Will try level flight and see how the LSAS reacts.My TOGW 231.684KG Runway 30 (EGFF) 2392meters Winds are 280@15kntsThanksBarrie

Looks like Flaps 24/Flex 43 for those parameters. I used the current weather (19c, 1021, 280/15) and attached the TO report...weights converted to lbs.

Yes this time take off was much more managable. The FD bars did not command such a high pitch, rotation was much smoother and the aircraft trimmed itself out quite nicely with not such a dramitic need for correction from the LSAS system.Guess derating the take off is the solution here. The MD11 seems to be a good climber at TO thrust. Quite difficult to manage on FSX.Thanks for your help here. Will maybe look into getting TopCat. Would you recomend it?Barrie Davies

TopCat is spoken of very highly in hundreds of threads here. Watch your TO thrust in the MD11, if you are light she is a handful and ususally too much for low time pilots.

Yes this time take off was much more managable. The FD bars did not command such a high pitch, rotation was much smoother and the aircraft trimmed itself out quite nicely with not such a dramitic need for correction from the LSAS system.Guess derating the take off is the solution here. The MD11 seems to be a good climber at TO thrust. Quite difficult to manage on FSX.Thanks for your help here. Will maybe look into getting TopCat. Would you recomend it?Barrie Davies

Topcat is really great. Christian is a developer who generally participates in his community and takes feedback/suggestions all the way to implementation. The data used is all based on real-world info...nothing tailor-made for a sim aircraft. That said, I can load weights, fuel, and takeoff/landing reports directly into the aircraft that it supports. It's quite a good program!

Some of the beta team were discussing this recently. For the approach, a good piece of advice that came out of the discussion was to make small, individual adjustments, and wait to see how it affects the aircraft before making another. The term "bump 'n' nudge" was used to describe it.You can switch on the flightpath vector to get an indication on the PFD of your trajectory, from there it's just a case of making small adjustments to match your flight path angle to that of an optimal approach (normally -3 degrees)Lately I've found myself handflying most of the STAR just because it's so darn easy and fun!

Mark,I wasn't aware that the MD-11 had a FPV (Flight-path-vector) on the PFD. Could you tell me where I might find this very important aid?Regards,jack noulet

Some of the beta team were discussing this recently. For the approach, a good piece of advice that came out of the discussion was to make small, individual adjustments, and wait to see how it affects the aircraft before making another. The term "bump 'n' nudge" was used to describe it.You can switch on the flightpath vector to get an indication on the PFD of your trajectory, from there it's just a case of making small adjustments to match your flight path angle to that of an optimal approach (normally -3 degrees)Lately I've found myself handflying most of the STAR just because it's so darn easy and fun!

Mark,You explained it in another post below. Thanks for the info.Regards,jack noulet :(

Mark,I wasn't aware that the MD-11 had a FPV (Flight-path-vector) on the PFD. Could you tell me where I might find this very important aid?Regards,jack noulet

Select FPA rather than V/S on the FCP, you don't need to actually use FPA at all but if you pre select it the FPV will stay on the PFD until you return it to V/S. So the only time you can't have it is when you want to actually use V/S with the autopilot. Very handy when hand flying.