PMDG General Forum

I've seen the virtual cargo deck both upper and lower in screenshots, yet I do not have those available to me when I am flying. I checked the manual, the FAQ and the WIKI but don't see the answer. Please help a blind moron see....

Hi All after many frustrating days trying to get a VNAV PATH descent to work I discover that there is a bug in the FMC of the 737 :-( Does anyone know if this has been fixed? I see that the workaround is to cycle the VNAV button - the magenta vertical path bug still remains in my case. Is this normal? thanks JL

First off, Happy New Year's from Hawai'i. If I'm not mistaken we are the last people in the world to enter 2007. Anyway, I live in Makakilo which has a perfect veiw of the 8L approach into PHNL. Unfortunatly that path leads right over Ewa Beach. That area has about 75% of the islands supply of illegal arial fireworks. Here's my question. What do airlines do to avoid the "anit-aircraft fire"?Ryan GamurotLucky to live Hawai'ihttp://www.precisionmanuals.com/images/forum/supporter.jpg

Available in either NavData or AVSIM FS2004-Flight Plans library: Procedures based on Cycle 0613 (21Dec-18Jan) FAA NACO Digital Terminal Procedures. All turbojet arrivals, departures and approach procedures are included. Arrivals are enumerated for both East/West landing for use with ATC vectors and with routes to ILS for use in lieu of vectors. The SID Chart (included in the header of the file) provides FAA Preferred Routes for departures and appropriate SID. The STAR Chart includes all arrivals with enumerations and information to support procedure selection. Note that default FS9 has obsolete runway numbering. These procedures use current runway and approach informatio…

Just curious to know if any software exists to be able to use my PDA as an FMC on the 747-400? Mike

Seems kinda random but does anyone know if atlas air (cargo) operates any flights from mia to den, maybe only if chartered?

Hello Aviators!I just saw this photo of a KLM B744 en wandered what the three switches and the display above the oygen panel (left of the yoke) are for.http://www.fs-community.com/forum/index.php?showtopic=1583th pictureThanks in advance,Jacir van Wijkwww.fs-community.com

I purchased the 747 last night and I attempted my 1st flight this afternoon. I was taking a flight from KSEA to KORD with a flight that I created myself. All of my flight parameters loaded into the FMC/CDU without any errors. I also have the Level-D 767 and the Feelthere 737 and found that most of the "work" that is related to loading the FMC/CDU is similar in all three aircraft.I read the first lesson plan, and reviewed the POH prior to starting the simulation. My problem is that I needed to leave the flight prior to its completion. I saved the flight, returned, and attempted to reloaded the flight like I have with the other two aircraft. No joy!The restored flight…

Received above as a great Christmas present. A couple of questions please:1. Cannot seem to open doors, eith by Shift E commands or numbers as per options tab. Any tips ?2. Where is the TCAS ? I always get yellow warning on EICSThanksRoyH

hi Guys,the other day i was flying the -400F from KATL-EHAM. i was flying the ILS18R approach. the ND was showing i was lined up with the rnwy. however, the rnwy. was not in view (10 miles vis.). i went into spot view and noticed the actual rnwy. was well to my left. i'm still using the AIRAC 608 with current SIDS and STARS from Richard's NAVDATA site. is there any known issues with the AIRAC 608 cycle and EHAM? or the SID/ STARS with EHAM? thanks in advance for your help. happy flyin, Tim Wheeler

Hi,I cannot get the control sufaces to show in Lower EICAS even if this option is ticked. Anyone has clues?Also the keyboard command SHIFT+4 for MCP Press CMD R "disappear" when reloading next time ??Best andHappy New YearBjorn

The load manager for the 744 Queen of the Skies seems not to function - I can use it as normal, click 'Save to file' and all seems fine, until I actually load the aeroplane, when I have maximum fuel and passengers on board.The problem started when I installed one of two things (did them one after the other, so I'm not sure which could be a possible cause). They were the sound update and a freeware fuel calculator/loader from Avsim.I've now uninstalled the fuel loader/calculator, assuming that was the cause, but nothing changed - still max fuel and pax! (Dispatch seems to have miscalculated how much fuel I need to go from RCTP to VHHX!)Is this a known problem with a fix?Th…

I went and did it!Ordered the Quad FX promo package from NewEgg.http://promotions.newegg.com/AMD/AMD_Gaming122606/index.htmlBought it with the FX-74.Purchased 4 gig Corsair XMS2 DDR2-800Mhz, 4-4-4-12-2T.Also got a BFG-GForce 8800GTX and a Enermax 1000 Watt PSU.Kyle Bennet claims two FX-74's are packed in each box?http://enthusiast.hardocp.com/article.html...W50aHVzaWFzdA==The L1N64-SLI mobo has two NV-590 chips and can be set up for an effective HT-2000 speed, the chipset is NV-680a. The 680i is for intel, would you...I have a drive with WinXP-64 on it. I will use this drive to get it to post, then test the memory with memtest-86 and Ortho after that. Then I will set up a…

I can't seem to get the "Pause at Top of Descent" to kick in and actually "pause" my flight should I be away from the controls. I have the option checked as instructed by the PMDG manual but it doesn't pause...is there something else that I also need to do?Thanks,Rick

1. Who knows the reason for this false indication of the Touchdown Zone Indicator? The barometric pressure is 29.92 and the altitude at EDDH is 54 feet. See image 1.2. And who knows the reason for the difference between the heading of the indicated runway and the heading of the correct lined up airplane? EDDH runway 23, heading 231 degrees. See image 2.Thank you for your help.

helloI have CH multifunction panel, and i would like to assign some PMDG 737 specific actions to the CH MFP.to do that, I need the command file for PMDG. This command file says what combination of keys make run the different gauges and selectors of PMDGon of the things i want to assign is a key for mode(map, plan,vor, ils...)Another for the range(5,10,20...)where can i find it?

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Hey, Everyone I bought the PMDG 747-400F the other day which i must say is simply amazing... However im having a slight problem with it, whenever i hit the Esc key to pause the game and come back the auto throttle disengages and on rare occations at least one of my engines die on me.What is causing this problem i have no problems with the pax version it just seems to occure with the freighter version.- Ryan

Have v1.3b, waited a long while to install.It will not install with FS2004 v9.1. Anyone know if there is a free download for v1.4, or do we have to ante up? If there is I can't find it anywhere. Dell Dimension 2400, WXP,2.66,1gb,70gbfree, NVidia GeForce 5500. Thanks.Eric Hausman

I've tried posting in the FSBuild Forum but the only suggestion I got was to make sure I was doing everything correctly. I have two main problems. First, everytime I try to file a flightplan from either Vancuver or Seattle to London Heathrow, I end up with a route that's over 8,000 NM long. The following is the Seattle to London route:KSEA DCT FLAAK J505 YXC J500 YYN V300 ODGOV J500 VLN J504 YBR J549 YWG J542 VBS J579 YYY J553 YAY NATV BABAN UN544 DEVOL UN546 STU UL9 DIKAS UL18 BASET UL9 KENET OCK1A EGLL I tried to upload a screenshot of the route that was drawn but it said the file was too large. Anyway, my second problem is that any NAT has to be entered manually. …

Hello: I had a working PMDG 747-400 install running; then I installed B737 + all updates, and a few liveries from the PMDG website. Now the problem is that the B737 works fine, but the 747 refuses to load with a CTD. What I have tried: * Read through the wiki FAQ on CTD and checked all dll's and other items mentioned there (all were fine -- ie, right versions of dlls, and no entries rendertotexture in fs9.cfg) * Checked for the flight dlls and other problems (again, all are the same) * I tried the 'repair' option from the installer, this got me a bit far. Before, the simulation used to crash when I would select the aircraft from the 'select flight' screen, and click…

Hi all,I know all RVR,DH requirements etc.for this type of approach ,but I would like to know,how to perform entire approach from IAF to RWY threshold-I need to know differences in speeds etc. between normal ILS app and CAT I,II,III app. When should I have final landing speed etc....And do I have to use autoland during CAT operations?Thanks,Adam

"How do I get these to turn back on."Read the FAQ's, "sticky" posts and use the Search function ;)Cheers.Q>P.S. This question has been asked several times a week since the 744 was released ;-)

Hi all,About 5minutes ago I was nearing completion of my transatlantic flight from jfk-fra when I got a CTD 5miles from touchdown (very frustrating)Just wondering if anyone has ever experienced the same problem when on approach land3 annunciated. I was in the 2d cockpit and i hit the a/t button to disarm it and thats exactly when the CTD occurred.Any help greatly appreciatedThanks,Alan

Available at either AVSIM FS2004-Flight Plans or NavData libraries: Procedures updated to more realistic arrival and departure routes based on actual traffic. Based on FAA NACO Digital Terminal Procedures for Cycle 0613 (21Dec-18Jan). If you are currently using my Cycle 0613 Collection, which includes KSJC, please overwrite that file with this update. The text header of this file inlcudes SID and STAR Charts with excerpts from the FAA Preferred Routes database.