Just for fun I tried the following (see pic):Shouldn't this have some effect on the aircraft's behaviour?:+ GreetingsThomashttp://forums.avsim.net/user_files/39123.gif

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Thomas,this is a MSFS thing. Because the action of the stairs is tied to the concorde nose deployment keystroke, this is what happens when you invoke the keystroke inflight. Since this is not something that would occur in real life(on purpose), ripping the stairs and door off our plane and modeling the resulting crash is not where we'd go.:-spacecraft

A shame would like to repaint that door :-lol not the stairs :-rollAndr

Houston we have a problem...."One small step for man, one giant leap for....er... man" :-)Cheers.Ian.

I also tried something similar to this during cruise. During cruise I opened up the door, which occured in no change in pitch or handling and no change in pressurisation. In this instance the doors cannot be accidentally opened by extending the flaps and opening the doors in mid-flight would not result in a crash. Perhaps for realism you might be able to model the plane so that if the doors are opened mid-flight, that it would result in loss of cabin pressure.Just a thought....

Naw I do not agree with that. People do not open doors in flight. I think other failures that you might actually incur during flight should be where effort goes into ;)[h4]Best Wishes,Randy J. Smithhttp://img.villagephotos.com/p/2003-8/196432/winglets_lg.jpg [h3] AMD XP 2200 |MUNCHKIN 512 DDR RAM |ECS[/b ][i] K7S5A MB[/i] |GF2 MX 32 MEG and still runs GOOD!|WIN XP PRO |MITSUBISHI DIAMOND PLUS 91 19"[/h3]

I know that people don't open doors inflight (unless they're incredibly stupid ;)) But I thought that the door opening would be a way to induce a cabin depressurisation during flight. I'm sure that it would be much easier to model a depressurisation because of a door opening rather than a broken pressure seal or a faulty valve or something like that.

"I know that people don't open doors inflight (unless they're incredibly stupid )"And incredibly strong.... The doors on a 737 are plug type and it basically impossible to open up a door when the aircraft is pressurized... then you have the problem of fighting wind resistance to get the door open to any degree.It would make more sense to deactivate door opening in flight in PMDG.BTW, PMDG offers you the option of being able to decompress your aircraft cabin manually using the Cabin Pressurization Controls.Cheers.Ian.

Ian,Well thats something i've learned today!Could you tell me how to depressurize the aircraft manually?Thanks a bunch mate!

G'day, Liam.I guess the quickest way to do it on a real aircraft would be to switch off the packs and then select the AUTO/ALTN/MAN switch on the overhead panel to MAN. Then push and hold the OPEN switch above this (You may have to toggle the switch to OPEN a few times in PMDG). This will fully open the Outflow Valve at the back of the aircraft. Then watch the altitude in the cabin rise and the differential pressure drop. When the altitude in the cabin gets to 10,000' a warning horn sounds (on the real aircraft).The outflow valve should dump the pressure in the cabin fairly rapidly at the full open position.I'm getting some strange effects in PMDG, however. You could try leaving the packs on if you have problems getting the cabin to depressurize.By the way, there is also a valve at the front of the aircraft which is open during certain stages of flight. If there was only one valve on an aircraft at the back, the air in the cabin would tend to drift towards that valve creating an annoying draft. Having a second one, usually smaller, at the front, helps reduce the draft.Hope this helps.Cheers.Ian.

Hey guys,just to make this clear: As I said, it was just for fun. I do not expect anything to be modeled or changed.And I did not open the door in flight. I opened it on the runway before takeoff.But, on the real thing, is there some kind of warning if (let's say after a few beer:-lol ) you try to takeoff with the doors open?GreetingsThomas