PMDG 777 Tutorial - Full Flight | MSFS

[@TiJayFLY]

Startup Tutorial HERE: kzbin.info/www/bejne/mmrSd3ycgJyte9Esi=9fy7ZEI200KAWalx Additional tips: - The parking brake is OFF by default. Holding the regular brakes for two seconds will stop any forward/backwards roll. Then when you apply throttle, the airplane will move normally. The parking brake itself seems buggy right now, so IMO don't use it. - During descent, if you see DRAG REQUIRED displayed on the FMC, just apply spoilers. Return them to ARMED once the airplane is descending on path - this is signified by a pink dot in the middle of the PFD altitude tape.

[@HERD599]

You have to hold the brakes then release, if it doesn't work try it again. In the FMC there is an option to make the parking brake be in a simple mode like the 737. So you do not have to hold the brakes

[@TiJayFLY]

@@HERD599 It's set to SIMPLE by default. Sometimes, holding the toe brakes releases it, but sometimes when it "thinks" it's off it's actually still on. IMO it's bugged.

[@HERD599]

@TiJayFLY Well I was wrong then, I'm surprised it's set to simple as default and not realistic

[@lolloll4441]

Thank you for making these tutorials for us people who don’t wanna spend hours trying to set up autopilot.

[@vitolam410]

exactly, all i want to do is just simply fly the plane and enjoy the graphics, not to do any professional flying or learning about the rest other than basics

[@harlont]

Thank you - just what I was looking for. A basic, but complete flight that I was able to follow and understand. Now I can go back and fine tune specific areas, but this was very helpful. FYI for others, I came in too high and too fast the first few times. I wound up manually getting the speed and altitude down prior to the turn for the final approach. Once I did that it nailed the LOC and G/S. But if you're too fast or too high you will likely miss the G/S and fly right over the airport. But use that as practice - put the plane in HDG mode and just fly back around and try the approach again, but at 2400ft. I learned a lot about controlling the plane just by doing that. Then I basically re-did the whole flight with approach alt and speed in mind and it went much smoother. Thanks again!

[@TiJayFLY]

@@harlont yup, very sensible advice. This plane tends to come in a bit high for some reason, even with spoilers.

[@JoshuaLescarretSailing]

Thanks for this tutorial ! Unfortunatly I'll have to wait to get it on the marketplace but looking forward to try it

[@theteadrinker1622]

is there any way to buy you a coffee or something? Pretty sure your videos are the only reason MSFS became accessible for me!

[@TiJayFLY]

@@theteadrinker1622 there’s no obligation, but the “super thanks” button on KZbin is the best way to do so :)

[@Der_Pixel_bre]

I love such Tutorials, Short and understandable, and could you maybe do a full flight tutorial for the lvfr airbus a330? Like a full flight like this, because I don’t understand the auto land and the autopilot in general on these planes.

[@TiJayFLY]

LVFR planes fly identically to the FlyByWire A320 that I already have tutorials for

[@Der_Pixel_bre]

@@TiJayFLY ok, and thank you for the response!

[@Sup3rStyleHD]

You Are Highly underrated. You have very useful tips, no BS, straight to the point no super long intros and your voice is actually soothing. thank you for your tutorials i have bee able to fly the 737 and 777 better because of you. kuddos !

[@TiJayFLY]

@@Sup3rStyleHD greatly appreciated, thank you for your comment! 😁

[@ZixPlays]

Just completed my first fully automated flight apart from 500ft manual landing. Man I cant thank you enough. The joy was unreal. Thank you once again.

[@ZixPlays]

@TiJayFLY BTW on descent I was getting an FMC message (Drag Required). I checked with ChatGPT, which suggested applying the speed brakes manually. That fixed the issue. Was that the correct thing?

[@drewtownes505]

@@ZixPlays yes!

[@ZixPlays]

@@drewtownes505 Thanks

[@TiJayFLY]

@@ZixPlays yup, it’s noted in the pinned comment too :) it’s super satisfying when everything works for the first time eh? Glad I could help 😁

[@gene2640]

Thanks a lot for this TiJay. I can finally fly this big boy under 10 minutes just like the default A320. Even made my own checklist on how you did it from cold start to full flight.😁

[@Mat.Carvalho]

So what’s the point of planning the flight on the map if you have to input it all manually afterwards? This plane operates very differently from the Airbus’ planes I’ve flown before, a lot more technical and much more difficult to a casual player.

[@TiJayFLY]

@@Mat.Carvalho so you know which departures and approaches to insert. The world map gives a good visual representation of a route, so you can check what’s good before entering it.

[@willroberts2773]

How do you remove constraints? For example I’m flying a SID and it’s 5000 and that’s what’s in my fmc and atc tells me to climb to FL180 how do I override the fmc is there as easy way? Cheers

[@TiJayFLY]

@@willroberts2773 ATC on VATSIM will never tell you to ignore a SID constraint. Offline ATC is broken and you should ignore it - the airplane will automatically resume its climb when the constraint passes. However it can be overriden, just dial in desired altitude and hit FLCH then once you’re ready to resume managed altitudes, return to VNAV mode and set altitude as appropriate for that phase of flight

[@OldMateAviation]

These tutorials are amazing! One of the only KZbinrs I can find for casual players who don’t have the time to study the full aircraft systems and use simbrief and things! Can’t wait for the FBW A380 tutorial when it releases!!

[@TiJayFLY]

@@OldMateAviation Thanks and you’re welcome 😁 I agree, the casual (and especially Xbox) market is under-served on KZbin. Even if people only use my videos as a starting point, then “graduate” to longer & more complex videos by other creators, I’m still happy to have provided that springboard for them.

[@OldMateAviation]

@@TiJayFLY Your videos have helped massively! I am interested in learning the full works but at the moment I’m just creating short cinematics on the side as I’m super busy and your content provides absolutely everything!

[@Sandmanispro8366]

Ok, so I said that the throttle has issues. Now that is not an issue anymore, but the game crashes during mid flight when I use the plane. Also the plane never reaches cruising altitude, I really hope I didn’t waste $75 on this

[@TiJayFLY]

@@Sandmanispro8366 seek support from PMDG on their forums. Crashing that is not widely experienced by other users is usually a symptom of an individual hardware or scenery issue. The 777 will usually step climb in VNAV - again, something to share on the forums as they’ll be able to identify the specific issues with your flight plan or configuration.

[@Sandmanispro8366]

@@TiJayFLY ok thanks

[@TonyChenMusicOfficial]

I am having difficulties in making ILS approach, most of the time the plane doesn't recognize the glide slope, so I have to visually land it. There was only once I caught the glide slope, that was after I clicked "loc" button, and the glide slope appeared. And the flight I just did, when I clicked "loc", the glide slope still didn't appear. So I am wondering where I did it wrong. I also checked the website you mentioned here, but somehow if I type in the info from the site, the plane would say ILS error. Can you help me explain how I can detect the final glide slope and do a proper approach? Thanks.

[@TiJayFLY]

@@TonyChenMusicOfficial you’re probably just arriving at the localiser too high, which can happen in some routes. Try descending a little lower in FLCH mode if you arrive too high - the idea is to arrive at the slope with the pink glideslope diamond above the horizon on the PFD

[@drewtownes505]

Same issue here. I think I'm too high trying to capture the glideslope. Going to descend using the FLCH mode.

[@TiJayFLY]

@@drewtownes505 it happens. Easily fixed

[@TonyChenMusicOfficial]

@@drewtownes505 I am ok now. As long as I get the frequency right and right height, glide slope is there. It appears as small white diamond first and when you hit the loc/app at the right time they become pinkish and you are good to go.

[@yongchun2183]

Did my first flight using B773ER but I had a problem here after i touchdown at airport while taxiing to the gate the flaps wont raise up to the normal position & while descending for landing the flaps dont seem to retract at all for landing purpose what could be the problem here?😅

[@TiJayFLY]

They just take time to return to normal position when taxiing. If they’re not moving to the landing position before approach, the airplane is too fast for them to safely extend

[@yongchun2183]

Ahh……so what are the steps to return the flaps to normal position when taxiing to the gate after touchdown on runway? Like from flaps 30 slowly back to up position

[@TiJayFLY]

@@yongchun2183 just hit the "flaps up" key repeatedly until the flap position display shows "0". IIRC it's 5 or 6 presses from 30 degrees. To retract spoilers after landing, just hit the "toggle spoilers" key

[@yongchun2183]

@@TiJayFLY is there a button key to hit the flaps up & hit the toggle spoilers key? Pardon for the disturbance

[@TiJayFLY]

@@yongchun2183 check the control options in the sim. I *think* it’s f5 to decrease flaps by 1 (so hit it 5-6 times) and shift+/ to remove spoilers, but not 100% sure. I have joystick hot keys assigned 😂

[@leonolink6738]

Hey! i have a little problem, when i reach my bottom of descent i am always very above the glideslope, i put the intercept altitude for it but when i reach it i'm just high. I actually get to the altitude just appears that the FMC is not giving it right but i'm pretty sure the problem is on me hahaha.

[@TiJayFLY]

See the pinned comment re spoilers - did the FMC display DRAG REQUIRED at any point, perhaps..?

[@leonolink6738]

@@TiJayFLY Yes it did and i did use the speedbrakes, i actually reach the target altitude, it's just high for the glideslope.

[@TiJayFLY]

@@leonolink6738 I’d activate loc/approach mode a little sooner while you’re still below the slope, should sort it out 👍

[@leonolink6738]

@@TiJayFLY Thanks! i'll try

[@leonolink6738]

@@TiJayFLY Hey! I see now what happens! the airplane starts to turn BEFORE it gets to CF point, it just alligns with FF point so i get to the FF higher because the airplane didn't catch the glideslope.

[@R3flect_]

Cant input my weight, it says ''invalid entry" :/

[@TiJayFLY]

@@R3flect_ it’ll be a kg/lbs mismatch.

[@R3flect_]

@@TiJayFLY Nevermind, maybe I was tired and didnt notice a problem with my inputs, but it works now! Not sure what I did but Im happy I can even start the plane haha

[@drewtownes505]

Unfortunately I'm not in the air yet. The sim CTD every time I try to launch a flight. I contacted support and they said my graphics card is too low. It runs the 737 just fine. Not sure what to do.

[@TiJayFLY]

@@drewtownes505 new GPU time 😁

[@iwasborn1906]

anyone having issues with a steep climb?

[@TiJayFLY]

@@iwasborn1906 what issue?

[@speedygunzalez]

whenever i get to top of descent, i have to press the altitude dial for it to work, but then the plane just ends up gliding over the runway on final. any way to fix this? everything else works as shown

[@TiJayFLY]

@@speedygunzalez you shouldn’t have to press it, something is wrong with your pre-takeoff setup

[@speedygunzalez]

@@TiJayFLYalso, approach key doesnt work after turning loc on and vnav stays on and it still ends up gliding over the airport at the descent altitude 2400

[@clay_wear8015]

Can i "Request Init" ? Like in a airbus or do i have to manualy type all waypoints

[@TiJayFLY]

Yeah you’ll be able to request a plan from Simbrief, but that isn’t covered here as it goes beyond the basics required for a simple flight :) You’ll probably need to watch a much longer video from another creator for that stuff 👍

[@sawyermccall2370]

So I run into this issue sometimes where I simply run out of places to put in my waypoints when planning my route in the FMC, and it just stops giving me an open space to put my waypoints. Im really new to route planning and using approaches and sids and routes and stuff. Thanks for the awesome simple tutorials.

[@TiJayFLY]

@@sawyermccall2370 do DEP then all waypoints before ARR

[@sawyermccall2370]

@@TiJayFLY oh ok thanks

[@anuragsahoo12]

Your tutorials, be it of a320 or 777, are the simplest and precise tutorials on KZbin. Many Many Thanks TiJayFly. Lots of love.

[@vitolam410]

hey bro ur tutorials are amazing esp for a beginner like me, but i wanna ask how do i cut off the engines after landing on the pmdg 777, also i cant manage to open the AFT cargo doors no matter how many times i press "open", can u help me out please

[@TiJayFLY]

@@vitolam410 not sure about the cargo doors - check the manual on the PMDG website. Engine cutoff is just clicking the fuel switches by the pedestal, then batteries off should end the flight and log it correctly in the sim. Obvs there are a few more steps if you wanted to do it realistically or put it in turnaround mode etc

[@vitolam410]

@@TiJayFLY thx for the reply bro, i tried turning off the fuel switches as shown on ur other video 1:21 (PMDG 777 MSFS - Startup Tutorial | Quick & Easy ), but then it started beeping nonstop in the cockpit, which seems kinda strange, any reason why?

[@TiJayFLY]

@@vitolam410 well yes, you will get beeping - a quick shutdown is not a correct or realistic shutdown 😂 If you need a correct/realistic procedure, follow the in-sim popup checklist for shutdown :)

[@SkyGeekAviation]

I can't put gross weight. It says invalid

[@TiJayFLY]

@@SkyGeekAviation you’re probably trying to enter lbs when it’s expecting kilos or vice versa. Check both FMC and sim are using the same units of measurement

[@SkyGeekAviation]

@@TiJayFLY ok

[@jadenikuzir2686]

I am so confused. I play on a Xbox controller and I can’t even taxi or anything. It’s like the brakes won’t work for the controller.

[@TiJayFLY]

The parking brake is OFF by default. Holding the regular toe brakes for two seconds will stop any forward/backwards roll. Then when you apply throttle, the airplane will move normally. The parking brake *should* be operated by using the Parking Brake key to enable it, and holding the toe brakes for two seconds to disable it. However, right now, the behaviour seems inconsistent and buggy. So I recommend leaving the parking brake off and just using the toe brakes.

[@SNS-FS-YT]

I still have the Checklist incomp warning, is there something you need to set up anymore?

[@TiJayFLY]

You can safely ignore/cancel it for a casual flight, it just means you haven’t ticked off the electronic checklist. It’s an accurately simulated feature of the airplane, but is not something casual players need to worry about for an A-B flight (as it doesn’t stop you operating the autopilot etc as normal), and therefore is not covered in this video.

[@SNS-FS-YT]

I also have a problem if the plane is on its final turn, it just doesn’t descent with approach mode on, and it then says no auto land.

[@TiJayFLY]

@@SNS-FS-YT too high / above glide slope when you intercept it? Share (link to) a video of the approach on the discord in description if possible. Hard to tell without seeing it.

[@SNS-FS-YT]

Okay, will do that

[@damianward9695]

My v speeds won't show up on the fms i put 5 flaps but i cant get the v speeds to pop up

[@TiJayFLY]

@@damianward9695 unfinished perf or route discontinuity

[@damianward9695]

@TiJayFLY I got it now. Thank you bro

[@drewtownes505]

Thank you for another splendid easy to follow tutorial. Can't wait to get her in the air!

[@ehmad5663]

Awesome my fav KZbinr does the tutorial i appreciate it but can we also plz get a cold and dark tutorial? I just get confused with hydraulic part of cold and dark

[@TiJayFLY]

Startup Tutorial (from default state when starting at a gate/ramp): kzbin.info/www/bejne/mmrSd3ycgJyte9Esi=HTHxF6BxxNwEsAAa

[@Andysus123]

Great tutorial as always.