PMDG MD-11 (Legacy Version)

Hello, Most times when I select the MD11 aircraft type from FSX start up it causes FSX to freeze and I am not able to unfreeze it with out restarting. I have even tried to select another aircraft then select the MD11 and had the same results. Sometimes when I do finally get it up and I am in flight it will also freeze for no reason when I select something else like MCDU mode. I have my hands in the air. Please help me with this problem.Bob

Hello,I'm having a tough time accessing the alternate extension gear handle. I understand where the location is, seen pictures, but I don't know how to access it while I'm in VC view. I'm in the captains view and I just can't figure how to get over to the first officers side. Even in 2D panel and hitting the FO button, I still can't seem to figure it out I've seen a couple of threads in the forum showing the location, so, I don't have any problems finding it. After flying the MD-11 for over a year, this plane still amazes me; I've been having fun with the failures option.Thanks for any help,Chris K.

Only done four flights so far so still learning. If I set cruise alt of say FL320, /ac gets to about FL160 then climbs very slowly, EGT goes into red in will barely get to FL200.I'm obviously missing something, can anybody tell me what it is?Kevin Kyle

Hi All, I am looking for some help re keyboard commands for MD11. My main problem is the command for the Stab Trim, as PMDG did not assign a command in their command section and there is no Stab Trim command in FS keyboard commands. I am using CH products yoke for button commands and have tried several variations without success for the Stab trim. Scandinavian 13 gave me some advice some time ago on this subject which I tried but without success. Could you please give me some of your own commands for the Stab trim to see if they will work for me. Many thanks in advance. richard welsh.

Hi I'm new to the MD 11. I'm getting on quite well with it but I have a couple of questions.Q1. I was praticing a flight with real world weather on and it was time to enter the wind.Although I couldn't quite figure out how to enter this wind which was 245 at 18k. In the 747 or 737 you would just enter in the scratch pad 245/18 and it just works.But on the MD the format looks a little different, and I keep on getting a format error. I did get it to work, by entering 0/0. but this is obvously incorrect when it is blowing a gale outside.Q2 I have heard that the MD11 has a wide screen option. As will all new PMDG products. Where is this setting, as I hope to get a wide screen…

I'm having some issues with the display FPS with the MD-11. The default values are set at 15 for 2D and 10 for VC, when I go in to change them i click "ok" and the gauges are still a little choppy so I go back to that menu the values are back to the default 15 and 10 values so it appears that its not saving my changes. Anyone have any insight on how to fix this? I'm getting a solid 30 fps with scenery maxed out and all so its definitely capable of displaying a faster refresh rate. Tyler Mason

Hey guys,I know there are a few people on here that do great repaints and I can not find a Delta (New) paint for FS2004. I'm looking for something like this: Anyone who could do it, that'd be awesome!Thanks!

Hi,Suddenly, 3 days now, my MD11 autopilot no longer follows the autopilot. I did not change or install anything.It keeps rolling 15 degr. left and right, with the green line way over the route,It happens both on heading and NAV1.Who knows the cause?GreetzPiet Holland

Greetings,On my last flight, I noticed on the ND (along the route) this code ("I/P"). What does it mean? I looked in the manual but couldn't find it, so if anyone can also tell me where in the manual it is, I would appreciate it.many thanks,

Hi allI was practicing yesterday the go-around procedure on the MD11 and it seems straight forward, TOGA, flaps 28, gear up at positive climb, the FMC calculates the climb speed etc..However, I can't get to do a touch'n go. After touchdown and spoiler deployment, the aircraft wants to full stop regardless of me pushing the throttles, this being with AP disconnect but AT on.Is the procedure described somewhere?Stefan Ticusan

In the attached pic, just to the right of the TO/Clamp test you'll see garbled data. If anyone has had this problem would you please let me know how it was solved.I'd appreciate any help on this.Jack Fentress

I'm sure this question has been asked a million times, but I was wondering if the MD-11 is an FS9 native aircraft ported to FSX, or is it an FSX native aircraft backported to FS9? I am wondering, because FSX native aircraft seem to be better optimized to run on FSX than the FS9 ports which seem to suffer a bit performance wise. Also, I was wondering what kind of FPS I might see with the MD-11 (how does it compare to default aircraft? My specs are in my signature. Thanks! PS I remember when the MD-11 was released, I believe it was for FSX first, so that's a good sign.

I reinstalled FSX a few days ago to "clean" the files and today I started my first flight with the MD-11 since the reinstall. During taxi I found a problem that used to happen in my times of Ctrl+Y to control the aircraft. When I move the ailerons on the ground for the taxi check, for example, the nose wheel turns. Last year I bought the Logitech Force 3D Pro joystick and since the beginning I had no problems with it. But after reinstall, everytime I move the ailerons, the plane turns left or right, depending on to which side I move the ailerons. My FSUIPC and the joystick settings are exactly as they were before, but nothing seems to make this issue go away. How can I un…

Greetings all,I've noticed FSBuild and TOPCAT use different dry weights for the MD11. FSB has the empty weight as 292,100 for both the pax and cargo versions. TC shows 273,373 for the pax version, and 250,996 for cargo. Which one is correct? Since TC gets the info from the acft.cfg file, I would assume that is correct, but is that really the case?Many thanks

Hi,is engine variant performance actually simulated? cannot find anything on the website and in the manuals.

During the landing roll-out the aircraft makes shallow S-turns all the way down to the full stop. Additionally, the aircraft does not follow the runway centerline. I have considered just turning off the autopilot early on (after touchdown) and attempt to provide directional control manually, but I'm relatively certain that this would not be acceptable in the real world during an autoland. I'm going to try doing a flight control re-calibration just prior to the approach phase and see if there is an issue there. I use a Saitek X52 Flight Control System.

Hi all,I must report you that I've got a problem with the MD-11 for FS9. Everytime I take off with normal T/O config I get a crash to desktop about 1 minute after T/O. On the screen appears an error message, saying the following:Problemereignisname: APPCRASH Anwendungsname: fs9.exe Anwendungsversion: 9.1.0.40901 Anwendungszeitstempel: 4135a208 Fehlermodulname: PMDG_MD11.GAU <- (the file which causes the ctd) Fehlermodulversion: 10.0.61355.62 Fehlermodulzeitstempel: 49b7d862 Ausnahmecode: c0000005 Ausnahmeoffset: 00126af1 Betriebsystemversion: 6.1.7601.2.1.0.768.3 Gebietsschema-ID: 1031Sorry, this is now in german, but I found a lot of topics whic…

Every time I reload a saved flight I get an alert for cabin altitude.Can someone please explain what procedures need to be followed to correct this condition. And why does it reload with that error.I also get a tail fuel warning but figured that one out myself.Thanks Ken

Will the FSX MD11 perform an autoland on a RNAV approach to a runway the way it will on a ILS approach to a runway?When entering the RNAV approach information where do you find the minimum proof in feet figure to insert? Would it be 475', this figure is in the lower right of the attached RNAV approach from www.airnav.com.Rod Storer

Downloaded liveries from PMDG for the MD-11 (boxed version) don't show up in Variations. Only the PMDG House Livery is available. I use Fs2009. I have no problem with the PMDG B737-800 and PMDG 747-400. Here I can select all the downloaded liveries. Only when I start Fs2009 in administrator mode, I can select for example the MD-11 KLM Livery, but than I have problems with my Aerosoft airports, they don't show up. Can anyone help me?

Hi I have a problem with the MD11 .. some of the fonts on the gauges are not displaying correctly .. any ideas how to fix this please ?.. i have Windows 7 64 bit and FS2004. Thanks Rich

Not knowing to much about PC specs could someone help with the following question.My system is as follows:- XP Pro, SP2. AMD Athlon 64 (3400+ - 2.21Ghz). 2GB RAM. Graphic Card is ASUS A9800 XP.Would this be suitable for the MD 11.

I've been using Flight Simulator 2004 For nearly 7 years and never lost my brakes before. Upon coming to a complete stop in the MD-11 using the auto-brakes, I then switched the Auto-brake to the off position. When I began to taxi to the gate I noticed that my wheel brakes were not working nor was the "brake" regestering in the lower left corner of the screen. No matter what I did, there was no correcting this problem. Needless to say I had to just exit the program. I also noticed that I had to recalibrate my rudder axis since the aircraft would slowly turn slightly right requiring constant correction to the left. There was no wind and I purposely keep a small 'dead …

Howdy All ----Like many probably, I have found the need to make some permanent waypoints in the MD-11 database. While we can make temporary waypoints, I have not found a way to define and store a waypoint in the PMDG database.Anyone know of a way to do this? Extending this idea, it would be great to be able to define and edit ficticous airport data that one creates in FSX as being visible and usable with the PMDG database. Lots of wishful thinking but just maybe...... Thanks --- Bob

I get the alert "CG out of limit" Any idea what i have to do? Thanks Jan