will purchase your procedure over the weekend and try again :)
I was at idle power with this thing for 10 minutes. Started lowering altitude at 60 miles. This thing never slows down! Even flying level at 2000 ft. I can’t seem to use the speed brake either. Only works at touchdown automatically
The only problem I have with this 737-600 is that I cannot hear the altitude callouts or the chimes. All is set as per docs and the sound settings. Any Help please??
41:43 To activate the TCAS after upgrading, turn the selector on the Radio Management Panel Transponder to the TA/RA position and then depress the TFC button on the EFIS control panel to see the range rings.
@@jonbeckett you said that they updated the aircraft and the tcas button is not where it was supposed to be. The comment was not especially to you. I was just trying to help other guys who also couldn't find it after the aircraft's update... I really appreciate your video
Is there any difference to starting hot on the runway or cold and dark? I just picked up the module and it's my first full fidelity so a little overwhelming. I'd like to get the flight/navigation down before I learn the cold start procedure. Will I be shooting myself in the foot with this approach?
Excellent instructional!👍 I’m just having difficulty (after starting engines), switching off the gpu (apu on) cuts out most my electronics, screens and fmc. Am I missing something vital (using checklist)?
Hello, So I'm a little bit confused with the waypoints. What should I use to see were the waypoints are? Oh and also do I need to do the waypoints or is it optional? Sorry my little peanut brain doesn't know what going on.
None of the navigation systems will work if you dont enter a flightplan into the FMC. You can of course fly with nothing configured, but that's kind of missing the point of operating a commercial jet.
The FMC in the PMDG 737 works exactly like the real thing. You can program it completely by hand - I have done in many of my past videos. IF you mean "how can I program it WITHOUT Simbrief, and without doing it by hand", you can't easily - there is a route to put a file in the installation folder, and then enter the code as a company route, but I've never covered it in a video :)
Hello, do you know it the plane runs well on lower budget gpu's? I have a 1060 6Gb and I'm worried it would run badly since they recommend a 2080 or 3080, Thx.
I just got the 737-600, I was lookiNg for a basics on the PMDG 737-600 that no-one sEems to have made, sinCe there's no tablet yet, showing things like how to open the door, calling the stairs, fuel truck etc. and since you made this helpful viddeo, perhaps you could tell me, or do a video, "beginners, getting into the plane basicss"
A noob question, but is it possible to start right on the runway with this plane? It seems possible but I cannot find the settings within the PMDG FMS settings?
Hold down the menu button in the FMC, then the PMDG menu, then LOAD STATE, then next page, and choose "RUNWAY". The plane will prepare itself for take-off.
@@jonbeckett Thank you Jonathan! I dove into this video this morning, and I thoroughly enjoyed performing my first cold dark start - on any aircraft! Cheers!
Okay so I just bought this aircraft and I was very pleased with the step by step on how to set up the aircraft. How do I get that flight planner tab you had opened for way points because I did the rest of the set up right to do a flight from KLAX to KIAH just a little flight for the sakes of it, but seemingly after I took off, I had a hard time getting the autopilot to configure a bit, like what switches do I hit after takeoff? And how do I get the plane to follow the exact path after hitting autopilot because the plane did not end up following flight plan course I had plugged into the fmc. Do you have any tips on that
If you cannot enable LNAV on the master control panel for the autopilot, it's because you have gaps in the flight plan. If you go back through my channel and search for 737, you'll find lots of videos about programming it.
What is that you're using to set up your flight plan? I've been out of the flight sim community for awhile so I'm not really well versed on all the software used.
@@jonbeckett aah, right, thanks, i've used it before, but i think the interface has changed somewhat so it looks a bit different. Either that or my memory is just so bad that i don't remember what it looks like.
@@jonbeckett so if I don’t have any other tools and want to file a flight plan just using Microsoft. How do I go about in doing that? I have to manually key in the fmc?
I notice on the X-plane 11 Zibo simulator that when looking from the cockpit to the ground when aircraft is stationary and looking at the distance to ground and then comparing it to one of your actual B737-000 company simulators that the height is somewhat higher in your simulator and even looking at some Utube videos in a actual real B737-800 it sits higher than the Zibo X-plane 11 off the ground. Any information would be appreciated. Thanks!
I'm sure there are a million things I could be doing wrong, but when I get in the air, and I can see the flight path on the radar, my plane doesn't want to stick to the path. It will line up a bit with LNAV, and then it will just start banking in circles. Any immediate ideas?
You either have a discontinuity in the flight plan, or no performance data entered, or no flight directors on, or no inertial navigation system alignment :)
@@jonbeckett so you engaged LNAV and VNAV during the takeoff but I could only engage LNAV and not both but mostly was everything correct and your tutorial was very helpful for me
I have this aircraft and seem to be having trouble I followed everything you did but says low pressure in had pumps on all 4 switched and low pressure in flt control I just can't seem to get it to work
@@jonbeckett I did exactly as you did on the video and checked both engines running and also ensured all hydraulics were set to on and with everything still said low pressure it just seems strange no issue with the 700
You've probably not bound the nosewheel steering to the correct axis. Or the rudder. In the Boeing, the rudder controls the nosewheel to 10%, and then the nosewheel steering goes the rest of the way.
Do you think that's worth purchasing? I mean - honestly, there's really only very small differences between different versions the aircraft in terms of operation. The price seems a little steep if PMDG is going to release the -700 variant (which I love), the -600, the -800, I'm assuming the -900 and hopefully the Max. (This is me purely guessing what they're going to release). Feel like I'm purchasing the same plane over and over again. I guess I'd have the same complaint if this was an a320, followed by an a319, a318 and a321 lol....but I guess they did this because of complaints around the original pricing.
They're making bank :) The only reason I bought it, was to record videos with it. It's short field performance is spectacular - which opens up routes that would otherwise not have been available.
Appreciate your point of view.I have a budget I've set and I'm sure a lot of others would be similar to me.The 600 coming in at that budget level allowed me to try PMDG for the 1st time.This just may tip others over to try them now as it's closer to what they want to spend.I like 600.Cute little pocket rocket😀👍
You understand correctly - because it's systems are accurate, you need to program the flightplan in the flight management computer. I've recorded several videos about the Boeing FMC in the past if you need a guiding hand.
I agree with you about the price at the end there I got it cause it was $50 AUD while the other was $80 plus and for me that is just too much If the 700 had of been around the 50 to 60 AUD then I probably would have got it,and maybe more people would as well for the budget conscious. If they have a sale at that price later I might.Then again I like the 600 so may be not.Thanks for the c/d start up.That helps.A question on little nav maps.How did you make the flightpath with all the curving turns and other info.When I use it it's in a direct line of sight point to point.Cheers
You need to setup the SID and STAR in LittleNavMap - if you search my channel, you will see I have done several guides to LittleNavMap that show all of that.
This does look very good however so does the 737-700. Any thoughts why the price difference between them is so great though? I accept the FlyByWire A32NX is not the same, but it’s still an airliner, free and includes the iPad tool, which is a very good feature. When being asked to trade cash for both these when there’s a free option (A32NX) I don’t see what the buy in might be.
The 700 comes with more versions - there is a business, and cargo version, which are modelled accurately, with doors, interiors, etc. The business version even has limos that arrive outside. With the 600 you just get the basic commercial version. In terms of difference when comparing to the FBW, it's not as flakey. Everything they have implemented works well, and is stable.
@@jonbeckett Thanks for the feedback. I noted after I made the comment that the EFB is targeted for release this year, which I like. I was also aware of the three versions with the 700. Just thought the 30$ difference was a bit steep. Having said that I will most likely go for the 700. I have just started with the FBW A32NX and so far have found it to be stable and that works well I think, if you were perhaps cautious about paying for something that's not notably better.
I think why the 600 is that cheap is because of the A32NX. As if PMDG would have liked to make it easier for Airbus pilots to have a short look into Boing's world and perhaps remain there
I need help for me im on xbox and for all of the buttons and knobs i need to double click for the buttons to work and if i double click something like the heading, it just spins and spins without me touching it anymore. I never have to double click anything for them to work and they never spin without end on any other aircraft, and this makes it unflyable. If somebody could help me I would be very happy
Thak you for this amazing tutorial I bought this airctaft today and I follow your video step by step and I landed 😍😍 this is my first aircraft that works like real, I just don't understand why FMC don't accept my airports for example MIA in Miami I got mesaage that there is no data in fmc and I'm confused WHY , I tried few airports and he has no data and I can't put them to FMC , I subbed because you are awesome.
