Beginners guide to starting the Dornier Do X from cold and dark in Microsoft Flight Simulator

A quick guide walking you around the procedure to start the Dornier Do X from cold and dark in Microsoft Flight Simulator - cutting corners wherever we can to make the procedure simple, straightforward, and easy to follow!
You can download the startup procedure I followed from here:
ko-fi.com/s/8a...
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[@jonbeckett]

You can download the startup procedure I wrote up here - ko-fi.com/s/8abc5cf818

[@danielbritsch6230]

Danke for all of your great videos and work going into it!

[@messmerjos]

I played around with this aircraft this morning. By far the best ship plane out. I really hope your controls does an update for this aircraft. It would be amazing to fly this with 4 people.

[@GulfCoastTim]

Excellent, thanks for sharing. There's a lot to the startup procedure (although it gets much easier as you do it) but it's easy to take off, fly and land as long as you have the area. I never even knew you can actually see the anchor dropping down, so that's incredibly awesome. I believe the fuel valve levers underneath the generator levers need to be turned on during startup. It appears they were already open by default in your case or else it would not have started. Good stuff, and no doubt a 5 star plane for those of us who like these kind of aircraft.

[@jonbeckett]

Yep - I commented on that in the video

[@rustyneedles3743]

"but it's easy to take off" ... ha, I wish, mine won't even move an inch on the water, just stuck going nowhere, waste of money, sigh

[@rodneylackey9726]

Thanks for the tutorial...GREAT JOB!!! I bought the DO-X earlier today.

[@Laikaonline]

i wish the Boeing 314 got anything near the amount of attention and effort that's gone into this plane.

[@DeLorean4]

My gf and her son said the startup procedure on my gas-powered pressure washer is too complicated because it has a fuel cutoff, gas lever, a choke, and a switch for the spark. This video is probably an accurate representation of how I looked to them.

[@Anonymuskid]

lol

[@wilga80]

Thank you Jonathan. Nice job.

[@carenthusiast6748]

being german really helps with the labels this time^^

[@bradleycolloff]

1:52 NYYOOOOM

[@LightsAcapella]

I was wondering if you have a video on your channel teaching how to do a missed approach landing after setting up a route in little navmap? Do you maybe also have a video on how to do a stopover? Truly thankful for all the educational content on your channel, has made learning airliners go from hassle to fun!

[@twistedyogert]

I like how involved everything is. Although in reality I'd imagine that it would be a real pain in the butt in real life because perhaps an engine might not want to start on the first try.

[@TheEmmetdocbrown]

Impressive! What a Beauty!

[@ichigobx3912]

Thanks for the video. I find this hydroplane very beautiful but I can't get it to start. The process seems complicated but I'll give it a try (too bad C+E doesn't work😭).

[@jonbeckett]

Ctrl+E does work.

[@ichigobx3912]

Merci🙏I will try @@jonbeckett

[@ichigobx3912]

I've finally succeeded in starting manually Do X 🥳 Thank you very much🙏

[@adeelj6666]

Hi Jonathan, I hope you are doing well and possibly recording another video for us 😊 Let me tell you that, your videos are extremely helpful. I have a question, How in the world you can afford all mods? 😂

[@jonbeckett]

I make enough from monetising the channel to cover my costs :)

[@adeelj6666]

I know you work hard Jonathan. I was only messing with you.

[@rjs1138]

When an aircraft company takes the phrase "flying boat" literally 😅 Great video.

[@Marco-gx7ok]

It would be very unusual, if this was in knots. It should be kilometres and hour, because this is used usually in germany. It also makes more sense, because the plane has a very large profiel and 150 is a common speed for these planes to produce a lot of uplift. 150 knots would be around 280 km/h, which would be a bit fast for such a plane. Jets often take up at 150 knots, while they have a much sharper profile with less uplift, so this is very likely km/h (also written down there in small letters on the gauge)!

[@Scootero]

It’s a flying boat

[@Scootero]

not solely a seaplane

[@Marco-gx7ok]

@@Scootero That does not change much, but is more about a definition. Compared to other "flying boats", which are closer to ekranoplans it was more a plane, because it was not only flying in use of the ground effect. But independent of this question, this does not affect the themes I was talking about in any way. It would on the opposite support the facts, I was talking about. The basic aerodynamic principles apply no matter, how you define it! So I don't understand your statement, because it has nothing to do with aerodynamic nor german measurement. 🤔

[@fauxflights77]

Just waiting for you to screw one of these up so I can call you "Jonathan Wreckett" ;) Thanks for the vid!

[@JarnoPeschier]

Nice, these PDF docs, but I cannot access any of the file system in my Xbox in any way. Hope Microsoft has (or will implement?) a way for me to access those documents on my PC for Flight Simulator content I bought in the marketplace. Is there a website I can log into with my Microsoft account to get to this, or... am I just out of luck for now..?

[@jonbeckett]

Not sure

[@jamesderiven1843]

Did you ever do the video about the radio?

[@jonbeckett]

Not yet. I will get around to it one day :)

[@jamesderiven1843]

Thank you. This was a lovely look, and made me wish I could turn all those knobs and dials in real life. @@jonbeckett

[@normanbyrne9868]

Going back/forth on this one. I already have the Latecoere and it is a really good model, etc and has some great features. The thing that is stopping me from purchasing the DoX is that the graphics inside of the plane remind me of FSX. I'm not a fan of the wallpaper and the cockpit area looks below standard for detail for this sim. Can someone who owns both of these please give me some insight?

[@jonbeckett]

I have both. They are both good.

[@DeLorean4]

That wallpaper is fire.

[@DMSPortland]

I am running MSFS from Steam. My MSFS "community" directory is empty. So no documentation for any plane is available if running from Steam.

[@jonbeckett]

It's elsewhere

[@DMSPortland]

@@jonbeckett ok, if it is elsewhere, any idea where if might be on Steam install? I tried search in Steams Flight simulator directory plus the separate very large 132gb simulator data directory. From your posting, many other aircraft have documentation in the same place. Having access to that documentation would be very helpful.

[@mattisween4835]

Hey Jonathan, I've just bought the TF - 104G directly from the in - game marketplace. The external software that I am supposed to run the radar with is not provided as shown in the manuals. I was wondering if you could take alook at how the aircraft has changed since most videos are a year old and I don't really have any good source of information on how to fix my issue.

[@jonbeckett]

Can you *please* find the aircraft in question in my older videos, or contact me - there are lots of details listed in my about page - rather than going off-topic in the comments about whatever you want to ask about rather than anything related to the video...

[@jonbeckett]

I googled it (which you could have done)... forums.flightsimulator.com/t/does-the-f-104-marketplace-version-have-a-working-radar/506811

[@mattisween4835]

@@jonbeckett I saw this thread, however there is no mention of where and how to activate / connect to this external tool

[@jonbeckett]

@@mattisween4835 you run the radar outside of the aircraft

[@russellharris5072]

Avangel started cold and dark on the water,but she was on a water dock..............................................

[@jonbeckett]

Good shout.

[@7MPhonemicEnglish]

The pilot had no throttle control. He had to tell the engineer to give him more or less beans. I wonder if the engineer could control all the throttles as a gang or half-gangs or individually.

[@TheEmmetdocbrown]

As you can see you have a lever for each Motor. But also a wheel on each side where you can handle six levers at once.

[@twistedyogert]

So basically he'd say *"I need 2100 Revolutions Per Minute on all engines"* or *"Start Engine 4"*

[@EliotInMO]

@11:35 the control levers clip into each other. Literally unplayable.

[@jonbeckett]

The actual aircraft works fine though :) That's a very minor graphical oversight.

[@cam5376]

Just press the X button.

[@rustyneedles3743]

Unfortunately buying this was a big waste of money, my aircraft won't move anywhere! ... completely stuck in the water, no anchor is set, throttle full open annnnnd nothing ... even after slewing the aircraft, nothing ... so pissed off, arggggg

[@scottisaaks]

Ctrl E

[@Jannik_Stein]

I'm sorry but I really had to laugh when you tried to pronounce Friedrichshafen...

[@jonbeckett]

I'll do better next time.

[@unwokeneuropean3590]

Fridrih-shafen. Actually there are many problematic german combinations of words but this isnt one of those.

[@madyoda]

I will not be buying this. 😂

[@scottl.1568]

Whut

[@kubel83]

Imagine if this was during the world war. "HANS!!! ZE ENEMIE BOMBERS ARE COMING!!!! START ZE ENGINES! JAWOHL HERR KOMMISAR GIVE ME A DAY OR TWO😅