How to use a SimBrief LIDO Operational Flight Plan by a Real 737 Pilot

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How to use a SimBrief LIDO Operational Flight Plan by a Real 737 Pilot

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6 жыл бұрын

In this tutorial I’ll show you all the information provided on a flight log from a LIDO operational flight plan and how to accurately complete time and fuel checks en-route
The sector is based off a real-world operational flight plan from Manchester (EGCC) to Alicante (LEAL)
For a more detailed analysis of the operational flight plan check out this excellent interactive flight plan available on the SimBrief website.
www.simbrief.c...
Enjoy!
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All guidance in my tutorials are based on real world operating procedures, I have over 4000 hours on the 737-800 (The real one) and I'm also a full-time Instructor working in a full motion Level D simulator.
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THIS TUTORIAL IS NOT TO BE USED FOR REAL WORLD FLIGHT TRAINING
All guidance is for Flight Simulation on your PC only. These videos are NOT for professional guidance or instruction but to provide an insight to commercial operations. You must only consult your approved training material/official guidance from your operator.
For enthusiasts, I am in no position to share/copy company material. All guidance is purely to enhance your home flight simulator experience. Any comments/view expressed are mine only.
If you happen to be an Airline Pilot in training or a curious operator firstly thanks for watching! Secondly PLEASE make sure you consult your operators approved training material ONLY.
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Addons Used:
• X - Plane 11
• ZIBO MOD 737NG (Version 3.30 BETA 24) with FMOD sounds by AudioBirdXP - forums.x-plane...
• TerrainRadar by DrGluck - forums.x-plane...
• Aircraft Skin/Livery - flightdeck2sim by Michal Fogelman. Available here - drive.google.c...
• Airport Environment HD 0.9 by MisterX6
• Jeppesen Charts from NAVIGRAPH - www.navigraph.com
• Airport Scenery - UK2000 Manchester (EGCC)
PC Specs:
• Intel Core i7-7700K Kaby Lake Processor/8MB L3 Cache
• Chillblast 120 CPU Water Cooler
• Asus PRIME Z270-P Motherboard
• 32GB DDR4 2400MHz
• 500GB Samsung 960 EVO M.2 SSD
• Seagate IronWolf 8TB NAS Hard Drive 3.5" SATA III 6GB's 7200RPM 256MB Cache
• NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1080 8GB Graphics Card

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@flightdeck2sim 6 жыл бұрын

Small Note - 4:35 - The difference between IMT and ITT is magnetic variation, not the drift from heading and track as stated on this tutorial. Thanks to Cloud Surfing 101 for pointing this out! Magnetic Variation is something I haven't considered for about 8 years! FD2S

@clearprop-richardnash5050 5 жыл бұрын

flightdeck2sim haha. I shouted VARIATION just before you said it, when you said drift I was like....oh..emmm. Ok 🤣

@maxhvargas 5 жыл бұрын

A good pilot is always learning. Excellent tutorial!! Thanks.

@bobmunday2762 4 жыл бұрын

flightdeck2sim hi, I've just flown a route from Kord to kjfk with a sim brief flight plan. Everything went fine until I got to kjfk. The last waypoint does a very sharp left turn not a gradual one. So the inevitable happened, it rolled over and crashed. So is there a way of changing the plan, because sim brief will just calculate the same plan every time. I know it's the STAR but what can I do to correct it. Thanks in advance, Bob

@pedroalmeida9488 3 жыл бұрын

@@bobmunday2762 The flight path isn't always correctly presented on the flight plan, especially in SIDs and STARs. What matters is that it is set correctly in the aircraft. For this reason, the problem doesn't have to do with Simbrief

@FNAR62 3 жыл бұрын

Is IMT correct for the wind component? And why "initial"? Thanks in advance, Franco

@justinquitadamo 4 жыл бұрын

Your instruction and explanation of the information seems to come so natural. So informative and very well presented. Thank you sincerely for all you do for the sim community.

@carlosenriquezegarra 6 жыл бұрын

How good feels to really understand, finally, the meaning of all this FD2S. Thanks a lot.

6 жыл бұрын

Someone already said it, brilliant as always and a very useful topic. Must say SimBrief is one impressive service which your clip confirms. Amazing being able to have something as accurate and close to real life available to anyone on the web!

@flightdeck2sim 6 жыл бұрын

Hey Richard! Thanks again, it’s a powerful tool and a very useful resource. It’s pretty much identical to our flight plan 👍🏼 FD2S

@kijetikimavi 5 жыл бұрын

U r an amazing person to post this.. very kind of u

@francescof9474 6 жыл бұрын

Very nice as always! I am literally in love with your channel!

@flightdeck2sim 6 жыл бұрын

Thanks a million! Hope it provides further immersion for your sim experience 👍🏼 FD2S

@MikePlaysYeet 6 жыл бұрын

I was literally just finishing another one of your videos

@flightdeck2sim 6 жыл бұрын

Next!! Haha! Sorry for the wait 👍🏼 FD2S

@ramair6424 5 жыл бұрын

I always appreciate the material you share and teach us. Please keep the videos coming.

@imadepar 6 жыл бұрын

Love your videos, highly instructive. I always learn something I can apply to improve my sim experience. I too fly the 737 (PMDG 737 800 NGX and use Simbrief as my flightplan) GREAT work. Looking forward for more!

@Ripply 6 жыл бұрын

These videos never fail to impress me with all your knowledge of the topic

@flightdeck2sim 6 жыл бұрын

Thanks a lot Ripply! Teaching this stuff to new pilots who join the company kind of helps! FD2S

@rangerrick8220 2 жыл бұрын

Excellent! Really enjoy the tutorials. Learning more each day! Initially when i watched your videos I found it overwhelming... now - not as much ;) I'm getting better though... understand alot more. Thanks!

@rondeldebbio9219 5 жыл бұрын

Fantastic, as close to real life as it gets! Cheers!

@christopherfinn7986 5 жыл бұрын

Another very informative video, thanks. I was very interested in your views on the accuracy of SimBrief. I have been doing some flights and planning exercises comparing SimBrief with the FCOM LRC table and found that CI 40 gave almost exactly the same fuels and times using a 65 tonne landing weight. Rgds Chris

@kirti7659 6 жыл бұрын

I needed this so much man! Thank you

@flightdeck2sim 6 жыл бұрын

No problem, hope it helps! FD2S

@detenruckman3076 5 жыл бұрын

Thank you for sharing your knowledge. I have learned so much, especially from this video. Thank you for your effort.

@flightdeck2sim 5 жыл бұрын

Anytime Deten! FD2S

@SamuelHMay 6 жыл бұрын

good to see u again

@andrefinken 5 жыл бұрын

I like the way you present that. Its not possible to do a fast foreward of 10 Second without losing Important Information. And at the end you say something like „that i simply pretty much we do“ 🤨😑

@Stringbean421 6 жыл бұрын

This was very helpful - thank you. That was a great view of the Zibo 737 departure.

@flightdeck2sim 6 жыл бұрын

Thanks a lot! Would love to have a view like that in real life 😉 FD2S

@schoc13 7 ай бұрын

Outstanding! I learned a lot!

@viccabrales3091 5 жыл бұрын

Uff! Yet another quality video. Extremely informative and very easy to follow. Thanks for your invaluable contributions! Cheers!

@flightdeck2sim 5 жыл бұрын

Anytime Vic! FD2S

@mercedeswcls 5 жыл бұрын

Very interesting! Thank you :)

@ericohara2582 2 жыл бұрын

Great info and format, thank you...

@amarmams5125 6 жыл бұрын

thanks a lot. (merci beaucoup) for all your videos and you precious time you give us. I learn many things on the 737 8 so I hope a next live video.

@flightdeck2sim 5 жыл бұрын

Thanks Amar! See you in the next stream! FD2S

@apolloactual7666 6 жыл бұрын

That was really interesting, I didn’t think there was anything more to it. Just thought of it as a pre flight reference of what to expect. Also thanks to you I’ve started flying again. Looking forward to ppl and onwards! Thank you for sharing your passion!

@flightdeck2sim 6 жыл бұрын

Awesome to hear! A lot of people were not too sure how to use it so I thought I’d show you. Good luck on your adventure! FD2S

@ericohara2582 2 жыл бұрын

I agree with Apollo... great to hear you are flying again. I am coming from the other direction. With all of the hype about the new MSFS when it came out I thought I would take a look at simulation FSX / XP11 etc. Back in the mid 90s I did a real world CPL/ATPL groundschool with Atlantic Flight Training in Coventry UK, I was in my late 30s. Then with 10 exams out of the 15 or so in the bag, the very sad 9/11 incident occurred. I realised how precarious my situation would be, given my age and the remaining training cost with IR etc (I had almost completed a twin rating) and still working to keep a family and mortgage, I simply stopped. My flying went by the wayside and now at 60, you guessed it, I miss it all very much. Enter my new discovery of flight sims , excitingly I started back on the "steam gauges" that I knew as well as the Carenado Seneca of the virtual world. Assembling the piles of coursework binders, I was off again, this time in the virtual world... much cheaper! The point is, with your excellent flight videos, real world knowledge and tutorials, I can catch up and (albeit reluctantly) leave the steam gauges and IRS / INS behind as I discover glass cockpits and GPS procedures. Although I am not real world flying, It has hugely filled something of the empty void, I am hooked! Thank you FD2S!

@rayanaltowayan9558 6 жыл бұрын

Awesome video !! Very informative . Along with the fuel checks do you guys talk to ATC every 30 mins too ?

@flightdeck2sim 5 жыл бұрын

Hi Rayan. Yes if we haven’t heard from ATC after 30 minutes we simply do a radio check to ensure they are still in contact 👍🏼 FD2S

@benoitpuech3536 5 жыл бұрын

Hey hey, thank you for all your videos which bring real procedures in simulation! I love it! I have a request: can you do a video on how to fill in a load, trim and balance sheet and thus how to determine trim setting, please? Go on your videos and thank you for everything you do!!!

@flightdeck2sim 5 жыл бұрын

Hi Benoit, I could do a basic video, in reality this is always calculated for by a dispatcher or occasionally filled in by the pilots using a loadsheet. FD2S

@ChrisPinCornwall 2 жыл бұрын

Thanks. Learned from that.

@giacomobrac 6 жыл бұрын

Great video, really needed. Could you also make a video about sigwx and met charts? Thank you!

@weswheel4834 5 жыл бұрын

Nice summary thanks. I know what to do with 1 more page of the OFP than before watching this video. (and its one more page to print out). Thanks. edit: I imagine that in xplane its quite easy to click that FUEL FLOW switch the wrong way and reset the fuel counter rather than changing the mode to USED :)

@flightdeck2sim 5 жыл бұрын

Thanks Tony! Yes you need to carefully position the mouse cursor for certain switches!

@JoshuaPenaranda 5 жыл бұрын

Hello FD2S, i am loving the depth you go in these videos. I have one question: can i follow your PMDG tutorial videos with the zibo 737? Is it accutate enough? I come from fsx and airbus x. Im too broke to buy the ff a320 right now so im sticking to boeing. I want to follow your videos because you explain everything. (Im having a hard time with boeing) :) Thanks!

@flightdeck2sim 5 жыл бұрын

Hi Joshua, Yes absolutely, I'm applying the same procedure with the ZIBO MOD! Come and join the dark side on XP11! FD2S

@JoshuaPenaranda 5 жыл бұрын

flightdeck2sim Thanks! Keep it up! You earned my sub!

@joeholloway7562 5 жыл бұрын

Wouldn't it be nice if you could load the briefing into the tablet and add those figures as you progress through your flight and keep an electronic copy?

@flightdeck2sim 5 жыл бұрын

Or you could do what we which is print it off every morning and use a trusty pen! FD2S

@Hoekstes 6 жыл бұрын

Interesting vid, thanks!

@flightdeck2sim 6 жыл бұрын

You’re most welcome! FD2S

@coolelbow123 6 жыл бұрын

Brilliant, as always! Just a question regarding the OFP. I noticed 'said' company uses IPads to display the OFP, so how do they write on the OFP, to fill times in etc.

@flightdeck2sim 6 жыл бұрын

Well we print them off and use good old fashioned paper! 🤗 FD2S

@coolelbow123 6 жыл бұрын

Interesting - poor trees! Haha

@pdep Ай бұрын

How could you get the Flight Route data out of the Simbrief PDF into an XLS spreadsheet? Any ideas anybody? TIA

@hubermarcelo4273 5 жыл бұрын

Hi what is the difference between IMT and ITT? That is the only thing that I don't understand on the flight plan

@rangerrick8220 2 жыл бұрын

One question - I have found that Simbrief doesn't always match well with what the FMS programs - with respect to altitudes? I can program in a flight and notice the waypoints are correct - contraints / restrictions seem to generally fit - but altitudes can differ alot. Do you change the FMS altitudes to match Simbrief ones or leave FMS as is...?

@oscarmv6773 5 жыл бұрын

nice video¡ it resolve me some doubts. Awesome channel, subscribed¡ Regards from Spain

@flightdeck2sim 5 жыл бұрын

Garcias! FD2S

@Test-Pilot1194 3 жыл бұрын

I’m not sure just how familiar you are personally with the Boeing 787-9. But I use this format of OFP for my flights in said aircraft. But when entering the flight levels at waypoints in the FMC, it always comes up with, eg “UNABLE FL…at….” Almost like the plan doesn’t match the aircrafts performance. Any ideas on how to fix this PLEASE?

@JFLJKD 6 жыл бұрын

Another fascinating stuff thank you so much. Should that comparsion of OFP and actual parameters be done during climb-descent too ? or the rule is only once in 30 mins ?

@flightdeck2sim 6 жыл бұрын

Hi Solomon, during the cruise only. Climb/Descent is a critical phase of flight where no paperwork is completed 👍🏼 FD2S

@tomstravels520 5 жыл бұрын

With the way technology is going I would have thought this information would be sent by ACARS to company dispatch. But then I suppose pilots need something to do to stop them getting bored on 12 hour flights ;)

@flightdeck2sim 5 жыл бұрын

Not all airlines invest in ACARS, we don't have it! FD2S

@emaildenis 6 жыл бұрын

I know it's very unlikely, but what if the timing wasn't started during takeoff, could that happen and if so well...what happens? Another great video by the way!

@flightdeck2sim 5 жыл бұрын

You would just have to have a really good guess, moral of the story is, do not forget to start the timer! FD2S

@emaildenis 5 жыл бұрын

Thanks Captain!

@skywalker1592 6 жыл бұрын

Is my Zibo 737 out of date because the fuel indicator on mine looks different.

@jakeperl5857 5 жыл бұрын

Regarding winds: is it possible that when comparing your in-sim flight to Simbrief, it says more about the accuracy (or lack thereof) of X-Plane than Simbrief? Thanks again for another very informative tutorial!

@flightdeck2sim 5 жыл бұрын

I think XP11 by default is bit late updating to real world weather. There are plugins available that keep the weather updated (NOAA XP11 plugin) which I use. FD2S

@ianlivesey2889 5 жыл бұрын

LISTO departure at Manchester isn't available for Jet aircraft. Tut tut :P

@flightdeck2sim 5 жыл бұрын

Ian Livesey guilty! I haven’t flown out of MAN for years, simbrief just automatically generated this SID! FD2S

@keithhodkinson8386 5 жыл бұрын

Hi there! I've just had a good look at my OFP as generated by Simbrief for my short flight this morning from Bologna to Palermo. There were 37 pages of NOTAMs, which I think (with all the time in the world) is indigestable - it's just too much information to take in! How can you possibly find time to look at this, or sort out what's important from what is minor, with the short turnarounds that you have in the real world?

@flightdeck2sim 5 жыл бұрын

Hi Keith! There is indeed a lot of information, our LIDO OFP's highlight pertinent information, eg U/S - CLOSED - INOP etc I check all destination and primary ALTN NOTAM's prior to dispatch of the first flight so NOTAM's do not need to looked at during the turnaround. I like to check at home when eating breakfast/Lunch etc so when I arrive for the briefing I already know in my head weather/how much fuel I would like to take/pertinent NOTAM's etc. FD2S

@sahalmullan2012 5 жыл бұрын

how do you find an cost index in simbrif??

@flightdeck2sim 5 жыл бұрын

You select one manually! FD2S

@cloudsurfing101 6 жыл бұрын

Sure the difference between ITT & IMT is drift? I thought it was variation and the difference between course and heading was drift/WCA? Correct me if i’m wrong.

@flightdeck2sim 6 жыл бұрын

Cloudsurfing 101 my apologies, I think you might be right! I’d never considered IMT/ITT whilst reading the OFP (the beauty of having an FMC) but looking at the wind component the difference isn’t drift and has to be magentic variation. Well spotted sir 👍🏼 FD2S

@stevemayer7057 5 жыл бұрын

As per👍

@ahmedshemees8018 5 жыл бұрын

I am a huge fan.. i fly 737 on my simulator and i learn alot from you and soon i will have my own uploads .. I only have a question .. is there any kind of limitation regarding using spoilers?(speed,altitude) or i just can deploy them whenever i need to reduce my air speed? Thanks

@flightdeck2sim 5 жыл бұрын

Hi Ahmed, thanks! No speed restriction with spoilers but prohibited to use with flap settings of 15 or greater. FD2S

@ahmedshemees8018 5 жыл бұрын

Thanks for replying .. i've also been told not to use spoilers at FLIGHT DETENT Position.

@Greazer 6 жыл бұрын

Hi Greaser here, the clouds look really nice. Which weather program/settings are you using?

@flightdeck2sim 6 жыл бұрын

None at the moment Greaser! Default XP11 FD2S

@massimodalessandro9259 6 жыл бұрын

Thank you! For VNAV applications, under the FL column next to each waypoint, I noticed Simbrief does not obey any enroute altitude restrictions if they exist. Does your company’s LIDO format honor altitude restrictions under the FL column? If not, why are FL altitudes even suggested in the format? Take care FD2S!!

@flightdeck2sim 6 жыл бұрын

Hi Massimo. Yes SID and STAR restriction are incorporated into our LIDO OFP. Haven’t actually checked if simbriefs do. Also European Airspace is extremely congested. There are sometimes multiple step climbs and occasional step descent which can vary on a daily basis. FD2S

@RAK21 6 жыл бұрын

When The Zibo Mod Release The Functioning HUD?

@liamcrabbe8606 5 жыл бұрын

Did you record some of the PAs in the Zibo mod?

@flightdeck2sim 5 жыл бұрын

Yep! FD2S

@CWS88 5 жыл бұрын

Great video, do you enter fuel and payload in the x-plane configuration page before or is there a Zibo menu to do this? I followed everything but on my flight landed with hardly any fuel left. The fob and used was way off compared to simbrief. Entered everything correctly in the FMS Thanks.

@flightdeck2sim 5 жыл бұрын

Hi there, the latest version of the MOD allows you to put the fuel and payload in the EFB. I've had no problems with simbreif, like in this tutorial they are pretty much identical to real world OFP's. Make sure you have the correct weight loaded, this will have a massive impact on your fuel burn. FD2S

@CWS88 5 жыл бұрын

@@flightdeck2sim I found the issue. For some reason the tablet had set the units to lbs, not sure why as I'd started the flight with it set to kgs. Fuel use is spot on now.

@flightdeck2sim 5 жыл бұрын

Yes that would cause an issue!! FD2S

@rreiter 6 жыл бұрын

Interesting thanks. Q: During cruise you don't adjust the winds in the FMC to compensate for what you (or from other pirep) are actually experiencing?

@flightdeck2sim 6 жыл бұрын

rreiter just put the average wind at the first WPT after TOC in the FMC which will, on a short sector, give you an accurate ETA and fuel on arrival calculation. FD2S

@rreiter 6 жыл бұрын

Thankyou! Really appreciate you sharing your knowledge and experience.

@flightdeck2sim 6 жыл бұрын

You’re welcome!

@Balu0 5 жыл бұрын

@flightdeck2sim could you tell me your sensitivity and stability augmentation setting for your yoke/joystick in x-plane that gives you the most realistic feel when flying manually ? I noticed it makes quite a big difference in handling especially the stability augmentation setting.

@flightdeck2sim 5 жыл бұрын

Hi Balu0 It's an area I haven't really explored, at the moment I've just plugged in my joystick and rudder pedals and for normal operations it works fine for me with everything as default (I think it's 50%) I need to play around a bit to further refine the sensitivity, especially when handling in gusty crosswind condition during take off/landing. FD2S

@Balu0 5 жыл бұрын

Thx for the answer, as you will notice stability augmentation will have a big impact on handling, it actually moves the control surfaces (like a fly-bye-wire would) to artificially stabilize the plane, and this is added to the planes build in stability and controls, so in theory (in case of a properly made addon) 0% would be the most realistic, but I found the 737 becomes too "nimble" at that setting, I settled for 25% for now. If you play around with it and find a setting that feels the most realistic to you please make it public :D You mentioned the rudder response being low slow speed on crosswind landing in your stream, 0% rudder stability might help with that IMHO.

@srmj71 6 жыл бұрын

Hiya fd2s! Have time for a question? My fuel usage varies quite a bit from the plan, it varies between waypoints as well as total usage and I have yet to understand why. I'm going to start keeping a log as you demonstrated and hopefully, it'll become obvious where and perhaps why I'm getting such variances. What are some of the more common reasons for this sort of problem? Thanks for the time. ~ Steven

@flightdeck2sim 6 жыл бұрын

Hi Steven. I’ve found LIDO with simbrief to be extremely accurate, so long as you have an aircraft with accurately programmed fuel burn you shouldn’t run into problems. Make sure you fly the same speed as indicated on the OFP during the cruise. At the moment in the ZIBO MOD we don’t have the data for the FMC cruise speeds, it just defaults to a set speed. DES speeds are all correct. FD2S

@srmj71 6 жыл бұрын

flightdeck2sim Everyone I talk to about it agrees that simbrief is as accurate as it gets. Thanks for the time and help!

@jacklevine6293 6 жыл бұрын

I am curious if the 737NG has a trim indicator on the upper display unit. If so, would it be possible to add it in a future zibo update?

@flightdeck2sim 6 жыл бұрын

We don’t have it fitted to our fleet, it might be an option from Boeing. The only indicator we have is the trim wheel! FD2S

@jacklevine6293 6 жыл бұрын

flightdeck2sim Thank you. I think it may only be on the max but I don't know.

@liamarnold7251 6 жыл бұрын

Which do you prefer flying more? The PMDG 737 or the Zibo 737?

@flightdeck2sim 6 жыл бұрын

Hi Liam, Absolutely love the ZIBO MOD. It’s getting closer to the real thing too and I’m providing as much feedback as possible. It utilises XP11’s superior flight model too and it’s one of the best handling aircraft in a desktop simulator available. FD2S

@liamarnold7251 5 жыл бұрын

Thanks

@ianbowden2469 5 жыл бұрын

Hi FD2S, what program are you using for the weather (as in wind data etc). Thanks.

@flightdeck2sim 5 жыл бұрын

Hi Ian. At the moment I’m using just default XP11 weather and the wind data from simbrief’s operational flight plan. FD2S

@ianbowden2469 5 жыл бұрын

flightdeck2sim thanks. I keep jumping between XP and P3D because of the weather!

@piotrkuler2474 6 жыл бұрын

I was just thinking when will you upload a new vid xd

@flightdeck2sim 6 жыл бұрын

Managed to squeeze one out in between everything I’m up too! FD2S

@theskyishome6694 5 жыл бұрын

Was your atpl theory exam hard?

@flightdeck2sim 5 жыл бұрын

Yes very challenging but like with most things, if you put the effort in you'll succeed FD2S

@mrflyingviking5866 6 жыл бұрын

360p?

@bartek8406 6 жыл бұрын

It's buffering on KZfaq, which means that you always have a pure quality after publishing a new video. After few minutes original quality will be available.