PMDG 777 Tutorial: Landing (+ILS Approach & Descent) With a Real 777 Rated Pilot!

[@bensteel3944]

I think airline pilots are incredible for the amount they need to know but let's have a shout out to all the programmers who make the software so people can fly like pilots.

[@j0xx02]

Actually coding all these systems, custom FMC's, flight dynamics without a lot of bugs and with good amount of optimization is harder than being airline pilot in terms of amount of things they need to know. Even pilots don't know 100% how those FMCs function (if they didn't want to learn by themselves of course). Also algorithm solving part with these aircraft systems are really compicated and hard to do without huge amount of bugs. They really deserve the respect.

[@baomao7243]

Designing robust, fault-tolerant embedded systems requires a totally different mindset than most commercial software engineering. Zero percent tolerance of bugs, and system degradation/failures must be “graceful.” A very different mindset - more like “five 9’s” (99.999%) telecom system design than “Windows apps.”

[@michaeldob7861]

@@j0xx02 No, it's not "harder".

[@Robmlufc]

The absolute best at these tutorials. You have a great way of explaining things, got me into properly flying in MSFS with your 320 tutorials. 🙌🏻

[@wingflex5367]

Can't thank you enough for these videos. I just got the 777 today and wrote down pages of notes from your videos. I did a successful flight from Denver to San Francisco on my first try, ILS landing into SFO as well. This is a whole different beast then the 737 but I love it!

[@JobuRum]

This is hands down the best tutorial from a real pilot I have seen since I started simming 2+ years ago. I had no idea the 777 descent would be so different from other airliners. This video is a godsend. Great work!

[@Aleksandar6ix]

Hey quick tip for you on the minimums knob.... Hold down the mouse to turn the knob, then drag it out while holding to the far left or right depending on direction and your minimums numbers will roll in much faster.

[@CTde110]

Yup. Good to read the manual!

[@swagger897]

easier way is to go to efis ctrl on the mcdu and type it in there. 5 seconds tops.

[@Aleksandar6ix]

@@swagger897 oh! Very nice. Thanks

[@FlightSimulator9]

Perfect for the weekend, I was stuck at FL380 and now I can finally land !

[@Putzy5214]

Must be new to airliners. Have fun!

[@FlightSimulator9]

@@Putzy5214 new to Boeing airliners, for sure !

[@StvRdhll]

Fundamental equation of flight: Landings = Takeoffs. Enjoy your flying.

[@pwrcaelenx]

@@StvRdhllI’m pretty sure landing requires more work

[@Q3ark]

Loving these tutorials, really useful. Your chilled teaching style is really effective.

[@hjr2000]

320SP is a legend 🎉

[@320SimPilot]

Great to hear, thank you!

[@BassClefJ]

Thanks!

[@320SimPilot]

You are very welcome and thank you so much for the super thanks, it’s really appreciated!

[@techmonster2632]

the older airplanes are always more fun than the new ones

[@cubingwithcarl4572]

13:15 - Minimums 13:40 - Insert Minimums (in Baro) 4000 feet = 12 miles to descend safely 8000 feet = 24 miles to descend safely

[@liammitchell6821]

Your videos are the best!! I downloaded the 777 today and flew Heathrow to Istanbul whilst watching all 3 tutorials! Keep it up!

[@CyberSystemOverload]

Its like having a Training Captain right in your home, thanks for video bro!

[@philiporbesz6410]

Thank you 320simpilot for your videos! Greetings from Austria!:) Just a quick question.. i am going to fly to greece in 2 weeks and i just wanted to ask if it is okay to ask the crew/pilots after landing to take a photo in the cockpit ( i mean i would stay in my seat and will wait till all other passengers left the plane so i am the last in the "queue") or would that be too weird? What would u do in the case :) have a nice day

[@320SimPilot]

Thank you so much for the super thanks! Being able to speak to the pilots after a flight is not always possible, but often they are happy to. I would recommend asking the cabin crew as you disembark, that you would like to see the cockpit/pilots if possible. I hope you have a great time in Greece!

[@philiporbesz6410]

@@320SimPilot thank you!:) and thxs again for your work u put in the videos!

[@johnsonmartinrogers985]

I just wanted to say a massive thank you for doing this and all of your videos, I have learned so much and I am really enjoying flying the airbus and the 777 - thank you again!

[@simonbellamy67]

Loved the tutorial you made it look so user friendly. what a beast of a plane the 777 is😊

[@Boltact]

Just wanted to say your videos have helped me alot. I've got the coldstart/takeoff all sorted on 777-300ER thanks to you. Getting use to the decent and landing though I do struggle with the approach throwing it into the FMC which causes me to go manual. ILS landings I am trying, end up almost doing a full manual up until today where it locked the G/S in. I am continuing to give it a good go but really wanted to let you know how helpful your videos are. Thank you very much!!

[@ToxicDover]

Just wanted to say a huge thanks to you sir - these videos are immensely helpful for all of us learning these planes. I really appreciate your efforts and contribution!

[@787gal2]

Great tutorial. What I love most about the PMDG 777 is everything works the way it should. I found myself doing work arounds on the Asobo 78 for things that wouldn't engage. Will you do a video on a 777 engine out profile? :)

[@ede8193]

This is a great video! I flew the 777 today and had a great flight, BUT, my landing was a bit off, I learned some things from this that will help me along the way....Thank you so much!!

[@wesleysaavedra3026]

Best B777 tutorial I’ve watched by comparing it to an Airbus! Thanks!

[@pwrcaelenx]

Very helpful, I never understood FLCH so I’ve avoided using it but now I could probably hold circling patterns better with it 🔥

[@ehameham3816]

Appreciate your learning session again!

[@catpainblackudder4661]

Thanks for these fantastic tutorials... complex concepts explained in an accessible way. Great work. Keep it up!

[@320SimPilot]

You’re welcome, I’m glad to hear it came across clearly as I was a bit worried given the amount of vertical modes! Thanks for watching!

[@aeriv4087]

Thank you so much. Your explanations are just on point. Even though this is a complex topic to explain, you made it very simple for and, I am sure for many others as well. I have watched this tutorial for at least the third time whilst inflight.

[@LaviDzine]

Great content, thanks! Helping me immensely learning this new aircraft, always preferred Airbus, but this bird looks a dream to fly once I get to grips with it!

[@320SimPilot]

Glad I could help!

[@dougalmctavish3882]

Supurb video, loaded with great info. Thanks Cpt.

[@320SimPilot]

Thank you as always Dougal! Really appreciate the support.

[@theone65478]

took me a week to get my head around the 777 but thanks to this video and replaying it a fair few times i have conducted dozens of flights in the pdmg 777, i just hope it will be compatable wih msfs 2024

[@edwardsp1916]

That was brilliant viewing, thank you for sharing some of your aviation knowledge.

[@320SimPilot]

Many thanks!

[@andrewasksquestions]

No, thank you sir for making the video. Invaluable information and time taken. Made me appreciate Boeing in a whole different way. It's like Going from iOS to Android - if you can say it that way haha.

[@jrg_2777]

I made need to watch this a few times me thinks....great tutorial. Thank you

[@8T8Keez]

Dude! Love all the videos!!! I lear sooooo much!

[@marinerhally]

Fantastic and informative as always. Thank you sir

[@nicksmith8166]

Absolutely wonderful videos!

[@eelomaa]

Thank you so much for these! Learning a lot.

[@lewisgriffiths263]

great video so much good information thanks for your time

[@320SimPilot]

Glad it was helpful!

[@MaxRank]

If you select TWIP Request enter your landing airport and select PMDG you will get metar and Taf reports for the airport displayed on the center eicas and on the lower mfd. FYI.

[@simaviation3]

What a great video!

[@320SimPilot]

Glad you enjoyed it!

[@GabryelHdPerformance]

really nice and usefull guide expecially for the Vnav logic management..thanks

[@320SimPilot]

That’s great to hear, thank you! I was hoping it was clear!

[@bailey.nt86]

Idk if anyone knows or will see this, but at 40:04 how do I set up my controls to walk around the cabin like that? If anyone know or has a video they recommend, drop the name and around when it was posted I'll find it. Thanks!

[@Kelpli]

Great vid 320!

[@stonewall435]

Good timing! I literally just had a missed approach 2x trying to get this thing down.

[@juliansaidman2452]

Hi! What an incredible video, could you tell me how to make the replays?

[@AleXoTroN]

im just watching this while climbing into cruise just to prepare myself now xD

[@bubbajsb1]

Thank you for all your expert tutorials and interesting insight into all things on the flight deck. I really appreciate your work. Question..have you done (and have I missed it) a piece on calibrating the TM Boeing yoke for the T7? I found it fine for the B78 but find myself pulling significant back pressure to mobilise the elevator. (It’s hard enough for me to get used to using a yoke being a bus driver)! Missing my tray table too! 😉

[@sechi7239]

Little trick for the lazies: display meters along with altitude and it will show the approximate distance you need on a 3 degree glide. No need to use dead reckoning there 😊

[@obriets]

Landing gear and RWY Turnoff lights have their own click spots on the labels, BTW.

[@Mantelope4]

I seem to get massive floating in the 77F compared to the 77W

[@Carl_Englishbee]

Wouldn’t you need to tune into atis at the arrival airport for info about what runways are being used for departures and arrivals due to the winds there?

[@LaviDzine]

You would more than likely receive that information from ATC, i think the layout of this tutorial was more of an "Assume we have all the instructions and Information" type of deal 😉

[@salokin1]

Yes ... if one is available! But that's not always the case ...

[@waynevanwyk2870]

Thank you for featuring Cape Town South Africa, have you flown into in real life?

[@320SimPilot]

It was great to visit! Sadly I have not yet in real life but I hope to!

[@BartS52]

Great tutorials. Could you please make one for engine failure and fuel dump. Had problems with getting the beast in to a holding pattern and during the fuel dump I got a fuel imbalance.

[@viation_Hub]

Wow, thank you so much capt! These tutorials are so helpful. One thing however. What is the difference between the thrust lims CLB amd CRZ

[@320SimPilot]

Glad you enjoyed it! The thrust ratings are the limits for the engines. You can’t run engines at takeoff thrust for a long time, so they have a limit of climb thrust instead, which will be allowed for a much longer period of time. Hope that helps!

[@viation_Hub]

@@320SimPilot thanks a lot really helped to make me understand, however, say if I am running a de rated takeoff of simply TO, how would I know what thrust rating to put for takeoff?

[@ryzo8128]

@@viation_Hubthere is a performance calculator Tool on the pmdg 777 on the EFB where it tells you for example TO2 that means youre going to take-off with reduced thrust u just Need to put in the demanded data

[@Pretender_Gamer]

Thank you!

[@ederss7]

In the P3D version the plane slows down automatically for the approach. It shows a green dot on the route path.

[@salokin1]

It does in MSFS as well, as he mentioned ... but safer to take control of speed so that flaps can be correctly co-ordinated with speed.

[@ReadyBeaver]

where the approach chart starts 4:19

[@aeriv4087]

Kindly go over DH (Decision Height) as I get confused which one to use. I have watched videos on this but I have not fully understood which figure to use. Secondly approach chart that are assigned with a letter.

[@TheAngmarwitch]

Hi, any chance of covering a RNAV approach/ landing please?

[@andredbu]

so i guess is the same procedures when youre aporaching on vnav as well?

[@davidpringuer3553]

"These dials really wind me up"😂

[@howisthisfunny]

You should try the PMDG 737-800 I be curious to watch you figure out how to start it from cold and dark and then takeoff

[@coolguy231ful]

He already has in past streams

[@kevin_sull2323]

At what point do you arm the localiser? I always just armed approach and don’t fully understand the localiser - thanks for your help

[@HoneyBadger01]

Hi Captain, it isn't necessary to disengaged the AT addidional to switch off the AP for landing ?

[@ProLeBoots]

hey great video! could you make a video explaning how to connect the hoppie for ATIS> cause i always request ATIS but it dose not work

[@GongTullJ15]

Good Job

[@emgie89]

As I understood you dont touch thrust levers during landing? I move it to idle and msybe that is the reason of my problem with a/t not disconnecting after touchdown and reversers binding not working... How about your a/t override settings in mcdu?

[@andrewbennett2582]

A little question. Where do you place your physical throttle lever when landing with autopilot? My reversers aren’t reliable with the 777, kinda hit and miss, and just trying to eliminate things.

[@yieyie9022]

a380 tutorial pls

[@drannelfatgaming1368]

Thanks, one question though! What replay Tool do you use, so that the flight controll surfaces, the tilted landing gear and all the other details show up? Since PMDG use their own codes the standard replay tool doesnt recognize these for me. Thanks!

[@eraser2727]

I did a couple of flights with the 777 now and every time when just sticking to the VNAV routing it is overshooting the FAF by a few hundred feet and the plane refuses to catch the Glideslope if not perfectly vertically aligned. Bug or feature?

[@brandonchappell1535]

Every ILS ive done its really unstable, seems like a bug with the throttle, it over corrects then the plane starts chasing the diamond up n down, and starts dropping the nose as you approach touchdown. Yours seemed stable though, not sure what is going on?!

[@youtubewatcher2574]

How fast of a vertical descent is considered too fast?

[@CMDRRustyDog]

How come the game shown under the description is X-Plane? Anyway thanks for the tutorial.

[@Virty24]

he probably hasn’t changed it when making the video

[@watchthemoves]

Why you just put the efb near the mcdu..😅

[@stanliestarkman]

Hi what do you use for replay

[@flyboy747uk]

If I was given a shortcut to a waypoint/VOR by ATC during the descent and was asked to be at a certain FL or altitude at it, before excepting that I can meet that restriction is there a way through the FMC and ND screen to confirm i can meet the restriction?

[@williamwidjaja850]

I hv problem slowing down in approach

[@jasontipton8430]

it lands like a dream ive landed that thing with every alarm in the cockpit going off ,all out of wack to high to fast to much sink rate but have always landed safely its a sim i can do that

[@mattwright5887]

How do you select which flaps to use? I see that it defaults to 25, is there a reason for that? Is flaps 30 only used in calm conditions or when runway length requires it?

[@kickedinthecalfbyacow7549]

You can use flap 30 when ever you want to

[@tonycampbell1178]

Just looked at the price for the 777 from PMDG…….$77.00 !! The whole MSFS didn’t cost me that!

[@Fireburnin21]

Could I use alot of this information on the 737?

[@btwosoft]

Yes and no. 737 is a different Boeing evolution branch and has less automatization. Autopilot and FMC are kinda the same though 😊

[@officiallydave4290]

For some reason, my bird does not descend by itself in VNAV, even after setting the altitude. It just flies right by T/D

[@kickedinthecalfbyacow7549]

Does the fMA say VNAV PATH? Have you set a lower altitude on the MCP panel?

[@officiallydave4290]

@@kickedinthecalfbyacow7549 It randomly started working...not sure what happened

[@phuongnhuha]

01:00:55 My boss just asked why I was making moaning sounds in the office…those engine sounds 😍

[@CTde110]

Feels like target audience is people who have only ever flown the a320 😬🤦‍♂️

[@isaacchannel8]

Does it diconnect auto throttle and idle automatically when flare or I have to set up this option?

[@ederss7]

It idles automatically but it doesn't disconnect. There are some auto Throttle options you can choose in the FMC.

[@a.n.e5357]

Does anyone know why my 777 suddenly loses speed during cruise to just above stall speed and my altitude reduces, Vnav pth also has a yellow line going through it

[@obriets]

Sounds like the vagaries of MSFS live weather. A sudden dramatic change happens instead of a smoothed change.

[@fictional_banana]

Yeepie

[@tbp1256]

if one were to have a look at my Infinite Flight log one would find every single flight is in the triple seven.... even in a game is trivial as Infinite Flight it's still the best aircraft ever built… Bet

[@SApilot11123]

Don't you come out of 'Rev' below 40kts?

[@JobuRum]

Thanks!