MSFS 2020 - A320 - Inputting your SimBrief Flight Plan into the FMC (MCDU) 

Best MCDU tutorial on RU-vid I found so far! Thank you very much for your passionate and detailed explanations!

a bunch of y waypoints arent showing up as in data base

This is great. As a relatively new simmer I find your tutorials have really opened up the sim experience up to me and love following them as exercises for me to try and learn them off by heart. Brilliant and much appreciated thanks.

hey hey awesome vid hope you will go on with that stuff! have only 1 question how do you get that layout from your simbrief pdf mine is always different....

Nice explanation Gav. When you enter the flight plan make sure you DO include adding the arrival STAR and arrival runway from the OFP. Remember, the OFP is your plan on what you expect to do and all the data in the FMGC needs to display similar figures. You want to make a gross error check when the flight plan is in the box so it gives a similar mileage to what’s on the OFP. This way you can be sure the route is more or less correct. This is critical for us as we download the flight plan from datalink 99% of the time so we want to make sure the flight plan that has been downloaded, is the same as the flight plan we’ve been given by ops. Sometimes, flight plans change at the last minute! Having the complete flight plan in also helps when completing the INIT B page. If the complete route is in, when you enter the ZFW/ZFW C/G, the block fuel and trip winds, the TRIP/TIME figures on the left should be very accurate and again correspond with your trip/time figures off the OFP. Again this is a gross error check that the flight plan in the FMGC is correct. Incidentally, the mileage and trip/fuel figures in this example weren’t exactly the same as the OFP. I think that’s just a sim thing that gives a bit of a discrepancy. But inputting the whole route before you do the INIT B page is a good habit to get into. Once you’re airborne, THEN You can amend the arrival if it changes. 👍 Block fuel off the OFP. This is a minimum. If you need to add more fuel because of expected delays, bad weather en-route and at destination or tankering, don’t feel bad by adding to it. And ALWAYS round up! It’s on the conservative side. If block fuel is 8,440 kgs; round it up to a nice 8.5 tonnes. With respects to your take off trim. You really don’t need to calculate anything. Once you’ve loaded the required fuel, look at your CofG on the weight page. It will give you a loaded Mean Area Chord as a percentage (%). This is your take off stabiliser setting that you set after engine start. In this instance it was 26.26% rounded to 26.3%. So, when you’ve started the engines, move the trim wheel so that it’s at 26.3%. It’s not something I ever see you do to be fair. 🙈 😉 Again we don’t use units (up/down) of trim. We could get it wrong or mixed up! You won’t get the percentage wrong as it’ll only be one value. This is another reason why we don’t enter it on the Perf page. 👍

awesome tutorial but why in the 16:38 minute it says via grify can u explain me that

The FlyByWire team will very soon add sim brief plan integration. So it won’t be long until this tutorial will be replaced by just a few MCDU clicks.

Hey, I don’t know whether you’ve mentioned it, but which OFP Layout are you using for SimBrief? Thank you!

Grate video, help me a lot. Only one question, a can’t find the trip wind on the SimBrief flight plan, can you help me. Thank you

Spent over an hour going through this for a short hop WMKK to WMKN in Malaysia. So clear, and such a great tutorial. Thanks so much!

Great Video! What's DECEL? It pops up by itself, and can't be deleted. Is seems causing issues every time flying through DECEL point.

The transparency in your videos are just incredible

Best lesson about MCDU tutorial I have seen. Thanks!!

Thanks for this tutorial. awesome video. I was wondering what is that software to display the flight plan on the screen at the same time with MCDU while recording?

Thks ! thks ! thks !

Hi Easyjetpilot, this tutorial video is helping me a lot to program the MCDU. I'm keeping this video to learn more and I'm watching it over and over again until I would be able to create a complete flight plan. So, thanks my teacher.

Super clear tutorial, thanks man. Also, I believe KGEG is Spokane, which is like... Seattle's evil brother.

This is the sort of stuff that should be supplied in a tutorial. Thank you for explaining things so transparently.

Thank you. Very nice video

Very big respect and a big thanks for you my boi! : )

Big help! Thank you also for the link to update the aircraft on SimBrief. Nice work.

Thxx brooo

Wow.. amazing 👏

A great tutorial. Exactly what I was looking for. Thank you!

I had fun following this tutorial, and I look forward to your more advanced stuff once I grasp the basics - thanks!

Thank you for this excellent tutorial. I tried today to copy it and it seems that with updates made to MSFS2020 in the months since you prepared this, the MCDU screens have changed. I do not have TRIP WIND appearing on the Fuel Prediction page, and I can't locate it. I've looked around the MCDU but without locating it. As a side comment, when I double click on the ZFW/ZFWCG then the calculations are done by the MCDU and the data is filled in.

Awesome tutorial. You're the best of the best. Curiosity, where you're from? I'm from Malta. Thanks for the tutorial.

Fantastic Video which is very helpful. Thanks a lot for taking your time to explain things so detailed. Stay safe and have a calm weekend. Cheers from Berlin

Awesome, awesome tutorial. As always so informative and such detailed. Thanks for sharing the vast knowledge you got !

Excellent video. A terrific help for novices like me. Very much appreciated.

Great video, thank you im learning for when the Xbox version comes out.

Very good tutorial. Coming from Boeings, entering waypoints in the Airbus computer seems a bit long winded. By the way you do know that you can 'pop out' any of your panels in MSFS ? Hold down right Alt and left click on the panel ;) - keep up the good work.

Very descriptive content, thank you!

Hi EasyJetSimPilot, Informative Video, Thanks for the Details, Have one question , where do i get the Trip Wind information. i dont see it on sim brief.. Cheers

great tutorial .. always drives me nuts the different weights in simbrief vs the sim.. now I can sort it.. in the old pmdg737 mcdu you could hit the arrow key to re input data rather than having to re type it is that something that needs added or is it diff for the a320?

Thanks for the vid, informative as always. I'm curious how do you get the CG info to display when selecting fuel from the menu, all I see are the numbers, no center of gravity info shows once loaded into the sim, I only get that in the main menu which is a bit of a pain.

Hi. thanks for a good and informative video. I am still wondering though if there is any advantage to using the SimBrief flight plan as opposed the MSFS on board flight planner. What are the advantages?

I’m having so much dificulty, first time doing this and the my fmc always don’t recognize some airway or waypoint and don’t acept any more of them i’m stuck and don’t know how to reset it to start over aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa

Thank you for this video. I’ve noticed that your SimBrief profile has changed. I suppose it was corrected to match the latest MSFS A320 NEO?

Could you do a tutorial on all the different procedures for emergencies just curious about that and perhaps for the radio settings just getting into Airbuses I am a bit of a noob.

Guys , why there is no sids in my FP route ??

Thanks man! Now i know how to use FMC 🥰🥰

Clearly explained :):)

Which OFP layout is this? I use DAL and mine looks NOTHING like this.

Why on my Simbried report I have very very few waypoints? Sometimes cannot find the proper arrivarl or departure into the MCDU because of that. I only have very few waypoints and usually it shows me "dct" on the closet ones to the airport, difficult then to chose the proper departure way. If I do the same for this flight seems complete enough the OP Route but on other cases I'm missing the most important parts, depature and arrival routes. I'm able to complete the route, end the flight, etc.. but I lose lot of time by findind proper routes at the beginning.. What to do also the some waypoints, stars and router are missing in the game? No need to insert speed or FL on any waypoint? (expecially the departures and the arrival routes)

Really great! Thank you.

You can skip all the scrolling for direct waypoints. In the flight plan just enter the next waypoint in the scratchpad. If you then press a button next to an existing waypoint in the flight plan it will add the one from your scratchpad above that. So enter your waypoint, press the destination button and done. Saves a ton of time and no scrolling required. (Works an the A320NX mod, not sure about the vanilla)

I don't have a compatible computer for Microsoft Flight Simulator 2020, so instead I download Aerofly FS4. I'm playing with Simbrief, but when I look for the SID in the departure, the code doesn't appear. What should I do?

Very good tutorial, I learned a couple of new things today having moved over from the pmdg 737 on p3d to mfs2020. Big help, I do have 1 question and it may be a silly one, after inputting the flight plan can we use mfs atc and request ifr following?

thanks for the tutorial

It's only SMELZ

Best one av seen was able to follow it as you spoke well done. just need a weather input one now will check if you did one.

Hello sir, I have flight simulator as well on my Xbox, and every time when I try to put an airway my MCDU says NOT IN DATABASE. Can you tell me why is that happening and how to fix this issue, thank you in advance

Thanks for this

Great videos, your the one that got me flying the 320. I am a rookie, but at least I can take off and land now..lol. I do have a question though, what liveries pack do you use?

You did well. But you forget to tell us about how to set the altitude in FMC. and then the question, is the FMC will follow the same altitude in waypoints or did I need to increase/discreet the altitude manually from autopilot?

It's funny it gave you the alternate as KGEG because I just did a flight from KSEA to KGEG. That's from Seattle Int to Spokane Int. Spokane is about 220 miles from Seattle and it's about a 5 hour drive, but a very quick flight.

Good vid, I created a flight plan on the MCDU and ATC didn’t assign my Cruise alt FL350 but they assigned me FL100 instead

You can enter your waypoints by clicking directly on KSEA. It save lot of time.

(TWO THUMBS UP)!!

So, when I follow my route on SimBreif and try to put in the MCDU, some Airways or STARS aren't there. Is this because of me running the old AIRAC cycle?

Excellent presentation - thank you kindly

Thank you for a great video! Idiot question: where is the setting to change the fuel page from Gallons to Pounds to pounds to litres ?

THE BEST MCDU tutorial on RU-vid EVER!

Have they updated the way the information is layout in the flight plan? I'm very new to flight sims and would love to learn this, and the way you have yours laid out makes so much sense, however when I generate my own flight plan, it looks different and I cant find the information to enter into the FMC/MCDU?

Great tutorial , thank you very much

I can't open init b page on the a320 Dev mod. But thanks for a great tutorial

Good video. Can anyone help I selected my arrival but that star wasn’t there that’s on my flight plan. Is this a known issue or have I done something wrong?

you are the best!

Thanks you for this outstanding tutorial! This is exactly what I was looking for!

In my Sim, the CG is not shown on the payload and fuel page when the simulation has already started. It's only shown when opened via the "globe page". Did you use a mod to bring that information up? Thanks for the tutorials!

That USR on the MCDU flight plan usually cause my plane to bank off course for some reason.

Master class ! Thank you EasyJet !!

Excellently delivered and so very useful. Thank you 👍

Outstanding - many, many thanks.

How does the FMS know to climb to FL360 when it reaches RZC?

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Can't find Crz fl and crz temp in simbrief now. Where can I find them? Thanks!

How do I change the fuel to kg ? because it's only showing GAL and LB for me

hi in the msfs flight plan screen should we select vfr or high altidtude airways because if i load the plan from simbrief all the waypoints are already entered in my fmc.what option should i select vfr or high altitude airways to get just the departure and destination airports on the flight plan screen and then enter the waypoints manually from simbrief

Hi I'm not sure how to implement ATG25R at the end, this is my flight plan route LQSA/11 DCT BOSNA DCT PESAT DCT LANUX DCT HDO DCT ATGUP ATG25R EDDB/25R

This is one of those videos you save in a playlist, in case you forget things one day. Much appreciated!

i have noticed that many times in the departure and arrival options SIDS will be missing any idea why is that happening?

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Thank you! Looks like I caught a glitch though...you were negative on fuel to your alternate destination.

After I do all of this and the ATC doesnt know what Im doing, It doesnt tell me what ALT to be at etc. How do I fix this?

Best MCDU tutorial on RU-vid I found so far

Why does my radio NAV page show LS/FREQ instead of ILS/FREQ ?

Thank you very much for navigraph!!!

When i make a simbrief plan its not so meny waypoint. No sure what i do wrong

Often when I try to select an SID in the FMC it's not listed..what do I do then?

Why MCDU shows a flt plan below the upper flt plan?

OMG I been looking for this thank you so much

My mcdu menu button does not work ? Even I can’t go to second page of data

Great tutorial on the MCDU. Clear and informative. My FS2020, on the weight & balance just gives me the payload in Pds and Gal. How can I switch to Kg?

i often have the problem that the STAR from Simbrief isnt in the list of the mcdu. for example when i have eddm as arrival and i click on the ils rwy 27R (because sim brief has given me this rwy) i can select different STARs, but the STAR from sim brief isnt showen. The same problem appears at the departure Airport with SID

Are you using ezdock to transition between views?

Thank you very much ,, this is the easiest tutorial I have ever seen

When I click on MCDU MENU button nothing happens. I am using the latest stable version of flybywire mod

How do you do the window pop out for the simbrief information?