MSFS | ATR72-600 Tutorial - Episode 1 - Cold & Dark + Pre-Flight Set Up! [4K]

This video marks Episode 1 of my new Microsoft Flight Simulator ATR Tutorial Series, aiming to help you get confident with the new MSFS ATR as easily as possible!
Across three episodes, we'll dive into a simple flight between Belfast Aldergrove, and Manchester Airport finishing with an ILS approach. I'll offer a few tips and thoughts along the way, and share ideas for dealing with some of the release-day bugs and issues we have to work around too.
Episode 1: Cold & Dark through to Pushback
We'll cover the following:-
- Introduction to the Flight Deck Layout
- Ground Power
- MCDU Set Up
- Weight / Balance
- Preparing for Push Back
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Disclaimer:- This tutorial video is not for real world use nor should it be considered flight training in any way. For home flight simulation use and entertainment purposes only.
Timings:
00:00 Intro
2:12 Throttle Calibration Overview
03:30 Flight Deck Layout Overview
09:20 Powering the Aircraft Up
10:20 Integrated Checklist Overview
11:10 MCDU Set Up incl. Weights
13:30 Route Input
18:10 PERF Setup
20:02 COM & Nav Overview
21:45 FCP Setup for Departure
24:07 Outro
Not for real world use and not to be considered flight training. For flight simulation only.
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[@antonycauser5934]

I have watched your complete set of videos and can only say thank you for time you have taken, the professional way you have gone about them and the clear, calm and understandable manner they are presented. I am in the "older" age bracket and have flown FS for 2 decades. My favourite aircraft was always the Q400 by Majestic so when this aircraft came out I tried it immediately. Initial thoughts were "what have I done"?? Clearly more complex than the Q400 in many way I have realised that once getting used to those complexities will doubtless give me hours of pleasure. This sir I is down to your guidance and hard work. So a million thanks for teaching this old dog new tricks!!

[@BritishAvgeek]

Antony that's very kind and I'm pleased the series has been really useful! I hope you are enjoying the ATR 🙂

[@antonycauser5934]

You are very welcome. Regrettably I currently find myself having to endure the wonderful world of chemotherapy. Today I spent some hours in hospital and decided to watch those videos again. To refresh a fading memory! That's how much I enjoy them! 😉

[@BritishAvgeek]

@@antonycauser5934 I do hope the chemo is going ok for you and I hope you fight the good fight. I'm honoured my videos provide you with some enjoyable content in tough times

[@Owencr905]

Understanding the plane very well after these tutorials. Thank you!

[@BritishAvgeek]

great to hear! thanks for the superthanks! :)

[@gliderfan6196]

Integrated Checklist explanation alone was worth like and sub. Thanks!

[@BritishAvgeek]

thanks! :)

[@liquitech1]

Great vids, mate. Simple and effective.

[@BritishAvgeek]

Great to hear, thanks!

[@jclarke1370]

Been holding off flying the ATR (ive flown in it, with not much success for fun) , because I know your tutorials are so informative now i'll be able to fly it more confidently! so thank you

[@thebahamiandude5072]

Right right, same here, even when I first started using vatsim!

[@BritishAvgeek]

Great to hear! The other episodes will follow quickly

[@BritishAvgeek]

@@thebahamiandude5072 appreciate it 🙂

[@mps_gaming1898]

Thank you very much for very nice informative cold and dark setup , just finished my flow shart for this :-)

[@BritishAvgeek]

Awesome!

[@yams900]

You've done well my friend ! Thx for the check list, by the way :)

[@BritishAvgeek]

You're most welcome! Hope you're enjoying the ATR so far

[@yams900]

@@BritishAvgeek I will enjoy a bit later, learning curve is steep ! There’s more to it compared to CRJ and MD82 :)

[@defect2889]

thanks for the update and video.....

[@yams900]

That’s probably the quickest and easiest way getting started :) I’m planning to learn the more complicated (and much longer) way, column by column from left to right. I’ll leave that for another day :)

[@user-cj7jj1re8l]

Well this is a jump up from the Cessna 😂 I would be lost without your videos. Thanks mate.

[@James_cooper_89]

Thanks for this!! Been pulling my hair out (what's left of it) all day with the route input screen freeze issue... Will give this a go in the morning 👍 cheers for the PDF as well

[@BritishAvgeek]

More than welcome, enjoy!

[@sammyv4468]

Thank you finally figured how to start this baby up 👍

[@BritishAvgeek]

Great to hear! Episode 2 is about to release covering hotel mode and everything through to initial climb after takeoff

[@alphazulu8946]

Nice video I didn't buy the plane but I still like to watch these videos. Thanks a lot for all of your vids and streams

[@BritishAvgeek]

You're most welcome - as long as you enjoy the video even without the aircraft that's all that matters, and if you later choose to buy it, even better you can re-watch!

[@alphabravo4402]

Thanks for the tutorial. I’m sure it will be fun to fly once I get my Honeycomb Bravo throttle calibrated properly. It’s been a challenge

[@BritishAvgeek]

Hope you got it sorted!

[@TeamSethRules]

By the way you showed the checklists and using the arrows to scroll. You actually have click spots to the left of the checklists in that space area. Top area is up middle area is down and bottom is enter. So easy to use. The click spots are shown on the EFB.

[@BritishAvgeek]

Great tip! I don't use them myself as I use a printable pdf checklist on another screen, so was using the real buttons to show the checklists. Thanks for sharing!

[@flyinion]

Thanks for the video. Hoping to get her in the air this weekend, been watching videos and playing with it on the ground. I think the airway inserting pages of waypoints is a bug, but inserting them before adding a STAR or approach at the destination seemed to prevent it. Part of that is apparently not manually typing the exit point but instead just clicking the LSK next to the orange boxes and then selecting from in that list. Also I noticed you didn't cover that the MSFS fuel/payload manager must be used. One other thing I learned is you can long press on the LSK's in the weight page and it will fill in the values from the MSFS load manager for you instead of having to type them.

[@BritishAvgeek]

It is a bug, but it's been fixed and will be sorted on Tuesday in an update 👍

[@chrmats4]

Great tutorial mate, thank you very much. Flight plan wise, it seems that you do not need to type in the waypoints/airways at all. You just click on the empty field (airway or waypoint), and you see a list of all the points connected to the last one entered (SID STAR) and select that.

[@BritishAvgeek]

Great tip, you can indeed do that (and we did that in my last atr live stream out of Shannon back to Bristol). The bugs around the flight planning have apparently been fixed too

[@dillon5155]

This doesn't happen for me? What am I doing wrong?

[@vin340600]

Also eager to see how you push back in hotel mode.. Gsx may support hotel mode in future but now we need to reverse on our own I guess.

[@BritishAvgeek]

As of this morning, GSX natively supports hotel mode so you can push and start without problem now

[@ralphconnell8163]

As usual. Very informative and helpful. I'm on tge verge of buying this aircrsft and this has reassured me. got a question. Your vids look so realistic. Are you using any reshades or is just 'vanilla' MSFS? Thankd for your time prducing these vids.

[@BritishAvgeek]

Thanks! No reshades, just default bing photogrammetry, default weather and everything like that

[@dohe521971]

Nice work, what addon are you using for ground services?

[@BritishAvgeek]

It's GSX Pro but only available on PC

[@mikeallen789]

Hi excellent video.So I can understand it a bit more as the what I’m entering into the MCDU, do you have a link to the actual flight plan you used for this flight ? I’d like to do this flight so I can learn and understand how the aircraft works etc. & learn what I need to feed into the MCDU. thanks

[@MojaveHigh]

I am just starting to watch this series. Are there any differences in procedures for the 42 vs the 72? I am starting with the 42 because I prefer the smaller size.

[@BritishAvgeek]

Nope, should all be the same

[@jay-rus4437]

How do you “move” so smoothly through the cabin, or on the ground around the plane? I havent found any camera within the sim that allows that.

[@ashc151]

Great tutorial, but could I please make a request that you do them in bright daylight, and not dull overcast conditions? It's sometimes quite hard to see what you're referring to because the cockpit is so dark 🙂

[@JonnyDeadly]

Thanks for the video. Any idea why the temperature gauge isn't animated for me? I've also had a lot of trouble taxiing as the rudder is pretty unresponsive.

[@BritishAvgeek]

Not sure to be honest it would be worth checking the MSFS forums

[@fingerhorn4]

Thanks for this but the cockpit flood and dome lights do not work. How did you make them work? In your video they seem to come on when you hit ground power switch.

[@XCougar85X]

Hey thanks for the video. Quick question. The fuel weight you put in, isn't that just what you tell the FMS what is in there, not what really is in there? Unless i am mistaken the fuel amount has to be manually adjusted in the insim weight window. Cause when i entered like 1800kg the tanks showed a different number that did not add up.

[@BritishAvgeek]

As of Tuesday (tomorrow) it'll work either via the EFB or as shown in this tutorial 😉

[@XCougar85X]

@@BritishAvgeek oh fantastic, that is a big qol improvement. Thanks for the quick reply

[@graysono]

Neat watch. Only thing is in opening shots your props aren't Feathered! But Condition Levers are in Fuel Shut Off.

[@BritishAvgeek]

It's a wider sim issue where props don't seem to be able to physically be feathered in any aircraft I believe (same with the twin otter)

[@graysono]

@@BritishAvgeek Ah did wonder as a few vida I've seen props aren't fully Feathered.

[@BritishAvgeek]

@@graysono yep it's a feature a lot are asking for (and rightly so)

[@davidthorne3231]

Sorry to ask Got ATR and not got off the ground yet. I've set a profile up on my airbus throttle but can't get my levers to control the throttle in the aircraft am I doing something wrong ???

[@flightsimflyeruk]

Great series of videos, thank you so much. I'm new to IFR and FMCs and there is no way I could have figured this out without you demonstrating. Would you consider a follow-up video showing us how to delve more into the FMC? Things that might be needed on VATSIM - setting up (and getting the aircraft to follow) a hold, and inserting a waypoint if a diversion is necessary?

[@BritishAvgeek]

Awesome great to hear! Check out my other tutorials on specific aircraft as each fms etc is different so I tend to run specific tutorials for the PMDG 737, CRJ, ATR and so on

[@kevin1873]

If CDU screen flashes rapidly that is perfectly fine 🤣 How is it that the default CDU in XP11 works better than MSFS. They really do need to get it together and get this stuff fixed already. There's no excuse.

[@BritishAvgeek]

which bit are you referring to? the DH/MDA flashing annunciation on the PFD? that's meant to happen

[@budguy21]

Suggestion for tutorials: set weather to bright outside instead of cloudy/overcast. Makes it easier to see all the controls inside the aircraft.

[@BritishAvgeek]

I always fly on live weather

[@budguy21]

@@BritishAvgeek then maybe turning up interior lighting would help with the visuals

[@JDSleeper]

11:57 I keep seeing conflicting advice on this, but from what I can tell you still have to enter the weight and fuel via the sim's own panel rather than enter anything in the MCDU. You approximate on the sim panel, then long-press each button next to ZFW and fuel to transfer what's in the sim into the MCDU.

[@BritishAvgeek]

I've not had to do that at any point so far - following the process shown in this at least for now works fine. I'll have a click about with what you've mentioned though

[@iainmckay9744]

@@BritishAvgeek Yes if you enter the weight via the MCDU it does not change the fuel in the aircraft you need to enter the block fuel via the weight and balance page in MSFS first then click on the fuel in the MCDU to confirm the numbers...bit of a shame really.

[@BritishAvgeek]

Just an update on this - it's being sorted imminently to work exactly as shown, or via the EFB instead of using the fuel/weight tab. I've spoken to the developer directly about this :)

[@andreaskallien1251]

You should not type the airways in like in thenA320. You just click the LSK beside the empty airway. Then you get a list of all available airways, so you can choose one. The ATR input works different.

[@BritishAvgeek]

This is meant to show the bugs with the current add-on including what to do if you come across those bugs and how to get around them.

[@vin340600]

Have you tried opening the document door where the pilot can receive dispatch docs from ground crew? It doesn't open and I can't figure out how to open it past the initial lid... Any help appreciated..

[@BritishAvgeek]

No, I haven't tried it

[@motosikletveotesi]

Hi Captain , captain pilot how does the taplet there hurt

[@ironknobair]

Ever since the update I have had no end of trouble with this aircraft halfway through a flight all instruments freeze and when I try to correct, it does a nose dive. The take off and cruise switch is rubbish goes to the right and when you want to switch it back, no chance. The thing is It worked better before the update.

[@BritishAvgeek]

i've not experienced anything like that. Do you have any mods that may be clashing with it? could be worth uninstalling it and re-installing it again fresh

[@yams900]

Question for you ! I need to figure in ATR, how to change RWY and SID ? Say you've done your planning and programmed the FMS. Then ATC gives you another RWY, maybe the wind has changed direction. In the MD82 and CRJ, you've got the DEP/ARR button. Where's the function in ATR ?

[@BritishAvgeek]

Just click the airport code in the flight plan legs page i.e. departing EGLL, click the left LSK next to EGLL

[@yams900]

@@BritishAvgeek Excellent my dear aviation friend! I’ll check it out now :) Great aircraft, once you’ve learned the mouse 🐭 click spots on the MFD. I made a small drawing as per MS Flight Simulator tutorial. You can always use the buttons 🧵on the pedestal. Tobii Eye Tracker 5 is great !

[@saren6538]

Are you using shaders ? Looks awesome .. which ones if so

[@BritishAvgeek]

nope! all default - the new PC is a beast so I can run everything at 4K 60fps quite comfortable :)

[@saren6538]

@@BritishAvgeek what monitor do you use I’m assuming it’s not a 60hz one ?

[@BritishAvgeek]

@@saren6538 its a 144hz Sony Bravia 4K Gaming monitor

[@saren6538]

@@BritishAvgeek nice 👍

[@BarberMick]

What Simbrief OFP layout do you use?

[@BritishAvgeek]

LIDO mostly always 🙂

[@isaacneuman3170]

Hi - How did you set your landing elevation with manual pb - mine is not working at all :-( am I doing something wrong? Cheers

[@BritishAvgeek]

Landing elevation near the gear lever? You have to click the Manual mode button

[@isaacneuman3170]

@British Avgeek yes - did that already, but nothing happens. No dash lines when in Auto, and after I push the MAN button - nothing happens. I thought this was a bug until I saw your video. Perhaps I missed something on the fmc? Cheers.

[@jonathanlambert7004]

I'm enjoying the ATR more than any other aircraft since msfs launched. I forgot to unlock the gust lock. Didn't notice untill entering the climb. So it actually doest inhibit the throttle at all. Which is a shame

[@BritishAvgeek]

It should do a bit - for me it definitely inhibits the throttle. Odd 😅

[@VideoServicesVB]

Don't guess you could update the issues with the prop brake? I got this plane a couple weeks ago and cannot get the brake to release no matter whose video I watch. Or what thread I read. Evidently the plane is changed. Thanks

[@BritishAvgeek]

Did you watch my specific prop brake video in this series?

[@series9999999]

Hello sir..would you mind telling me how to remove the wheel chocks??the buttons to removes them??n’ how did you get the DC n ACW external generator ready like that sir??thank you so much in advance there aviator fella..😇🙏🙏

[@BritishAvgeek]

The aircraft page in the EFB has the options for them there

[@series9999999]

@@BritishAvgeek aaaaaawwwwh..damn,u are right sir..i’ve missed that hard time,my bad..thank you sir,thank you so much..😇😇🎉🎉🎉👏👏🙏🙏

[@sbmorris2k6]

Anyone have the not in database error come up in the mcu when adding waypoints ? Any help with this

[@jamilzeira82]

in the mcdu flight plan menu in airways if you accidentally put the airway on the wrong line the fmc is stuck the only option is to restart the flight and start doing everything again. annoying bug we need a fix and a manual for this plane it's been frustrating to fly it.

[@BritishAvgeek]

This is one of the issues that has been fixed and will be in an update which is estimated to be available on Tuesday

[@hamsack981]

That is so annoying. Accidentally selected the wrong approach tried to go back and like you said had to redo the WHOLE thing... And if I follow the instructions from the video from Microsoft and use their procedures the NAV doesn't work correctly cuz he has you pushing all these buttons. It works so much better if I just enter in the flight plan and then click nav and I'm done. The official Microsoft tutorial is garbage. You trying to learn how to do this and they just looks off into the runaway and starts talking about checklist and talking to a captain that's not there about safety....

[@BritishAvgeek]

@@hamsack981 it's been improved since thankfully but yeah we do have to kinda find a way to work around it a little which is a tad frustrating but otherwise I love the ATR!

[@dxvdxbs]

The EFB is not on, that is strange.

[@jay-rus4437]

What is the purpose behind the gust lock? I’ve never seen one of those before.

[@BritishAvgeek]

Locks the controls

[@jay-rus4437]

@@BritishAvgeek ….but for what purpose on that particular plane? If its general safety, then one would think other planes would have it, so I kind of presumed it was for a particular reason on that specific aircraft. Just thought you might have some insight on that

[@Spiretail]

@@jay-rus4437 I have no specific knowledge on this subject but I would guess that it is to prevent damage to the aircraft when it is parked on the ground in windy conditions. If the gust lock wasn't on the flight controls could be blown around by the wind and possibly cause damage if the wind is severe enough. The gust lock stops the flight controls from moving around, so wind won't be able to move and damage them. It also prevents too much power being applied in hotel mode and when both engines are started, so pilots do not accidentally take off with it enabled, only to come to the conclusion they cannot move their flight controls. From what I can find out gust locks are mostly used when a flight control system is either fully mechanical, or partly mechanical because then there are physical parts which can actually get damaged by the wind, however if a flight control system is powered, say electrically or hydraulically, there are not many vital mechanical linkages that could be damaged by wind. That's my guess anyways.

[@BB-dp4kh]

There are many sim videos on ATR systems like, the other this one has several inaccuracies... the ATR systems seems very difficult to comprehend to many...

[@BritishAvgeek]

I think the wider issue is each company does it differently in small ways including flows, checks, aircraft options. This tutorial is specifically made for the Microsoft ATR, working around some bugs and quirks in the product to make your flight hassle free

[@iainmckay9744]

Still find the fuel loading not working. In your video you loaded 1810kg of fuel but the display on the far left indicated 1260kg in each tank. I think the only way to change the actual fuel in the tank is in the MSFS fuel and weight page. When you input the fuel in setup it does not change the actual fuel level.

[@BritishAvgeek]

it seems that is the case - I had one instance where it seemed to work fine, now it needs to be loaded via the sim fuel/weight tab. I've asked the developer for clarity and to see if it can be sorted so just inputting it directly into the MCDU and he said it will be sorted **very soon** to allow direct editing of the fuel/weight exactly as shown in this video

[@firefox3187]

Still no HoP/Manual’s ?

[@BritishAvgeek]

The manuals are on the MSFS forums

[@CaribbeanSimPilot]

Who has the best version of the ATR?

[@BritishAvgeek]

there's only one isn't there? The official Asobo ATR in the marketplace is the only one you should get

[@CaribbeanSimPilot]

@@BritishAvgeek Thanks! I wasn’t sure and I want the best one.

[@Max62830]

Startup ok, but cannot move the yoke :(

[@BritishAvgeek]

Remove the gust lock

[@Max62830]

@@BritishAvgeek Thank you, it works very well now.👍

[@Gtapolice123]

Hmm.. Just bought it and the prop brake thing is neither green or blue for me... :(

[@BritishAvgeek]

Depends if you followed the steps to get the battery and electrics all on

[@kevin1873]

I had the same problem. I found that you have to turn on the BLUE/AUX/GREEN HYD PUMPS during the startup in his video after engaging EMER EXT LT & NO DEVICE. Now your Green ready light on the Prop Brake should be illuminated. He engages the HYD later in the video but this must have changed after an update.

[@neth77]

Why doesn't this thing have the in sim flight plan working in there? It's labelled as a Microsoft product yet doesn't even work with their own game.

[@BritishAvgeek]

It is something I expected to see though I assume that's because it uses the working title FMS system perhaps (unless it's a custom FMS)

[@neth77]

@British Avgeek yeah it's annoying, I don't have the time to muck around but non-refundable haha.

[@BritishAvgeek]

@@neth77 tbh if you plan it in simbrief then to type in the waypoints manually literally takes 5 minutes so I personally like having to do it - we all rely on simbrief integration too much and these aircraft typically operate much shorter routes than the turbofan airliners

[@TrueBlade-1889]

Kindly advice to you.... and every other KZbinr. Use bright weather.... angle the aircraft so the cockpit is illuminated. Or... use the flood/storm lights. All these videos are so damn dark.

[@BritishAvgeek]

Bright Weather means not using Live Weather, or changing locations to alternatives which might not have the same impact for the style of tutorial I'm aiming for but I appreciate your thoughts :)

[@dillon5155]

How do you know the weights that Simbrief gives you are the weights that are actually reflected with your plane in the sim? Doesn't simbrief just randomly generate weight amounts? It's not synced with the sim or anything so how would these be accurate.

[@BritishAvgeek]

Because you set them in the sim using the weight menu to make it match

[@jjsmallpiece9234]

Where does the ATR take its livery markings from? I'm trying to get a Loganair livery to work. I have installed it in the following location C:\Users\User\AppData\Local\Packages\Microsoft.FlightSimulator_8wekyb3d8bbwe\LocalCache\Packages\Community This is where all my FBW A320 liveries are located, which work ok with the A320. However the ATR doesn't pick up its liveries from here or the Lognair livery I have doesn't work - as another possibility.

[@BritishAvgeek]

Yeah that folder is the correct location 🙂 try another livery perhaps

[@dillon5155]

I dont understand what I'm doing wrong. I'm doing every single step to the T yet when I get to hitting engine start button on Eng 2 nothing happens. Nothing at all. Ive restarted the process from scratch 3 times now so I KNOW I'm not missing anything

[@BritishAvgeek]

There's must be a step somewhere that might be missed, do you have the fuel pumps on? Do you get the starter show running and the engine instruments begin to rise?

[@dillon5155]

@@BritishAvgeek I figured it out. It had to do something with me taking too long between switching on the Master battery and attempting an Eng 2 startup. Maybe some system is getting exhausted/depleted somewhere? Now I just skip the FMS/Nav setup for later and go straight through to getting Hotel mode going before anything else and it works fine. Odd though because in one of my setups I worked at the same cadence as you watching along with the video and my engine didn't start up while yours still did..perhaps a different version/build of the aircraft