PMDG General Forum

When approaching some airports, I like to be able to plan ahead and assign 1 possible approach that I may be given by ATC to Route 1 in the FMS and also program in a second possible approach into Route 2 of the FMS.I like to be able to use the plan mode on the nav display and step through the legs page on the fms and check through the approaches that I have assigned to both routes 1 and 2.Unfortunately, I am finding that its not possible to step through the legs page of route 2 (secondary flight plan) even when it is the active route. using the "step" feature of the legs page only seems to work for route 1.Is this a bug or is this how it is on the real aircraft ?RegardsFe…

PMDG 747 Easy Audio Checklist v1.0Download Link:http://esnips.com/web/audiochecklistAlso on AVSim as soon as approved--------This freeware interactive Audio Checklist for the PMDG Boeing 747 was created to start the PMDG 747 faster and easier, beginning from a cold and dark cockpit.The Audio Checklist is "interactive" and can be stopped and resumed anytime by a single keypress.It also enhances the "Captain feel" of having a copilot reading the checklist instead of reading it yourself.The checklist procedure was derived from the excellent tutorial by Jared "Smitty" Smith,to be found at http://smithplanet.com/fs2004/pmdg/index.htm.This checklist does not contain all steps o…

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Hello is there anyway to correct the strange gear animation on touch down?. The wheels stay on an angle just after main gear touchdown when they are fully on the ground then quickly snap to a flat angle without any animation smoothing when the front gear touches down. Is there no way to use the XML code found in some other aircraft to smoothen the gear touchdown animation?.John.

Hello,I have bumped into this problem:I created a FSBuild 2.2 route from EHAM to LEBL.The route shows two seperate waypoints BUT on the same airway.UB31-LARASUB31-WOODYI First entered VIA-UB31 LARAS but after that I dideced to test if I could enter WOODY instead of LARAS because they are on the same airway.I deleted LARAS and a route-disc appeared on the route page.(I wanted to add the SID with the DEPP/ARR page for 36L-LEKKO2Y SID).After that I deleted the route-disc so my FMC read:DIRECT LEKKOVIA: UB31 WOODYBut from here the FMC did not accept any input with airways without any error... the changes were simply not made!(The next was: VIA: UN872 NIK) What happened here?…

Hi to everybody, I've flown the big and great 747-400 on a friend's computer and we're looking for a more compact checklist, just like that made by Boyd Barker for Dreamfleet 737-400 months ago.I've found on AVSIM several checklists but we don't like them... hoping that someone is working hard with MS Word on this!Hint for PMDG: a landing view could be much appreciated!

Believe it or not, the PMDG website looked quite different in 2002 than it does now... Use the following link to see. The site is not perfect- some of the pictures are missing but most of the links/webpages should work...Here's a link to it:http://web.archive.org/web/20020118080125/...ionmanuals.com/-Sanjeev Mundluru

Having a little trouble with the PMDG 737, specifically when initialising the FMC during preflight.Firstly, not really a PMDG problem, I remember seeing numerical CoG info in FS2004. It is requested by the FMC, but I am no longer seeing the CoG info in the load manager. Does anybody have any ideas how regain the CoG ?Secondly, SIDs/STARs - I have the devils own job flight planning even simple routes, that actually join up. Is there a tutorial I could read perhaps ?Thanks in advance. Congratulations on a fine product.Andy Enderby

Hello all,When I start a flight with the PMDG 747 everything seems to work fine.When I taxi away from the gates the screens (pfd etc.) shut down....What am I doing wrong?Regards,Mathijs.

Hi, could anyone tell me the main differences between the Beechcraft B1900D and B1900C? They look pretty similar!Thanks in advance...

Happy news Year 2006Now, best Award 2005 PMDG B747 "Best Payware Airline"...!http://www.flusiforum.de/beste2005/(germany Lau.)Sebastianhttp://www.precisionmanuals.com/images/forum/pmdg_744F.jpgI am deaf. Though i try my very best my linguistic possibilities are limited: i will make mistakes -

Just dusted off the aircraft but cant find any instructions/manual -will I have to request new download or is there another solution .(cant work out how to start engines at the moment)Bernie Lonnen

ok, using the charts, going from kdtw to rjaa(Detroit to Tokyo) about 5700 nm i figure that i need about 300,000lbs of fuel. That includes a little extra. when i put the route in the box it says insuffcient fuel.why?I want to know if i'm missing something before i edit the fuel_flow_scalar

I have not been able to display the Panels with 95 Appr and 96 Lndg of the Keyboard Assignment.Sincerely,Kan-ichiro Fushihara

Hi,Encountered 744-v1r10 VC slowdown events recently:1) start w/good FPS (2D, VC, ext)2) RJAA to KLAX (and EGLL to KSFO) trips using ASv6 3) fly at econ alt according to FMC, 4x sim rate on/off for in a while4) around Alaska, VC FPS droped to around 8, stable at 85) 2D and ext FPS still high and stable (>40)6) cut sound, windowed or full screen, VC FPS stays low7) AP/AT on/off, quit ASv6, clear weather (using FSIUPC)--no change8) save flight9) resume saved flight--VC FPS back up to normal10) no issues until landingI don't know if it's the new weather or something, but it's weird. No HDD activity observed and task mgr didn't show anything out of ordinary. Seems to onl…

Hi folks,I have some questions about long range pacific flights. I am trying to duplicate Qantas fligth QF12 which services YSSY from KLAX but I am running into a few problems. I am trying to use FS Build 2 to do the fuel calculations for me but it keeps providing a fuel load that is greater than the capacity of the 744. It is requesting 408603 lbs of fuel. I am using an actual flight plan used by QF12 from http://flightaware.com.Here is the properties of the flight.FP: KLAX PERCH9 FICKY B581 AFONE B581 CAMOS B581 WACOS B581 BAXIL B581 NN A579 TESAT A579 NATLI ABARB SHARK N774 SY YSSYALTN: YBBNPayload: 71,880 (It seems it is impossible to fly with 2/3 PAX/Cargo loading wi…

Hi, sorry if this has been asked before. I ran a search but came up with nothing helpful.How can one switch between the COM1 and COM2 radio frequencies, or monitor both frequencies, for that matter? I can't find the switches anywhere.Any help would be appreciated.Thanks, Ulysese

Hi folks,yesterday I used a CI of 80 ...well I was a little bit behind my schedule so I used the speed intervention knob to bring the speed up to M086 with VNAV left engaged. About 30nm before T/D at FL380 ATC instructed me to descend to FL240 so I went to the FMC desc page and activated desc now. I expected a 1200fpm descend but what I got was >3000fpm so I had to use vert spd and forgot about VNAV. I think the VNAV spd for the CI of 80 was about M0844.Now my question: Is this behaviour correct or did I do something wrong? I assumed that when I use spd intervention that this value is given to FMC and used for the VNAV desc calculation.Or do I first have to cancel the …

Does anyone know if this repaint has been done for the Queen? Man I love this paint job.http://www.airliners.net/open.file?id=8363...=COLORFUL_PAINTCheers,Erichttp://www.precisionmanuals.com/images/forum/747400.jpg

Well I am now having a problem with my 737 V speeds. They will not appear. I have followed loading a flight plan as I always did. Even started from scratch and placed the route very carefully exactly as it should. Still nothing. I did a search and founs somone had a problem awhile back but no resolution was offered. Can anyone think why this might be happening? The only thing I have done recently was update terminal procedures and Navdata to 0513.Thanks for any assistance

Hi folks,(Sorry if this has been asked before-couldn't find anything through a forum search)Does anyone know if you still have to do the online validation of the QOTS CD version. I may not have internet for several months and if I have to reinstall flight sim, which is highly like given my previous track record, I would be up a creek. I currently have the download version but thought maybe if the CD version is like my 800/900 from Aerosoft I could still use the QOTS without an internet connection.Which brings me to my second question. Is there anyway to get a CD version without have to pay full price? I.e. a cost of media price only?Thanks in advance.Cheers,Erichttp://www…

Mr. Randazzo,I know I haven't been posting for very long here in these forums but I saw your message about spending time with family and prioritizing your issues that users have. As such I took the liberty this evening of packaging your first type course overview into a nicely formatted PDF. I do not want to post this file anywhere without your permission or review. I would rather, if you had the time, have you quickly look at this file and see if it is up to your standards and then post it in the downloads section. This is just a small token of my appreciation for all of the hard, wonderful work that you and your team at PMDG do.I completely understand if this is unaccep…

In the 737 NG, during an RNAV (GPS) approach, is there a way to program the GPS unit to automatically lock onto to the "artificial" glideslope and track it by pressing "Approach" on the MCP? (In other words, make it behave exactly like an ILS approach when "Approach" is pushed on the MCP.)ThanksChris Catalano

Does the TCAS control swtich on the 744 also work the transponder? so if i set it to TA/RA will the transponder turn on? because a few days ago when i got into the cockpit of a plane on the ground the mx guys turned the swtich to TA/RA to show us the traffic around the airport. and i was curious because in the PMDG 744 i assumed that switch also turns the transponder on, and thus thought that it might clutter the display for ATC.adam

1. I know that a complete idiot could find a solution to this problem but I am very new to this product. And I am trying to get the correct displays on the Attitude indicator screen and the other navigation screen right now, they look different to how they should look. Here is what I mean:http://img521.imageshack.us/img521/3606/help2er.gifI have tried restarting everything right from cold and dark many times and was unsuccessful. This is not the first time this happened, it happened yesterday when I was following a tutorial, but then I somehow changed it to the original display appearance (I really can't remember how). So can someone please show me a way to change it back…