PMDG General Forum

Hi there,I was on final for 25l in LAX when my kid touched the stick. The AP disconnected and I could not reconnect it. Please advise. If somebody could advise on how to tell fmc to go missed, it would be of great help as well. Thanks Vickster.

Hello again.I have recently started flying the 747 again after some time with the pmdg 737 and the level D.I have discovered a problem with the thrust reverser.Some times when I am trying to use the reverse thrust after landing,It seems to be jammed,and I am not able to use it.In these situations,I never use autothrottle.I downloaded the software six months after release so I don,t think it is any bug.I think I am doing somthing wrong,but I don,t know what it is.Be happy for some advice.

Hello, I just purchased and installed the 744F and I've looked everywhere and can't seem to find the manuals. Does anybody know where they are?ThanksJohn

Does anyone know if there is a European equivilant to this Flightaware.com that give live/near live flight tracking info?Thanks

hi alli have a little problem with the 737/800 AC.when i push the throttle all the way to full and back again the engines dont seem to spool back to normal (idle) does anyone know what could be causing this?i have a Saitek joystick which i use.thanks

Just A quick question regarding the engravity CDU.If i'm understanding this correctly, there are seperate CDU's for the 737 and 747.If this is so, at $1,300 each i have to decide which aircraft i want to buy the CDU for.Is this true,seperate CDU's for each aircraft?

Lefteris,Is their any information on whether the 747 CDU, 737 CDU and the Aerosoft 747MCP will work on the upcoming FSX aircraft.Thanks in advance,Tom

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I am getting the above error message whan I try to load the PMDG 744. I can't even click it away. The only thing left to do is shut down FS through task manager and restart. What gives?http://www.commerciallevel.com/base/suppor...46supporter.jpg

Recently I reinstalled the 747, today I wanted to do a pretty long flight (EHAM-TNCM), but during climb every few moments the autopilot disconnected. Sometimes there were 30 seconds in-between, sometimes it disconnected the moment I pressed the CMD-A button. In total it disconnected some 60 or 70 times today I think. I have NO idea what causes it; the disengage bar stays up, I've checked my hotas (Thrustmaster Cougar) for unwanted keypresses but there are none. I use FSUIPC to suppress gusts / turbulence, and I also use ActiveSky V6 with "FSUIPC wind smoothing" checked. Also there doesn't seem to be extreme weather - it was a nice, 15kt tail wind during climb. Setup had b…

Hello all, I have just reinstalled FS9 and all add ons, did a flight from EHAM to TNCM. All was well until in the cruise VNAV would not hold the calculated speed. It would hold for a while then suddenly airspeed would just drop until the stick shaker activated, then I would have to rearm VNAV and or coax the speed back up by flying manually and losing some altiude to gain some speed, pissing off ATC in the process. I was flying at FL 320, the FMC calculated altitude. This cycle must have repeated itself at least 10 or 15 times. I have AS6 as well and I have heard that certain settings may somehow influence this behavior. Up till that point I have also not saved the fligh…

Hello all, I know PMDG is extremely busy with the MD-11 and FSX products, I also figure the 777 is not planned as of yet, but I would like to see how many of you all would love to see the T7 get the PMDG treatment. I know PMDG won't let us down. Best to all and thanks to PMDG for their outstanding products.Zsolt

Hi all, I was just looking at doing a proper flight with my PMDG 747-400F but so far a lack of a decent fuel planner is stopping me. For the pax version by PMDG, I have a fantastic fuel planner that I downloaded (from avsim.com i think) by Felice Valente. If anyone else has this fuel planner for the PMDG 747-400 (pax) then they will know why I like it. I've seen spreadsheets out there for the Freighter, but they are too cumbersome to use in my opinion. Could someone please build (or direct me to an existing) a PMDG 747-400F fuel planner like the one I have for the pax version?Thanks,

I have on several occasions while flying the subject aircraft lost throttle response to the number 2 engine. When advancing or retarding the joystick throttle the number 1 engine responds, however, the number 2 engine will not.I have tried to reconnect the engine by pressing E + (1

Hello!Since upgrading my graphics card from an Nvidia 6600GT to an ATI Radeon X1950 (and doing a clean install of Win XP), i have noticed a slight graphics problem when running the PMDG 747-400 add-on on FS 2004.The outline of the aircraft seems to look all "zig zaggy". When I had my old graphics card, I had a perfectly smooth outline (just the way it should be!).I only installed the new graphics card last week, and have the latest Cataylst driver. Is there possibly a setting in the Cataylst Software that needs tweaking. I have tried all sorts but never managed to rectify the problem described!Any ATI Radoen users's had a similar issue? All advice n tips most apprecia…

Hello thereI see many comercial flight routes by American, Continental and others flying the 737-800 at flt400 and even flt410.When I try to re-enact these flights I get an FMC error stating that my maximum flight is 343. When I request flt380 or higher I am usually more than half way through the route and my fuel tanks are not even half full.Any reason why?Thanks Bill

Hi,I've had the 737 for two years now. great product.Recently, I've started flying it with FS2Crew and RCv4.Not sure my if problem is connected with the addons..Anyways, here's the problem;I'll be at cruise level on a three hour flight. I use RC4's 'pause before TOD mode' so I can leave the flight and do other things round my house.When I return to the monitor, many times the autoplot is disconnnected, and the plane is bouncing on the ground or water. The flight is a total loss!Why?!Eytan Ornstein

Hi All,My keyboard will not work when using the 73NG in FS9. This has happened all of a sudden without me changing any parameters. No probs with any of the other aircraft i have.Any solutions?Thanking you MartinIreland

Hi AllAfter the recent events of the Thomson 757 having a bird strike and as a result an engine failure, I thought it would be about time I practiced my 'Engine Out' situations on my 738.Take off was fine, at about 500ft into the climb I switched off the starboard engine and continued with my climb at V2. Levelling off at 2500ft I continued and prepared to make an emergency landing. All was well until I was established on the ILS. Flaps forty, the plane was very unstable. I was set up for a CAT3 landing and yet the plane was having major problems staying stable on the ILS. Why is this, and how can I land the plane successfully on just one engine?Any ideas, advice etc woul…

Hi all captains,I would just like anyone's opinion on just what are the most difficult or challenging approaches for the 747, other than the old Kai Tak approach? Interesting ones based on navigation, terrain or weather constraints would be fun. Thanks.Kim

Gentlemen from the development team,Is the fuel input option which is displayed on the third INIT page modeled as well?? This would even easier than the PMDG menu which is used on the 747-400. Just put in the amount of fuel you want and jou just have to wait till the entered amount is reached. This would be very easy when you ar loading the aircraft and started the preperations for the flight.Greetz, Ronald

Hi Guy, and Gal.Any one knows about a good tutorials for PMDG 737NG and 747 FMC?I could sure use one, thanks.Bat

Why doesnt the speedbrakes armed light turn on when the speed brakes are armed on the 738?

Has anyone painted this great model in the livery of a new China cargo operator, Great Wall Airlines?http://www.airliners.net/open.file/1079380/L/

Helo Pilots!I have the 737NG series and the 747-400 as well(only the pax).During descent, approach and landing the fps starts decreasing in panel and VC mode, the spot and the tower view are runing good.About 2miles final the fps is 6-8.After landing, during tha taxiing the fps is still the same and 5 minutes after shutdown the engines the fps goes back to normal.(737 and 747 is the same)I've tried with default and payware scenery, with activesky and default weather, with and without AI traffic but the problem is tha same.My last flight was EGLL-KMIA(heathrow pro and fly tampa miami).The miami scenery is more fps friendly then HP2, but the fps at heathrow was normal and i…