PMDG 777 Tutorial 1: Electrical Power Up and Preliminary Preflight Procedure | Real Airline Pilot

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[@A330Driver]

Interested in an even more in-depth version of this tutorial? My Ultimate PMDG 777 Guide eBook will be released in the next weeks. Written with close help from current type-rated pilots, this book will teach you everything you need to know and many backgrounds to fly your PMDG 777 like a real 777 pilot: As safely and efficiently as possible. Stay tuned for more information on this channel!

[@bobtothetop1609]

Great! Have you made/Do you plan to make an e-book for the Airbus as well?

[@kristiantodt6490]

will it be free or paid?

[@A330Driver]

@@bobtothetop1609 I'll probably do one for the upcoming A330 next depending on people's reception of the book.

[@A330Driver]

@@kristiantodt6490 It will be paid as more than two month of full time work (at least on all those OFF days I had) went into it. Probably somewhere around 19,99 or so, I haven't decided yet.

[@eduardotufano.]

Looking forward for it!!

[@gillik7801]

Just bought mine for 325 million dollars and saw this tutorial, what a timing!

[@blackburn1828]

🤣🤣

[@tharix6063]

But it's nice that they direcly put it on sale for 349,999,999,99. Real steal.

[@David.05]

I know it’s a joke (wanted to buy it now) but I rather wait until the official pricing is out…🤫🥹 Y’all think that it’ll be announced tomorrow?

[@JONESSTI01]

​@@David.05 I think it's a little bit daft in all fairness mate. Just stop the bollocks and say price announced the day before and available from 1st July... done.

[@zk9058]

I wonder, can u check out at that price?

[@gwalker3092]

For all the videos I’m sure you’ve made for this new plane. Thx for your dedication to the community and invaluable information and professionalism you’ve always shown.

[@A330Driver]

Thank you so much! More videos will go live soon! I've got a couple more tutorials ready and am filming new ones as we speak. I did them all in the past already, but wanted to redo them with the latest version of the plane as it seems they did quite some changes while I was in Vegas.

[@Topofdescent55]

Your channel is great now. I'm happy that the sarcasm and aggressive criticism has almost gone, replaced by fair and honest criticism (if justified). I see FB comments that you have no idea what you are doing, comments coming from narcissists who have never produced a youtube tutorial!! Ignore them and keep producing🙏

[@e.f.9963]

Danke Emanuel für all die tollen Videos! Ich fliege auf der XBOX Series X, muss also noch einige Zeit warten. Ich hoffe sehr, dass bald der XBOX Marketplace Release ansteht. Vielen Dank für deine Videos nochmal!! LG aus LOWI Emanuel

[@A330Driver]

Vielen Dank für die Unterstützung! Ich hoffe auch, dass der Flieger stabil genug läuft, damit bald die xbox Veröffentlichung kommen kann.

[@aviationsrunway1867]

The triple 7 is my favourite plane and ive been looking for a video seires like this forever! Thank you so much!

[@athr_blu]

This was fassst 😅. Thank you, looking forward to the ebook 🙏

[@booper886]

Looking forward to these videos, love the visual aspect along with explanation.

[@brunogt1982]

Thank you for the support brother, it’s exhausted to constant produce and upload to KZbin much appreciation 🙇🏽‍♂️

[@A330Driver]

It's a lot of work these days indeed. Once the 777 hype is over, I'll probably take a couple days off the channel. Then again, TFDI and JustFlight are about to release as well and those will be very interesting planes!

[@brunogt1982]

@@A330Driver yes sir take care yourself captain 👨‍✈️ 🙇🏼‍♂️

[@Deyan_B_Travels]

Can't wait to have this in my virtual hangar! Very good video, just what we need. Thank you!

[@Rookblunder]

Brake indicator pin ?? OMG ...now I'm freaking out. This is so cool 😀😀

[@ArrRoh]

The triple is really an incredible machine, isn’t it? Thanks for your videos as always - you are my ‘go to’ for everything MSFS related

[@A330Driver]

It absolutely is!

[@mamo-gaming]

Looking forward for the next ones! THX! ✈

[@acidburstman]

Excellent walkthrough

[@stephanedirand6535]

Thanks for this wonderful serie of tutorials.

[@Macbrowndog]

Thanks for these tutorials . The last time I flew the 777 was back in the P3D days. A great refresher

[@patriotsix5880]

Very thorough and helpful. Thank you. I was trying to do it from .pdf checklists and although I mostly have it, I still missed a few things. This series will fill in the gaps.

[@Simple-Flight-Simulation]

Hi Emmanuel, this is an exceptional tutorial series... I really appreciate your insights into flying the Boeings. I've learned so much from this tutorial, that I'm now going to "binge" on the rest of them. Thanks for the initiative in making these tutorials. 😳👍🏼👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼 AND I'll get your E-Book when it's ready 🤓

[@gwalker3092]

Thx for the video as always and testing you have carried out helping to produce what looks to be a wonderful plane. Am really looking forward to the ebook and further videos I’m sure you have queued 😂.

[@A330Driver]

I surely have ;-) Coming soon!

[@user-of7jr1et1b]

@A330Driver Thanks man! This is reaaaally useful information! The best way to spend time getting ready for our first delivery flights :) (KPAE is gonna be buuusy after release 😁) I am really looking forward for next videos as well as the ultimate guide! The guide should be paid 100%, we really appreciate your time sharing all the stuff with us. I am gonna be day-one buyer🔥

[@A330Driver]

Thank you very much, I really apprechiate it! The Ultimate Guide will be paid indeed, probably something about 19,99 or similar. A huge amount of work went into it (basically every OFF day as well as lots of time during my layovers over the past two months), so a little compensation will be appropriate. However, I don't want to make it too expensive and thus unaccessible for many.

[@chrisgoddard1855]

Hooray for guide book - would make me buy it

[@MRS_.PERFECT]

Yes New vid

[@samoray7809]

Thank you very much for starting to make a tutorial series on this marvel of engineering! I need these tutorials for when I get this plane 😁

[@A330Driver]

Thank you very much! It won't be much longer now!

[@samoray7809]

@A330Driver you are my favorite aviation channel by the way 😁

[@jimmy8x541]

I have been away from MSFS for over a year, just happened to check the subreddit to see what is going on with the game lately, and woah, I picked a good time to check it out again. The 777 is a hell of an experience to fly in in real life so I will definitely be picking it up and learning it.

[@A330Driver]

The 777 is an awesome plane indeed! You picked the right time to return to the hobby!

[@matness8879]

Here we go! Thanks CAP! 🎉

[@A330Driver]

More to come soon!

[@Virty24]

being a long haul pilot and still making so many videos must be hard work, i’ve learnt everything I know about simming because of you keep it up!

[@A330Driver]

yep, it is... sometimes I really wish I had more time available, but well. It's still good fun to do!

[@whateveryoucallme4270]

Can't wait to have it released on Market Place on Xbox. Its going to be easier for me to learn this aircraft this time because I started with the default 747-8i in which i learned a lot and then I learned the PMDG 737 NG pretty much inside out. This was a challenge since there was a lot of things to learn. Now, starting to look at the 777, there are so many things that already connects in my brain with my previous experience with Boeing aircraft. I will have a good time learning this one.

[@stevenparker9238]

Am looking forward to the manual. Many thanks for your amazing work, I don't know where you find the energy.

[@tobiasschmid6463]

Wow i am first time in a boeing, looks so interesting. After i managed to start the engines and release the parking brakes (i need 1 hour :D), i need to watch your vids. Its so different to airbus and i think ist is very interesting

[@gregoryl.4872]

Sure looks like there's a lot to learn. Not sure how my VA and Vatsim expect us to learn how to fly this bird competently by Sunday for the many group flights planned. But at least I know how to power it up now😛. Thanks for all your help. Really looking forward to the ebook.

[@Macbrowndog]

Thanks!

[@yvankohn1263]

Thanks a lot

[@fvicbemb]

Thank you very much for your tutorial. very interesting and useful. Would be great if you could make a video on camera settings for walk around inside and out of the plane. Need to watch more tutorials before buying the plane.

[@Ste-sr8tl]

Thank you!

[@A330Driver]

You're welcome!

[@jamisonr]

I'll leave this tab open and ready to play once the price comes down a little! 325m a bit more than I can put into a hobby.

[@ayyyejayjay]

Very interested in this ebook when it’s finished

[@stuplays6632]

$335,999,999,99 on the PMDG website... i don't have that kinda cash laying around, i just bought some new shoes for $275,999,999,99.... maybe next month😅

[@A330Driver]

Nothing an easy credit couldn't solve! Just use it for the rest of your life and the hourly cost will become easy to cover!

[@David.05]

I’ve never seen a PMDG aircraft in the really release hours (am just into aviation for 1 1/4 year, bought the 737 back in November last year) and the price was like 💀. I now know what’s going on here, but really concerned tbh🥹can’t wait for the release! Hopefully still this eve! :)

[@janik.s5355]

How do you walk around in msfs, wich camera setting you use for that ? nice vid as well!

[@fbi4958]

Yayyy

[@der.Schtefan]

I know, the 777 flew first in 1994, but the beige/brown color scheme of the cockpit screams "late 70s/early 80s". I'm glad they moved to gray with the 777X.

[@A330Driver]

Personally I prefer the grey of the 737 or 787 as well. But I guess there's no option on the 777.

[@lapipesmoker3751]

In discussing whether or not to use the Apu for cooling, there is an option to order air conditioning for the plane has a separate hookup through the FMC on the pmdg. Do airlines sometimes favor a separate air conditioning unit hookup over the APU? Is that realistic?

[@TAasali]

Is there any plan to implement an CDU maintenance page, for ex «last leg reports» etc?

[@countryflyboy8255]

About to make my first flight Emi. One question and I dont believe I saw it in your tutorials and if you did I missed it. How can you receive on the comm1 and comm2 radios at the same time? I tried to use the switches as it works in the 737 but now luck here on the 777w..

[@giuseppealtomare4023]

Thank you for your very interesting tutorial. Would like to know when and where can I buy your ultimate PMDG 777 Guide Ebook. Thank you in advance for your reply.

[@A330Driver]

Hi, when: Probably in two weeks, but no promises. Where: I haven't decided yet.

[@patricecerasoli6944]

Merci

[@nibaldosoto6323]

Capt. excelent video. I have a question for you. How did you get the default Capt. seat view?. I have that annoying default view of Capt. seat, but it's too high.

[@A330Driver]

Mmh, it’s really just the default setting I used there. Do you use any addon that might have changed yours?

[@stopspewinshit7878]

I have a very wierd problem I cannot figure out .. when I add power and the engines spool up , I get wierd artifacting or glitching . It doesn’t happen with any other aircraft ever …. It’ll do it once or twice but never does it again, only at power up just before the “ airspeed Alive “ call…. It’s hard to explain , otherwise it’s flawless !!!

[@sidhaantsingh7513]

Hi , can you please make a video on Single engine taxi procedures on the B777?

[@A330Driver]

That'll come as part of the taxi-in procedures of course ;-)

[@thecaridademan9177]

Helllo. How did you get this lighter Color on the cockpit?

[@stephanedirand6535]

@a330driver, you can start the APU with all fuel pumps off? It is a mistake you made or is it supposed to work that way?

[@A330Driver]

It’s supposed to work that way. When you turn the APU switch ON it automatically starts the left forward main tank pump.

[@Fly737]

❤❤❤

[@yvankohn1263]

Hi, wich is the minimum qty of APU Oil?

[@pm110978]

Thank you Captain for the tutorial 👍

[@A330Driver]

You're welcome, Paul!

[@Chromatic3000]

What is the difference between 1 and 2 ground connections? I assume there is a benefit to connecting 2 since it's an option?

[@envy4839]

The 777 simply requires a lot of electrical power for all of its systems. Hence why multiple sources are needed.

[@hanafinazri5224]

Hi.. just wanna ask, why is your engine fan is turning when yr APU started up ? Bcs mine was not turning

[@A330Driver]

It's probably rotating in the wind.

[@Bijon-Roy]

👏

[@mrki.]

I was About to buy the 777 and i saw it cost 325 milion dolars like are we buying the real one???? But it looks amazing😅

[@A330Driver]

No worries, once the actual release happens, the placeholder price will go down a little. Maybe by a million or two ;-)

[@laytenfontana6586]

Since it comes out today, when will it actually have a real price and I can buy it?

[@A330Driver]

They'll update the price just about when it gets released. They always used to do that.

[@bladi-senpai9398]

First landing i did in the 777 i burst a tire lol

[@A330Driver]

The landing tutorial will be out next! You'll get it done!

[@MoonHowlerGaming]

How does one enter this walkaround state?

[@A330Driver]

I use the drone camera for that.

[@ManielJackiel]

What time is the bloody plane going to release? 11:59pm tonight GMT???

[@A330Driver]

The "bloody plane" will release when it's ready.

[@ManielJackiel]

@@A330Driver Which isn’t 25th of June? It’s almost 8pm in Europe man. Would have been better if they said release date was 30th and surprised everyone by releasing earlier. Not very easy to see people flying and streaming the aircraft and I’m sitting on my ass seeing the aircraft at 234m on their website 🤣😂

[@Britransport]

Is it out or is it still waiting for a Time?

[@Smj1117]

This evening

[@Britransport]

@@Smj1117 thanks

[@Kiyodio]

​@@Smj1117when is evening? Which timezone

[@tompsu9536]

@@Kiyodio some are saying 1800z but not sure

[@bladi-senpai9398]

It’s on sale rn for 325,000,000

[@nassurcombo1639]

what the real price ? i dont have 324M to spend on that

[@A330Driver]

It hasn't been announced yet.

[@xaviercarnice5675]

Did it cost you $325?

[@tc9487]

Since the PMDG site has the plane listed as $324M right now, I’ll wait. I’m not buying a real one

[@A330Driver]

That's a placeholder until the plane is actually out for the time they set up the shop and productpage. They've always done that prior any release. If you try to buy it you will not actually be able to lol

[@tompsu9536]

@@A330Driver like I would even have that amount of money in my bank account haha

[@A330Driver]

@@tompsu9536 One guy actually bought a PMDG aircraft in the past without looking a the pricetag. It's a story Rob loves to tell to this date. Of course it got refundet, bis paypal and his bank must have had great days back then LOL

[@tompsu9536]

​@@A330Driver haha, just imagine refunding a whole aircraft

[@A330Driver]

@@tompsu9536 Or imagine explaining your bank (or paypal) that you "accidentally" bought something for 300 million dollars.

[@udonplayz6306]

how are you supposed to buy the plane when its 350 million euros

[@Virty24]

because that’s a placeholder until they lower it on release, feel free to spend 300 million on it if you want to fly it now

[@user-hz6mv4ez6d]

3:38 нужно подключить внешний источник кондиционирования и не включать преждевременно всу☝

[@831543]

for the current price i much prefer a real 777 325 million what the hell is going on 😂

[@A330Driver]

That doesn't include the type rating and ATPL cost though, I'd still call it a bargain ;-P

[@TTorino]

Dafuq... PMDG for MSFS PMDG 777-300ER for Microsoft Flight Simulator Was: $325,000,000.00 Now: $324,999,999.99

[@matthatrden1323]

On Xbox??

[@A330Driver]

A couple weeks after the initial release probably. The update process is so incredibly slow on marketplace that they want to ensure they will be able to do rapid updates if needed first and only then bring it to the slower marketplace.

[@BaguetteBread1]

Guys the plane is on sale -1cents!!!!!

[@cadefowler8554]

Mine is showing 300 million dollars is that just me?

[@quizno4315]

@@cadefowler8554 same

[@Virty24]

@@cadefowler8554 no

[@BaguetteBread1]

@@cadefowler8554 haha yes it was a joke.

[@nicknick-71]

It had 777 likes and I've ruined it.

[@A330Driver]

It'll eventually have 7773 likes, I can live with that.

[@JONESSTI01]

Well nearly 26th where I'm from. Nice one PMDG. What an immature company... I love the products but I'm not a fan of how they do this crap £324.999.999?? Just say its available from 1st July...

[@A330Driver]

It's not like they didn't say from the beginning on that the timeframe was the 25th to the 30th... And of course their communication happens in their timezone.

[@JONESSTI01]

@A330Driver I suppose buddy. I just was a little surprised at it in all fairness. Secondly, love the videos.

[@redouanredje4575]

so i just tried to buy it from pmdg site and it cost 350.000,00 dollar🤣🤣🤣

[@A330Driver]

hahaha, by now they at least built in some protection, after somebody actually bought it accidentally in the past without looking at the pricetag. Look that incident up, Rob posted about it a few times haha

[@gillik7801]

@@A330Driver who bought it by accident, elon musk's son? ahaha