Full FMC setup - Boeing 737NG

In this video I will show you how to set up the FMC before departure. I will guide you through the initial pages, all the way until the aircraft is ready for departure.
This video is designed to be used together with the "Mentour Aviation" app and the "Boeing 737 setup, from cold to takeoff" playlist.
Enjoy and join the chat on the app with any questions.

[@Jourdainist]

Every flight simmer looking like 👁️👄👁️ "I've been doing it wrong"

[@lkslokinhow]

I have the PMDG 737 on the Microsoft Flight Simulator and I'm shocked on how their replica is accurate. It works exactly as you have showed us in this video. Really cool stuff. Thank you for sharing that.

[@trip5003]

Same here . Mentour tells it straight and very easy to follow . Best real Pilot Channel out there period

[@theflyingpotato5601]

better than any pmdg 737 tutorial

[@MentourPilot]

Thank you!

[@MichaelBrodie68]

Agreed - best directions I've seen

[@danmcbride6258]

Michael Brodie great detail and instruction

[@Kwamesamson1]

I tell you!

[@alejordann2fly411]

Totally agree

[@markg7963]

At our airline, we can load and execute anything independently during the preflight. Either the First or Captain can do anything they want to the box, but only up until we do an independent verification of data (it's becoming the norm that the pilot flying the leg sets the box up while the non flying pilot does the walk around, that way the flying pilot is more engaged to any weird or strange issues with the flight). If we are on an over water route, where non-radar will be involved, we both first check the route independently, and then we check the route together one more time. One pilot reads the route and the other checks it against the actual clearance. At that time the box becomes " locked", and it takes both pilots to be in agreement before any further action is executed for the duration of the flight. Including any changes to FMC, altitude, course, heading, etc. Additionally, our 737 boxes uplink almost everything automatically through the ACARS, and many aircraft are rapidly being retrofitted with the ability to upload clearance changes from ATC through CPDLC. I'm not a huge fan of how the CPDLC handles things though, for example, we are required to "accept and load" any CPDLC change from the departure facility into our box, but these CPDLC clearances will not automatically load any runway or departures, so any work you have already done on the route gets wiped out anyway, and you end up reloading all of that again manually, which opens things up to mistakes... As for performance, we send off a request in ACARS for a specific runway, intersection, weight, altimeter setting, etc. And a few minutes later we receive both an ACARS printout of takeoff performance data, and also a FMC prompt to load this data into our box. We accept the data into the FMC, then check it against the ACARS printout before execution. Then, we read and compare all that data one last final time on a checklist before we blast off. We do have the ability to override this data for gusty winds, tailwinds, and any reason we desire a maximum power takeoff. If anything changes, we have to re-accomplish any portion of this whole process that is associated with the change. For example, a different runway dictates a SID change, route change, and performance change, so most of that has to be all re-accomplished and rechecked. In the US, it is common for ATC to constantly change the departure runways to balance out traffic on the field, and this causes a major PITA as we are trying to taxi on busy airports and not screw that up at the same time. Sometimes it just gets too overwhelming so we just stop the aircraft somewhere and get our bearings again.... I love that European airports usually give you a departure runway as a part of your clearance, so you can reduce the changes while taxi. Thanks for an awesome video. Definitely some things different, but basically the same.... That was a hard video to clearly make so people would understand what you were doing. Well done.

[@davidpinto7542]

Hi Mentour. Just wanted to say we use to program like this, and a year ago we started using company routes. It is the best thing ever. Reduces a lot the amount of work into programming the FMC.

[@avamendez1272]

Davito P takes less than nine minutes for the setup. it's good to stay in practice😊

[@PrathameshSai]

this shows how accurate the pmdg 737 is wow you can learn evrything on fsx

[@MonishJohnson]

Electrip so which is more realistic?

[@ilovechieftains]

I know PMDG did a great job setting up their FMC, it is super realistic!!!

[@littleferrhis]

The pudgy is about 96% as close to the real thing according to Boeing.

[@rahulmaurya3886]

ABSOLUTELY MATE I WAS SHOCKED AFTER SEEING THIS VIDEO THAT HOW ACCURATE IS PMDG

[@turbofanct6679]

Electrip You are right!

[@TheCemm20]

It is obviously the best FMC set up video in KZbin, Thanks Captain !

[@useruiy]

Cem Murat Tulukcu are you pilot which you could understand?

[@joseconcepcion3796]

Thanks so much! They make it impossible to learn about the cockpit after 911. Your videos makes one feel they they too can one day be an ATP 😊!

[@gordons.raskin358]

Your videos are such a pleasure. When I watch your posts, my day somehow gets a little more fantastic! Safe travels, Captain.- Gordon

[@iaexo]

Very much enjoying your professionalism in figuring out the NG.

[@slotigy]

What graphics card are you using?

[@nathanaelmalm5641]

He flew to Area 51 and stole their best PC

[@youcefdz5598]

@@nathanaelmalm5641 fake because us military uses windows xp and x plane 11 runs on windows 7 and above

[@AviationMahin]

Using reality

[@josephcosta5161]

OMG I just Left on two of your videos about learning fmc and I found it the next day.. you are a great teacher as I wanna learn from you, thank you so much mentour polite......

[@DNesbitt-p1t]

I'm an aircraft mechanic and was recently called up to the flt deck of a 737-800 because the pilots were having problems with a blanked out milage figure on an alt route. We did a Boeing reset (powered off A/C), which sometimes works, only to have the same issue repeat. Finally, the FO realized that they had put in the wrong airport code that was 5000nm in the wrong direction. Once corrected, everything worked correctly. So these videos help me understand something usually only pilots mess with. It's appreciated.

[@timduggan1461]

Great response. Minor story.....before GPS DC-10s used a similar gyro system. This story begins in Sydney, Australia. Short? The First Officer inputed 'NORTH' Latitude, instead of South. This was before GPS was common. Suffice to say? This DC -10 nav systems were corrupt The Captain, rather than dumping fuel and returning to Sydney Just flew the Flight Plan headings, reported position to ATC, AND made it to Hawai'i....

[@CallsignMunch]

I like the how you don't execute until you do the route check as a crew. I'm going to suggest my company to incorporate it into our SOP's.

[@Pies.]

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[@CraZy291]

How did it go?

[@marktwain3531]

Bro, why the pilot looking at a tutorial on how to use the FMC?

[@CallsignMunch]

​@@marktwain3531Lots of reasons. It's a life long career of learning. Lots of different techniques. Being involved in the aviation community. You name it.

[@marktwain3531]

@@CallsignMunch Yes, I said it jokingly. 💀

[@joshuajackson1616]

You are one hell of a teacher. Best tutorial on here. I’ve learned a lot from you.

[@Airplanegeek777]

Interesting to watch! I fly the A320 family so have a different box with different buttons, but the setup isn't really that different...same info, different order, but all very logical! Great videos, hope you're also doing fantastic! :-)

[@Betyarjutub]

I'm new to aviation, and watched about 4 hours fmc tutorials for x-plane 11, but this 16 minutes were the most useful of it. thank you!

[@N950T]

Excellent and informative video. Thanks, Captain.

[@MentourPilot]

YOU for supporting the channel. Great to see that people are appreciating the content.

[@702Wolfi]

Thank you for all your awesome videos Mentour Pilot!

[@ruatachhangte]

This helped a lot for my PMDG 737 setup! Thanks!

[@DenisOkan]

Dear Mentour, what was the outcome of inputting the departur airport on the POS INIT page, if you then selected the GPS coordinates? If you do that last step you can enter any airfield and it will actually change nothing... From my point, the advantage of selecting the airport is that this can give you the possibility to enter the GATE and receive its coordinates... if they exist in the database. When I was learining to fly B737 in Denver United Training Center - they had such FMCs and we normally put the ICAO 4-letter code and then selected the gate to get the precise coordinates. But that was on 737CL. And since that times I have never seen FMCs with gates stored in their DB.

[@northstar5934]

u can fly your own jet and leave him fly his own one 😂

[@Armysniper360]

Now I know what ZFW is lol. Love the 737 family. Thank you for the videos Captain

[@Sy-T007]

no pmdg setup or fs action in this 😉

[@Haleeoo]

Mentour Pilot i think he is making fun of the "fsaction" and "pmdg setup" menu which is implemented in the pmdg cdu to enable fuel loading etc. within fsx or p3d. :)

[@GenLeeWasted]

AH SO THIS IS HOW ALL THE TERRORISTS LERN HOW TO FLY COMMERCIAL AIRLINES

[@GenLeeWasted]

You mean flight simulators and mentors like yourself?

[@Sy-T007]

Mentour Pilot No captain, it was a joke, maybe a bad one.

[@rokix101]

LOL i got you man pmdg 737 ngx is amazing , i run P3D btw how about you :D

[@ShurikAviation]

Now i have a complete and realistic input of the fmc into pmdg 737-800NG thanks ^^

[@ajidamarjati]

Ohh shoot i set up my FMC comparatively wrong in my PMDG's 737NGXu hahaha. Thanks for this video capt!

[@rondeldebbio9219]

This is awesome, exactly what I was looking for. Thanks!

[@rangerrick8220]

In watching these videos, the APU is turned off after the engines are started. So if the APU is off during takeoff, why are you using 0.8 less in the N1 page? Shouldn't the N1 limit still be 98.0?

[@jakeperl5857]

Hands down the most helpful and clearest-explained FMC tutorial I've seen so far (and I've seen a few)!

[@PAMOLA28]

Thank you very much...found your videos very useful. clear and precise. cheers.

[@TroyaJamilyn]

Thank you for this, Mentour. Very, very helpful.

[@franksommer8151]

+Mentour Pilot, Great video, even if I knew most of the tasks as a PMDG-simmer ;-) But, if you have time, I would like to see how to handle advanced procedures while flying, e.g. route changes (e.g. how to go back to airport in case of emergency after start), alternative airports or holding.

[@yams900]

tack tack, tittade igen !

[@brendaproffitt1011]

Totally awesome great set up great showing how and the flight plan to..route too.wow ..Thank you so so much for everything that you do...I do greatly appreciate it too..

[@mikemoreno4469]

That was wonderful. Thank you, Captain.

[@Lienn1]

Great video Mentour, gonna chek out the app. But one question, what does 27k "bump" thrust mean? when do you use this? short runways maybe?

[@nflaviation8418]

How about CG in Take Off Ref Tab ? Just let it empty ?

[@CraZy291]

They leave it empty (other airlines do not), since they get the stab trim value from the loadsheet (the Boeing OPT app calculates it also).

[@turboprop7774]

Another Excellent and Informative video Thank You!

[@AviationPro]

Thank you, a perfect tutorial. Glad to see such video from a real 737 captain this time, very well done! :)

[@hotmemes7482]

OMG HI

[@MichaelBrodie68]

Apologies if already covered in another video, could you please do a follow up video on other FMC functions you use during flight? For example, HOLD, FIX, APPROACH for Vapp calculation. Thank you for this brilliant video.

[@Ortfinder]

How you calculated the SEL 42?

[@CraZy291]

Boeing's OPT (Onboard Performance Tool). Can be downloaded from the App store.

[@Aviaton618]

This is amazing. Im going to practice this on a calculator. Layman question: why do you have to do all that data entry manually from a printed sheet of paper? Cant this be automated if the flight plan was received digitally and fed into the FMC? Then the FMC calculates the optimal speed v1 flaps altitude etc after the plane sensors measure gross weight, fuel, and other factors?

[@marcwatson5533]

Why do the E, N, S, W letters have boxes around them?

[@ScuuBdoo]

North, South, East, West

[@marcwatson5533]

ScuuBdoo Oh, thanks

[@8should1no]

Fester Blats To make those keys easier to find when you need to manually put in coordinates. (To create temporary waypoints or during IRS alignment)

[@jasoncentore1830]

My guess is they are very commonly used so they highlight them.

[@kirklorange]

Great video. One question: why didn't you enter anything for the centre of gravity? Isn't it very important to know what take off trim should be set to?

[@bobhatcher5505]

Great video, great teaching, thanks!

[@lobzangdorjay757]

FMC/FMS, the brain of the aircraft's.

[@delayed_control]

More like a third crew member. It basically does what navigators used to do.

[@nicholaspazzani4584]

Oh yea! Now when I get X-Plane 11 ill be able to work the FMC. Thanks Mentour, VERY informative video as always!

[@nicholaspazzani4584]

Yes actually I have but about a week ago my phone broke so I haven't been able to use the app recently. But so far the app has been wonderful, really have been enjoying it.

[@snowgolem6099]

You can not get X-plane 11 on mobile. Only X-plane 10.

[@luthvinaw]

How about deleting data (such as routes, flight plans, etc.) for previous flights(end of flight)? because the aircraft is going to be used for the next flight

[@shyammohabir8283]

FMC - Flight Management Computer CDU - Control Display Unit FMC has 3 databases: 1. Software options (OP PROGRAM), 2. Model/Engine data base (MEDB) 3. Navigation data base (NDB), All of which are stored on an EEPROM memory card. These databases can all be updated via the data loader. MEDB holds all the performance data for V speeds, min & max speeds in climb, cruise & descent, fuel consumption, altitude capability etc. NDB is comprised of Permanent, Supplemental (SUPP) and Temporary (REF). The Permanent database cannot be modified by crew. There are four types of data: Waypoint, Navaid, Airport and Runway. Runway data is only held in the permanent database.

[@akhilaryappatt]

didn't know modern planed had a laser gyroscope. actually, didn't even know a such thing existed

[@quippytube]

Thanks for the video, Captain. But I have a question that maybe will be answered despite this video is quite old. In the legs page of the flightplan we see a T/C Wind of 243/040 and an ISA DEV of +4, however in the summary on top of the plan, where you receive the avg cruise wind, we also see a TOC Wind and ISA DEV - but those are different (231/21 and -3). Why is that and could those also be used? I hope for an answer... Thanks!

[@nathantaylor4538]

Yep, I spotted that too, and wanted to ask the same question. Also, TOC seems to be after WAL (from OFP) but then on LEGS 2/7 it is apparent that TOC is now prior to WAL. Why (if the dispatcher is using the same info to create the OFP) does the FMC have a different TOC?

[@ruzkinwender1544]

Oo too perplex, not my piece of cake.😂😂 Anyway, thanks captain for the tutorial.

[@stefannirschl5129]

Thank you for the video! What I dont understand at the FMC setting at the B737 is why is Takeoff weight the same as Gross Weight. From my point of view, at the takeoff page, take off weight (TOW) should be less than Gross weight (GW) as we have to taxi from gate to the runway and this will burn fuel and reduces TOW. At some large airports taxi could take up to 30min this will means that a huge quantity will be burned during taxi. So i don`t understand why TOW and GW will than be the same for caclulation the VSpeeds. Are there no possibiltiy in the FMC to plan taxi fuel? May someone has an idea for this issue. Txs in advance for any input. Cheers.

[@tobymurs6495]

Thank you very much, captain !

[@audreykile]

Hello Sir ..if you will ..when recommending a video you wouldlike us to view ..would you put the link in the description..just found your chnl..enjoying very much ..fly safe ..and get well soon from your accident 🥰

[@thaddeusj.wordlaw]

Taking notes for this level up 737 comes out for x plane, that zibo 737 glitched out on me so now im just going to wait until the new one releases lol. Aspiring Southwest Airlines pilot btw.

[@papakilo-2750]

5:02 for anyone confused, sids and stars are usualy the same as they can be used vice versa, that's why he said departure

[@tm8473]

nice video! There's no place for the first alternate airport in the FMC? How is the transition between the regular route and the alternate route performed, from the FMC point of view?

[@U2Canada1968]

Fantastic!!!

[@andersongeorge4653]

*Since u can only put ( 20) waypoints what if there if some more than 20 fixes how to put more fixes on RTE* ?!

[@aviation.london8302]

I’ve been thing to understand the FMC for weeks now. After this video it all makes sense. Good tutorial from someone who knows what he’s talking about. Thank you captain!

[@yeymymar]

Took a class about it today, this video helped me clear many doubts. Thanks!

[@hikmatnazim9816]

thanks a lot for the video.

[@staaaajn]

Well explained. I hope that I can try it in real life very soon.

[@film2dl38]

What's your PC spec? I might want to upgrade my pc later. So frickin real bro

[@MentourPilot]

This was the real aircraft.

[@AccOriginal]

I would really like to know how to exactly calculate the derate. I'm just a simmer, but want to get as close as possible to real life.

[@maroon9980]

You could use the payware program TOPCAT.

[@medyapimnetherland527]

Hey hey, iknow this video is old. But can we get one day tutorial about how to calculate the ISA DEV for TC and also for Descent forecast? I see you had the possibility to put the P04 in ISA DEV in the perf page, but PMDG removed the option .... we can only put it in the T/C OAT would like to see a calculation tutorial from u about the ISA DEV T/C and Descent Forecast! Thanks in advance! :)

[@sbranson01]

Can your company not just download everything into the FMC from the flight plan?

[@un-cut-life]

Thanks a lot

[@Mike072385]

Is it easy to make a change to these settings? Say if ATC tells you to use 23L for takeoff? Or if the landing runway changes?

[@avamendez1272]

TimTim Wong not an everyday occurrence but it does happen. the FMS is updated and we proceed on our way

[@krozareq]

I came here because of the release of PMDG's 737 for MSFS2020

[@Mikinct]

Great instructional video, thanks for posting this. Question 4 you or the group here. I'm new to FMC- I know the basics. I paid for update Navigraph subscription and downloaded recent AIRAC cycle for my Plane in the Sim which is a Wilco 777-200ER. One question is, the new AIRAC cycle show correctly in my FMC CDU screen ok. But when I enter say New York (KJFK airport then try choosing runway 31L or 31R for Departing its not there listed as an option. It only showing 1/1 pages so there isn't another page. Only runways showing for KJFK are RW04L, RW04R, RW13L, RW13R & RW22L) thats it- No runway 31L or 31R for departures. Strange thing is on my FMC if I try seeing what runways are available at KJFK for Arrivals I'm seeing all runways including 31L, 31R. But I noticed its also missing IAPs- they show the runways but do not list ILS or RNAV approaches. Anyone have a clue whats going on or how to fix/remedy this issue? or experienced this themselves?

[@rangerrick8220]

Hi - I used Sim Brief to get a flight plan from Toronto Pearson (CYYZ) to Sault Ste Marie (CYAM) and got the following route; CYYZ/15L DCT NUGOP DCT 4519N08153W CYAM/22. HOW do you program in 4519N08153W (which I am assuming is a set of lat and long)?

[@vin340600]

really good instructional video.. thanks for sharing.. in the takeoff speeds page, shouldn't you also enter the CG% in order to get the trim setting number? in this case, it should be 5.0% right? (based on what i saw in PERF GW page)

[@timduggan1461]

OK. Listen, i have thousands of hours fkying these airplanes. I never worried about " forecast" winds aloft. Usually wrong.

[@hflx]

I will try on my 737... does it work on a 700 as well? thanks, will use for MSFS for sure , tks. Great channel on aviation, not to say how it has so many views and information about Aviation!

[@asimsparks]

The easy way to fly from Manchester to Dublin would be to take A5103, then M56 (w) and keep flying until you end up in Dublin.

[@flywithtb5005]

Nice video! Sorry for this stupid question, but: What do you do, if the model or anything else you have to check isn't correct?

[@Ja5oN1907]

Thanks for the video. However, I thought de-rating / reducing thrust with the assumed temperature method doesn't save fuel as one might think... It enhances engine life though. (10:32)

[@wilbisson1306]

Best explanation of the 737 FMC ever ,thank you !!!

[@aravindmaddini6348]

Very nice amazing 🤩..i LOVE HOW🥰 PATIENT you here like teaching to children ❤️

[@iliyanyordanov9835]

Isn't the aircraft automatically calculating zero fuel weight? And also on takeoff page why you didn't enter the aircrafts center of gravity to make the plane calculate the initial trim?

[@Coccoluto]

bellissimo. grazie amico

[@trophywife6772]

Is the 27k bump something used in practice? If so is its use pilot discretion or something your perf calculator recommends?

[@gcrauwels941]

It'll take a few views of this to sink in, but not because of the explanation. Thank you.

[@GaryNumeroUno]

Petr, is it compulsory to stick to the precise take off speed? In your demonstrated set up the system shows V2 at 142 knots. Can you just add a few extra knots such as in this case... 145 knots so you have a few extra knots up your sleeve should you get an engine failure on takeoff? It seems odd to me that aircraft take off what seems to be just over stall speed. It seems more sensible having extra speed up your sleeve before you leave the ground... remaining runway allowing of course!

[@FlyNAA]

V2 itself is for engine failure

[@Moumou727]

You forgot to input CG and read elevator trim value, otherwise it's a great video thanks :)

[@marshallhogan3440]

Mourad HAFIDI his company gets it from a loadsheet. Same with many companies.

[@DFW_Spotter]

I’m going to the SWA sims with my friend and I’m going on a study rant to learn as much as I can

[@ErikS-]

I wonder whethet Ryanair approves the use of its planes for these commercial youtube videos...

[@compumark81]

Very interesting video. Where can I find the mentioned "Mentour Aviation" App? In the Google Play store there is only the Mentrour360 app listed when searching "Mentour". I would be interested in the other playlist videos as well.

[@christofferwaltersdorff4303]

It is just a playlist

[@ZIPPO3342]

Why did you leave the QRH OFF on the takeoff ref page? Awesome video!!!

[@vasily2022]

Simply splendid!

[@MentourPilot]

Thank you! I'm glad you liked it!

[@eladrio2311]

There is one thing I don't understand, where in the flight plan reads BAGS1L as the STAR?

[@khadarmila498]

Captain I would like to ask if air craft can be hacked?

[@hadjnabil4811]

thank you lot's boss

[@brianmccarthy714]

Wish he would explain why you set all those waypoints. Big reason is, if you have a comms failure, you fly that route and atc will know where you are at all times.

[@AbdullahGerigelen]

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[@moyito53]

Captain How are you ??? on the end you did not fill the CG and the take trim out to complete the operation Greetings from Costa Rica

So it only provides you with the information on how you should fly, but does not actually control the aircraft correct?

[@이종혁-d8t]

Could you explain how you determine the derate figure and T/O CG?

[@SonSetBeach]

The Lip Smacking is crazy distractions for us. Sorry ...