MSFS 2020 | AEROSOFT CRJ | TUTORIAL: How to fly a simple flight in the CRJ

Get started quickly with the CRJ 700 in this easy to follow Buy it and Fly it tutorial. I will teach you everything you need to know to fly a basic flight in just over an hour, as I fly Air France HOP! flight 7503 from Toulon-Hyères to Paris Orly, following real-world procedures.
By starting in the turnaround state, we are able to skip a number of checks because we can be absolutely certain of how the aircraft is configured. Aside from this, I strive for realism throughout. To keep things as easy to follow as possible, I show you what to do and when to do it, but I leave out complex explanations of the whys and wherefores of what I'm doing.
I would encourage to use this video as a first step. There is a lot more to learn about this aircraft than I can show you in an hour. Once you've mastered the basics, build upon what you've learnt with the excellent manuals and The Dude's fascinating and detailed Come Fly with Me series (kzbin.info/aero/PLk....
NB: Since publishing this tutorial, I have been advised that LFTH is missing from the sim by default, so you either need the payware scenery below or this freeware to follow along with this route: flightsim.to/file/4228/lfth-t...
Routing: LFTH/23 JULEE2E JULEE DCT MRM UM976 PIBAT PIBAT9W LFPO/25
Weather: Few Clouds
Time: Start at 09:30 local for a scheduled 10:00 departure
ZFW: 27570kg
Block Fuel: 4331kg
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LINKS TO ADD-ONS USED
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Aerosoft CRJ 700
AzurPoly Toulon-Hyères: secure.simmarket.com/azurpoly...
JetStream Designs Paris Orly: www.jetstream-designs.com/lfp...
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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
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MSFS GRAPHICS SETTINGS
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[@lgvdbroek]

This is what a tutorial should look like. No crazy background music. Calmly speaking with visual aids. Top video. Thanks man. Regards from EHRD

[@bmw_m4255]

needs more music and filters

[@OkOk-jt2ct]

@@bmw_m4255 It doesn’t need any music, filters nor any crazy effects. I came for a full in depth tutorial not a music video/epic montage where I can barely hear/see what he’s doing. A tutorial is meant to be easy and straightforward, and I understood every single part he did, I was no distracted. Clicked on the video to gain knowledge, left the video with knowledge. Exactly like a tutorial should be.

[@markelvinstudio]

You know people are following this tutorial when during my first flight, I see other people, in CRJ's, all heading towards Paris Orly!! - great tutorial, thanks

[@PabloGardening]

At last the very first decent payware aircraft for MSFS2020

[@anijeetkanjilal4183]

Airliner*

[@v2highlights554]

The spitfire and JF piper are worth it as well. Great few weeks for the payware planes

[@Tehlongcat]

JF Arrow is good too.

[@MrRailfan]

@@serbwarcriminal it's like half the price of the planes before MSFS came out. Before planes were 80 to 120+

[@mahmoudmahany3489]

@@MrRailfan I just can't wait till I see flight simulators newcomers' reactions when PMDG release their 737 xD

[@TheStingator]

Great video as always, a good resource for first time fliers of this jet. I must admit even after watching The Dude's video course the depth of this CRJ mod had my head spin a bit on my first few flights, so this fly-through was great for cutting through the clutter. Here's hoping developers are looking closely at this mod for a clue to how much more realism we appreciate in more study-level aircraft. Much appreciated!

[@volkerjansen3901]

Thank you for this wonderful "simple" tutorial, really enjoyed watching it. I only did a few circuits and ILS landings in the CRJ until now, so a flight similar to your will hopefully be the next stop.

[@anthonysullivan5197]

Great tutorial-will be referring to this once I buy and install the CRJ.

[@ulvar51]

What a tutorial! Its absolutely to the point for a “first timer” in this aircraft. I really liked the format which gives you what you need to get it up and running… then… after a few flights you can hop over to your other more into depth videos. A big thank you Sir!

[@canprince]

This was fantastic. I learned so much from the flight. Your delivery of complex information is second to none and I really appreciate it.

[@erixon87]

Your voice is pure perfection! Calm and learning. Keep up the good work man!

[@sparkymarky68]

This is such a complex plane - but i love it. Bought it today and tried the tutorial once...took me about 40 minutes just to take off....the descent was a loss....no TOD, no ILS capture and a very bumpy manual high-speed landing (all of which was my fault). I love this tutorial - whilst The Dude is very thorough in his videos, its good to know the basics, and then add the detail once you have that down. I am going to try your flow from the turn around (also need to sort out some views - found I was turning switches every time I zoomed in or out). Great tutorial - well done. Look forward to seeing you stream some live flights now :)

[@deichkieker1930]

Very, very good tutorial Filbert. Thank you very much, for your amazing work and effords. Now I understand much more of the CRJ. The Vids from the Dude are good, too, but you have a much better way to teach the essentials in a shorter time. Btw. your perfect clearly spoken English, helps me, to understand all, without problems. Thank you, and greetings from Northern Germany. Olli

[@Drawyah]

A massive thank you for this, fantastic reference point when flying earlier on to remind myself of CRJ operation!

[@FilbertFlies]

My pleasure, glad you found it helpful :-)

[@adkadk407]

@@FilbertFlies my question is only on this aircraft we need to manually feed the FMS ? On A320 MSFS2020 automatically puts in.

[@FilbertFlies]

@@adkadk407 Yes, you either need to manually input your flight plan or import one from simbrief (kzbin.info/www/bejne/jHnJeGOQjN9lrqs)

[@adkadk407]

@@FilbertFlies Thanks for the reply I will follow the youtube link and keep you posted !

[@daviddanser8011]

Great tutorial, all you need to know without all the ‘useless checks’. Thank you very much!! Great that it’s from the turnaround state as this is what is used most anyway.

[@hakonher5437]

Thank You very much for this video. Have seen all the vids from The Dude, and will use them at a later stage. For now I find Your brilliant video to better help me out as a rookie on this aircraft.

[@rickykelleher9833]

Tried to do a flight a minute ago and failed miserably. There's lot of little things to remember on this aircraft. Very helpful video!

[@EddiZ-BZ]

Hi, sorry if I will remember You that the Check Lists are made to prevent to "remember" and/or forget procedures steps. I worked in a light planes company and one of my jobs are to create the Check lists. See you in the sky's

[@tenpatrol]

The best CRJ tutorial. Thank you @FilbertFlies

[@ToxicDover]

Thanks so much for putting this together! Really helped flesh out the descent activities for me.

[@owenklein1917]

Just moved from Xbox to pc and this is the first plane I bought as I wanted it for so long. This tutorial is great. Aerosoft said they would release the plane to Xbox but they never will so for that reason, along with all other devs never releasing stuff to Xbox, I got a 1500 dollar pc lol

[@commentingpausedtoprotectus]

I love learning to pilot these aircraft whilst flying (hopefully!) along with these videos - great work and really enjoyable as always :)

[@loki977]

Thanks for your very understandable lovely british accent. As french its helping me a lot.

[@FilbertFlies]

You're welcome 😊

[@Thom518]

Great tutorial for a great fly. Thank you very much Filbert.

[@calegonrj]

Thanks for sharing. Keep flying and improving the procedures. Good job!!!

[@Lighthousemaker]

You are well forgiven for any mistakes, this is a tricky little plane to fly and very different from my cushy b737. Not an easy video to create with so much going on and no first officer to reduce the workload. Well done! :)

[@stefanbenzinger9465]

An excellent video, thank you very much! Exactly what I needed for the weekend.

[@BrooksIngersoll]

Fantastic video. Easy to follow. The flight plan waypoints have changed (2208) when I used Simbrief and I still crashed into the woods just shy of the runway but you gave me enough info to get it right the next time. Thanks again for the great tutorial!!

[@Dennis-xs9cn]

great tutorial thankyou. I very much like the more laid back style. keep it up young man, you are helping a lot of newbies like me

[@PaulieCav777]

Just Purchased these 4 Birds yesterday Fil,...CRJ 550,700,900,&1000, on ORBX for Black Friday $61. U.S. Dollars or so, total. I Was Flying by the "Seat of my pants" & couldnt get the AP to Stay engaged,...NOW, Thanks to you, I will Correct my "Passenger Puking Behaviors" !! Another Greatly Appreciated VIDEO,...THANKYOU VERY MUCH Filbert !! Happy Landings to You (:-)

[@mitchellhuffmenne6408]

Thank you for the tutorial! Will be very useful when I buy the plane.

[@akuzmenko]

Very nice tutorial! Never flown CRJ before, so it is good to move from Airbus and Boeing to try something different.

[@philipg6463]

Well I am the 700th thumbs up for this video..that says a lot. I am in the grasp of purchasing this airliner and cant wait to follow your Do As I Say not Do As I Do Thanks Filbert

[@Agt0rang3]

Gonna make me buy this beauty eh? Excelent Tutorial!

[@EddiZ-BZ]

Nice...I fly the CRJ from some months but I discover some interesting thinks in this video. Thank You

[@erikkijktvideos]

Great tutorial, really helped me through the first flights!

[@CMACJAZZ]

Excellent presentation calm and flexible narrative, I think this aircraft beyond my capabilities at the moment maybe in the future, looks a great study category aircraft. Thanks for the video.

[@Captain_Diego]

What a brilliant tutorial! Thank you!

[@Aleksandar6ix]

Finally an aircraft I actually have to learn. Though, the only issue I have is with throttle response. The N1 indications don't match what the throttle levers are doing. I pull back a little, and they creep up. I add throttle and N1 rolls back. The VR throttle levers match what my physical throttle is doing. This is making speed management difficult. Cruise speed is apparently capable of mach 0.8 right at redline.

[@Dennis-xs9cn]

I've been through this tutorial several times now and it has helped me tremendously but I find that I need to keep referring back and forth as I fly to fully understand what is happening, why and where the switches are etc. By no means a criticism at all, as Your video is fantastic for me and others, but this is just what I personally need to do to fully implement. As a result I have gone through very slowly and noted all the salient points step by step and typed 12 pages of comprehensive tutorial notes for myself and a wingman in the Sim. I believe it may help others and will share it on Google Drive or similar with your permission. I have given you full credit for the video tutorial and of course am not looking to commercialize anything but simply add helpful notes. Brilliant tutorial for newbies at jets like myself. Thank you.

[@FilbertFlies]

Yes, please feel free! Thank you.

[@udomonkos]

Very helpful tutorial, Thank you!

[@LemureDeiCampiElisi]

I like this video and the way you make the mistakes I do but without insulting anybody.

[@RayKit]

You really are a great guy. very funny. I laughed and learned. Thank you for your time.

[@aircerodoce]

Thanks a lot man! Only one step LEFT! buying the plane, thanks for sharing man thanks a lot, new sub

[@FilbertFlies]

Pleasure. Welcome to the channel.

[@rrhill113]

What a pleasant tutorial you made!

[@barthandelus8340]

Top notch, great video!!!! Subbed.

[@steveclarkemedia]

Excellent. Clear and simple.

[@rodneyjburns]

Amazing. So helpful and well explained. Thank you :)

[@redwatch1100]

Good video Filbert. I saved it for later. I'm buying this thing.

[@lisshala6258]

Thanks for the tutorial . Followed it step for step and got a -63fpm landing . Not stable in the final tho . Will get better with time . Keep up the grate work. :)

[@robk7196]

This helped me a TON! Thanks so much!

[@anthonyguerra8285]

Thanks a lot, It helped me a lot and I enjoyed your little sens oh humour ;) Keep doing the work. Anthony Guerra.

[@tc223]

Fantastic tutorial, well done and Thank you. Took alot of frustration out for me. This a great first CRJ for FS2020 and you took alot of the guesswork out. Great Job!

[@lknfly1166]

Very well explained, good job Sir! (as usual) ! ;-)

[@crazyloverd]

Excellent tutorial.

[@cmibm6022]

Excellent tutorial - and the landing was no too bad ;-)

[@FlyFastFlyHigh]

Hi there, first following you're amazing tutorial on the CJ4 by working title (I'm totally new to liners etc I'm comming from DCS and Falcon xD), I wan't something bigger and buy the CRJ with some fear... But you're tutorial are all I need, very friendly way to learn things, that's a thumb up and a new suscriber, thank you for what you do for us!

[@FilbertFlies]

My pleasure! Glad you're finding the tutorials useful and welcome to the channel. :-)

[@cryptonilla9926]

out of all the years that i have flown MS flight sim - this really will challenge me I have always put off learning the CDU/MFD - i bought this airplane and wondering " WHAT THE HELL HAVE I GOTTEN MYSELF INTO" - I have to practice practice practice.....ESp before going over to VATSIM....Thanks for an AWESOME tutorial!

[@RayKit]

Hows it going so far?

[@BtcSimmer]

Thank you for the video! Subscribed!

[@rylabics4647]

Excelent tutorial, top, thank you!

[@Luke-wx5bu]

Really want 2 try this out soon. For a change from the airbuses✈️

[@BrooksIngersoll]

A year later and I used current data and didn't cras this time. Thanks again for the video. P.S. Mistakes are welcome! LOL

[@FilbertFlies]

Ah I'm pleased! And I have no regrets about leaving the mistakes in ;-)

[@brentspringer2317]

Thank you so much!!!! this is great

[@rocotoreda]

Well done - Thx (I certainly need more of those ;-)

[@CrashEd1664]

Great tutorial - many thanks 👍

[@SimFanatic]

Great job and thank you for the video!

[@rcheliguygb]

Wow. Great tutorial

[@AntonioGarcia-kp3df]

Thank you very much for the tutorial.

[@marco3076]

Really good tutorial, I have learnt a lot from one viewing. I only wish I could fly it as well as you. Thanks a lot.

[@FilbertFlies]

And I wish I could fly it as well as The Dude! 😂 You'll get there - it does get easier with practice.

[@jhogoboom]

Thanks for this!!

[@petejazzmanwilliams2779]

Good job - thanks!!

[@kristhecelt1852]

Very good tutorial but can I suggest that some of us are working with small notebook screens it would be so much better if when setting up the flight plan you zoomed in a bit closer.

[@seandonno9248]

Great video, so many thanks. I am struggling with managing speeds and descent rates, but practise makes perfect, as they say!

[@FilbertFlies]

You're not alone - I am too! Getting better though, which is the main thing. 🙂

[@seandonno9248]

@@FilbertFlies Properly set up Throttle Quadrant would help I think. I am using the TCA Airbus sidestick with slider throttle at the moment. Very on or off LOL

[@FilbertFlies]

@@seandonno9248 yeah, I could do with one of those too. I'm in the same boat - using the slider on my T16000.M. It's getting easier with practice though, and I recommend disarming the thrust reverses for taxiing cos then you can just use 0 throttle for idle.

[@NaviSim101]

Very good tutorial. Thanks! ~Rm ;-)

[@06L]

Very useful and short list as i like. Thanks from CYUL (i'm looking for Brazilian Airline livery ;-) !

[@aviationnexus6101]

👩‍✈Excellent instruction.

[@Sovek86]

I'm probably gonna be flying this sucker quite a bit until I get my hands on a 737. I'm actually planning a flight where I depart GSP to PHL, and from PHL make my way to SEA, then from SEA to ANC, ANC to either ANA or NRT, I havn't figured out which one yet.

[@marklindigitalerklarung4869]

Wow this is smoth

[@bluesfool1]

Nice!

[@razalom66]

LOL you didnt start the Chrono so flight didnt count! :) Great video mate appreciate the ones you are putting out.

[@boray43]

Thank you

[@Koolkole27]

They need more ifr aircraft with this planes detail it will be way more fun with more aircraft with this pre flight stuff and such I love that kind of stuff!!

[@KomradeDoge]

For the idle detents on the throttles, I like to jiggle my physical throttles a tiny bit forward and back to get them perfectly 0 on the idle detent without worrying about recaging them.

[@MathijsKok]

Very nice video...

[@FilbertFlies]

Thank you :-)

[@signmanbob3834]

That was a perfectly stable approach. When you cross the threshold with the 50 foot warning, it is perfect.

[@FilbertFlies]

I'll take that, thanks! 😁

[@signmanbob3834]

@@FilbertFlies See! You're better than you thought!

[@andrieyPL]

thanks folk!

[@tjfSIM]

I'm really struggling to get to grips with this aircraft - this tutorial is fantastic though!

[@FilbertFlies]

It’s not an easy plane to fly. You’ll get there with practice though 🙂

[@tjfSIM]

@@FilbertFlies I hope so - I'm going to try recalibrating the throttles and have installed the latest updates so I'll give it another go. The last flight was disastrous, I couldn't get it to climb or descend properly, and ended up flying into the ground on final! 😂

[@miketendler]

Really nice intro to the CRJ - thank you!! On a side note - do you think you'll be doing an airport review of Drzewiecki Design's new KDCA Washington Reagan airport? It looks amazing!

[@FilbertFlies]

Thanks! Yes, one day. I have a bit of a backlog and I need some time off, but it will happen.

[@Aleksandar6ix]

Rather than driving by vs, VNAV PATH also works taking consideration at or above restrictions.

[@FilbertFlies]

This aircraft doesn't have coupled VNAV. Essentially, what I do in this tutorial with the vertical speed control is to follow the VNAV path, which is indicated by the snowflake on the PFD. I believe coupled VNAV is an option you can turn on, but which only the newer CRJs (the 900 & 1000) have in the real world.

[@morid1n]

You should have seen my first 2 landings. Basically someone at LOWI and LOWS had words with me for ignoring all the rules. No passengers were harmed in the recording of those 2 videos though.

[@privelegec2012]

Super awesome tutorial! I've tried at least 4 flights and I can't get V speeds or the alt to work together. I'll keep trying. I'm not a quitter.

[@FilbertFlies]

Thanks! How do you mean to work together? V speeds and altitude hold are not linked. Before takeoff, set your desired altitude. After taking off, accelerate to V2+10, then engage speed mode. Dial the speed up to 250 below 10,000 feet then 290 above it. Follow the flight directors (or engage Autopilot) to climb to your cruising altitude at the speed you have set. Then the aircraft should level off at the altitude you have set, and from then on you managed the speed using the throttles.

[@guilbair.radiostream]

Thx to do this at LFTH 😍😍😍😍

[@dondykeman1140]

Great tutorial… can’t wait to try this plane… will Aerosoft have the CRJ 900 variant as well?

[@FilbertFlies]

Yep, they're working on a 900/1000 add-on. :-)

[@hiortintexasracing]

I think it was a nice landing

[@AV8RSim]

Great video Filbert!!! How did you get the TOD to show up and recommended vertical speed to show up on descent? Mine just shows the next waypoint (after my TOD) and the green circle doesn’t show

[@oiwagner]

Thanks so much I learned a lot. Just wonder: after capturing the glideslope shouldn't there a green diamond appear for guidance next to the altimeter?

[@conorbrown9512]

Butter landing

[@scr3crow]

Great video. I just bought the CRJ serie and I'm looking forward to fly it. Quick question, what software do you use to set up your flight plan and payload as seen on the right of the screen at 3:50 ? ps : you just won another subscriber, from France ;)

[@FilbertFlies]

SimBrief. www.simbrief.com :-) Thanks for the sub.

[@scr3crow]

@@FilbertFlies cheers mate !

[@haulperrel2547]

28:10 The most important part of the video for me was finding out where to hide the damn yoke.

[@alexandergalfano3187]

Holy shit this is insane

[@ChrissonatorOFL]

So, how do you create that flight plan that I see everyone use? Like, I create the flight plan in FS2020 when loading the sim, but how do people create the flight plan that they reference for setting up the flight systems?

[@zetato]

Hi, can you tell me if the CDU is completely undockable, with his keyboard (not only the display)? I'd like to move it on a secondary screen. Thanks.

[@MrSunlander]

Just hearing you say, "The Dude", was worth watching this video. BTW, I did not see a connection on Navigraph's data manager so how will it update the AIRAC?

[@FilbertFlies]

I'm not sure to be honest. Someone in the giveaway stream said that there's a new version of Navigraph's data manager that does include it... but I haven't tried it myself yet.