MSFS 2020 - A320 - Inputting your SimBrief Flight Plan into the FMC (MCDU)

[@c_loud_8700]

Best MCDU tutorial on KZbin I found so far! Thank you very much for your passionate and detailed explanations!

[@Easyjetsimpilot]

Thank you. Hope it helped. Any questions, just ask.

[@gus6777]

The way you explain how to read the route. I had to idea what DCT was or what makes an airway and airway. Thank you for the rescue

[@emileguertin]

Spent over an hour going through this for a short hop WMKK to WMKN in Malaysia. So clear, and such a great tutorial. Thanks so much!

[@DaveHudson70]

This is great. As a relatively new simmer I find your tutorials have really opened up the sim experience up to me and love following them as exercises for me to try and learn them off by heart. Brilliant and much appreciated thanks.

[@Easyjetsimpilot]

Really glad they're helping Dave.

[@Dalwhat]

This is the sort of stuff that should be supplied in a tutorial. Thank you for explaining things so transparently.

[@Easyjetsimpilot]

You're very welcome.

[@KarlH1980]

@@Easyjetsimpilot Why not download it as a ,pln file and import it in via the CO Route?

[@VmcgHD]

Nice explanation Gav. When you enter the flight plan make sure you DO include adding the arrival STAR and arrival runway from the OFP. Remember, the OFP is your plan on what you expect to do and all the data in the FMGC needs to display similar figures. You want to make a gross error check when the flight plan is in the box so it gives a similar mileage to what’s on the OFP. This way you can be sure the route is more or less correct. This is critical for us as we download the flight plan from datalink 99% of the time so we want to make sure the flight plan that has been downloaded, is the same as the flight plan we’ve been given by ops. Sometimes, flight plans change at the last minute! Having the complete flight plan in also helps when completing the INIT B page. If the complete route is in, when you enter the ZFW/ZFW C/G, the block fuel and trip winds, the TRIP/TIME figures on the left should be very accurate and again correspond with your trip/time figures off the OFP. Again this is a gross error check that the flight plan in the FMGC is correct. Incidentally, the mileage and trip/fuel figures in this example weren’t exactly the same as the OFP. I think that’s just a sim thing that gives a bit of a discrepancy. But inputting the whole route before you do the INIT B page is a good habit to get into. Once you’re airborne, THEN You can amend the arrival if it changes. 👍 Block fuel off the OFP. This is a minimum. If you need to add more fuel because of expected delays, bad weather en-route and at destination or tankering, don’t feel bad by adding to it. And ALWAYS round up! It’s on the conservative side. If block fuel is 8,440 kgs; round it up to a nice 8.5 tonnes. With respects to your take off trim. You really don’t need to calculate anything. Once you’ve loaded the required fuel, look at your CofG on the weight page. It will give you a loaded Mean Area Chord as a percentage (%). This is your take off stabiliser setting that you set after engine start. In this instance it was 26.26% rounded to 26.3%. So, when you’ve started the engines, move the trim wheel so that it’s at 26.3%. It’s not something I ever see you do to be fair. 🙈 😉 Again we don’t use units (up/down) of trim. We could get it wrong or mixed up! You won’t get the percentage wrong as it’ll only be one value. This is another reason why we don’t enter it on the Perf page. 👍

[@TommySV]

The transparency in your videos are just incredible

[@Nativusdes]

This is one of those videos you save in a playlist, in case you forget things one day. Much appreciated!

[@ronloveflying]

Hi Easyjetpilot, this tutorial video is helping me a lot to program the MCDU. I'm keeping this video to learn more and I'm watching it over and over again until I would be able to create a complete flight plan. So, thanks my teacher.

[@spelcoadam]

Best MCDU tutorial on KZbin I found so far

[@antonios8922]

Best lesson about MCDU tutorial I have seen. Thanks!!

[@billyjjackson]

I had fun following this tutorial, and I look forward to your more advanced stuff once I grasp the basics - thanks!

[@nivedhnair3299]

THE BEST MCDU tutorial on KZbin EVER!

[@abarth003]

A great tutorial. Exactly what I was looking for. Thank you!

[@geoffreyharding9531]

Excellent video. A terrific help for novices like me. Very much appreciated.

[@CrispyRoboChicken]

You can skip all the scrolling for direct waypoints. In the flight plan just enter the next waypoint in the scratchpad. If you then press a button next to an existing waypoint in the flight plan it will add the one from your scratchpad above that. So enter your waypoint, press the destination button and done. Saves a ton of time and no scrolling required. (Works an the A320NX mod, not sure about the vanilla)

[@eeen8513]

@Easyjetsimpilot, thanks for that video it was just what I was looking for after having probs with a couple of flights, helps my old brain to get round loading it .

[@AndyIvey]

You beat me to it Garth - I was going to reply the same. Almost certain this nifty shortcut does not work in vanilla A320. Great video!

[@terrymc3873]

Big help! Thank you also for the link to update the aircraft on SimBrief. Nice work.

[@beingamit]

Awesome, awesome tutorial. As always so informative and such detailed. Thanks for sharing the vast knowledge you got !

[@Easyjetsimpilot]

Thank you for watching.

[@dreamliner5112]

Fantastic Video which is very helpful. Thanks a lot for taking your time to explain things so detailed. Stay safe and have a calm weekend. Cheers from Berlin

[@Easyjetsimpilot]

Thank you. Safe landings.

[@CraigyBabyJ]

Best one av seen was able to follow it as you spoke well done. just need a weather input one now will check if you did one.

[@Easyjetsimpilot]

Thank you. This explains how to get the weather in the MCDU:- kzbin.info/www/bejne/fGHZoX5rp9yggdU

[@sergeantvigil5132]

Very big respect and a big thanks for you my boi! : )

[@sky173]

Thanks you for this outstanding tutorial! This is exactly what I was looking for!

[@Easyjetsimpilot]

Your very welcome.

[@Abdullz-u3p]

Thank you very much ,, this is the easiest tutorial I have ever seen

[@anwaralattar3238]

Very descriptive content, thank you!

[@dkaviation1906]

a bunch of y waypoints arent showing up as in data base

[@dominiquez5643]

Master class ! Thank you EasyJet !!

[@WDXash]

Excellently delivered and so very useful. Thank you 👍

[@alexandersnider734]

Super clear tutorial, thanks man. Also, I believe KGEG is Spokane, which is like... Seattle's evil brother.

[@tphgg_0480]

Thanks man! Now i know how to use FMC 🥰🥰

[@Easyjetsimpilot]

You're welcome! Hope it helps.

[@SuperPainlich]

hey hey awesome vid hope you will go on with that stuff! have only 1 question how do you get that layout from your simbrief pdf mine is always different....

[@billyjjackson]

'OFP Layout' drop down menu on the right hand side whilst editing your flight plan, set to EZY (at least it looks the same to me).

[@Edyn1211]

The FlyByWire team will very soon add sim brief plan integration. So it won’t be long until this tutorial will be replaced by just a few MCDU clicks.

[@Easyjetsimpilot]

Agreed, that will be a great time saver. However, not realistic, as in the real world you'd have to still program items in (if they can company routes working however, that is realistic & would be fantastic!)

[@ralphconnell8163]

Excellent, thanks. I'm finding the Ezy Sim brief plan easier to follow. The CG was getting me every time too. More practice needed. But very helpful.

[@stefaandk]

Thanks for the vid, informative as always. I'm curious how do you get the CG info to display when selecting fuel from the menu, all I see are the numbers, no center of gravity info shows once loaded into the sim, I only get that in the main menu which is a bit of a pain.

[@教官我想飛]

Thanks for this tutorial. awesome video. I was wondering what is that software to display the flight plan on the screen at the same time with MCDU while recording?

[@Easyjetsimpilot]

I use OBS.

[@embecmom5863]

great tutorial .. always drives me nuts the different weights in simbrief vs the sim.. now I can sort it.. in the old pmdg737 mcdu you could hit the arrow key to re input data rather than having to re type it is that something that needs added or is it diff for the a320?

[@Majd_Saad]

Guys , why there is no sids in my FP route ??

[@baf_mcnab3065]

Very good tutorial. Coming from Boeings, entering waypoints in the Airbus computer seems a bit long winded. By the way you do know that you can 'pop out' any of your panels in MSFS ? Hold down right Alt and left click on the panel ;) - keep up the good work.

[@Easyjetsimpilot]

Yes, I just need get the streaming software to recognise them. In the real A320, if your flight plan is mostly made up of airways, then you can just enter airway after airway & the waypoints will auto populate. This isn't yet working in MSFS however.

[@baf_mcnab3065]

@@Easyjetsimpilot Ah interesting, think I need to play more with it. Used to have all of the paper charts, stopped simming for around 15 years, now getting back into it :) - thanks for the prompt reply.

[@jankrolak]

Hey, I don’t know whether you’ve mentioned it, but which OFP Layout are you using for SimBrief? Thank you!

[@Easyjetsimpilot]

Easyjet 😉 EZY

[@jankrolak]

@@Easyjetsimpilot Thank you!

[@ronloveflying]

Awesome tutorial. You're the best of the best. Curiosity, where you're from? I'm from Malta. Thanks for the tutorial.

[@Easyjetsimpilot]

Sheffield in the UK. :-)

[@ungabunga246]

Thank you. Very nice video

[@Easyjetsimpilot]

Thank you. Hope it answered any questions you might have had.

[@markthespyderrider6641]

Very informative. Thank you for taking the time to explain the process.

[@Easyjetsimpilot]

You're welcome.

[@sup2692]

You can enter your waypoints by clicking directly on KSEA. It save lot of time.

[@magicnorm2036]

Thank you for this video. I’ve noticed that your SimBrief profile has changed. I suppose it was corrected to match the latest MSFS A320 NEO?

[@Easyjetsimpilot]

Yes. Weights are there to match the A320N in MSFS2020 & the fuel burn.

[@captpugwash3510]

Excellent presentation - thank you kindly

[@nerdMike]

Why on my Simbried report I have very very few waypoints? Sometimes cannot find the proper arrivarl or departure into the MCDU because of that. I only have very few waypoints and usually it shows me "dct" on the closet ones to the airport, difficult then to chose the proper departure way. If I do the same for this flight seems complete enough the OP Route but on other cases I'm missing the most important parts, depature and arrival routes. I'm able to complete the route, end the flight, etc.. but I lose lot of time by findind proper routes at the beginning.. What to do also the some waypoints, stars and router are missing in the game? No need to insert speed or FL on any waypoint? (expecially the departures and the arrival routes)

[@airbusloverorboeinglover2295]

This is the best tutorial for this Thankyou so so much

[@yakjak1]

Great tutorial , thank you very much

[@phillnelson4864]

Hi. thanks for a good and informative video. I am still wondering though if there is any advantage to using the SimBrief flight plan as opposed the MSFS on board flight planner. What are the advantages?

[@Easyjetsimpilot]

SimBrief deliveries a fully functional operational flight plan (OFP) presented to you in a format that real world pilots get, including all your weights, weathers etc.

[@paull502]

Outstanding - many, many thanks.

[@retiredtravazapper2827]

I’m having so much dificulty, first time doing this and the my fmc always don’t recognize some airway or waypoint and don’t acept any more of them i’m stuck and don’t know how to reset it to start over aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa

[@retiredtravazapper2827]

I got it, i reseted the fms, done it again and had to skip one waypoint that was giving me problems, all the rest went well, i tried so many tutorials but your’s the best one, thank you!

[@BobbyTheFarmer]

Great video, thank you im learning for when the Xbox version comes out.

[@CarlosHernandez-ws4bx]

This was new to learn just started learning wish me luck 🙏

[@karantripathi85]

Wow.. amazing 👏

[@Abdul..]

You did well. But you forget to tell us about how to set the altitude in FMC. and then the question, is the FMC will follow the same altitude in waypoints or did I need to increase/discreet the altitude manually from autopilot?

[@Easyjetsimpilot]

You do not set the altitudes in the FMGC. Your altitude is controlled via the FCU when on autopilot.

[@Somemastermind21]

@@Easyjetsimpilot Please respond, but when entering autopilot the plane just descends aggressively… please help

[@if8102]

Thank you for this excellent tutorial. I tried today to copy it and it seems that with updates made to MSFS2020 in the months since you prepared this, the MCDU screens have changed. I do not have TRIP WIND appearing on the Fuel Prediction page, and I can't locate it. I've looked around the MCDU but without locating it. As a side comment, when I double click on the ZFW/ZFWCG then the calculations are done by the MCDU and the data is filled in.

[@Easyjetsimpilot]

Check out the real world proceedures tutorial series. These are more up to date.

[@mcduffrobert]

Great videos, your the one that got me flying the 320. I am a rookie, but at least I can take off and land now..lol. I do have a question though, what liveries pack do you use?

[@Easyjetsimpilot]

I download individual liveries from flightsim.to , this way, I only have 3-4 liveries at a time rather than hundreds. Saves on space & loading times.

[@mcduffrobert]

@@Easyjetsimpilot thank youi, one other question...at least for now...i see when your adding your weights and fue,l you have a choice of L and KG. I dont have that, i only have a choice of GAL-LB. How do I change that?

[@barrett2724]

Could you do a tutorial on all the different procedures for emergencies just curious about that and perhaps for the radio settings just getting into Airbuses I am a bit of a noob.

[@Easyjetsimpilot]

It's on the to do list. However it is actually really difficult to correctly simulate everything that must be done by a 2-man crew in the flightdeck following an emergency procedure.

[@barrett2724]

@@Easyjetsimpilot I understand completely and one last questions how do you get to the easy jet load out for sim brief I have a plan made I just don’t know how to move it into that format

[@Easyjetsimpilot]

@@barrett2724 On the right hand side of the planning screen on SimBrief, there is a OFP layout drop.down menu. Select EZY. 👍

[@migoxs]

Grate video, help me a lot. Only one question, a can’t find the trip wind on the SimBrief flight plan, can you help me. Thank you

[@Easyjetsimpilot]

Every OFP layout is different. I use the EZY layout and it is on the bottom of the top right hand side column near your cruise level / temperature.

[@royalgreenlantern]

OMG I been looking for this thank you so much

[@kapilapatikiriachchige5169]

Clearly explained :):)

[@josephgambino9382]

Hi EasyJetSimPilot, Informative Video, Thanks for the Details, Have one question , where do i get the Trip Wind information. i dont see it on sim brief.. Cheers

[@Easyjetsimpilot]

All of the different flight plans display their information differently. The plan I use is the Easyjet layout (this can be selected from the drop-down menu on the top right hand side of SimBrief)

[@josephgambino9382]

@@Easyjetsimpilot Thanks , I found it . 👍👌

[@dmc8483]

Very good tutorial, I learned a couple of new things today having moved over from the pmdg 737 on p3d to mfs2020. Big help, I do have 1 question and it may be a silly one, after inputting the flight plan can we use mfs atc and request ifr following?

[@Easyjetsimpilot]

Yes. As long as your at the terminal, request the IFR fly plan.

[@salvoreitano74]

you are the best!

[@LanceOperative]

Have they updated the way the information is layout in the flight plan? I'm very new to flight sims and would love to learn this, and the way you have yours laid out makes so much sense, however when I generate my own flight plan, it looks different and I cant find the information to enter into the FMC/MCDU?

[@fw190pilot7]

Thank you for a great video! Idiot question: where is the setting to change the fuel page from Gallons to Pounds to pounds to litres ?

[@Easyjetsimpilot]

From memory, I think it's in the settings menu, under 'Misc'

[@fw190pilot7]

Yep its in Misc change setting to Hybrid

[@stevebeal73]

Really great! Thank you.

[@hbowsun9111]

Great Video! What's DECEL? It pops up by itself, and can't be deleted. Is seems causing issues every time flying through DECEL point.

[@Easyjetsimpilot]

The DECEL point actually works perfectly in MSFS 2020. It is a imaginary waypoint near your destination which when flown over, will put your aircraft automatically into the APPROACH PHASE of the flight and start to slow your aircraft down for landing (if your speed is set to managed mode). It also let's the aircraft know that you are about to land and so won't be shouting 'Too Low, Terrain' alarms at you etc.

[@theaeronauticsfanboy7996]

thanks for the tutorial

[@Easyjetsimpilot]

You're welcome.

[@JackassGaming91]

Thank you. Very detail!

[@RichieTheFoodie]

Thanks for this

[@Antoine-Zim]

Great tutorial on the MCDU. Clear and informative. My FS2020, on the weight & balance just gives me the payload in Pds and Gal. How can I switch to Kg?

[@knightatnite]

I am getting a waypoint mismatch when entering a waypoint from a SimBrief plan into the MCDU of A320N FBW. Both airacs are up to date. Any help is highly appreciated. And thank you for your entertaining and rich videos that are helping many of us learn this very nice hobby.

[@chrisredfield6274]

It's funny it gave you the alternate as KGEG because I just did a flight from KSEA to KGEG. That's from Seattle Int to Spokane Int. Spokane is about 220 miles from Seattle and it's about a 5 hour drive, but a very quick flight.

[@crazybooyar5704]

excellent work young fella very happy

[@willardfreeman9804]

this helped so much , thank you!!

[@AM-on5ql]

Very good job. What to do when airways/waypoints are « not in database »? From zurich to city there are 10 points and half of them are not in the database… also, how do we know if it’s lbs or kgs? Thanks

[@AM-on5ql]

Also, « entry out of range » when inputting zfw/zfwcg, and simbrief’s star and sid are not in the mcdu either…

[@rodneyjburns]

Hi, what settings are you running, or do you have a video about that? You appear to have almost the exact same specs as me yet yours looks so much better! This video is excellent as always. Very helpful.

[@Easyjetsimpilot]

Mostly high, with a few medium for minor things & ultra for Vector Terrain & Volumetric Clouds.

[@rodneyjburns]

@@Easyjetsimpilot Thanks :)

[@danilomihaljcic]

Thank you very much for navigraph!!!

[@lestergomez2360]

awesome tutorial but why in the 16:38 minute it says via grify can u explain me that

[@Easyjetsimpilot]

This is a waypoint that we would be using in our approach routing. Working out which 'via' to use can be trial and error, unless you have the aerodrome charts from Navigraph for example so you can see which approach you are using.

[@akasharka8344]

hi in the msfs flight plan screen should we select vfr or high altidtude airways because if i load the plan from simbrief all the waypoints are already entered in my fmc.what option should i select vfr or high altitude airways to get just the departure and destination airports on the flight plan screen and then enter the waypoints manually from simbrief

[@eelmin3776]

Hi I'm not sure how to implement ATG25R at the end, this is my flight plan route LQSA/11 DCT BOSNA DCT PESAT DCT LANUX DCT HDO DCT ATGUP ATG25R EDDB/25R

[@RafayM.]

So, when I follow my route on SimBreif and try to put in the MCDU, some Airways or STARS aren't there. Is this because of me running the old AIRAC cycle?

[@animediaCOM]

In my Sim, the CG is not shown on the payload and fuel page when the simulation has already started. It's only shown when opened via the "globe page". Did you use a mod to bring that information up? Thanks for the tutorials!

[@Easyjetsimpilot]

The window just needs opening up. Literally 're-size the window to the right to make it bigger to display that info.

[@animediaCOM]

@@Easyjetsimpilot Thank you, I didn't think of resizing.

[@ethan5554]

Good video. Can anyone help I selected my arrival but that star wasn’t there that’s on my flight plan. Is this a known issue or have I done something wrong?

[@elbapino6531]

Thks ! thks ! thks !

[@RealLodoss]

Question: During inputting the flight plan, after selecting your SID, are you able to scroll down to your last waypoint in the F-Plan, select it and select “Airways” and input airways and waypoints on that page instead, rather than doing the scroll down for every waypoint?

[@Easyjetsimpilot]

Yes and know. This flight plan didn't have too many airways in it. But you should be able to put in airway after airway if your plan has them.

[@emsss78]

You can now fuel instantly using the EFB...that would be much easier..anyways very clear tutorial.

[@Easyjetsimpilot]

You can, but ensure the timing is set to realistic, to have realistic timings 👍

[@karelvangeel3061]

Nice tutorial. When I enter the star in the fmc after ATC clearence and press INSERT the AC starts to rotate 180 degrees. When I do the input before take off it works perfectly. What could be the problem?

[@Aleksandar6ix]

Thank you! Looks like I caught a glitch though...you were negative on fuel to your alternate destination.

[@Easyjetsimpilot]

The fuel burn in the aircraft isn't yet accurate so in fact, you burn a lot less fuel than you plan to. This will change in new upcoming FBW releases.

[@LandoCalr]

Which OFP layout is this? I use DAL and mine looks NOTHING like this.

[@Patrick-ui5pc]

Its the one that the lufthansa group uses. Bit i forgot how its called. Maybe dlh or something like that

[@Steveobobevo]

Are you using ezdock to transition between views?

[@MohammadBari79]

Thisbis very helpful Thank you

[@jrparrow8157]

Excellent, thank you very much.

[@pramodmathur2055]

How did you scroll on the MCDU screen for checking the flightplan? I have a suggestion - there are some softwares available which make your cursor highlighted in the video, so if you could uses it then the viewers will be able to follow your cursor.

[@Easyjetsimpilot]

Go to the F-PLN page and use the up/down arrows.

[@Astro_Ophiuchus]

Great tutorial… my default A320 doesn’t look like that on my MSFS2020. Most of the buttons don’t work at all. How do I input the info?

[@Easyjetsimpilot]

Ensure that you have the Flybywire mod

[@Natethegreat2357]

How did you get your sim brief page to be organized like that because when I set my flight plan up it was totally different

[@stuartbailey5484]

How do I make it an easyjet plan in simbrief buddy. I'm a complete novice but loving your patience with us.

[@Easyjetsimpilot]

On the Simbrief planning page, right hand side, select OFP LAYOUT - EZY.

[@aarndub0760]

How do you know if you need to insert a via or a transition im so confused when to use them

[@eagle1107flyer]

Why does my radio NAV page show LS/FREQ instead of ILS/FREQ ?

[@Easyjetsimpilot]

This is the way it is displayed on the Honeywell system.

[@danielclare2079]

Good vid, I created a flight plan on the MCDU and ATC didn’t assign my Cruise alt FL350 but they assigned me FL100 instead

[@alainthiry3965]

you can import simbrief plan in fms directly with a32nx

[@Easyjetsimpilot]

You can (now), but not when this video was created. Also, sometime datalink in the real world goes down, so always good practice to know how to do it manually.

[@alainthiry3965]

@@Easyjetsimpilot it is useful to say that for readers of this, not for you personnally!... LOL