PMDG 737 MSFS - Easy Cold & Dark Start Tutorial 

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 ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-nQMrV5jn_S4.html Cabin tour: ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-Shue-BuCjGk.html RNAV tutorial ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-GqcQE2mvkeU.html Flight planning with Simbrief (by British Avgeek) ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-Y--qSXEkr0E.html

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. :)

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.

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.

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.

Thank u so much I picked this up yesterday and this was by far the best tutorial so far

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

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

This is the BEST tutorial for starting up the PMDG 737-800 for beginners. Thank you!

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!

Sometimes one needs some depth, sometimes you want it done. You ruled the last category. Thanks!

Great tutorial saves me a lot of time and knowing seeing a better visual of what to turn on/off

Pls never delete this video! Thanks for this helpfuly Tutorial 🙏❤️

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.

Straight to the point! Thank you. I don't want one-hour long videos. I'm just a simmer:)

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)

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.

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

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If only all RU-vid videos didn’t waist time like yours. Thank you

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.

I love the simplicity and shortness of your videos, thank you again!

finally someone who doesnt do every single startup procedure just to make a 20 min vid

Best video Ive found so far on cold and dark. Thanks for keeping it simple.

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

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.

This was perfect and concise.

Tremendous best tutorial I have seen, practical, clear and very helpful thanks.

Your tutorials are great! Straight to the point! Thank you very much indeed...

Merci beaucoup, c'est clair, c'est net et trop précis et c'est comme ça que mon 737-800 a démarré!

I believe for APU you can just toggle the switch to on and it runs up automatically, no need to hold

Just saved me Hours of learning thanks.

Excellent mate! To the point and spot on tutorial. Exactly what I was looking for. Thanks for creating this video.

Thank you for your hard work. Highly Excellent tutorial. Simple, Strict, No Chasing around. 5*.

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.

I love your tutorials thank you so much ❤

Perfect. Just what I needed. Very much appreciated!!

Excellent when I pick up the PMDG 737 - I know where I'm headed first :)

Best how/to by far. Good voice, clear and no dumb ass rambling

Thanks for video, just what I needed! Great job!

Thank you very much for your tutorial! It's really helpful

Straight to the point thanks for the help

God i needed this it’s straight to the point!

Amazing thank you!

Straight to the point, thanks

Thank you very much. Almost got mad about that thing.

I'm about to speedrun this. Thanks!

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.

Fast and simple, amazing

Thank you for tutorial 👍😊😁

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

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.

Great tutorial, The checklist made my head hurt.

thank u so much!

amazing tutorial but what is the weird alarm that goes on after u disconnect the ground power cart?

Great man! On the point! Thank you.

very helpful but im having a issue when i turn my vnav on and my lnav the green line below it wont show

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?

Straight to point, no bullshit 👍👍

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?

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.

Thank U this was very helpfl

Working my way through. When I select FMC POS INIT to enter the coordinates I don't have SET IRS POS on my FMC

I wrote all this down. Thanks for this man!

I’m confused I can move some of the switches on Xbox over tried to set the IRS and it wouldn’t work

when i take off, the auto throttle kicks in and chops the throttle and i stall out. why is this and how can i stop that from happening?

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 …

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

how do I get my plane to start from cold and dark? Thank you. I select parking but the engines are still running

Bro your one of best

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

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?

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

Nice , easy , simple ✅

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.

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.

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

Followed every step correctly multiple times but I cant get the "low pressure" warning lights off from the hydraulic switches.

thankyou so much

Engines are started yet when i use the throttle only my left engine works and not the right

Every time I begin on a gate for some reason I begin while the airplane is on

Perfect. Subscribed!

Got work as usual ! Must return to 737 series, it’s been ages…

How do I got back to starting on the runway?

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.

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?

engine 2 of the b737-900 doesn't start for me when I'm on the gate

Any rudder is slow when I cold start it even when I got ground power

When I turn my center and right fuel pump tanks there’s this beeping sound and it says low pressure y??

I did the computer programming in real life before because my dad flys for Alaska Airlines

awesome! but whenever i move my throttle, there's a beeping noise :/

Great tutorial bri

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

Is there a way to auto start the 737? Kinda like the FBW 320neo

The Ryanair livery makes my hydraulic pumps not work and remains at low pressure

Thank you!

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.