PMDG General Forum

Ok ,:):)From reading all the various messages up on here I think I can safely say that I know little about flight planning however I do know the basics and by going through the Tutorials a bit more with FSBUILD ill be flying high soon... However ?Once ive made the flight plan in FSBUILD 2.0 THERE IS NO OPTION under the export tab for the PMDG 737-600/700 . Theres one for the 757/767 but not this lovely 737. Plus Im trying to find where my saved flight plans in FSBUILD are sent to but cant seem to find a single flight plan i.e to simply copy and paste into another folder. Im gonna start reading through the manuals a klittle bit more but so far I cant seem to work this one …

>Hello there folks,>>I use keyboard shortcuts to do some actions like changing HDG>and course values, but in the NG these shorcuts dont seem to>work at all. Im talking about the standard FS2002/2004>shortcuts (setting -> assigments menu).>>Any tip or trick? :)>>Eduardo TonettoYes - the current PMDG doesn't support it, but the ability to assign keystroke combinations to MCP/EFIS etc is coming, and i think it's in the next update, SU2 - there's a thread about it at the top of the forum.

hi... a bit of a newbie here .. so please understand lol ... i'm trying to master the excellant guide that tim wrote for the 737ng nxgen .. i'm on the approach i do everything according to his tut .. then the autopilot disconnects and i get in YELLOW WRITING CWSP.. CAN ANYONE SHED A LITTLE LIGHT ON THIS MATTER PLEASE .. ANY HELP WILL BE GRATEFULL ... THANKS GUYS .. MICAH :D

Have been away and just installed the latest 0309 procedure zip from the service centre. Unfortunately this appears to have numerous errors - KMSP, KSTL?Could anyone supply me with a download link?Thx.

1) Is the desc and climb rates usually fixed, or they are dynamic and depend on height/speed?2) If usually fixed, what is that rate for climb and desc. if dynamic, what is the max rate of desc/climb?3) How do pilots manage slowing down during desc? spolilers? reducing rate of desc? Seems even with spoilers, speed barely goes down at 2000 rate.4) Suppose I am 10nm out of runway, at 200IAS, at what distances do I reduce speed and lower flaps until I am at V Landing speed?5) What is the usual alttitude for 300nm flights?Thanks in advance.

Hi PMDG,I was wondering if there has been any progress on FS9 and a working weather radar for the NG.Thanks,John Gaffney

Hello !I was wondering about the next update.When will it be (approximately) released ?Will it fix some of the things that have been mentioned here from day one (like some switch logic, GPWS harrassing etc.) ?Thanks for the info.Tero

Available on next livery release. No ETA.http://forums.avsim.net/user_files/37805.jpg:-spacecraft

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Why is there no cockpit enviroment sound of the fan/air conditioning when it is switched on. Ist this not very much a feature of the real aircraft?Neither is there sound of the APU spooling up/running.Can these issues be addressed or are thay not feasable to address?I did like the sound of the V1 rotate and V2 call outs on take of. Very good. And with all the other call outs I would have thought the two or three I have suggested would have been very little to add.BTW we still have no verbal warning of close aircraft proximity. - Just a thought :)Kind regardsNigel Thomas-Smith

Hi Tim, I attempted to complete your 737NG Avanced tutorial but ran into a problem trying to fly the pre-VXV HOLD that your had us program into the FMC. It seemed the 737 could not follow the sharp pattern even with 2-minute legs, and this resulted in the aircraft actually flying a considerable distance away from the planned HOLD pattern. It seems strange that an aircraft would be placed into a HOLD while flying at FL310 @ M0.755. It simply doesn't make sense if the purpose of the HOLD is simply to buy some time. This is an excerpt from an article related to x-minute turns and the required bank angle. Of special interest is the section which states that 2-minu…

I would like to be able to have a FMC route AND use the Adventure compliler for IFR flight that comes with FS9. However if I use FS Build - or any other generator of routes and use that for the FMC data I cnnot follow the guidance given by the generated MS IFR flight controllers. What I need to be able to do - Not sure about this, even if it would work - is to import the generated MS flight plan back into the format recognised by the PMDG FMC.Is there a program that can do this? Or, is there another way od getting the same result?Hope the foregoing makes sense.In short I want to use the MS ATC to accept the guidance given by the FMC. Currently, they say go one way and the…

Even though I save the file with the Fuel Cut off levers in the Cut off position. Every time I select the aircraft they are turned back on. Is there something in the aircraft.cfg that can prevent this or am I doing something wrong ?Kind regardsNigel Thomas-Smith

Hi all!Just a quick question. I was doing a flight from YBBN to YPAD the other day and went to bed in the middle of the flight, saving it of course so i could continue the next day. When i loaded the flight, i had lost all my FMC route info and the autopliot was off etc. Is there anyway way of saving a flight and being able to load it back up without losing all your FMC flight info? If it makes any difference i was flying a jet airways IFR flight using the Fs2004 flight planner and then converted it and loaded it into the FMC.CheersBeau Jackson

Is it just me or are the landing lights way to bright? I find myself not using them because it is difficult to see anything in front of you when the're on. The taxi lights also seem a bit too bright, although not as much as the landing lights.Will this be addressed in a future update?-John Gaffney

Hey guys,I have a problem: Always when I'm entering my Position in ICAO Code, just after electric system was established, the same airport I entered (with the prefered runways) is nearly 20-40 km away from me (watched at the PND).Whats wrong? Any ideas? The things i did:1) Established electrical system for fmc usage2) Opened up the fmc3) Checked the first fmc page with navdata versions4) Opened up the pos init page5) entered REF AIRPORT: for example: EDDF6) Looked at the Navigation Display: The Airport was shown 30 Miles away from me!I use the latest SID/STARS Collection and the AIRAC Cycle of September 2003.Any help? Please! I like the PMDG very much and would like to fl…

Any have any ideas how to fix this problem?After I start the APU & switch turns on the APU generator bus switches all the displays (PFD, ND etc) go black in a minute or so. This problem began when I tried to start the plane from a cold & dark cockpit which I obtained by opening another plane first, a Cessna 172, & shutting down its engine & electronics - as per a suggestion from another posting - since then, nothing but problems. And I tried to reverse the procedure but the problem remains. Help

hi folks .... a newbie here ... i have a problem during the app ..i capture the g/s using the vor/loc .. bot nav radio's are tuned into the correct freq... i then click the app button ... then once descending on the glide slope i click the second autopilot to arm the autoland everything is well then i get a diss from the the 2 autopilots ..then in the fmd i can see the words in yellow cws or something .... hope someone can help sort this little problem out for us ....kind regards micah

Hi guys,I seem to have a problem with a flight plan that i am trying to make# Type: Name: Frequency: Course: Dist.: Time:============================================================================================ Depart: Luton [EGGW] ATC: 120.57 0 nm 00:00 Arrive: Schiphol [EHAM] ATC: 132.97 230 nm 00:58============================================================================================ Aircraft: Boeing 737 Cruise: 282 kts============================================================================================1 Dep…

I've seen quite a lot of posts about runways, but probably not all so if this has been covered I grovel. What I'm concerned with are the runways which are in the Nav database but dont show up in the FMC. It simply doesn't pick them up.An example - today I made a flight from Manchester UK EGCC to Schiphol EHAM. The FMC acknowledges that Manchester is an airport but when I look at DEP it has no runways listed at all, although these are included in the database. OK I enter the active in the route page - no problem. At the other end, I'm cleared to Ry 1L - check the ARR page, 1L is not included in the 3 pages of Rys, nor is 1R.I got the same thing flying from Luton UK EG…

When making the purchase a few days ago I got a d/l link that did not work. After contacting support I got the following response:>I took a look at your download link and it appeared to be broken.>> I've constructed a new one for you- and sent it in a seperate>email.>> Please let me know if that doesn't resolve the issue for you!>> PMDG Technical Support> Precsion Manuals Development Group http://www.precisionmanuals.comAfter this nothing, no mail and no response. Aa i am thinking it may be my ISP that has problem with the mail server I try this mean of contact instead. PMDG, can you please contact me.Magnus Eckerbom

Can anyone explane the correct way to use the NOTBEFORE syntax when writing SIDSTAR files? I can not figure it out!Jim

HOw do I get the air stairs to extend?I know its a stupid question but can someone tell me?

Anyone know of a source of good (for good read real as possible) flight plans.Are there any that were originaly meant for other aircraft add ons that work fine with the PMDG 737Kind regardsNigel Smith

Hey could someone paint a ficticious Frontier paint scheme on the amazing 737?thanks,Billy