PMDG General Forum

Hey Folks:I have been having some hassles with landing lately. The aircraft bounces despite VREF +5 and flaring - as instructed in the PMDG manual.I was speaking with a "real" 737 pilot and he said that the 737 was meant to fly onto the runway and not to be flared.Ok so I tried his advice and didn't flare to the last 10 feet or so (if at all). No bounce whatsoever.Is this information correct - "the 737 was meant to fly onto the runway and not to be flared"?Thanks.....Iain

Ok, I've been away from the forum for ages now but as usual I always check the site on a daily basis (I'm sad I know).Anyway, I got the impression that the "F" was due out about Christmas time - I seem to remember the messages saying "soon" and "nearly ready" etc.Just wondering how things are going? I left it ages before asking, so please don't get upset! (I looked for other posts before doing this also.)I do understand that you have lives away from PMDG so I hope nothing bad is effecting any of you.Just would like an update if possible. Lets say I'm a customer who's interested in your product (that's normal isn't it), I do have all the 737's and the 747.Hopfully the wait…

Are there any charts for the -600/-700NG on working out the de-rated power by using the assumed temp in the FMC? Can't recall seeing any. But then again, I've never looked real hard.Any help would be appreciated. Jon.

Hi all, I could not find this information anywhere. But does anyone know when 747 pilots select climb 2 in the FMC? I know that climb 2 has a less climb thrust than climb 1. Do 747 pilots select climb 2 when the aircraft is at a certain gross weight since the airplane doesn't need as much climb thrust at lighter gross weights? If so, what is that weight?Ken.

I would like to insure that I am setting up my 737NG flights without panel settings from previous flights (737NG or other addons) interfering. I appologise in advance if some of these questions have been answered a long time ago but I have tried searching the forum. Some of these questions may apply to other PMDG addons too, and it would be useful to have answeres in one place:Q1) Can panel settings (of any addon) from a previous FS session interfere with a flight even after an FS restart?Q2) To insure proper 737NG panel operation is it necessary to load the default FS Cessna flight first (some other complex addons reccommend doing this, and some people seem to think this…

Hi all in the forumI have read lots of posts about lost products and lots about people backing up their products. What I cannot seem to find is a detailed procedure of what to back up or burn onto a cd or dvd to avoid lost products after a hard drive failure or a re-format. My product of interest is the 747 series.Thanks in advance for repliesJohn CallejaBAW352

Both flight below on AP with autoland enabled:I just re-flew my approach into Haneda with a very stiff x-wind and am quite sure the cockpit perspective shifted dramatically passing 500' AGL as the rudder kicked right and the left wing shifted very slightly down for final into 34R. This was amazing. I quickly went into SPOT view and sure enough the rudder was kicked slightly to the right to help straighten the a/c with the rwy hdg. Um-ba-leevable!I have observed previously in strong'ish x-wind landings in the 744 that the rudder kicks out the crab just prior to touchdown (maybe 50 to 100 AGL) and was very impressed with that. But now I believe I saw a transition to win…

Hello! I just wondered if you could reactivate my download? I've had a HD crash, and need a new one...I used my mothers VISA, so it's registred to Grete Rafteseth, and the order number is xxxxxxx.I tried your e-mail, but i guess it's caught in the anti-spam...Werner RaftesethEDIT:Werner, please email support from a different email (gmail, hotmail etc) for reactivations - don't post personal info like order numbers in the forum.

Hi all!:-) I went to the Cathay Pacific website,and found that flt. # 881 was operating out of LA to HK non stop with all seats filled. Now I don't know how much cargo they had,but when I attempted this flight with full fuel.I had to make a fuel stop at Taipei Airport, Taiwan. The avg wind's aloft for the flight were headwinds around 50 kts. Do the CF6's I have burn more fuel than the RB211's on Cathy's? Thank's from Jim EDIT- Here is the route, VTU5 RZS LIBBO BRINY ALCOA CEPAS COBAD 4200N 14000W 4700N 15000W 4900N 16000W 4900N 17000W 4800N 18000E 4700N 17000E 4400N 16000E CALMA OTR5 PABBA A590 KAGIS A590 MJE A1 KAZAN A1 BULAN A1 APU MKG A1 ELATO.

Hi,On the navigation display while in Map Mode, I noticed there was a symbol in green text which read "DECAL" what does this mean?Also, while descending to towards my approcah should the VNav button be disconnected or should it remain on till touch down? or is there a point where it turns off automatically?ThanksMike

hi im having a problem with my fmc, when i put in the airport id on the route page it comes up saying not in database, i went to my sidstars folder and a bunch of airports were there. What am i doing wrong?help is greatly appreciated!thx

Does anyone know the logic behind having only 1 wing anti-ice switch, and separate anti-ice switches for each engine? I figure if ice affects 1 wing, then it affects the other. I'd assume the same is true for engines, so why separate switches?Paul

I just did a landing at Haneda in the 744 and took off again on a hand flight after slewing to the departure runway. All went well on a low level sightseeing flight around Tokyo but on descent and approach, there were no GPWS callouts at all. Is this normal? Or did I fail to re-set something? Or must one be at some minimum altitude to trigger them for descent and app?Jonathan

OKHere is the deal. I am new to heavies (I generally fly only GAs). and I want to fly the 747 like a GA for now. Meaning.. I'll use the auto pilot (which seems to work as expected for the most part) or hand fly.Except... I want to use the NAV radio's ILS for eg.I don't want to use the FMC.For now, I start with the 747 all started and ready to go, hand fly the take off...then use the auto pilot with auto throttle to fly it to my destination and then tune to the ILS or VOR frequency and try to land the sucker. Thats what I want to do for now.Can this be done? if so..how do I tune the ILS frequency?I have the flightlink Avionics and the Radio comm frequency seems to work wit…

Can anyone please tell me how i enter an ILS frequency into the FMC? Thanks

OK..My second flight from KSEA to KSFO (PMDG 747)selected a DP from Seattle and a STAR to Sfo there was discountinity.Issue 1. I tried connecting it by entering the waypoint that was at the start of the STAR in the work area and L clicking on the square boxes..it took it there. Now I had the same way point twice..and a discontinuity in the middle. Hmmmm... so that did not do it.. I still don't know how to connect it. OK.. no problem, I simply skipped the discountunity.. I learned to do that at least. I went direct to the second waypoint in the STAR.Issue2. I had 10,000 ft and and I had 250kts a on the MCP. s I was approaching the start of the STAR, I pressed LNAV and VNAV…

Ok... I made a nice flight from Houston Hobby to DFW...now I refuled there and was preparing to leave for KLAX, I picked a wesward looking DP and added some Victor airways and some VOR...all the way to KLAX.But it wouldn't accept my Cruzing altitude when I click on EXECUTE after I load a cruse altitude in the NAV page. .. no matter what I use.. FL350 or even 10000 or 3000.I am stuck.. What could be the issue? Is it because I am using Victor airways?Manny

Are the Queen's inboard and mid slats designed by Boeing to retract on application of reversers after TD? Why? (It's an amazing feature on this superb aircraft!)Jonathan

Hi,Just flew EDDF-EGPK. I noticed on landing my FPS was a little choppy. So I unlock my FSP (from 25fps) to see this;http://www.paulwilson99.pwp.blueyonder.co.uk/fps1a.jpghttp://www.paulwilson99.pwp.blueyonder.co.uk/fps1b.jpghttp://www.paulwilson99.pwp.blueyonder.co.uk/fps1c.jpghttp://www.paulwilson99.pwp.blueyonder.co.uk/fps1d.jpgIt did jump down to 1fps quite often however I was not quick enough to capture it with print screen. The FPS was basically jumping from extremely high values to extremely low values within a timescale of less than a second.Here is my system;AMD 64 X2 4400+GeForce 6600GT 81.98Asus A8N-SLI DeluxeI don't run Scenery Addons/AI and my sliders are fai…

Initialy for my own use, I created this fictional repaint for the Queen,http://forums.avsim.net/user_files/140858.jpgLet me know what you think and if it's worth uploading to AVSIM.Simon

Hi,I'm using the latest version of the 747. I'm experiencing after 40/60 minutes flight time a very noticable slow down. The textures in the VC constantly reload in roughly 10 second intervals and frame rates become noticably jumpy making landing almost impossible. My FPS was locked at 30. As soon as I noticed the slow down I change this value to 20. The textures stop reloading but after another 10mins the problem returns. Also with the FPS counter displayed it constantly jumps around. It's hit 77FPS (when locked at 20) and gone down to 4FPS.I have tried numerous flights running solely the 744 with a vanilla FS9. No weather/AI/ATC/Scenery etc...Here is my system;ASUS A8N-…

Hi wonder is someone could help. What do people use to work out the ZFW, i have fuel planners and I know BOW of the 747, but what figure is used to calculate the weight of a person. Iuse fsbuild2, but cant find anywhere in the program that asks how many people are on board, or cargo/baggage. I also use FS keeper, and although you can put the pax and cargo figures into the program, it appears the ZFW remains the same, and all the utilities I have give a different ZFWHope someone can touch on this subject for meRegardsAndy

Hi all,Been playing around with the bank limit selector on the MCP during LNAV cruise because I seemed to be getting some pretty steep banking during cruise (20deg++). Tried setting it to lower limits such as 5deg or 10deg but didn't seem to have any effect - aircraft keeps on banking up to about 20deg.... Is this control only effective in HDG SEL mode and not LNAV I wonder??Adam

By Pierre Chevallier, Nov. 16, 2005? Will it board fuel correctly in the Queen--since I see boarding fuel needs to be done via the PMDG utility and not the MSFS way?Jonathan

Hi, I run PMDG 737NG using the Cabin view only on my PC, without a problem. If I apply VC, I'm in trouble with frame rate. Admittedly, I use quite a few add-ons. My question is 'can I upgrade my computer to get the full benefit out of an aircraft that I thoroughly enjoy flying?' My PC specs are as follows: AMD Sempron2800+, 1GB of RAM, Windows XP, GeForce FX 5700 graphic card. By todays standards, I know this is not that impressive, but buying a new one is not an option. If it helps, my Motherboard is a MSI CorCell KT6DDS. Thanks Marty