Complete Guide to Landing the PMDG 737 | MSFS Tutorial

[@newdeal9371]

Before I found your channel I was struggling with this plane. Your tutorials are outstanding! Just about EVERYTHING that comes out of your mouth is informative and pertinent. Concise and to the point... I love that!! If you aren't a professional instructor now, you should be. Great job.

[@FlightSimSchool]

Thank you, I spend a lot of time preparing these, so hearing things like this makes it all worthwhile :)

[@musica1243]

I have seen hundreds of videos but this guy is the BEST in explaining everything...kudos brother

[@FlightSimSchool]

Appreciate you saying that

[@jomckarth4836]

agree!

[@RGflies63]

I FINALLY found a comprehensive tutorial series from cold and dark to landing! I have been struggling with this for 3 months! Thanks a million and keep up the great work.

[@FlightSimSchool]

Glad it helped! Enjoy the 737 :)

[@brazeagle]

WOW, I must say...really great video. I am an Airbus pilot and now enjoying MSFS with a 737-8 and, boy...it is a challenge after a few decades on the Airbus...THANKS A LOT.

[@FlightSimSchool]

Thank you for the kind words, Captain :) I'm just an amateur when it comes to this stuff though 😅

[@bjelland_2000]

Finally managed to complete a full flight from takeoff to landing thanks to these amazing tutorials, thank you! :)

[@FlightSimSchool]

Great to hear! Enjoy the plane :)

[@chrisbaggieboy5656]

Thanks to your videos I now have my first job as a pilot for Qatar airways and I can’t thank you enough.

[@FlightSimSchool]

I'm going to assume you mean Qatar Virtual Airlines 😅

[@Rookblunder]

I've been flying this plane for the last two days. Like the A320, I've been using mostly LNAV and not entering all the data for the speeds, etc....This was a great tutorial and can't wait to delve more into the data part so that I have everything covered.

[@barradacuda1671]

You just earned my sub. By far the best descent tutorial in msfs I've ever seen, not just for the 737-800 but for all the other planes too. Your explanations of the aircraft systems, fmc, as well as what to do in certain scenarios is amazing. Keep up the good work!

[@FlightSimSchool]

Thanks for the kind words :)

[@weavvek]

I was constantly slamming the 800 into the runway at about -450 / -500fps landing rate, or floating due to ground effects. After this video I haven't landed over -150fps. I like to set a 10 mile perimeter around the airport and try to be at 170knots when I cross that threshold. That has been a big help also. Thank you for this channel

[@crashmaster26]

Ok I finally found MSFS tutorials that don't suck. You are the FIRST of all the landing video's I've watched that explains WHY the discontinuity exists. I have fucked up SO many landings assuming you just go directly to the end of the STAR and not past it.

[@FlightSimSchool]

I screwed up a ton of approaches myself for the exact same reason!

[@mauronavarro3417]

My friend...you really are one of the best teachers ever....

[@FlightSimSchool]

Thank you for the kind words, Mauro :)

[@AviationTake380]

Man Tysm! I was flying completely fine except for my speed on landing. I could never get the plane to slow down, but your tips completely solved my problem. Thank you so much man. Keep it up!

[@KamiKatana]

You are the first person I've seen in all the PMDG 737 videos that I have watched that explains the VORLOC mode. I have been a heck of a time landing as I'm always missing glideslope and overflying the airport. I've finally been able to land thanks to your VORLOC and APP tips. Thank you.. Subscribed and liked.

[@FlightSimSchool]

Thanks for the kind words, much appreciated

[@jbg1017]

Thank you so much for this series. i went from having no idea how to fly this thing to being able to do my first ILS approach. Your tutorials are really clear and to the point and obviously well researched and written. keep up the good work :)

[@FlightSimSchool]

Thanks for the kind words, very much appreciated :) I’m actually working on a in-depth RNAV approach video right now

[@Datalanche]

Thank you for this tutorial! I was struggling bad with this plane, but your process led me to success with following your flight. It even gave me enough knowledge to fix an error I made with ILS. I was able to circle around and recapture since you showed the different ways of using autopilot. I was able to make some great checklists for my future use. Gonna try my own flight tomorrow, thanks again friend!

[@FlightSimSchool]

Thank you for the kind words and donation, it’s very much appreciated and I’m glad I was able to help you. Enjoy the 737, it’s a blast to fly :)

[@marsvenus8811]

A very well done, step-by-step tutorial which that explains the whole process of descending and landing the PMDG 737. A must-watch video.

[@FlightSimSchool]

Thanks for the kind words, much appreciated!

[@raywalsh5414]

Great video again, thanks. You get a great amount of information into the video but it is still clear and concise and to the point and not the least bit confusing.......and of course no irritating background 'music (noise)'. Keep up the great work !

[@FlightSimSchool]

Thanks for the kind words, Ray :)

[@douglasrobinson7857]

Completed my first successful flight in the PMDG 737-800 after watching your video's.

[@FlightSimSchool]

Congrats! It's still one of my favorite planes to fly, enjoy it :)

[@douglasrobinson7857]

@FlightSimSchool Hello, do you an understanding of download speeds and broadband width?

[@FlightSimSchool]

@@douglasrobinson7857 Sure, for what exactly?

[@jhallock]

@FlightSimSchool Thanks for making this series Marc, I just got the plane a few weeks ago and am loving it. Just when I thought I was pretty confident with the systems, I learned 4 or 5 nuances that you shared in this video! Keep up the great work and it looks like you'll be hitting 20k subs in the near future!

[@FlightSimSchool]

Thanks Jeff! Glad to hear you enjoyed the series. I also covered RNAVs recently as well. Is this your first airliner?

[@tsfan318]

Thank you guys! I made multiple full flights thanks to your tutorials!

[@FlightSimSchool]

That is awesome!

[@tsfan318]

@@FlightSimSchool I also did a vatsim flight and it went really well!

[@FlightSimSchool]

@@tsfan318 That’s amazing! VATSIM really adds to the realism with this plane

[@Mint758]

Thank you so much! Managed to go from cold&dark to landing and taxiing to gate thanks to your tutorials! Much more hands-on than the Airbus but I really enjoyed flying this bird. Thanks again - You definitely earned a subscriber 😃

[@FlightSimSchool]

It’s always nice to hear success stories, thank you for sharing :)

[@scottmcdonaldAAL211]

Outstanding video - you are a born instructor - I hope you will continue to develop these videos to help all who aspire to fly jets. Liked/Subbed.

[@FlightSimSchool]

Thanks Scott :) I actually just released a video on RNAV in the 737: kzbin.info/www/bejne/fJimq32Mfp6ooqs

[@snoorman9189]

great video and explanation. looking forward to the next video's in the series. What i would like is that you make a video where you make a short stop at an airport to drop some passengers and then again start-up for the next destination

[@FlightSimSchool]

Thanks ! Great idea about the turnaround, I'll add it to the list.

[@yams900]

Always enjoy your videos ! Thanks for sharing :)

[@FlightSimSchool]

Thanks for watching!

[@Kenny-vb4qr]

Awesome Explanation thank you

[@GG_Booboo]

Such a good tutorial, thank you! I’ll be sure to watch ur other tutorials on 737! It never used to be by favorite airliner but watching a few of your videos makes me love it! Do you have a video for the go-around procedure, especially for flying in busy airports with clogged runways?

[@FlightSimSchool]

The 737 is my favorite airliner to fly, it's just a ton of fun. I haven't covered go-arounds yet, but it is on my to-do list :)

[@GG_Booboo]

@@FlightSimSchool thanks again, looking forward to that. Just a quick question, what is the COURSE switch for?

[@NR.2023]

Super Tutorial 👌....As Always 💯

[@w.wallace]

Very nice and plain tutorial.

[@mikesullivan5907]

Hey Mark - LOVE your amazing tutorials, trying to learn more about the PMDG 737 and your work is TOP NOTCH!! - Would love it if you went over some of the different settings/modes for the auto pilot LNAV, VNAV, Alt hold etc etc - Basically if you would break down this panel the way that you did the FMC !!!!

[@FlightSimSchool]

Thanks Mike, much appreciated. I've been trying to figure out what to cover next on the 737, I might take you up on that one :)

[@thegunclubpod]

@@FlightSimSchool It would be great - I have found your videos some of the best/most helpful out there.

[@zrhplanespotting209]

Man thank you so much it helped me a lot🎉❤

[@FlightSimSchool]

Glad it helped

[@joachimbrand2314]

Finally! Was waiting for this Video the entire week! Could you do a video how to do a VOR Appr. in the 737-800? I find it quite hard to do a proper landing without a guided glideslope..

[@FlightSimSchool]

I hope it was worth the wait and helped you with the plane :D And sure, I was thinking of doing RNAV first since that’s more common these days, but I could swap the order.

[@joachimbrand2314]

@@FlightSimSchool Yes, well worth the wait! I bought the 737-800 two weeks ago and your videos were very helpful and in my opinion the best tutorials around on yt for the 737 at the moment. But I have one question regarding the ils approach: I thought you need to activate both autopilots for the approach, or is this only necessary if I want to do an autoland?

[@FlightSimSchool]

@@joachimbrand2314 That's right, you only need to activate 2nd autopilot if you want to auto-land.

[@doge151.]

You forget to mention that you don't need to disengage the auto throttle or the autopilot, because if you actually enable both autopilots (cmd a and b) and keep the auto throttle on you can perform an autoland and you don't need to touch the controls at all. This works better on longer runways since the autopilot can sometimes flare for too long but it always gets me safely on the ground. This only works if the runway is equipped with ILS and not RNAV.

[@FlightSimSchool]

That’s a good point, I figured most people would want to hand fly at least part of the flight. Can’t let the plane do everything :D

[@doge151.]

@@FlightSimSchool that's fair, just a little known feature of the 737

[@wrightavision]

That was amazing what trim should you have on final landing?

[@FlightSimSchool]

What I do is configure the plane fully for landing before disabling the autopilot, like that I don't have to touch it and it's set it to the right spot for landing

[@BluYakult]

You’ve taught me so much about this plane. Watched all tutorials! I was wondering, in terms of the forecasts page, my cruising altitude was FL300, so I input FL310, 200, and 150. How do I input the 100? There’s only 3 spots to input on forecast page

[@FlightSimSchool]

You can only put in three, so you put the most relevant ones for your flight. Since you were cruising at FL300, I would put in 200, 150, and 100.

[@BluYakult]

@@FlightSimSchool Ahh I see, thank you very much!

[@PascalQNH2992]

Hi Marc, this is a very good and educational video. I’m pretty familiar with ILS landings with the PMDG 737-800. But I’m struggling with a kind of bug. As long as the wheels are connected to the ground it’s impossible to toggle the VS button and LNAV button. During the take off the moment when I am not connected to the runway anymore, I can toggle the buttons which become active with the green light. For sure there is some configuration needed to fix this. I know in real life you can already toggle the buttons before takeoff so you only have to press the CMD button to fly on autopilot after the takeoff. Would be great if you have the solution! Thanks in advance 😁

[@FlightSimSchool]

Hi Pascal, yes I’ve noticed that issue as well. Sometimes it’s because I missed a step in the FMC, but often times I’ve done everything right, and it still won’t arm LNAV until I’m airborne. It might be worth creating a thread on the PMDG forums to see if anyone else has any insights.

[@JaredJDávilaRivera]

I need to keep practicing. My only problem is when landing... sometimes I land hard. thanks for the advice

[@yongchun2183]

Hi there....for an autopilot autoland landing on a ILS is it better to enable VORLOC rather than pressing the APP button in order for the aircraft to capture the glide slope localizer then once the aircraft intercept the localizer then only press the APP button then only the aircraft begins to descend on its own to land at the runway with both autopilots on?

[@FlightSimSchool]

Yes, you can definitely do it that way too

[@alanw.4511]

At 8:47 what is the curving line at the top of the triangle that represents the airplane. Just a turning indicator? Thanks for your videos! I find ths FMC more cumbersome to program than the one in the 787.

[@FlightSimSchool]

yep, it’s a turn vector indicator, so it’s telling you where it expects the plane to be, each dash is where it’ll be 30, 60, and 90 seconds from now

[@salehmohamed1664]

you are the best

[@stampiboy1]

What you think about new Microsoft flight sim 2024?

[@FlightSimSchool]

I wish there was more information about it, but overall I think it’s a good thing. What do you think of it?

[@stampiboy1]

@@FlightSimSchool it looks amazing 👍

[@ktydeck]

Good job!

[@terrydraper8247]

Great video, what airport are you using ?

[@FlightSimSchool]

We're landing in Boston on Runway 27. You can find part 1 and 2 of this series here: kzbin.info/aero/PL6zBzRRsfGL_m6CD4d3Awx0Fmh9EgZeXm

[@khaily9805]

Thank you so much, I hope you will make video about go around, hope and thanks again,

[@FlightSimSchool]

It’ll be awhile, but I’ll get to it eventually!

[@khaily9805]

Now I understand how to go around, however thanks to your video l knew many thing, so great!

[@AllenPortman]

How come after app capture did the app indicator go out? Would the app indicator remain lit once GS captured and locked at the 1700 mark?

[@FlightSimSchool]

That’s a great point, I had never really noticed it before. I never really look over at the APP mode once GS has captured. I believe that’s the correct behaviour, but I’m not 100% sure.

[@ct9037]

Can you show how you would find the landing altitude for an airport that you set in the OHP please?

[@FlightSimSchool]

The altitude on the overhead panel is for the pressurization system. If I remember correctly, it's rounded to the closest 50 feet, so you would look on your approach chart, find the airport elevation (usually in the top part of the chart), and turn the knob to set it to the altitude closest to that.

[@ct9037]

@@FlightSimSchool I thought so. It’s a lesson in itself pressurising

[@dubber990]

i feel like im doing this right but when i land after disengaging the AP and AT the throttles are at 40-50 percent and i cant lower or increase which means im landing with it at 40-50% and i cant use my reverser forcing me to use the brake! please help i been able to land before but after not playing for a while and updating the game and in game updates this has been happening!

[@FlightSimSchool]

Which throttle quadrant are you using?

[@dubber990]

@@FlightSimSchool I’m on Xbox with a controller

[@leopeel3628]

Where can I find landing charts for airports?

[@FlightSimSchool]

I’ve got five different options in this video, some free, some paid, depending on what you’re looking for: kzbin.info/www/bejne/j5aWiJ2Qg52gd5Y

[@leopeel3628]

@@FlightSimSchool thank you mate

[@jayviation7879]

for some reason spoilers dont come out on landing for me, do you arm your spoilers before you land or just put on autobrakes?

[@FlightSimSchool]

Yes, you need to arm the spoilers, otherwise they won't come out.

[@jayviation7879]

@@FlightSimSchool I do that and they unarm themselves when I touch the ground

[@FlightSimSchool]

That’s strange, when you arm them, do you see the green light on the instrument panel say that they’re armed? It’s on the captain’s side, near where you disable the autopilot and auto throttle alerts

[@FlightSimSchool]

@@jayviation7879 It's normal when you touch down that it goes yellow, it does that for me too, but if you check the external view they should be extended

[@celebri346]

I have two issues with the 737 pmdg: - I don’t know how to retract or extract the gear. It always stays extracted -on my approaches the second autopilot doesn’t arm What might be the reason for this issue? Christian

[@FlightSimSchool]

The gear lever is middle right of the instrument panel, there will be directional arrows up and down when you hover over it. Make sure to bring it to the middle position after it’s up, then click on the down side to bring it down

[@_alienblood]

Not sure if it is a bug but after alot of smooth landings I get alot of stalling on the taxiway like its got a puncture.

[@FlightSimSchool]

It might be the new ground handling changes in sim update 15

[@_alienblood]

@@FlightSimSchool Thanks for the reply.

[@Bacteriod]

But I always find that ATC's altitudes and my VNAV are not the same. So I can't really use VNAV.

[@FlightSimSchool]

That’s right actually, it’s pretty rare you’d use VNAV for the whole flight. I did it this way to make the tutorial simpler for beginners, but in reality you’d use Vertical speed for some parts of the descent

[@douglasrobinson7857]

How do you clear cabin altitude warning?

[@FlightSimSchool]

Make sure you have your PACKS on, and there is a ALT HORN CUTOUT button right near the landing altitude window

[@douglasrobinson7857]

@FlightSimSchool Thanks very much for your advise and time. Just started leaning the 737-800 and your videos are very helpful and nicely structured.

[@aviation_rhys5711]

When I try to taxi after landing or taxi in general only one of my engines work and the other is stuck in reverse thrust in the PMDG 737-800 I've tried everything anyone have a fix?!

[@FlightSimSchool]

That sounds like a conflicting binding issue when you toggle reverse thrust. I’d check all the bindings and make sure there aren’t any that are causing opposing effects.

[@lewis-gn5mz]

how did you find the approch level of altitude?

[@FlightSimSchool]

If you look on the chart for the approach at the initial approach fix there will be an altitude listed. Is that what you meant?

[@TheGlitchMaster1100]

I'm having an issue where this plane keeps going vertical on me whenever I am on a final approach. I will get on the glideslope and turn on app mode and both of the autopilots and whenever it gets close to the ground, it will disconnect the autopilot and go vertical. I can't get this right. I will try this and see what happens.

[@FlightSimSchool]

Are you getting close to stall speed on approach? maybe the auto throttle is going into Go Around power

[@TheGlitchMaster1100]

@@FlightSimSchool I have flaps full going at the reference speed that I have set which is normally around 145-150 knots. I will keep it around there when I am on final. I usually have flaps set around the time that I reach the top of my approach. It will disconnect sometime between 1500-1000 feet above ground.

[@gspfan93]

Stupid question, the speed tape keeps shifting upward and downward when I’m trying to lower flaps to their respective position on landing. It will do so drastically enough to alert the autopilot and cause either over speed for flaps or throttle to automatically increase above speed limits. Any help on how to stop this?

[@FlightSimSchool]

Are you landing in a lot of wind? That can cause some wild variations in airspeed.

[@gspfan93]

@@FlightSimSchool Sometimes, that does cause it to fluctuate. I just never see other KZbinr's have the rolling speed tape on approach. I used the +10 speed for each flap setting and it helped!

[@FlightSimSchool]

Now that I think about it, on my first few tries I did have similar issues, in my case it was because I was trying to do too much in too short a time. I made my final approaches longer and it helped to slowly bring the speed down on the speed dial.

[@CapnJackFltSimChannel]

Great videos. Wish we didn't have to go thru 4 minutes of commercials when they could do it in one. Does EVERYTHING HAVE to be an advertisement?????? BIG TUNE OUT FACTOR!!!!!!!!!!!!

[@FlightSimSchool]

That's how KZbin works. Hope you enjoy the 737 :)

[@CapnJackFltSimChannel]

Yeah I know... But your videos are great thanks so much for helping the rest of us!

[@DandyHiggins]

For some reason I set my auto breaks but it won’t work, does anyone know why that could be?

[@FlightSimSchool]

If you even so much as press the brakes whatsoever it'll disengage, it could be your rudder pedals that are a bit noisy and need more deadzone? Also good to remember that even up to auto brake 3, it doesn't apply a lot of force, so I'd try with MAX and see what happens.

[@petrolekh]

I can't find the wind data in SimBrief...

[@FlightSimSchool]

It’s near the top in the lido format, avg wind

[@5cG001]

How do you find wind information?

[@FlightSimSchool]

It’s on the ofp from simbrief, under wind information

[@5cG001]

@@FlightSimSchool ah, ok thanks.. its been about a year since ive done a flight, kinda forgot 😅

[@spamz9701]

Aint no way nickeh30 is a pilot now, crazy!

[@FlightSimSchool]

He must be my long lost brother, I do kinda see the similarity...

[@spamz9701]

@@FlightSimSchool but great content though man really helps

[@Fortnitepro6321]

How do i know my course knob

[@FlightSimSchool]

It’s the final approach course for the runway you’re landing on

[@Fortnitepro6321]

@@FlightSimSchool k

[@domenicdevries]

No minimums?

[@FlightSimSchool]

I guess I forgot to mention it

[@crashmaster26]

One tip, you just assume people know what a simbreif osp something is. No clue where you are getting the wind details

[@FlightSimSchool]

That’s a good point, sometimes it’s hard to put yourself in the beginner mindset. Here’s how to find it: after you generate the flight in sim brief, there is a ‘briefing preview’ section, if you expand that, it’ll look like plain text, you can search for ‘wind information’ and you’ll find the winds section.

[@crashmaster26]

Thank you. I had to look up what sim brief is.

[@FlightSimSchool]

I covered how to generate the simbrief plan in the first episode on the 737, there isn’t a ton of detail there but it should get you started: kzbin.info/www/bejne/npyXeICup6-IiMk

[@crashmaster26]

@@FlightSimSchool oh I haven't watched that one yet because I thought I already knew flight planning from years back, I just got back into MsFS after a few years off and needed better understanding of landing. The new MSFS2020 is so different from FSX. Keep up the good work 😁

[@eflaaten8182]

Where do I find the chart?

[@FlightSimSchool]

There are a few options: kzbin.info/www/bejne/j5aWiJ2Qg52gd5Y