Beginners guide to starting the Cessna 172 from cold and dark in Microsoft Flight Simulator

It occurred to me while writing up a start-up guide for the Cessna 172 recently that I had never recorded a video showing it for newcomers. It's worth noting - this is NOT a complete guide - there is no walk-around, no preflight inspection, and so on - I'm purely showing you the functional steps required to get the plane up and running. Along the way I work through my own notes - which you can download from the link below: https://ko-fi.com/s/0a0b3b693b #msfs #flightsimulator #aviation #flying #flight #simulator #microsoft #asobo #tobii --- Useful resources: My homepage: https://jonbeckett.online My flight simulation blog (subscribe by email for free!): https://jonbeckett.substack.com All of the functional procedures I have written up to get aircraft up and running in simulators: https://ko-fi.com/jonbeckett/shop The flight simulation community I founded (join for free!): https://virtualflight.online --- Resources I use to create content: Microsoft Flight Simulator https://www.flightsimulator.com/ Navigraph (charts, flight planning, and tracking) https://navigraph.com Copyright © 2023 Jeppesen. All rights reserved. The charts are available to the flight simulation community via Navigraph. LittleNavMap (mapping software) https://albar965.github.io/littlenavm... OBS (Screen and audio capture) https://obsproject.com/ Tobii Eye Tracker 5 (head and eye tracking) https://gaming.tobii.com/product/eye-... Volanta (flight tracking) https://volanta.app/ Simbrief (flight planning) https://simbrief.com --- Computer Specification: CPU : Intel Core i7 @ 3.60 Ghz (Skylake) GPU : NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3080 RAM : 16Gb HDD : 1863 Gb NVME NET : 500 megabit fibre