PMDG 747 Queen of the Skies II

OK, I've just flown the tutorial flight for the third time and each time something has gone wrong. I am certain it's something I'm missing but it's a little frustrating to fly this beautiful beast for 2 hours only to not be able to complete the flight properly. The first time I flew it I was unable to achieve FL380. She never made it past FL360 even though I had it set correctly in the FMS. The next 2 times I have made it to FL380 with ease so I must have had something set up wrong. I'll chalk this one up to a mistake on my part never to be figured out. On this flight I was able to complete the flight and made the landing with no problem. The next two times I fle…

Normal Routine of Installation: Kaspersky Disabled All installed well Restart PC FSX Enter Activation Code [Kaspersky still disabled] Error, "Activation Code not vallid" Dead Cockpit Uninstalled Same procedure Same result I've checked FIREWALL (although disabled) and nothing of PMDG is blocked and FlexNet is open for incoming and outgoing. Any help?? Terblanche Jordaan FACT

Feel the sheer power that is the Boeing 747-400, Queen of the Skies. This is why I fly.

I am in the Polar Air Cargo DHL 744F and noticed that there is no taxi light switch. I went to the FMC and aircraft options and there is a switch to enable it. Did operators really not install (or remove) the taxi light? That seems strange. Thanks.

So many services running :smile: Mo Dez

After a re-load of an FSX-saved situation most of the FMC data incl. complete route, are gone. No matter if on ground or mid-air. Have started FSX first with an MS-aircraft and loaded the saved situation after. Also deleted fsuipc.ini. I am using already existing routes (rte) from NG737. Who can help or knows what I am doing wrong? Thanks Gerhard Dresch

Hi, I would like to change a custom option in the EQUIPMENT page of the CDU, but the option is greyed out. What does it mean? How can I change it? Thanks.

Started the tutorial and it ask to load Boeing 747-400 PMDG House (N744PW/2017) which I do not have. I do show a N744PM though.

I have two minor issues and I figured i would make one post. 1) I set my Transponder to TA/RA and i keeps disengaging on the ground during taxi and it disengages on takeoff. Once I am in cruise, I have no issues 2)The Baro/RA knob wont respond when i scroll with the mouse wheel and if i click to turn i have to click multiple times to try and set a minimum (clicking 2000 times for high elevation airports can be annoying)

Hello I was checking my Route on the LEGS Page in the FMC via Step Button, EFIS was on PLN and Range 10, and while i chlicking throu the Waypoints a n reproducible CTD happens. First CTD Error Message EventData fsx.exe 10.0.61637.0 46fadb14 PMDG_747QOTSII.DLL 1.0.0.0 5890e257 c0000409 002fe9da 36dc 01d2818f2b5aa2f0 D:\FSX\fsx.exe D:\FSX\GAUGES\PMDG_747QOTSII.DLL 8fb1afe1-87e4-45f4-a626-2fa0297b94e5 2nd (detail) CTD Error Message Protokollname: Application Quelle: Application Error Datum: 08.02.2017 00:05:54 Ereignis-ID: 1000 Aufgabenkategorie:(100) Ebene: …

Hi Kyle or Ryan, I noticed that the Cost Index gives different ECON speeds depending on engine variant. PW CI90 equals GE/RR CI180, more or less. I thought it was more an FMC variant problematic (if any) than an engine one... Curious about that. By the way, I would guess giving the real world data you may find around that the correct data is the PW one. Cheers, Alex

Hi everyone! I've done two or three flights with the 747 now and everything goes great until landing. I configure everything correct with flying an ILS and as I'm coming into land, I see "LAND 3" and all is well, however my last two flights the touchdown has been so rough that I've bounced back into the air and land half way down the runway with landing rates over 600! Not sure why it's doing this considering everything is set up and configured properly... As in flaps set, gear down, flaps selected, and the aircraft doing a normal autoland. Any ideas on why it bounces so crazy on landing? David McDonough

Good morning fellow Queen Pilots, So yesterday I decided to take the Queen (-400F) for a medium ranged cargo flight for our VA from EGSS (Stansted) to KORD (O' Hare Intl). The flight started of rather eventfully in that the fog was so thick at the departure airport, I had to try and figure out if it was really at the 75 feet visibility mins for the taxi! Fortunately, even though I was flying online on VATSIM, I was alone at EGSS so groping around in the mist for the right taxiway to get to the runway was quite safe in the end! About 80% down the route to KORD, suddenly the CAUTION caption on the warning system lights up and sounds an alarm - when referencing t…

Good day. Firstly, thank you for such a well simulated aircraft! I was wondering whether there will be a more recent livery published for South African Airways? The livery provided is the old livery which was discontinued in the '90's I think. We did use the 747 with the new livery before switching to Airbus in 2007. Well done for producing such a beautiful simulation!

when i ready to take off after 50 percent throttle press toga and the speed went up after a few second the speed drop i need use mt throttle to manual push up the speed and also why does the epr box turn redd.. picture http://imgur.com/a/rIjEA

Hello everyone, I have noticed that when its time to switch off one of the fuel pumps and the yellow "press" message pops up on the button it seems to flash, It happens on two different switches, Has anyone else had this issue with the flashing press message? Can't seem to find anyone else with the issue. Thank you.

Hi I just got this msg during preflight work. Searched the FCOM and QRH. All I could find is that the C radio is not set to handle Data, ACARS. No big deal but how do I set it back, have not had this msg before on previous flights. Otherwise the Queen is working perfect, nice to handfly.

Greetings! I'm writing to request if anyone can please make an Air India livery used on the 747-300. The livery is the same as the one included in the PMDG Ops Center for the -400 except the -300 obviously has no winglets. It also has a black dot on the nose rather than the red dot seen on the -400. The -300 livery also has Blue painting right under the cockpit windows (originally Black when first acquired in the late '80s). If anybody can make this livery (VT-EPW (Shivaji) or VT-EPX (Narasimha Varman)) then I would greatly appreciate it. I would most prefer the Black paint under the cockpit windows, instead of the Blue paint, to keep the livery more original. Thank you …

I loaded the quick turnaround panel state and noticed the baro minimums is a negative number. -100 Both captain and FO sides by default. - David Lee

Dear all who already fly the new one, How is it with FPSs ? is it same as with PMDG 777 better, worse ? many thanks for any indication ! JM

With Silk Way Airlines operating 3 747-400F's, 2 of which are in service regularly, it would be good to see a repaint of the aircraft for the PMDG 747 V2, as there is also a wide range of routes available from it;s hub in Baku, Azerbaijan. Current 747-400F Fleet: VP-BCH 4K-SW008

If i was to make my own Panel State for the Freighter, by using the long turn around state, firing up the APU and Gen 1 to open the front and Large side cargo door and then switching to ground power again and turn of the APU to save fuel, and then saved it and selected it as my default panel state. What effect would it have on the normal 747-400 as that doesnt have the large cargo doors? As as far as im aware you set one default panel state for all variants? Many thanks in advance.

Just curious what methods you all are using to display your equal time points on the ND? I have always been under the impression you must use the fix page and either create a new fix or draw a circle around a real fix at the specified range. However, flying across the Pacific, most of my waypoints are lat/longs which I cannot enter into the fix page. So how can I go about entering an ETP that is defined as a fixed radial/distance from a lat./long. coordinate? Regards, Rob

Hello everyone I'm trying to assign the inboard amd outboard landing light switches to two separate buttons on my harwdare. The thing is, I can't do it. The key commands in the fmc only allow to control all the lights at the same time. I tried to create a mouse macro but fsuipc doesn't recognize the mouse click on the landing light switches (it works for the other lights, but there are also key commands available for them). Is there a way to do it? Cheers, Fabrizio

Good evening gents, During the cruise at FL 310, CI 320, GW 342.0 Tons and fma in SPD mode, the calculated econ speed is .839, which is in fact beyond the actual high speed buffet band, the airplane is now flying a .829. Does anybody know why? kind regards Michele Faraone