PMDG General Forum

Hello,I bought the PMDG B737-700NG and I have some problems.First: the Loadmanager doesn't work... the sliders are dead... nothing moves.Second: the message in the FMC: "navdata required". This installation (from CD) contains the necessary data... I had to put the FMCWP-map into PMDG-map, otherwhise the FMC remains black. But this message is still there.Yesterday (all at a sudden... it worked, but the next time the same message.What is goeing wrong ?Thanks anyway. Jos

Hi,I had an FS crash and since then FS hangs always at PMDG Airac Database laoding. Any help is appreciatedThanksRob

http://www.precisionmanuals.com/images/forum/supporter.jpgHi Guys, Any news on when or if a paint kit will be released for the 737-800/900 Cheers Greg.:-)

The empty weight is 94580 lbs. The max ZFW is 140300 lbs. The max passenger load is 189. If you load max passengers you have only 11700 lbs for baggage. That works out to 62 lbs for each passenger. Are these figures correct? These figures are for the 737-900Ray51 - Premier Airways Driver

Hi everyone,I have noticed that when on final approach, if you throttle back at anything more than 30 feet the aircraft just plummets like a stone. On other 737 simulations, Payware and Freeware, I can throttle back at 200 feet and let it glide in.I don't know if this has been posted before...Regards,Tom WoottonCEO of Air be Virtual Airlineswww.airbe.tk

Hi Folks,I'm curious about what the different Call Button "ding-dongs" actually communicate to the flight attendants. Depending on the phase of flight, I know that one "ding-dong" can be very different than three or four "ding-dongs". Are there any real-life pilots that can help me out? I try to make my 737 flights as realistic as possible, but I've never been able to find a guide on how to signal the cabin crew about what is going on in the cockpit. Any input would be greatly appreciated.Thanks in advance,Marc

Anyway to light up the panel in the daytime when facing into the sun in order to see the gauges more clearly. They seem awfully dim and are hardly discernable. However, if you have the sun to your side, the panel lights up significantly and you can see the gauges with little or no problem..Regards,JackKGSP

Good evening,I've made some tests tonight and here is a list of key assignments that does not work in the PMDG 737 800 900 (tests made on 2 differents PC) :- Shift F9- CTRL F9 : MCP increase course 1- CTRL 4 : MCP decrease course 1- CTRL 5 : EFIS press mins- CTRL 0 : EFIS reset mins- CTRL 6 : EFIS press baro- CTRL 3 : EFIS press baro STD- CTRL 1 : EFIS decrease NAVL- CTRL 2 : EFIS decrease NAVR- CTRL SHIFT F12 : EFIS increase ND mode- CTRL F12 : EFIS press ND mode CTR- CTRL F11 : EFIS press ND range TFC- SHIFT F1 : EFIS press WXRcan someone help me and tell me why ? I don't want to reassign these functions to any other key combinationrgds / STEFLTT

I not able to get any engine smoke. Also i'm not sure where the effects are located for pmdg 600/700. It would be much appreciated if some one could help me please. Rumbo.

I buy both series of pdmg 737 and just one link for 737-600/700 was sent. I want to no way.

Captains,first cut on this livery.http://forums.avsim.net/user_files/78043.jpg

Dear PMDG,Excellent work as usual chaps, but I was always losing my custom panel size and position settings for my FMC, Radio stack and Lower Eicas in my default aircraft. I always had to resize them when I opened a new aircraft, even though I made my own cold and dark settings default aircraft.I am happy to say that modifying the panel.cfg file fixes these cosmetic niggles. I have changed a few numbers in the panel.cfg file to get the positions shown in the screen shots(Btw my res is 1024 x 768). These settings are always remembered by my 800 and 900 aircraft, though I havent tried the 600 and 700 for these modifications. Below are the succesfully modified panel settin…

Mates-Currently we are unable to reach email addresses on many of the primary ISP's within Australia.Specifically optusnet.com.auThere are others, however- i'll try to compile a list here so that you can keep up to date...Apparently the have been government mandated IP blocking activities in order to provent some type of bank fraud being perpetrated on some servers based in the US. As a result, large swaths of IP addresses are being blocked, and legitimate email traffic cannot be accomplished either.If you are able, please open a free hotmail address or other non-charged account, (DISABLE THE SPAM FILTERS!) and forward your address to us so we can update your account and…

Hi,If there is a hold in a star and I want to create that star do I have to add that hold too?Or can I just leave the hold and continu the Star?Thanks,

Hi!I don't know if you're already aware of this but at the BAV forum I found this link to Boeing's own complete operation manuals for the 737 and 747! (Although just for the classic 737's) Just thought it might be of some interest, cheers!http://www.happypilots.de/html/body_tools.html/fredrik granfors

I'm evaluating where the new planes fall in our St. Paul Virtual Airlines Fleet. Does anyone know the Maximum takeoff weight of the new PMDG 737 800 and 900 aircraft.Thank you Bill [email protected]

Can someone from PMDG let me e-mail or PM them about making a 3rd party purchase? It's a discussion I want left off the board, however, non-technical of course.

Dear Paul Thanks for your fast reply. But this is a small misunderstanding here :-). I was pasting two messages together and didnt noticed this sentence

I would like someone to explain me the weight logistics on the 737, specifically the 800/900 series please.When at the loadout screen, I can only put so much on the aircraft without exceeding the max ZFW. I can't even fully load the plane with passengers (which is supposedly very common these days), without having 0 space left for baggage. And that doesn't even include cary-ons.How does it work for the airlines? Why would boeing design an airplane with so many seats that can't be filled? The only thing I could possibly think of is that the 737s rarely have much baggage in the holds. So the way I justify it is that way. Passengers have no baggage, and everything in t…

Hey PMDG. Just wanted to say I love the night lighting. Looks awesome, BUT, with that effect, it would have been nice to have a dome light on in addition to it, to light up everything (like you had in the old -600/700). for purposes of ground operations and the ability to read paperwork, as well as flying in a thunderstorm. You have that idea in the Virtual Cockpit, why not the 2d?

Hey guys, i was flying online the other day and noticed an anomaly in the HDG SEL systemNormally when in a roll mode other that HDG SEL and you then engage HDG SEL, the airplane takes the 'shortest' angle towards that headingbut once in HDG SEL mode, the airplane should follow the direction in which the HDG SEL knob is turnedI noticed this is not modelled in our current sim (Version 1.4)Anybody else have this?Cheers

I know that the 737 does not have the ability of programing procedure turns in the SID/STAR/Approach database. However, i know that it is possible to fly procedure turns with LNAV and VNAV. How does this work in the real world? What is the right answer to this? If meeting a procedure turn in flight, what would i do if i was to shoot it with VNAV and LNAV?Roar Andre Nicolaisen

I have a problem with the altitude restriction in the MCP with the PMDG 737-800/900. If I fly in LNAV and VNAV mode, an altitude restriction in the MCP is ignored if the plane approaches the destination airport with a selected runway (Tested at LSZH Rwy 14 or 16, MCP Altitude 4000 feet, 2D-Cockpit). VNAV is correctly disengaged at the MCP altitude restriction, but ALT HOLD is not selected and the aircraft continues to sink in an uncontrolled way.May be this behavior could be corrected with the next patch.I also have to say that the PMDG 737-800/900 are excellent aircrafts and it is a pleasure to fly this highly realistic planes!RegardsReinhard

Are you guys ever going to release a patch for the Beech 1900? There are a few things you could fix like, the strobes floating off the sides of the wings, the beacon flashing before the bottom of the plane lights up, and is there anyway you guys could make the VC gauges update more quickly? Thanks, ScottJ.

Installing and getting a nice repaint went all very well, but each time flying means that after 5 minutes or so the HSI, the GPS and some other instruments get totally black. Reloading the aircraft brings it all back for again 5 minutes. What is going wrong?GZ