MSFS 2020 | TUTORIAL: Aerosoft CRJ 700 lesson with a real world pilot | Complete Lesson

Learn along with me as I take a lesson in the Aerosoft CRJ 700 with Michael, a real world CRJ first officer and former flight instructor. He takes me through a full flight from Atlanta (KATL) to Washington Dulles (KIAD), from powering up the aircraft from cold and dark to shutting it down at the other end. If you'd like to follow along, the flight plan and other resources can be found below. There are also links to different chapters if you're looking for guidance on something specific.
We go through every flow and checklist, just as they're run in the real world at Michael's US regional carrier. Along the way, we gain some fascinating insights into real world ops, key differences between the Aerosoft CRJ and the planes that Michael flies in real life, and we learn how to troubleshoot and deal with some of the plane's... idiosyncrasies!
Michael has his own KZbin channel at / aupilot77 - do go and check it out!
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THE FLIGHT
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From: Atlanta Stand D32
To: Washington Dulles Stand Z6
Weather: Few Clouds
Time: 12:30 local, 17:30 UTC
Routing: KATL/26L JACCC2 KELLN DCT BYJAC Q60 JAXSN DCT DORRN CAVLR4 KIAD/01R
PDF Flight Plan: drive.google.c...
KATL Charts: skyvector.com/...
KIAD Charts: skyvector.com/...
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CHAPTERS
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PRE-DEPARTURE
00:00:00 - Introducing Michael
00:03:08 - Safety check flow
00:05:12 - Establishing electrical power
00:09:17 - Safety checklist
00:13:23 - Originating check flow
00:32:39 - Originating checklist
00:32:57 - FMS setup
00:47:53 - Performance data & trim setup
00:50:02 - PFD & FCU setup
00:52:28 - Before start checklist & pressurisation discussion
00:55:02 - Pre-departure flow
00:56:25 - Cleared to start checklist
PUSHBACK, ENGINE START & TAXI OUT
00:57:04 - Pushback
00:58:22 - Engine start
01:02:00 - After start flow
01:03:50 - After start checklist
01:05:37 - Taxi checklist
01:06:13 - Taxi out
TAKEOFF, CLIMB & CRUISE
01:08:25 - Before takeoff checklist
01:11:48 - Takeoff
01:15:30 - Climb checklist & climb
01:29:07 - Cruise at FL390
01:30:43 - Descent & cruise at FL370
DESCENT, APPROACH, LANDING, TAXI IN & SHUTDOWN
01:38:19 - Descent preparation & real aircraft differences
01:43:09 - Using the FIX page
01:46:21 - Descent
01:58:45 - Descent checklist
02:08:08 - Approach
02:12:00 - Before landing checklist
02:13:27 - Landing
02:14:32 - After landing checklist & taxi in
02:19:56 - Parking & shut down
02:22:24 - Shut down checklist
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LINKS TO ADD-ONS USED
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Aerosoft CRJ 700: www.aerosoft.c...
Flightbeam Washington Dulles: shop.flightbea...
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SYSTEM SPECS
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i7 8700k processor
32GB RAM
GeForce GTX 1080Ti
LG UltraWide 25UM58 25-inch Monitor
Thrustmaster T16000.M flight stick
Thrustmaster TFRP T. Flight Rudder Pedals
Honeycomb Bravo Throttle Quadrant
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MSFS GRAPHICS SETTINGS
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[@krisrodenkirch5595]

2 hours and 24 minutes and not only did I NOT skip a single thing, I backed up and re-watched several parts. Thanks much to both of you for your time and effort!

[@FilbertFlies]

That's really nice to hear. Glad you found it useful.

[@colb6171]

This is worth it's weight in gold for us armchair pilots . Cheers

[@iaexo]

Well it weighs nothing, seeing that it's a video. But I get your point.

[@Koolkole27]

Now this is my kind of flying being ran through steps by an actual pilot of that actual aircraft!

[@11clarkm]

@@iaexo tosser

[@bobboulden]

Thanks for letting me know that this 2 1/2 hour long tutorial is worth my time!

[@donc9751]

@@Koolkole27 Right it can't get any better than that!

[@AUpilot77]

Thanks again for the opportunity to join you on this flight, Filbert! I hope you and your viewers found it helpful 😀

[@FilbertFlies]

Any time! And yes, we certainly did! 🙂

[@jay-rus4437]

These can be long videos, but I love to hear complete walk through from real world pilots of each aircraft. So beneficial for those of us that fly airliners in the sim and try to do things in a realistic manner

[@lakids1439]

Your WT CJ4 and the CRJ videos are now my "go to" tutorials. Wouldn't be upset if you decided to do the same for the flybywire A320 if you had some spare time in the future - LOL.

[@sithiradulanjithgalhenaged6974]

Amen to that.

[@Aleksandar6ix]

A320 content too saturated with real world pilots already.... That's why CRJ and CJ4 is good because these stand out so well for products that really need them.

[@lakids1439]

@@Aleksandar6ix True, many A320 sources available. However, the format followed by the CRJ and CJ4 tutorials uses a single video to cover the most cogent aspects of the two planes. This same format applied to the A320 would be very beneficial to me and hopefully other sim pilots. Additional in-depth aspects of the A320 can always be searched as needed by accessing the wealth of information you referenced.

[@nikolatr71]

absolutely..!

[@mikehills3171]

Maybe a colab with 320SimPilot - real pilot who sims!

[@ETR500-Eurostar]

A real pilot explaining all the stuff in details wow flying a small commercial jet plane is so so so complicated! Hats off to every pilot out there

[@Brian_R82]

This is excellent I thought I had mastered the CRJ and then came across this and found a whole list of things i wasnt doing correctly. Very helpful video thanks

[@adhesiveducks]

This is phenomenal, really well done! For someone getting into flight simming no nonsense videos like this are really good - especially with a real pilot to explain why you’d set what. Keep them coming!

[@That_Guy5575]

This is a fun perspective to watch as someone who works on CRJ 200's, 700's, and 900's for a living and am an aspiring commercial pilot myself.

[@shinkicker404]

Was literally just watching your old tutorial... this timing is surreal.

[@HOTMiSCHiEF1]

Best "Tutorial" I have seen yet. The chapters are very much appreciated!

[@biroleau]

Congratulations Filbert - this 2.28 minutes tutorial with Michael a current air pilot was astounding - really learned a lot. Thank You very much

[@FilbertFlies]

My pleasure. Glad you found it helpful. :-) I learnt a lot too, and have probably now forgotten 50% of it!

[@purplesmurf2010]

Such a great video - actually a tutorial on KZbin I was able to follow, fly along and land without nosing straight into the runway. Huge thanks for the time you both put into this!

[@Pat91fr]

Thank you so much pour this full lesson !! Probably the best video I have ever seen on this plane !!!

[@daviddanser8011]

This video proofs how well modeled this plane is, everything the real pilot expects the plane to do it actually does.

[@techops7681]

I'm a CRJ 7/9 mechanic for a U.S. regional airline. This made me want to purchase this aircraft for MFS. It's amazing how true to life this is. I only wish someone would sell a simulated tiller wheel since this is what I'm used to for taxiing. Great job guys!

[@Aldred1989]

This is how a tutorial has to be! Absolutely informative, not to slow, not to fast. Everything to know an more. Thank you so much for this awesome video, guys! Best wishes from Germany and always happy landings!

[@carry6959]

That is the best tutorial for the CRJ-700 I‘ve seen until now. It has given a lot of answers I was not able to get anywhere else. Especially the aproach and descending phase contained some surprises for me which will make things easier. Thanks again!

[@bmw_m4255]

This ain't about being easy it's about being hard

[@shaunwhiskey]

As a new simmer who needed to get a CRJ for my VA's tours, this video has been an absolute blessing. Many thanks from New Zealand mate.

[@cessnadriver30037]

This might be the most informative video I've ever watched

[@FilbertFlies]

That's really good to hear. 🙂

[@06L]

This tutorial and the CJ4 tutorial with your guest from Working Title are part of my very top 10 tutorial. A thousand thanks !!!

[@yams900]

Awesome! Great recap of how to operate this aircraft, one of the best I’ve seen. Getting the information from a real CRJ pilot is a bonus.

[@owenklein1917]

I’ve simmed on Xbox for a while but now but this is one of the planes I wanted the most. Moved to pc a couple weeks ago and this plane was the first plane I bought. Just now learned how to fly it and I’m having such a blast with it. The biggest reason I wanted this plane was so I could do operations out of my home town of south bend as crj’s is mainly what we get. This tutorial was so amazing

[@cptrobby5700]

You guys just won flight simulator video of the year!

[@jay-rus4437]

Great video. Longer, but extremely beneficial for those of us that like the realism of MSFS provided with some aircraft. I had my checklist open while he was giving instruction, and was following along. Thanks much

[@Hex2906]

I followed along with another route to see if I could understand everything... This was amazing!!! Thanks so much to you both

[@joshfredr7846]

superb tutorial - great hosting and letting the pilot establish fluent, non interruptive explanation.

[@lespotts2908]

No doubt, one of the best video lessons I have watched. Getting the first hand account from a real CRJ pilot is as good as it gets. THANK YOU for putting all this together!!

[@FilbertFlies]

Thank you for the lovely comment. Glad you found it useful :-)

[@ITMann]

Excellent video. Again the detail is good. Especially the FMS setup. Important for us simmers to get an understanding of the flight plan. It’s not just a list of letters and numbers that we take for granted and let MS FS 2020 deal with it. It’s good to be able to understand everything about the route and interpret the small details. After all MS FS is meant to be a Simulator !. And the CRJ from Aerosoft is an excellent addition to this Simulator. Many thanks. I have now subscribed to your channel.

[@tjfSIM]

This looks like a superb tutorial- thanks so much for doing this! I’m only a few minutes in and can already see it’s exactly what i need to get started with this aircraft. I had it for P3d and somehow never got to grips with it.

[@kasper1g]

literally the best video I have found to learn the CRJ900 in MSFS! thank your guys!

[@donc9751]

Liked and subscribed 3 minutes into this video I knew it was exactly what I was looking for ans need to learn how to fly the CRJ 700! The nav systems give me the most trouble so far. Time to buckle up and pay attention! THANK YOU for going to the huge extra effort of finding an actual CRJ 700 Pilot to take us thru the process!!! Now that's going the extra mile for your viewers! Many thanks to our expert Instructor Pilot for doing this for us!!!

[@FilbertFlies]

Haha, pleasure! To be honest though, he found me! Popped into one of my streams and then I had the idea for this. Fortunately, he was up for it too! 🙂

[@KEITHGEE1000]

I mentioned in your Tutorial for the CRJ I had just purchased this aircraft recently. This is another excellent Video which is very useful to sharpen our skills. Also, you ask the “silly questions” and by that, those things that we’ve never known the answers to for example the recap on flap landing deployment. It’s those questions I think we all really benefit from. First class Filbert, I am delighted I happened on your channel! Keith.

[@FilbertFlies]

Thanks Keith. It's lovely to receive commends like this. 🙂

[@Ace8Three]

What a fantastic tutorial. This is my new favourite plane. I landed safely to the ground. Didn't have time to follow instructions at the end, but I will watch this several times. Thank you.

[@FilbertFlies]

That's alright, we barely had time to RECORD the instructions at the end! 😂 Glad you found it useful.

[@renevandop7333]

Great video Filbs, very helpful. I fly the CRJ almost exclusively at the moment and thought I had a pretty good handle on it, but there were still loads of little tidbits and things I didn’t know. Plus just an entertaining watch in its own right.

[@Reavermyst]

I really do love this plane, so glad to see a proper run down on the checklists!

[@splitscim]

Dang, this guy has his flows memorized! Thank you so much for doing this, I was looking for one with the CRJ once the CJ4 one came out! Amazing job and a great tutorial (so far at least!)

[@JenniferinIllinois]

Finally getting around to watching this. Still struggling with the CRJ so this should definitely help. ;)

[@FilbertFlies]

I hope it does! Good luck!

[@JenniferinIllinois]

@@FilbertFlies I got through the entire startup (without using the 'ready to taxi') which is a huge plus.

[@maximilianpfeiffer4567]

Thanks you both so much! This is super helpful content for those getting hands on the CRJ for the first time! Cheers from Germany and always happy landings!

[@Sven2157]

Hey man ... sorry watched this the other day, came back to say - What a GREAT video! Michael answered a butt-ton of questions I had! I haven't seen anyone else get a more detailed video, "From Start To Finish"! Congrats! I have this saved so I can use it as reference! Thank you! - Happy Landings!

[@northwind5879]

This is excellent content! Very interesting to have a real world CRJ pilot go through the procedures. Thanks to Filbert and Michael for providing this!

[@exiletsj2570]

These tutorial flights are some of the best content around.Thanks to you and Michael.

[@BtcSimmer]

Thank you FilbertFlies and Michael! This is exceptional! And both have a new subscriber!

[@TeamSethRules]

Came across your channel. What a fantastic and thorough video of the CRJ being described by a real CRJ pilot. Amazing to see how much the plane is near real and study level. Compliments to you both. I have now subscribed and look forward to similar type videos.

[@Wiljosgames]

im just in minute 1:12, and its worth it! thanks guy, im right now opening the simulator and learning this plane, regards from spain!

[@markcunneen8525]

Excellent tutorial / absolutely everything covered, thankyou for sharing. Greetings from Australia.

[@Aleksandar6ix]

Thank you thank you thank you. This video answered ALL the questions I had on this plane! Super valuable.

[@JJBaas1963]

Brilliant Filbert and thnx to Michael for this superb lesson..A big help for sure to augment the level of skills. Very enjoyable thnx for that! There aren't that many and great remarkable tutorials on the CRJ like this one.

[@Chiefpoke]

Thanks. This video got me through my first CRJ flight.

[@forza93QC]

Great vidéo and very informative. I find myself quite comfortable flying the CRJ now but i learned great stuff thanks to you and Michael.

[@tman41291]

thank you so much, fellas! @Michael, hoping to follow right behind you! 2 more years of getting hours lol

[@O_Dingo77]

Great tutorial Filbert and Michael. Thank you both for taking the time to produce it.

[@patches8291]

Great video! Thanks to special guest Michael on his insight. I enjoyed it all.

[@2007johnrbanks]

Absolutely superb. I’m ready to have a go with the CRJ. Thanks so much to you both.

[@82bigted]

Outstanding job guys! Thanks! I finally feel confident enough to play with this thing and not have all the bells and whistles go off

[@kartal2339]

This is the best video which i watced for crj700

[@FilbertFlies]

Thank you, I'm really pleased you enjoyed it :-)

[@christianpankratz]

I just bought the CRJ and this tutorial is helping me a lot! Very interesting background information is given there. thanks for the video. I learned a lot!

[@arcticmarkus3655]

Thank you so much for putting this together Filbert, hoping we might see something similar with future airliners for MSFS too : D

[@kurtheine8179]

Outstanding tutorial--thanks so much to both of you!

[@dabneyoffermein595]

Looks like a long list of things enhanced and/or fixed on today's release (MAY 28th, 2021). This is awesome and I can't wait to fire it up for a flight tonight !!

[@at4299]

Thanks for the great tutorial, just got the crj so I'm off to practice.

[@shrutivtuber]

This was immensely helpful. Thank you both so much for taking the time to put together this stellar tutorial!

[@bmstyle]

I remember when I used to fly the crj-200 then going to the 700-900 it was like a completely different jet. The 200 had one FMS on the captain's side and the plane was completely manual compared to the 700-900. The -200 was also under powered at altitude compared to the -700-900. Ahh good times based out of DTW.

[@subsoar5734]

i have so much love for these airplanes. an excellent little workhouse with a couple rockets out back and willing to take on anything in the world.

[@NorwayAerials]

Great vid. Super useful for a novice CRJ 750 armchair pilot :)

[@EJ109]

Awesome tutorial

[@nicklov1]

Very detailed tutorial for a slightly hairy aircraft sim model, thanks.

[@kyuzo8913]

so cool to watch a tutorial with a real CRJ pilot! Thank you for this fantastic video!

[@FilbertFlies]

Pleasure! Glad you liked it.

[@CptBoring]

Now this was a pleasure to watch! Highly educational, detailed and at times quite fun! Learned so much from this. Well worth spending a couple of hours watching this. Definitely going into my saved playlist. Thank you!

[@deangianotti906]

Very Helpful video, thank you :D

[@m3talx44]

Used this tutorial to fly my CRJ 700 from KGSP - KMIA had a blast also an amazing night flight and landing into Miami, excellent tutorial A+++

[@captainmegaxenon2042]

Fantastic video!!!! Learned alot to manage flying this airplane. Thanks a lot!!! 👍👍👍

[@FoxVictorBravo]

Fellow CRJ FO here, based in the southeast, just not the ATL based one :-) IAS does switch to Mach automatically going through FL316 at the same time as 1/2 bank. Typically above 10,000ft we climb in VS mode (or even PITCH mode) to avoid the porpoising that we get in CLB mode. Just a technique to consider as even this sim seemed to porpoise a bit. This can be felt in the real airplane and is better for passenger comfort. The performance issues in cruise may be used to exceeding the maximum cruising altitude for the given weight you were at. In the real airplane we would use ACARS or our speed cards. Not sure about this sim… This was fun to watch! Keep it up!

[@FilbertFlies]

Interesting, thanks for the info! I've just used lower cruising levels lately, but there are some charts included in the manual which I'll take a look at and see if that was the issue.

[@FoxVictorBravo]

@@FilbertFlies One more thought ;-) in real life in the US, the minimum vertical speed that we must be able to maintain for ATC purposes is 500 ft/min. So while during a climb, if we were unable to maintain at least a 500 ft/min climb rate, we would have to advise ATC and request to level off and amend our cruising altitude. During this flight, seems like stopping at 330 or 350 would have been pretty realistic. In real life, going past 360 is quite rare in both the 700 and 900.

[@FilbertFlies]

@@FoxVictorBravo I didn't know that either! This is what I love about flight simming, and about doing it online on KZbin and Twitch - always more to learn, always someone willing to share their knowledge. Thanks! 🙂

[@volkerjansen3901]

Wonderful video, thank you both very much! Great to see how many functions are modeled properly, e.g. the descent speed mode. Will be interesting to see if the upcoming update (synced to Sim Update 4 it seems) will make the auto pilot more reliable.

[@cyrillekaouche-ps7jq]

Breathtaking ❤ I wish I had the same simulator in my laptop ❤ Hi Captain wish me your astonishing skills and expertise ❤ Awesome flight ever ❤❤❤.

[@srmj71]

I know this is an older video, but I'll throw my two cents in. Simbrief is awesome, I use it every flight. Having said that, don't let Simbrief pick your cruise altitude. A quick work around, is to go to flightaware, find a corresponding flight that was flown as close to your flight time as possible and steal that cruise altitude.

[@FilbertFlies]

You're right. I trust SimBrief a lot less than I used to and do exactly this.

[@srmj71]

@@FilbertFlies Yeah, I suspect I have a lot more to learn about weather, to really start intelligently choosing a cruise altitude. Us simmers probably have access to the information needed, just not the software to wrap it up into a usable method. Awesome series of videos btw ;-)

[@joe8617]

GREAT video. Thanks for the chapter indicators!

[@FilbertFlies]

Glad it was helpful!

[@Redridge07]

Mike was great

[@JonathanEnger]

Excellent video, as a sim Airbus pilot, I've had my hands full learning this plane! LOL

[@nakedcellist]

Really great video! Also very interesting to hear why actual pilots like flightisimming.

[@digitalflightdeck4050]

Just found this, and learned a few new things. Thanks!

[@Mandalor_ian]

Ohh 😮 thanks for this filbert I’ve still not flown this due to the fact of not knowing how to so I’ll have to study this once I’ve got the Zibo figured out so added to saved videos

[@kempez2]

Amazing tutorial, just what I needed to get started in this aircraft. Thanks to you both!

[@BrianThePilot1640]

Phenomenal video!

[@xanvavy]

This was amazing ❤

[@myopinion9414]

Excellent work. This is how its done in the real world. Keep it up.

[@MsMumuku]

Very nice video, and very on point delivery. I'm happy the throttle doesn't misbehave anymore, this was a very annoying bug. I ended up moving the throttles up and down by a miniscule amount constantly, that seemed to alleviate the mismatch. It's much more comfortable to fly now.

[@johnb.3655]

Awesome, learned so much from this video..! Thank You so much..!

[@curious_science_guy]

A bit late to the party, but loved the tutorial. Thanks so much!

[@FilbertFlies]

Glad it was helpful! 🙂

[@FBI-Spanky]

Great video, thanks so much to you and the crj pilot.

[@Bone7457]

Best Tutorial of a CRJ! Many thanks

[@Lokapix]

Absolutely great tutorial!

[@FilbertFlies]

Thank you!

[@JamesSmith-km8xu]

Brilliant!!

[@chrisclarke1458]

Great video, really useful. Thanks very much.

[@geandily]

great videos man

[@FilbertFlies]

Thanks. 🙂

[@Lesniak17]

Very nice tutorial mate! It would be awesome if you could make a Combined Flows & Checklists document for the CRJ like you did for the 737, it made stuff very quick to learn-by-heart for me when I simply printed it out in a paper form :)

[@FilbertFlies]

Yes, it's on the list of things to do actually. It has been for a long time. I'll get round to it one of these days!

[@ElliotCassar]

This was simply awesome - learned so much! Just subbed to Michael's channel as a small thanks :)

[@nutsinpuss9563]

What is Michael's channel?. Sorry I missed it.

[@nutsinpuss9563]

Update: Found the link.

[@danielrds]

Fantastic video!!! thankss!

[@AlbertoYoachamBVX]

Excellent video! Thanks!!

[@aprodigy6991]

love it - thanks to both of you !