How to start a Boeing 737-800 (FSX)

hello there everybody have you ever sat in the back of one of these airplanes and maybe wondered what are the pilots doing up front or how do they get these big engines to start but maybe if you're wondering what takes them so long to get from the ramp - Laxus taxi well I can go and show you let's go to the cockpit and have a look around now notice everything here is turned off there's no power running whatsoever so let's change that let's grab our checklist and just tells us so parking brake is set by the way this is the pre-flight and aft overhead checklist battery switch is on and we have 26 volts on the battery and which is over our minimum of 22 so we can continue AC voltmeter selector is on ground power electric hydraulic pumps 1 & 2 are off standby power disconnects 1 & 2 are guarded standby power is on automatic and guarded trance most transfers on automatic and guarded okay now we're gonna connect the ground power so ground power is now on bus landing your lever is down we have three light green lights indicating that the gear is down and locked engine APU fire warning system and extinguishers test we'll move this switch to the right and we have engine will well fire into one fire engine to fire an APU fire we have the fire Bell by our warning and belt cut out where you turn the switch back to Center and we'll do a cargo fire testing so again we have a bell forward and aft fire warning discharge warning a caution and a fire warning and Bell cutout and will depress the switch okay position lights [Music] engine bleed switches 1 & 2 hour off APU bleed switch is off left forward fuel pump is on APU we're going to go ahead and start the APU the APU is the observing power unit and we need this unit to start the engines because believe it or not the engines on an aircraft well with this kind of for these Jets they don't start using a electric motor they actually start using air pressure coming from the auxiliary power unit see this power unit provides absorbing power just in case we lose all power to the aircraft and it also provides air to the aircraft so we use this unit to start the engines and it sends air to the air core or the inner turbines and the engines and spins them and once they reach a certain rpm or a certain percentage the pilot will engage the field to the engines and once combustion happens then the Ford fans and inner fans begin to spin on their own they do not need the help of the APA so we just need the APU for engine start so APU is ready to go online a GT stable so APU is now on bus AC voltmeter selector is on APU generator and we have 115 amps or volts on the jetway coming from the jam ap boots which is on and notice the duct pressure begins to rise since we have now connected the eg APU they sound so similar okay all right the AP is now running we got the EAP piece which is on Le devices versus test button and we have all the lights come on so test is good IRS display tests we have the indications come on down here so we can continue with programming the IRS and basically what the IRS is is it provides us our navigation information and you'll notice it's like those that down here we have our main screens well they're not all aligned correctly we don't have any indications on them so we need to change that let's go to the FMC and we need to put in our location so our location is kilo-charlie-sierra golf the Columbus Metropolitan Airport it knows our latitude and longitude so we'll copy that transfer it to the IRS position and if we look back up at the unit notice that we have a line on left and right usually this process for alignment will take about 20 minutes but I have a sped up in order to save time so the IRS is now aligned and we have our displays okay so iris is the line now we can test the oxygen masks the captain's option oxygen mask us flow oxygen the right has oxygen passenger oxygen switch is guarded so this means it's on normal and the passenger oxygen light is turned off all right we're going to do a Mach airspeed warning test and a stall warning attached so we can open up that overhead panel again and before the aircraft while actually when the aircraft enters over speed range you'll hear this so we'll test both units and before the aircraft enters of stall each control column has what's called a stick shaker attached to it or this unit here and basically what it does is it vibrates the control column whenever the aircraft is about to enter stall so we know both those units work equipment cooling supply and exhaust switches our recirculation fans left and right are caught oh now we'll set up the air conditioning panel the isolation valve is on auto left pack is on auto right pack is on Pato okay he burns the exit lights armed seatbelt sign is on flap lever is up and we verify that the position needle indicates the flaps apart ah okay so pre-flight and aft overhead checklist is complete now we need to do the overhead preparation checklist all right and it should be pretty fast as when it's just making sure that indications are correct standby hydraulic blow quantity low pressure indicators are off flight control switches a and B are guarded alternate flaps which is guarded alternate flap control switch is off spoiler switches a and B are guarded the alt damper is on VHF nav and IRS are on both on normal FM C is normal navigation display source is on auto navigation display control panel is on normal now we're going to test the fuel cross feed valve and basically there's links both left and right tanks together so we're gonna open the valve we have a brake valve open meaning the valve is in transit dim valve open meaning the valve is open bright again the valve is in transit and off the valve is closed so is okay Phil pumps we have the forward left turned on DC voltmeter we're gonna turn it to t1 RT r 1t r2 t r3 and back to battery cab and util is on IFE and the pass is on the equipment calling supply and exhaust switches I'm going to go and check that again is on normal the emergency exit lights are armed fasten seat belt sign is on window wipers are not required window heat we're gonna go ahead and test the overheat and power and is good so we're gonna go ahead and turn on the window heat croaky is on wing anti-ice is off engine anti-ice is off electric hydraulic pumps 1 & 2 are off engine hydraulic pumps 1 to are on cockpit voice recorder you'll hold the button down until we get that red light indicating that the voice recorder checks out okay engine starts switches off and ignition selector switches on left ignition ignition left air conditioning panels is sent trim air is on air-conditioning selectors all three knobs on auto recirculation fan left and right around Auto wing and body overheat test both are good packs left on auto isolation valve is open bleeds on the left engine and right on APA pleats on we have a bleed indication on the air-conditioning unit pressurization panel we're going to ensure that we have 12,000 set for our cruise altitude our airport our current well sort of our current airport elevation is for underground to the nearest so it's on 400 I believe Airport elevation is 300 50-something seventy something like that so we round to 400 the pressurization is set to automatic and exterior lights local life is all anti-collision language overhead preparation checklist is complete ok we're almost to the engine start two more checklists ago ford panel and pedestal and this one's gonna be pretty simple to do so we need to set up our autopilot Fleck director because on pilot is main speed we're going to have 200 knots for our initial climb out and heading it's going to be somewhere around there altitude will be twelve thousand and now we program our flight management computer or flight management system all depends on who you were talking I okay so now we go to our payload I'll sit around and wait and that looks good scourge routes we need to put in from Columbus 2khz hell or the Atlanta hartsfield-jackson Atlanta International Airport flight number is six to 0-7 runway for departures from a six hour arrival will be the ILS two runways are nine right transition over Vinnie route activate execute legs will connect Vinnie to our route execute initial reference our weight is 1.5 forum decimal 2 we have ten reserves cost index is 3 0 flight level 1 to 0 or 12,000 feet and execute are to be takeoff flaps of 8/10 for departure our CG is to 0 decimal 5 and we have our takeoff information of 139 VR is 140 and b2 is 149 v1 it indicates our speed at which we can still stop the aircraft after v1 then we're committed to the departure VR is rotation speeds v2 is the minimum safe speed at which we can operate with still one engine running so those are our reference speed set in and the FMC is completely set up for our flight and we're gonna go ahead and verify that our route looks correct which it does we're departing out of Columbus we'll make a left turn for vini which is the beginning of the approaching to runway zero nine right into Atlanta and once we hit fini we're going to do that right turn towards the runway so the navigation equipments are set up and now we're going to check that the altimeter is set to airport elevation standby gauges are set and checked our break is on RTO or rejected takeoff parking brake is set yes is set [Music] speed brake lever is down this is the speed brake lever so it's down thrust levers are idle reverse levers basically what the reverse is is this lever here going up and down and basically what that does is it repositions this cowling right here to reverse the flow of air from going this way to this way it redirects the air so that's the thrust reverse flaps up engines start levers on cutoff stabilizer trim let me go ahead and trim the aircraft down [Music] five decimal five eights that's all right so the aircraft is trimmed take off warning horn to be tested it and calm and nav radios we're not going to set the communication and navigation radios so we can skip that the audio panel is set rudder and aileron trim is zero we're gonna we're going to test the transfer transmitter the T casts [Music] we press the button and wait for the Ticos test okay pre-departure briefing seismically okay so it passed forward panel and personal checklist complete all right before pushback checklist bill pump switches now we're going to turn all the fuel pumps on so pumps and park on APU generator switch and I verify it both of them are on seat belt sign is on hydraulic a pump is off hydraulic B pump is on flight deck door is locked see here that unlocks the door that denies entry so the door is locked windows are locked and ground equipment we're gonna disconnect the GPU F s actions the wheel chocks I repeat turn to take and before pushback checklist is complete all right so now we're going to begin our push there's our pushback vehicle over there about to come to us let's go and start the engines pack switches now notice if you ever have been in the aircraft as large as this one before they turn off the air conditioning before they start the engines and that is to ensure that we have as much pressure as we can going to the engines for start-up okay actually some valve is open and he's pushing us back now okay we're now going to select the right engine to ground start writings on ground start we're going to watch n2 percentage which is the core turbine there this registers their their RPM percentage so we're at 20 we can go ahead and give the engine some fuel and we can verify that we have ignition by egt rising or the temperature of the engine so that's rising and one is rising and the engine stand seems to be starting up correctly we basically wanted to watch the temperatures here to make sure they didn't go into an unsafe range and if they would have then you just abort the engine start the pushback right here helps photographer breaks on that's why I have two people in the aircraft's to ensure that you have one guy checking the systems and making sure you're not good for them like I just did that's fine we left half the tires on the terminal it's okay we can still depart on the rims so the right engine is now started we're going to turn the right engine to continuous ignition meaning that if the engine were to have shut down it will continue to try to relight itself so we'll have some thrust coming from that engine or a complete related now we're gonna go ahead and start the left edge so a left on ground start and we have a rise and into and again we're gonna wait for it to reach 20 percent and now we give it phew we have ignition a GT is rising and by the way this is n1 this is our outer turbine so n1 registers the apartment percentage of all right so both of those engines are started let's go back in here change this to continuous ignition and now we can turn on our hydraulics you can turn off the auxiliary power unit after of course me they should be somewhere around okay all right so left and right and panic sir ah get the air conditioning running flaps ten flap set for departure we are ready to go to our checklist after you can start engine generators which is one and two are gone hydraulic pump a is one electric hydraulic pumps are on AC voltmeter selector is a monitor generator one APU bleed switch is on APU is all pokey is our master caution we'll go ahead do a recall okay and no cautions engine and we can see Isis off packs left and right Iran automatic isolation valve is on autumn it's on right now hydraulic system reject and taxi clearance we have our clearance to taxi so I'll see all the runway and we'll go into a departure and we'll end it there so we see on the runway all right so now we're ready to go final is clear runway is clear go ahead and turn on our landing light and taxi light tap the brakes we don't want to use up too much front weight because in aviation there's nothing more useless than the runway behind this is a pretty short runway for this aircraft so we're ready to depart what we're going to do is I'm going to hold the brakes bring the aircraft up to 70% and one release the brakes and full power air speeds rising eighty knots and check rotate and we verify that we have a positive rate of climb in which we do so gear up and flaps two five auto throttle is armed lateral navigation his arms altitude hold vertical speed and command alpha is on now I have the autopilot on autopilot is automatically flying us up to an altitude of 12,000 following the lateral navigation core the course that we have set in our FM c or FM s this is tea cast traffic traffic collision avoidance system air speed we're gonna do it let's bring it all the way up to 230 for our air speed that off to get past the one mark here to bring the flaps up to one and flaps one huh the gear lever to the off position slaps up no light after takeoff positive rate gear up flaps retracted autopilot is set and engaged air conditioning and pressurization is sent after takeoff his checklist is complete climb Auto breaks off engine starts switches on continuous and at 10,000 feet we are to switch the landing lights to all seatbelt signs will be turning off and upon passing transition altitude set held Twitter's two two nine nine two and transition altitude we thousand so there you have it that was the engine start and departure so I hope I answered your questions if you've ever been confused sit in the back seat wondering what they're doing on fear well I hope that shed a little light as to what they're doing so I hope you guys stay tuned for my next videos thanks for watching make sure you rate subscribe and comment and I'll see you in the next video

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Keywords: 737, boeing, airplane, how to start a 737, pmdg 737 engine start, pmdg 737 take off, Take Off (film), PMDG, boeing 737, Landing, Airport, Simulator, Plane, Airlines, Airbus, Takeoff, Flying, Fs2004, International, fixed wing, aircraft, boeing 737-800, Cessna, Aviation, Fs9, fsx, fs10

Id: pZofY286FyQ

Length: 27min 17sec (1637 seconds)

Published: Mon Mar 11 2013

Reddit Comments

[u/HighAdmiral]

yikes.

[u/Push_Deep]

Wtf?

[u/meesersloth]

Usually the planes are in a turn around state so they isn’t always have to go through this process.