PMDG 737-700 for MSFS - Tutorial: Rejected Takeoff

[@ItsJones]

Thank you for all these great tutorials!

[@alikamran6414]

Why is the CVR Circuit breaker is pulled? Is it so that the investigators have a conclusion point?

[@A330Driver]

Exactly, since power is left ON when evacuating the CVR would continue to run and after two hours overwrite itself. Since the recordings of the emergency have to be preserved the CVR C/B has to be pulled.

[@Gottel1]

At first, thanks a lot for all your videos, as they help perfectly to leran and fly this wonderfull aircraft in MSFS! Danke! :) A question: why as last action do you pull the circuit breaker of the voicerecorder? Greetings from EDTY Marcus

[@A330Driver]

Because the recording has to be preserved for the following investigation. You're keeping power on the plane when you leave it so that the emergency exit lights stay on, but that also means the CVR will continue to run and overwrite itself after 2 hours. To prevent that from happening you pull the C/B.

[@francobobfred]

Two questions: can a FO ever call to reject a takeoff? Perhaps he spotted something the captain did not? Or is that exclusively the captain’s call? And second question: in your scenario, if you were to evacuate the passengers, would you evacuate them on the right side since you may not know what caused severe damage and there may be a chance of the left engine catching fire?

[@A330Driver]

The FO should only call a reject when the captain becomes incapacitated. If I see that the captains decision is obviously wrong and he's about to kill me I'd of course overrule him as well. Our call to evacuate is "This is an emergency, evacuate the aircraft using all available exists", repeated once. We do not say which doors to use because in the Cockpit we're not in a position to see which ones are available or not. The cabin crew at the respective doors however can see it, so it's up to them to decide whether to use their door or not.

[@ReefAndReptileAutomation]

Thanks! Quick question, you set the Autobrakes for RTO but have to still push the toe brakes? What is the reasoning behind the RTO setting then? In case you forget to hit the brakes manually?

[@antikrabe8646]

If I remember correctly, RTO Autobrake engages after 80 knots. If the speed is less than 80 knots, you need to apply brakes manually. BTW, I may be wrong :)

[@chri_one7395]

Nice video as always man, if the tower say you to stop, you have to put parking brake on and flaps 40? Or just exit the runway and wait for brake Cooling before another t/o?

[@A330Driver]

Initially stop and follow the procedure. You might never know what may have happened or is about to happen. So being cautious is the most important thing. If that means somebody behind you will have to go around - so be it, not your problem. When it's clear that everything is safe you can then taxi off the runway and determine the course of action.

[@jincyayrattu6606]

Tnx Capt❤

[@TheLowSnow]

Question: I use the Honeycomb Bravo as a throttle quadrant. Since the default Boeing layout does NOT have a A/T disengage button, I wonder what my best option is to configure a "disengage A/T" button, so I can quickly respond to a RTO situation. Any advice? (I also use a Honeycomb Alpha)

[@A330Driver]

Hi, I'm using the GA thrust levers and their TOGA switches as A/T Disconnect binding. I like those better than the default Boeing levers.

[@gtsguy4138]

Are you not able to arm the spoilers so that they deploy automatically?

[@A330Driver]

You don't need to arm them, they're going to deploy anyway when you select reverse thrust.

[@gtsguy4138]

@@A330Driver ah that’s clever. Thanks, I’ve been really enjoying this series of videos your making.

[@qatsi4897]

@@A330Driver You leave them up, wouldn't they hinder the pax if they have to evacuate over the wing? Thanks for all your tutoral video's!

[@tomdalton8451]

Where is the video of Boeing you talked about around 3:50

[@Kpaojd]

Can’t find it either. @A330Driver

[@ashrafulhoque5627]

Didn’t get the rejected take off vdo of Boeing….can I have the link plz

[@dunkinheinzgruber757]

What causes the Autobrake RTO to activate?

[@njyde]

Hello, great video. Is there any indication in the cockpit that the autobrake is applying RTO braking? I tried turning on the light test switch and look for an indicator, but did not find any. The autobrake disarm light is illuminated if the autobrake is disengaged or fails, however this does not confirm that RTO braking pressure is being applied per se.

[@A330Driver]

Your indication will be that you're thrown against your seat belts the moment the braking kicks in. The brakes are incredibly strong in the 737 (or any airliner for that matter). It will be impossible to miss when they activate.

[@dcramivz3084]

The WXR radar does not work on mine. Any Ideas on how to fix this ?

[@A330Driver]

Wait for Asobo to actually make it available to third party developers. Until then the big INOP sticker on the WXR panel should tell you that it won't work ;-)

[@Mikkel09]

First Again😄

[@TractorMonkeywithJL]

I didn't hear a warning sound when the light came on. Is that normal?

[@A330Driver]

Which light do you mean? The Master Caution when the engine failed? That's normal, there is no warning sound associated with the master caution in the 737.

[@malcolmwaters]

What key binding do you use for the auto throttle disc button? I’m trying to map one without much success. Danke.

[@A330Driver]

The default MSFS Autothrottle disconnect command.

[@a.nelprober4971]

Is birds a reason for high speed rto?

[@a.nelprober4971]

3:49

[@A330Driver]

No! 99,9% of all birdstrikes (and probably more) are not causing any danger. If you however look at the number of RTOs leading to incidents and accidents, that number is much higher. Just like when driving a car, you should not try to avoid the animal. Just continue the takeoff, it's very unlikely something will happen, even if you hit a bird. If you do hit a bird and something happens, you can still come back and land. The chance of a bird making your airplane unsafe to fly are close to zero. Just look at how many birdstrikes happen every day and how often it happens that they actually cause an accident. The only one I can remember where they caused severe trouble is the Hudson landing.

[@ResRules]

How are you killing the auto throttle?

[@A330Driver]

Using the standard A/T disconnect assignment from MSFS. PMDG bound all their internal assignments to the MSFS assignments as well.

[@abangss]

Why the flaps set to 40 after abort takeoff, what the reason?

[@A330Driver]

They are used a slides for the passengers exiting over the wing in case of an evacuation.

[@appleglory]

Mayday for a reject?..

[@A330Driver]

Just serves as an attention getter for ATC. In a situation like this where it's "just" a severe engine damage, but not a fire, you'd quickly have downgraded it to a pan afterwards. There are parts in the world where they don't understand anything else.

[@mancooncrest835]

I haven't touched the failures yet but thanks for that video! Is that the video you were talking about? kzbin.info/www/bejne/gZ3Te4d9dttlhcU

[@A330Driver]

Indeed it is!

[@gamerdeol2694]

Any chance of you trying out xp11 ? Dont have to be a tutorial or anything, just a normal flight in the zibo 737?

[@A330Driver]

Maybe one day. Too much to do on MSFS for now. Maybe later I'll also check the zibo.

[@gamerdeol2694]

@@A330Driver 😁 no worries, i was just curious, keep up the great work 💪