15 hours ago, Stearmandriver said:

This is dependent on whether VNAV is armed off the ground.  If VNAV is not armed, the bugged speed will remain at V2 even though the TOGA flight guidance will command a climb at V2+20 (assuming you haven't lost an engine).

If VNAV is armed for takeoff, it becomes the active pitch mode at 400ft and you will see the speed bug jump to V2+20, but you will also see the MCP speed window close (go blank).

Reviewing one of my recent takeoffs in the iFly, I can verify that behavior in VNAV is correct.  I'm not sure I've ever done a takeoff in it without having VNAV armed so I can't say offhand if that's correct.  But in either case, you should not be seeing the bugged speed in your MCP change to V2+20.  It should either remain bugged at V2 (even though the guidance will be commanding V2+20), or it'll blank at 400ft when VNAV becomes active.

The white V2+15 bug is definitely present for takeoff in my setup; I believe it is a panel option though, so you might have to make sure it's selected in the tablet.

Thanks , I am almost sure that V2+20 gets updated in the MCP in the NG .will find FCOM for this as i recall it to be normal not in VNAV mode as the speed closes offcourse

Michael Moe

 

On 6/15/2025 at 11:57 AM, Swe_Richard said:

Liking this plane very much. Loved it in MSFS202 and it pretty much almost replaced the PMDG 737. 

Done a number of flights now and as others have said; hand flies beautifully. One odd thing, that might be me accidentally pushing some button, is that the Captains PFD gets unresponsive. However if I use the controls on the F/O's side it works. Have I pushed some button or is this actually an issue? 

I had the same problem today: Pilots MFD is empty - route only visible on FO s MFD.

Left CMD (Autopilot) not available - only right A/P button enabled.

I could not find any switch to switch from pilots to copilots side!?

What did I wrong? Or is it a just a little bug?
 

8 hours ago, Michael Moe said:

Thanks , I am almost sure that V2+20 gets updated in the MCP in the NG .will find FCOM for this as i recall it to be normal not in VNAV mode as the speed closes offcourse

Michael Moe

 

Yeah, in TOGA mode the flight director will command V2+20 in an all engine situation, but the MCP speed will not change.  I'd be surprised if it's wrong in the PMDG after all these years.  Do we all just take off in VNAV so no one ever noticed??  😁

10 hours ago, Stearmandriver said:

Yeah, in TOGA mode the flight director will command V2+20 in an all engine situation, but the MCP speed will not change.  I'd be surprised if it's wrong in the PMDG after all these years.  Do we all just take off in VNAV so no one ever noticed??  😁

😀Maybe , VNAV was not the only practice 10 years ago or so.

Do you set VREF+70 on the climb page when you are in NADP for instance ?

Thanks Michael Moe

Edited June 22, 2025Jun 22 by Michael Moe

10 hours ago, Stearmandriver said:

Yeah, in TOGA mode the flight director will command V2+20 in an all engine situation, but the MCP speed will not change.  I'd be surprised if it's wrong in the PMDG after all these years.  Do we all just take off in VNAV so no one ever noticed??  😁

I found the old info on PMDG forum and it does move the speed bug to V2+20 when changing from takeoff mode to Command A or B (engage Autopilot) which gives you MCP speed on the FMA and effectively LVL CHG and MCP V2+20

Michael Moe

Edited June 22, 2025Jun 22 by Michael Moe

I am finding this aircraft very unstable, especially when flying through rain/wind. Extreme bank and pitch angles in autopilot are quite frequent. Is anyone also experiencing this?

1 hour ago, GCBraun said:

I am finding this aircraft very unstable, especially when flying through rain/wind. Extreme bank and pitch angles in autopilot are quite frequent. Is anyone also experiencing this?

Real Boeing Airline Pilots love the way it flies. Check your settings. 

1 hour ago, Bobsk8 said:

Real Boeing Airline Pilots love the way it flies. Check your settings. 

I am in 2024. Don't remember this happening in 2020. Yesterday it got so bad when climbing that the I had to disable the autopilot and do multiple manual corrections. Multiple bank angle warnings...

Never experienced this with PMDG.

Edited June 22, 2025Jun 22 by GCBraun

Should the ILS "auto-tune" if the approach runway is selected in the FMC? For some reason it never sets the frequency in the pedestal and when I try to set in the pedestal I get errors. I swear it worked flawlessly in 2020. Anything I could be doing wrong? 

17 hours ago, Stearmandriver said:

Yeah, in TOGA mode the flight director will command V2+20 in an all engine situation, but the MCP speed will not change.  I'd be surprised if it's wrong in the PMDG after all these years.  Do we all just take off in VNAV so no one ever noticed??  😁

Guilty as charged 

3 minutes ago, lehbird said:

Anything I could be doing wrong? 

Boeing's 737 series don't autotune. You need to enter them in on the pedestal.

Edited June 22, 2025Jun 22 by BrammyH

7 minutes ago, BrammyH said:

Boeing's 737 series don't autotune. You need to enter them in on the pedestal.

OK, thanks. I am not sure why it did in 2020, for whatever reason I never had to go to the pedestal to set. 

42 minutes ago, lehbird said:

Should the ILS "auto-tune" if the approach runway is selected in the FMC? For some reason it never sets the frequency in the pedestal and when I try to set in the pedestal I get errors. I swear it worked flawlessly in 2020. Anything I could be doing wrong? 

I had this issue initially, but checked the tutorial and found the solution. The Nav radios in the 737 Max have several modes.  When you start the aircraft up, it is not in ILS mode and will issue an error message if you try to enter an ILS frequency and make it active. The solution - there is a mode switch below where the frequencies are entered. Press the small switch with the up arrow one time, and the radio will be in ILS mode will accept your localizer frequency. Give it a shot. 
Rich

55 minutes ago, GCBraun said:

I am in 2024. Don't remember this happening in 2020. Yesterday it got so bad when climbing that the I had to disable the autopilot and do multiple manual corrections. Multiple bank angle warnings...

Never experienced this with PMDG.

Must be a 2024 issue. I have hundreds and hundreds of hours in 2020, and have never seen this. 

2 hours ago, Bobsk8 said:

Must be a 2024 issue. I have hundreds and hundreds of hours in 2020, and have never seen this. 

Just checked Flight1‘s Discord and there seems to be a conflict with the Realturb App. I will disable it for my next flight.