MSFS | TFDi MD-11 Tutorials - Episode 1: Cold & Dark to Engine Start with Timestamps [4K]

This is the start of a three-part easy to follow tutorial series for the new TFDi Design MD-11 and MD-11F in Microsoft Flight Simulator.
Across the three episodes, we'll fly from Memphis KMEM to Dallas Fort Worth KDFW covering the whole flight from Cold and Dark through to Shutdown.
Episode 1 starts on the cargo stands, cold and dark. We'll get the aircraft ready for flight, use the EFB and get the engines started.
Route: KMEM/18C CHLDR5 ANSWA DCT LIT DCT MEEOW DCT FEWWW SEEVR4 KDFW/13R
Cruise: FL340
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Timestamps -
00:00 Intro
01:27 3 Engine Throttle Config
02:34 Tablet Setup & Simbrief Import
03:24 Turning the Systems On
06:15 Route Innput
09:37 Arrival Input
11:17 Performance Planning
14:40 Final Pre-Flight
17:40 APU & Puhsback
19:28 Engine Start
22:08 After Start Checks
24:46 Outro
Disclaimer: Not to be used in the real world, for flight simulation purposes only and not to be considered flight instruction of any kind.
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[@777FreakyD]

Nice video... for those interested in a more in-depth description of how to operate the MD11 from an actual MD11 pilot, my good friend Jeff (Father Time on KZbin) is releasing tutorial videos over on his channel.

[@jakgats1411]

@777FreakyD ngl his set-up is a bit clunky though 😆

[@LRT78526]

Thank you for this detailed tutorial on how to start the MD11 from cold and dark

[@mps_gaming1898]

very nice :-) Now I wish I could get the md11 maybe tomorrow, thank you for all nice informative videos you do help a lot :-)

[@wingviewproductions]

This was great thanks, followed a long on my first flight and made it easy. Appreciate the video

[@BritishAvgeek]

@@wingviewproductions great to hear!😎

[@CrashEd1664]

Knew you’d be straight on it mate! Many thanks for the tutorial! 👍

[@BritishAvgeek]

Thanks, on night shifts so ran out of time to edit the rest and get them uploaded. Episode 2 will be out on the 3rd July around midday-ish UK time and I'll aim to finish episode 3 for the same evening before my next night shift

[@CrashEd1664]

@@BritishAvgeekStirling effort mate - massively appreciated 👍

[@bagwaa9948]

I don’t like money anyway, my wife is gonna be even more pissed after the 777 purchase

[@bagwaa9948]

@@lll7s1 “you wouldn’t steal a car”

[@exiletsj2570]

Tell her you can either fly it or drink it 😂

[@Jetset_hd]

Don’t get this one, get the 777

[@Zakk900]

Only losers buy that stupid shit and it looks like you're one of them.

[@bagwaa9948]

Got the 777, next this one, mad wife

[@kareemmyflightsfsx7498]

THANK YOU SIR I benefited from the explanation👍

[@Pilot_Jeff]

thanks a lot, this plane is overshadowed by the release of the pmdg 777, but i think its very good for what it is and im sure they will fix the known issues quickly

[@XiChenChen-n7s]

MD11 is a challenging plane for me. It looks like an old antique.

[@smaffoo]

super helpful thank you

[@BritishAvgeek]

@@smaffoo most welcome thanks for watching 🙂

[@thecajunbritishexperiment.6190]

I bought my pre order back in February so I’m just waiting for the email and I’m good to go. I honestly don’t think it will be used as much considering how much I’m in love with the 777

[@musicalaviator]

Till 777 has a 777-200LR(F) the MD11 is my Cargo plane. Actually since I am also a pre-order, the MD11 is my cargo plane. Hopefully Memphis gets some love on Vatsim this week.

[@BritishAvgeek]

The PMDG 777-300ER is just an absolute stunner isn't it 😍

[@thecajunbritishexperiment.6190]

@@BritishAvgeek mate I’ve clocked a few hours in it already. I forgot what my kids names were for a min. But I’ve MD-11 is a different beast and I’ve flown on a few back in the AA/DL even did a EHAM-KMEM flight on one back in 1999. The 777 though. It’s a work of art. Without a doubt.

[@josesantiago8615]

What sensitivity settings you would recommend for the yoke?, this video series are great!

[@JMHTruck32005]

Neat set up on the Bravo Throttles...But a quick question, The Pax and the Freighter are sold separate? looking forward to the rest of the series...

[@BritishAvgeek]

Yes they are - you buy one or the other, then the extra one is $9.99usd extra as a bolt on

[@JMHTruck32005]

@@BritishAvgeek Thanks....

[@ranger6609]

Recommendation for those with 2 Axis Throttles. Set Engine 2 (Middle Engine) to use both Axis and set Engine 1 and 3 as desired. This makes it so that Engine 2 requires both throttles for full power.

[@peterspatz6918]

Can anyone tell how to enable reverser for all engines? I have only one axis to throttles, but only the middle engine reverse level moves. Also if i map two engine to axis1 and middle engine to axis 2.

[@MD-11Engineer]

I really hoped that this MD11 would be perfect, but there are so many issues. E.g. The Packs were instantly ok, after APU Bleed was selected, in reality it takes several seconds up to a minute. The LVL2 Alert IGN NOT ARMED and GEN ALL OFF is inhibited when engines are off, The Cargo door warning is displayed only on the system display, only the DOORS alert is displayed at the EAD (Engine and alert display).

[@TachiTekmo]

Just a slight comment. Because of the unique three-main landing gear configuration on the MD-11, IRL procedure during load is to *NOT* set the ground parking brake. This is because the center landing strut is designed to rotate and compress, this necessitating freewheeling during any weight transfer. To do otherwise could seriously damage the associated strut hardware. Therefore, make sure _all_wheels are fully chocked (correctly simulated here), and *Release* the parking brake. Once the plane has been pushed (and the center gear has statically aligned), go ahead and use the parking brake as normal. Just another odd quirk to such an unique aircraft! 😊

[@BritishAvgeek]

@@TachiTekmo didn't know that, not sure if that's simulated but I'll try find out - very quirky thanks!

[@zackaviation450]

How would you set up the reversers with three throttles on the hc bravo? Right now only the middle reverse lever moves

[@lazo5784]

Can you make a video how you key binded your reverse thrust on the Honeycomb Bravo? Will not work for me.

[@strayliator]

Good Video! Has been helpfull due to the lack of a checklist and documentation, so thank you for taking the time to make it! just a question to you and the community, when on the efb i click load flight plan to fmc, on the fmc i receive a message 'unable to load F-PLN' I've been unable to work it out.

[@BritishAvgeek]

@@strayliator good to hear it. Did you add your simbrief flight plan, and make sure the values match? Also, are you on an old AIRAC? Might be that

[@flightsimstudio3535]

I have just bought the MD 11. Very nice airplane. Will weather radar and terrain radar be implemented in the future? At least the standard Asobo WXR ?

[@BritishAvgeek]

@@flightsimstudio3535 I'm not sure to be honest - I hope so!

[@scambaituk]

anyone know why the autoflight panel wont work, ap is off , looked at flight directors and they are on aby ideas

[@Pinn8]

I was trying to search for the Md-11 In msfs on tv but it's not there

[@lvwpy]

I like quirky airplanes, I find this one much more interesting than say... a 777.

[@BritishAvgeek]

@@lvwpy I'm absolutely in love with that triple 7 it's epic in every way 😅

[@TheCageProject]

My weight init on the EFB does not match the ones the FMC puts in automatically, is that a bug? Am i better off manually putting in the correct data?

[@maguila7777]

Hi and thank you for the showing! Can you please comment on the cockpit 3d and texture quality compared to the likes of PMDG? Regards and happy flying!

[@BritishAvgeek]

It's very good, the textures could be a little neater in some areas but not anything you notice without looking closely so all round very good

[@maguila7777]

@@BritishAvgeek Awesome. Thank you!

[@CaioRibeiro970]

I keep receiving “unable to load flight plan” when I try to make it. Happened to any one?

[@jay-rus4437]

What is ACARS or Hoppies

[@petdocvmd]

Curious as to why you mapped throttles 1 & 3 to a single axis when the Bravo has 4 throttle axes available? Why not just map throttles 1,2, and 3 independently?

[@BritishAvgeek]

Because I don't want to keep changing my throttles for each aircraft I fly (lazy, basically) 😂

[@jeromeday3034]

Can anyone comment on the TFDI checklist/operations/procedures documentation that is provided? Any chance one can download it for a look before the buy, like some other sims do ? Thanks...

[@BritishAvgeek]

I find it a bit difficult to follow myself and find when I use it, either I forget something or I click something and it causes a problem because I misunderstood the flow 😂

[@fabianfrei3947]

Hello, I like the MD-11. I`m happy she is in MSFS now. what am I doing wrong: I can't open the cargo doors in the EFB. What else do I have to take into account so that the doors can be operated?

[@BritishAvgeek]

@@fabianfrei3947 it might be clashing with GSX perhaps?

[@Ashleigh_T]

I wonder, since you're using a HC Bravo and already making a custom profile for the aircraft, why not use three axes for the engines since the HCB comes with 4 throttle levers

[@BritishAvgeek]

Only because I can't be bothered to switch the detents and switches around (I've got custom throttles mounted on it)

[@Ashleigh_T]

@@BritishAvgeek makes sense! 👍

[@renseruig3870]

Are there also any good checklists available for the md-11?

[@BritishAvgeek]

@@renseruig3870 there's one hanging around from the beta but not sure where you can download it from

[@noway9880]

Is switching fuel pumps on before engine start -not- in the start checklist? I know they can gravity feed but this is abnormal and especially on-ground starts. I assume you forgot?

[@BritishAvgeek]

@@noway9880 it is in one I've just found but the one I've been sent and was using didn't have it in so assumed it would be auto-on

[@missuers6113]

Hello, thank you very much for your teaching, but I have a question about how to fill in the "CLB THRUST", "ACCEL" and "EO ACCEL" in the takeoff data. How to calculate this altitude? Is it calculated based on the sea pressure?

[@BritishAvgeek]

@@missuers6113 it's typically set to 1,500ft Above Ground Level but some departures require it to be 1,000ft above ground level for noise abatement so you just type in 1500 for example or 1000

[@missuers6113]

​@@BritishAvgeek Got it, thank you very much

[@missuers6113]

@@BritishAvgeek I have another question. After I followed your startup steps, when I released the handbrake and coasted, my inertial navigation suddenly disappeared and the button started flashing. What is the problem?

[@BritishAvgeek]

@@missuers6113 did you move before the IRS had aligned properly?

[@missuers6113]

@@BritishAvgeek I saw that the inertial navigation system light was on all the time. Does this mean that it is not completed? But after I waited for a while, it started flashing by itself, and the warning light did not go out.

[@blueflask2768]

I get an 'unable to load flightplan' error, what is the cause of this?

[@BritishAvgeek]

check your simbrief username, and check you have set up your flight plan in kg or lbs and ensure the aircraft has the same option in the efb

[@lairdmacgaming]

11:03 without removing the discontinuity would make AP not work correctly unless you remove it either before the flight or during the flight. It would be interesting to see if you remove it during flight.

[@BritishAvgeek]

not all discontinuities need deleting - it's a common misunderstanding.

[@lairdmacgaming]

@@BritishAvgeek I’m glad you think so. My experience was that the AP just stopped working and I had to fly without it. When a guy advised me that I needed to remove discontinuity the AP worked, well on Xplane 11 that is. On MSF2020 AP just went whatever way and at whatever flight level and airspeed it wanted, basically messed up. But then again it was partially developed by Microsoft, so what would I have expected (LOL). To end on a good note, your tutorials have always served me well.

[@Scottie07]

Question with the md-11 when i pushback and i start my engines up. My battery starts to discharge. What am i doing wrong? anyone able to help please

[@BritishAvgeek]

Have you followed the steps in the video?

[@Scottie07]

@@BritishAvgeek I sure did i found the issue. I armed emer power too early numpty me curretnly cruising FL350 about to try this decent stuff haha

[@BritishAvgeek]

@@Scottie07 I'll have the next two episodes going live over the next 24hrs hopefully but I've been up all day editing today, then been at work all night on night shift so haven't had the time

[@Buschwick]

wait what is the manpads defense system option on this do? Google search turns up nothing for this. (I know what it means...there's just nothing on the internet about it and the tfdi md11)

[@BritishAvgeek]

@@Buschwick it doesn't do anything at all

[@Buschwick]

@@BritishAvgeek Well that just makes me sad.

[@jay-rus4437]

Can we still order your quick checklists? Ive gotten them before, but not seeing where that was. I sent a payment last time I ordered several 😁

[@BritishAvgeek]

@@jay-rus4437 they're all on flightsim.to

[@timovankleef7476]

I have paid for it but did not get it

[@stopspewinshit7878]

huh would be great if we could sign into xbox even on PC

[@BritishAvgeek]

The Microsoft servers are all broken this evening it seems

[@dadgametime7160]

Flight Plan, ‘innit?

[@DanielGarcia-mw8zg]

I can't fly this since there is no tutorial on how to set up the throttles using thrustmaster's airbus throttles. Can't make them work no matter what I try...

[@wigerup]

Same here

[@BritishAvgeek]

@@DanielGarcia-mw8zg unfortunately I don't have the TCA (tbh I avoided it because I didn't think it looked that good, and everyone has a nightmare setting it up) - hopefully you find a solution soon

[@nealtim6213]

Where can I download the panda livery?

[@BritishAvgeek]

Flightsim.to

[@nealtim6213]

@@BritishAvgeek thanks！

[@wigerup]

Sorry I will not buy this one until we have a profile for TCA Airbus quadrant. Nor even in SpadNext

[@sn0wm4n94]

The website is a mess right now lol everyone is trying to download

[@captwozza4817]

Except for those with the preorder. Took 5 seconds to install. Shame it came out quite late for UK time - can’t do anything with it until tomorrow. Can’t really call a sickie either 😄

[@BritishAvgeek]

Yeah perhaps under estimated the sheer volume of folks trying to buy and download it a little 😅

[@owenklein1917]

Are you British

[@BritishAvgeek]

@@owenklein1917 hopefully

[@French28Pilot]

Theres so much people on the website that I'm in line and I gotta wait 3hours to access the website : HAHAHAHAHAGAHAGA LETS GOOO Ilove that. Lets show to ASOBO that THE MD11 IS MOORE SUCCESSFULL THAN their stupid C36 chipsit thing that REPLACED the 707 Lets show that GOOD DEVS make MORE MONEY that ASOBO and I hope that tdfi gets rich after that so he can teach a lesson to asobo for replacing planes at the last moment by a piece of wood

[@musicalaviator]

Without Asobo there wouldn't be a simulator for the MD11 to be in and you'd all be loading up P3D right now. As has been the case since the beginning of time, The guys who make the simulator don't make the best aircraft. 3rd parties like TFDI, PMDG, Fenix etc make aircraft, and Microsoft/Asobo/Lockheed whatever make a planet with an atmosphere and physics to fly in.

[@BritishAvgeek]

Don't forget most of the crappy addons are made for Xbox ultimately which makes them a ton of money and they're happy with that

[@merlin49100]

I will be this aircraft once it is confirmed to work in MSFS2024 .

[@Aviation_edits204]

Second

[@tedbundy8747]

kannst du deutsch machen

[@BritishAvgeek]

Unfortunately not, I will see if I can turn the Captions on for German but I am not sure if this will work

[@abhishekw2444]

I know to fly the md11 since pmdg md11. Compared to pmdg, tfdi md11 is very disappointing. I used tfdi md11 on p3dv4. Guess what, the sids and stars are showing ridiculous patterns, time compression is only 4x (pmdg could achieve 16x time compression), apu switched of when switching of apu switch in electrical panel. Had to start an engine in order to prevent power loss. In mid air, I had to switch of autothrottle and use manual throttle as thrust was continously increasing and decreasing, autoclimb and descent had issue, so had to adjust climb rate manually. VOR and ILS screens are not working. They released a very unfinished product. I could not even land the aircraft. In PMDG MD11, the aircraft was very realistic. Tfdi's othr product Boeing 717 is so realistic.

[@MrThomas767]

no pilots in cockpit visible in external view?