FSX - Cessna 172 Startup Tutorial

[SimenArnesen]

I set up my Cessna 152 and I request checklist but I get a error a red message pilot error.

[paralaile]

"DO NOT use this for REAL LIFE USE!"

everyone knows that future pilots in the real world come here , to learn seriously how to flight!

[IwillBeRockStar69]

Good walk through. At least someone does it right 

[HunterPilot24]

"DO NOT use this for REAL LIFE USE!" If someone can start a 172 based on this tutorial they deserve whatever plane they're stealing. The 172 is almost without comparison, number one in the general aviation world for being the hardest to start. They're a rightful pain in the ass.

[niftybird]

Thanks for the vid. Would be best to leave avionics switch off until after the engine is started to avoid possible electrical probs.

[BgKnoccoutGangstaDre]

What game is this called?

[SmellsLikeMineCraft]

@BgKnoccoutGangstaDre

flight simulator X

[sdrawkcab96]

I would like to add that certain flight schools or air clubs require you to shout "clear" prior to starting your aircraft.

Also good procedure is to do a walk around. Which you can do if your a super aviation nerd like me on FSX by simply going to outside view and zooming in and out while going around the aircraft. I posted the Walk around below in the proper order (by posting it backwards) lol

[JTinNH]

@sdrawkcab96 My wife's desk is right next to my sim setup ...doesn't she hate it when I yell "CLEAR PROP" (hehe)

[sdrawkcab96]

Check the cabin. Look for current A.R.R.O.W. and maintenance documents that are the airworthiness certificate, registration, radio operators licence, owner's manual also known as the POH, pilot operating handbook and weight and balance data.

[sdrawkcab96]

Make sure that check dates are within expiration for the recent; 100 hour engine time inspection, annual inspection, VOR inspection within the last 30 days, transponder inspection within the last 24 months, Emergency Landing Transmitter within last 12 months and Hobbs meter for current engine time.

[sdrawkcab96]

Remove the control lock. Turn the ignition switch off. Ensure all electrical equipment is turned off. Make sure the propeller area is clear. Turn the master switch on. Turn master avionics on. Check fuel gauges. Turn on all lights (panel, landing, taxi, strobe, navigation) and walk around the plane and check. Turn off. Turn on pilot heat, check for warming, turn off. Lower flaps to 30 degrees. Master switch off. Turn off alternate static source. Set fuel selector valve to both.

[sdrawkcab96]

Do an empennage check. Remove the rudder gust lock from the tail. Look up and down both sides of the fuselage for damage. Remove tail tie down. Manually move the elevator up and down and check it's secure. Manually move rudder left and right. Check VOR antennas. Check that the elevation trim tab is deflected up or down according to cockpit setting.

[sdrawkcab96]

Check the right wing. Make sure the flap is securely attached. Manually move aileron up and down. Check wing skin, wing tips and lights for damage. Untie wing tie down. Check main wheel tire pressure. Check that the brakes are secure. Check fuel sample from fuel tank sump for water. Check fuel quantity with calibrated measuring stick. Make sure that the fuel cap is securely reattached.

[sdrawkcab96]

Go over the nose. Check that the oil level is between five to seven quarts. Check the fuel sample from strainer. Check fuel sample from belly quick drain. Check propeller and spinner for damage. Check that air intakes are free and open. Check carburettor air filter is clear. See that the landing light is secure. Check nose wheel is properly inflated and nose strut is hydraulically responsive to movement. Make sure that the static port is open.

[sdrawkcab96]

:Check the left wing. Check fuel quantity with calibrated measuring stick. Make sure the fuel cap is securely reattached. Check the main wheel tire pressure. Check brakes are secure. Check fuel sample from fuel tank sump for water. Check pilot tube and drain are clear. Check stall warning opening is free. Check fuel tank vent is clear. Untie wing tie down. Manually move aileron up and down. Flap should be securely attached. Check wing skin, wing tips and lights for damage.

[CaptainJoeLewis]

@poet79ful You can apply any real life techniques to flight simulator OR you can just put yourself on the runway and go, it's up to how you want to fly. I myself apply my real life techniques to the simulator and they work just as well as in real life. Weight and fuel applies too, you can run out of fuel and be overweight or be lopsided. I don't know where you can buy it, but I imagine you can buy it somewhere like PC world or GAME.

Thanks

Joe

[maximelegras]

how do you open and close the door ?

[DDomonkos123]

Very close to real life. The Fuel Pump is only to prime the engine, as said before. Also you want your Both Master Switches ON before you turn over the engine. And you need the AVIONICS switch OFF when you turn over the engine too. Other than that it was pretty good.

[Daedalus294]

your pre flight checklist is actually applicable to real life too actually...there is a actual checklist you follow...for those of you that dont know.

[MrJp990]

Hey how do you start in the parking space? when ever i fly, it starts me out with a warm, running engine on the runway... please answer

[CaptainJoeLewis]

@MrJp990 When you select an airport there's a drop down box that lets you select a parking space if there is one, to shut down the engine just cut off the mixture.

[MrJp990]

@CaptainJoeLewis But it will still be warmed up.. I meant starting with a cold engine in a parking space.

[The4449daylight]

@SkyWestCRJPilot if you want your parking brakes not to hold then sure you do that

[rabbitn17]

How do turn off everything? All engines and all avionics?

[The4449daylight]

@rabbitn17 dont now about all the tecnicals but to shut off your enjine quick move he fuel mix to cut

[DDomonkos123]

@rabbitn17 There is a checklist for that... you find a place to stop, Throttle idol. Mixture full out (kills engine, sounds horrible too). Both Master Switches off, avionics off, stand by battery off (if there is one), Magnetos in the off position.... That is at a high level, in a hurry way to turn it all off.

[KCBOYZ1307]

NAV lights are supposed to be turned on when the aircraft has power, so they're pretty much alwas on. They always come on before the Beacon, and the engine shouldn't be started until at least five minutes after the beacon is switched on, but I understand nobody would wanna wait that long in this video.

[DDomonkos123]

@KCBOYZ1307 Why should the NAV lights be turned on five minutes after the Beacon?? That sounds like the old school flight instructor comment... 5 minutes is a lot of Hobbs/Tach time. Not to mention any instructor charges that might occur in the plane.

Another real life note. No one wants to sit in a cold or hot aircraft nor does a student pilot want to sit there while the instructor charges him/her because they take forever to start the plane... :)

[wyattkmk4life]

you are not supposed to start it with the fuel pump on

[CaptainJoeLewis]

@wyattkmk4life

Hi this was 2 years before I started my PPL lessons and I fly the 152 and it doesnt have a fuel pump switch, I don't know about the cessna 172, the checklists/procedures used were from the internet, this is not real procedure. If you want the real procedures you'll want to get the Pooley's checklist which I use irl on my c152, thanks

[tinyman12323]

@CaptainJoeLewis Ahh, should have chose the 172! haha, do you have a primer for the 152? I don't remember, and just making sure, the primer would be like a fuel pump correct?

[sproutit1]

@CaptainJoeLewis I think you use fuel pumps on pipers while starting. At least in my Cessna Cardinal you put the pump up for 4 secs and then turn and off and away you go!

[JTinNH]

@sproutit1 I always watch for a positive fuel flow rate, then shut it off. Yeah, it's probably about 4 seconds actually.

[FSX404]

Not bad, but there is one big thing that is wrong (at least on the newer planes)

Avionics switch is the last to come ON (after the engine start) and the first to be turned OFF (during shutdown) - THIS IS VERY IMPORTANT, otherwise you can ruin the avionics on the whole plane.

[robovec000]

or you could just press CTRL-E...

[N728BS]

@robovec000 At that point, one might as well go play "Barbie: The Airplane Princess". Real flight simmers don't Auto-start.

[deves22]

Thought you would start in 1/4" then after start check oil pressure and then put RPM's to 1000. ?

[yuturvio]

what a nooooob!

[aAIRCANADA806]

its pretty sad if somebody dosnt know how to startup a cessna, imagine the help they'll need at a 747!

[15MrBlue]

Cool :) keep up the good work some day you might become a real Pilot!

[illuminatidogs]

I've had over 600 commercian flights and

this is scary to me.

[CaptainJoeLewis]

Starting up a cessna? :P

[CaptainJoeLewis]

@SkyWestCRJPilot

Thankyou,

You do not need full power, but it doesn't really matter, fuel flow just goes up slower.

I am not sure about the full flaps thing, I am using a real life checklist given to me by my dad's friend, He flys cessna's alot.

[biggestMetallicAfan]

@CaptainJoeLewis These small Cessna's you do indeed use full power on takeoff, i do, but not in FS because it's unrealistic to, but real life i do.

Unless your talking about a jet or something?

[CaptainJoeLewis]

@biggestMetallicAfan

I was talking about opening the throttle during startup to get the fuel flow going, most planes require 90-100% throttle on takeoff.

Most jets require 90% due to N2/N1 Limitations.

[biggestMetallicAfan]

@CaptainJoeLewis Oh Ok, i read your post wrong.

I fly for SkyWest, so i was thinking more about takeoff.

But yeah your correct.

[tiemji]

Very great tuto!

[CaptainJoeLewis]

Well that's my intentions :P

[PedroGuedes747]

I hope this helps out the nubz.