PMDG General Forum

Hi all,Just a quick post, with the future 747 do you think that it is possible to include a function that automaticaly configures the fuel pumps like the Aerowinx sim did? I ask because a lot of us, myself included, find that 11 to 14 hours sitting in front of a computer is too much. I usualy load the flight and then go out with friends, to work or what ever. The problem is that then there is no one to put tank to engine configuration in place when it comes about!Thanksrichard

Hi, Captains,I just bought this great product. I

Hi there,As seen on you homepage you will give us the release date shortly.I can't wait anymore, I just need it!!! :( :)I hope to see it soon.thanks,

Hello,I know that PMDG is not supporting sid and star, but I hope that Terry yerling will jump on this thread.Since I have upgraded to the last airac cycle, I am experiencing prob on some airport.KMIA for example is the best "example"...I have an error message on the FMC, runway unknown, and of course no sid and star for this given airport.In a previous thread, after a search, I red that I just need to delete the source of error, in this case the runway. I had to do this for all MIA runway.There were no prob for selecting the star and the appropriate runway, but when I wanted to depart, when I was selecting, the POTTR2 it said OK, and when I selected the 09L, it said not …

Is there a rule of thumb for maximum altitude settings for a particular distance of a flight? Because of time constraints, most of my flights are probably shorter than 737 real life, usually less than 200 miles. Several times ATC (Radar Contact) has not started my descent until after the FMC TOD. This makes the FMC, and me, a little confused. If I recall correctly, the FMC goes out of CRZ mode into DES mode and the engines start to retard speed. There's probably a fix via the FMC for this, and I may have stopped the problem by not flying so high, but what I am curious about is max altitude height vs. a distance of flight. I'm concerned just about the max altitude, no…

After a flight and I land I can seem takeoff again unless I reset the flight. I seem to get the WARNNING beeping and even though I have everything set as I should it activates each time I try to throttle up. I have flaps set and FMC set correctly so I can't figure out why this is happening. Any clue?Regards,Keith

Scratchy or static sound appears sometimes on opening the 737; sometimes when views are changed; sometimes not at all; sometimes the scratchy sound disappears. This also happens occasionally with some other addons and never at all with other addons. I am usingWindows XPMother Board(AK79D-400VN)...Barton Athlon XP readyAMD Athlon XP 3200+ 512 DDR RAMNvidia GeForce FX 5600 AGP 256MB DDR 400 MHzCreative SoundBlaster Live MP3+5.1 Driver 5.2.2535.0Jim O'Brien

Ok I've got a few questions for you NG pros out there.1. On 2 of the last flights I have done, at T/D, the aircraft begins to descend, but at a very low V/S (500 or less), then, it begins to dive toward the ground at as high as 7000 fpm. It eventually goes to a more normal number, around 2200, but the damage has already been done to the passengers stomachs. :) How do I prevent this?2. On occaison the speed tape on the PFD drops to the base 45 IAS. It looks like an icing problem, but probe heat is on. It eventually comes back, but when it does Im now at speeds in excess of 300 IAS and I get an overspeed discon. 3. Is there a way to figure out your arrival runway withou…

Hope that the title was not too misleading, but here's my question.I am quite familliar with programming the FMC in PMDG 737, but one thing remains a mystery. My issue, Isn't landing at a speed of 240kts a little excessive? I notice that on the legs page during a flight that everything up until the landing procedure for instance and ILS is fine, .780/FL320 for example at cruise, and as I am making my step descent to final, my speed / alt readings on the FMC would be 240/8492 then 180/2500 then on the ILS line, 240/640 what's with the jump from 180 to 240? 180kts is acceptable to land, and the plane stops with moderate runway left at the nose, but 240kts? I modify the…

Hi fellow Captains,I have the following problem when starting an approach:I have a complete approch path (STAR) to intercept an ILS. As my glidepath comes alive i engage APP. APP Disengages with the FMC message: "RW/APP not tuned" or something like that.My ILS glidepath is alive (vertical) but my localizer (lateral) alignment doesn't seem to work, while i am aligned with the runway but the NAV display says i'm far left of the runway.Then i made my first perfect manual landing ;)What went wrong? The ILS was tuned right because my glidepath was alive. I didn't even get the chance to engage A/P B.

To the PMDG team,I just purchased your 737 NG product and i am very impressed with it, the models are beautiful, as are the panels, it flies like a dream, and the functionality is extremely impressive! I might add that it's coming in very handy for helping with several JAA ATPL subjects as well!Well done, you've certainly gained another commited customer! :-)Regards,http://www.detour-rock.com/jeffb/forumbanner.gif

Maybe this is too late to fix? Estry is a waypoint around 10nm away and the FMC is predicting a fuel burn of 3.5 tonnes to reach it! It crops up for short sector flights causing lots of erroneous insufficient fuel messages; http://forums.avsim.net/user_files/72429.jpg However once airborne the FMC updates everything perfectly. :(-Paul

Hi,I am always using the PMDG in cockpit view without panel view (2D) because I have a hardware cockpit (project magenta + goflight). I don't hear any call outs like v1, vr, v2, GPWS etc...Did I miss something or isn't that possible?ThanksRob

AlohaPilotHi,I am new here, and I am having difficulty inserting the current GPS position into the FMC during preflight.There are no empty boxes like the real airplane FMC has....on page one of the PosInit page....I grab the current GPS L position, and then find on page one that there is no place to enter it.However, the airplane seems to be at the right airport. Curious.Also, Flap lever movement is difficult, and I have trouble with engaging TOGA.Last, the PFD has a message across the horizon: Target FPS 10..this repeats across the ND and also upper DU. What is this?Any help appreciated. Trying to understand this sim.Aloha,Robert MorrisonAQ Capt 737-700W

When I takeoff.....when do I engage autopilot......also will the autopilot control the vertical speed and speed itself....or do I need to type these numbers in beacause I didn't see them when I was programming the flight .....also how do I know where to circle at...I think it is called holding....Thank you

Hi everybody!Just bought the PMDG737NG and am looking anxiously to learn how to fly her. Since the plane is a totally different ballgame compared to other FS2004 default planes, I was looking to complete the tutorial that is recommended on the PMDG support site. It redirected me to the avsim download screen but then blank. Either the link is broken or the file has been removed. The file I was looking for is the tutorial made by Fred Clausen. I believe the advanced version of that same tutorial is also missing from the avsim site. Anybody know a place where I could get them? It would really help me a lot by going through the tutorials.. just punching buttons in the cockpit…

Sorry, closes thing to an F1 Ferrari that I can do at the present time.http://forums.avsim.net/user_files/72169.jpghttp://forums.avsim.net/user_files/72170.jpg

hi,has anyone tried to merge the kittyhawk 737-700 model with pmdg's panel?i tried to, but i had only little success with it yet.the plane does not sit on the ground properly anymore, i might have to adjust the contact points to fit with the kittyhawk model, but i do not know yet how to do this.changing the model definetely led to an increased framerate (at least 6 fps on my system)i don't know whether this contradicts the EULA of PMDG, if it does not i'd like to publish the changes i made to the aircraft.cfg / panel.cfg as soon as i have a nice result.robert lechner- - - - - - - - - - - - -my system:AMD Athlon XP 2100+512 MB RAMSapphire Radeon 9600XT 256 MBWindows 2000 P…

I purchased the PMDG 737NG 600/700 a couple of months ago, and in the last two months have been doing some pretty intensive flying of this wonderful product. Whilst the vast majority of this flying has given me supreme pleasure, I have encountered a number of small issues along the way that, for me, rubs some of the shine off this otherwise perfect product. I recognise that it is far more likely these issues are a result of my own finger fumbling/system config/RTFM nature than the dreaded "B" word, hence I am here on this forum to seek input from other PMDG 737NG users and filter out the weeds before I pass them on to PMDG. Accordingly, can I ask you guys to provide comm…

Does anyone know where I can find a relatively easy but gets the job donw tutorial..someone gave me a name for someone who did a tutorial but I can't find the post...

Hi all,Due to the fonts being too small in 1600x1200 mode on the Beech 1900D panel, I decided to follow the advice of others here in the forum and purchase the Reality XP Jet Line 2 guages for the aircraft. I am extremely happy with the quality and functionality of the guages, but I find that the fonts on the EFIS are still too small.So, I decided to make a "Zoom" panel which incorporates all three of the Jet Line 2 guages as well as other critical default guages from the default main panel. I set up this zoom panel as the default panel for the aircraft, with the original default main panel also available using Shift-2. (The radio stack was moved to panel 12, accessible v…

I was reading a tutorial and I couldn't find the Load Manager to put down and change the Aircrafts cargo, passanger, etc...maybe you have to get it somewhere in the files??? or do I have to go somewhere and download it???Thank you

hi everyone tree weeks ago i write a post called"a gift for italians" where i kindly requested to macpaint and john tavendale to make the livery for the 800 of the italian company NEOS the answer has been positive but i have not see already a cut or a preview of this livery :Do you forget the livery???thanks in advance andrea

After using the removal tool and reinstalling the pmdg 737NG 600/700 1.3 I get route discs when I use an airway. When I remove the disco, it comes back inmediatly.Reinstalling FS9 did not solve the problem, tried navdata 0304 and the latest 0404. 0304 was always working correctly before the removal tool.Hope someone has a solution.Kind Regards,MarcelAttached: two pics witch shows what I mean.PIV 3Ghz PrescottMSI 865PE NEO2 PFISR1024MB DDR PC3200 Corsair CAS2.5 DUAL CHANNELFS9Windows XP (SP1)

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