PMDG General Forum

On the morning of 27 December 1831, H.M.S. Beagle, with a crew of seventy-three men, sailed out of Plymouth harbour under a calm easterly wind and drizzly rain. On board the famous Charles Darin who's 200th birthday is celebrated this year. 5 years later, in 1836, the Beagle came home after a great journey around the world.I made a document with 26 flightplans to relive this journey and see very nice parts of the world which you normally would not fly to.Normally I would post this in the File Library. Regarding to Tom's latest posts it will take sometime until the library is back on-line again, so I uploaded it here.Of course the legs can be flown with the aircraft you li…

Since the library is still down, ill post it here and put the livery up on my own webspace.I bought that plane just recently, but was not impressed by the PMDG liveries, neither in choice of airline nor in quality. I am aware that this is a pretty old product, so im not blaming anyone, i just needed 'my own'. So i googled a bit and came up with this, its flown by Rossair (which is a DHL charter).Only thing not quite correct is the back fin, which on the real plane also has the DHL stripes. But that is pretty tricky to paint on the model, so i left it out (took me an hour for that one stripe on the back fuselage).As a bonus i also corrected the transparency of the VC textu…

Hello,I've just completed my 3rd flight with the MD-11(FS9) and its amazing. I just have one problem..... the autobrake. Iv'e used the MIN & MED decel settings. The problem is the RED "BRAKES" TEXT stays on even after I've rotated the autobrake knob to OFF. This makes it difficult to vacate any active runways. :( It works fine in the TO setting. Thanks in advance for your help. By the way, this is the 3rd time it has happened. :( FDX706

Yesterday taxiing in my PMDG MD-11 I got some odd message saying "controls inverted" in a green box at the top of the screen. Now all my flight controls are inverted, backwards. Anyone know how to correct this?-Shane Olguin

hi..when i fly to ksea i have nothing in the fmc for ksea..i click ksea arr and it says ..none... i have downloaded cycle 0905..i have no runways of sids or stars..any help would be appreciated ..rgds ken hanson

The attached zip file contains my monthly SIDSTAR collection. I'll check back from time to time with the library to see if is working and eventually upload it but for now here you go. Change extension to .zip after download.PMDG SIDSTARS Cycle 0905 (7May-4Jun) Procedures based on FAA Digital Aeronautical Information and Terminal Procedure Publications. This collection includes 68 locations: KABQ KATL KAUS KBDL KBNA KBOS KBUF KBUR KBWI KCLE KCLT KCMH KCVG KDAL KDCA KDEN KDFW KDTW KEWR KFLL KGEG KHOU KIAD KIAH KIND KISP KJAX KJFK KLAS KLAX KLGA KLGB KMCI KMCO KMDW KMEM KMIA KMSP KMSY KOAK KONT KORD KORF KPBI KPDX KPHL KPHX KPIT KPSP KPVD KRDU KRNO KSAN KSAT KSDF KSEA KSFO K…

I too really enjoy flying this airplane but I have 2 question. I have checked my manuals and can't seem to locate a list of weight related V speeds including Vref. I probably just missed them but they are necessay when hand flying the airplane. If someone can point me in the right direction, I would appreciate it. Secondly I have flown the autoland approach to KDEN 17L and I think the localizer is misaligned. I just let her do her thing and I touched down quite a distance right of the runway. Anyone else had the same experience?Thanks,Eric

Good to see that the data seems to be intact. Good job to the AVSIM staff!Paul

I have been flying the Turorial Flight yesterday and today with v1.2. Unfortunately 3 of 4 flights the sim stopped working (keyboard and mouse functions don't work and Control Panel freezes. Sound continued to play. Each time the crash occurred about 15-20 minutes into the flight during climb through 20000 to 29000 feet. No error messages. One of the flights went to through to landing, after which during taxing to gate display panels blanked out (green triangles), switches still worked although animations worked improperly, and simulator crashed with out of memory message approaching the gate. Since that semi-successful flight, I lowered scenery details, but crashes s…

Hello,last day i wanna enter a "New Destination" into the FMC. During that, my FS was freezing and i discovered and CTD. I would like to know, if this is a known issue or a problem with me only?Using: FS9 + Latest MD-11 VersionGreetings,Michael

POSKY has several B747 textures that I would like to use with my PMDG B747X. I like the PMDG B747 flight model, panel and textures, but POSKY has a couple of my favorite B747s I would like to add to my inventory. What is the procedure that I need to follow to add the POSKY B747s to my PMDG B747X. Again I am only interested in the textures.Thanks,Bill Bridges

Great job in getting the forums back up. The amount of information here is priceless.

Kinda looks like its giving me the finger, :( Could not have had better timing my first approach into Toncontin Intl

Hi,Was wondering if there's a way to assign the MD-11's 3 individual fuel selectors to my Saitek Throttle (or even just to keyboard buttons)?Couldn't find this in the pmdg options menu.ThanksGreg Boyler

Hi,On B1900c, I'd like to know the difference between "ALT" and "ALT SEL". Thank you for your help.Regards,tcc0928

What's the procedure for a reduced noise approach in the MD11. I know how to do so on the B744, but not he MD11.Thanks,Tim

A short time after installing the latest update to the MD-11 (FS9 on my PC) and FSX on my laptop, I began experiencing a recurring bug. A short time after take off (approximately 1 to 2 mns), the engines lose power and eventually die off completely.I have been a simmer for many years and have a wide range of quality payware aircraft installed on my PC and laptop. I have no "failures" set up before take off. I believe other simmers have experienced a similar problem. Does anyone or PMDG have a cure for this recent problem?Look forward to hearing from you.Seb

Does anyone from PMDG want to react to this thread? And act and contact that site?I just got another one and I am not amused.

Does someone have a list of all FD-modes that exist in an MD-11? and what they stand for and why the FD entered into this mode? ... I wasn't able to find this clearly enough (for me) in the manuals. I can understand the "THRUST" and "PITCH" modes (because I tested it out) but e.g. I have no idea when and why the FD leaves the T/O mode or what I have to do, to get the plane into a specific mode like LOC (does the AP Land have to be armed or is it enough to find an ILS signal? or is a LOC signal enough? ... I can't find answers to these questions) ...thanks for eplanations... would really be great to get more info about thatRudolf

Hi,I was wondering if the developmentgroup of PMDG already has an idea as to what DYI cockpit building hardware is going to be supported with the 737NGX concerning FMC/CDU, FCP, EFIS etc...Also I was curious to know if PMDG is going to supply a SDK.Reason of asking is obvious :( Is Engravity still supported with their 737 FMC (intended for the current 737NG), CP Flight, OpenCockpit systems, or....? I'm interested in buyng a CDU, but am not happy buying, let's say, a Engravity CDU and then find out it won't work anymore with the 737NGX.

So I paid $80 for the PMDG MD-11 for FS9.Had to update to FS9.1 to get it to even install.After installation, no matter what plane I load, flight sim has a problem and "needs to close".Un-installed the MD-11, and everything STILL doesn't work.Am running Windows XP Home EditionAnyone else have a similar experience?Omar Izquierdo

Can anyone tel me how to intercept an backcource approach for a runaway whit an PMDG MD 11........I can not find it in the manual....Henk Visser

Hello everyone, Please excuse me if I did not do a proper search before posting, I am not very familiar with forums, I did not find an answer to my proplem using the search key, but maybe I missed it... If so, I'm sorry for double postingHere is my problem : I use FS2004 with windows vista SP1, I installed the MD-11, and tried the tutorial flight. When it says go to the PMDG menu, I can access the main FS menu, but when I click "PMDG" the screen turns black :( ... I can't do anything... If I press "Alt + F4" the screen returns to the MD-11 cockpit. Does anyone have that problem ? Is there a solution ? I suppose the problem comes from vista, but if anybody has a idea or a …

Hi all.I have found a "homemade" way to manually overfly any waypoint. It's no a professional manner but it works. Tested on MD-11.Firstly, sorry about my english, I will try to compensate for my shortage with a pictures secuence.Normally, the enroute navigation systems try to fly-by the points. This method uses a fictitious pattern to force to overfly the point.I will fix here COVUM as example. We just passed YJN, COVUM next (at 220 kts/14000 ft or below), ABCOT next. I want to over-fly COVUM, so:PROCEDURE:1-On active flight plan page, select the waypoint2-Press the HOLD key (forgot the picture, sorry)3-Then simply Press the INSERT key (just do it, no matter L or R patte…

Greetings all,I'm planning on buying the MD-11, but first I wanted to study the manual. I'm trying to print each PDF, but after around 15 pages the print quality degrades significantly. Only parts of the page are printing. It's not a low-ink issue. Also, when I reboot my computer and try again, the pages all print perfectly. I have a fairly new printer (HP Photosmart C4480), so printing a 2MB file shouldnt be an issue. In fact, I've printed other PMDG PDF files before without any problems. I'm trying to print one page for every PDF page, something that wont make the treehuggers happy, but will make it easy to read. Has anyone else had this issue, and does anyone know how …