Reading posts about the amazing features on the NGX has got me drooling although I'm waiting patiently for the 777 to arrive before I abandon the MD11.Something the I've been curios about and hopefully the team can answer, will PMDG be finally adding dynamic braking to there aircraft? For example high brake temps affecting brake performance, rain, slush and ice all affecting landing distance? It seems to be a standard on a few addons now and plays a major factor in performace planning on departure and arrival.Apologies if it's been asked before and I missed it.Regards

That would be pretty sweet if it were. I don't know how realistic it was but back with FS2002 I had a 744 addon that when I was on approach I would enter the runway conditions Wet or dry and it slightly effect my approach speed/landing speed. That would be pretty cool, especially with brake temps and some type of reprecussions to after an aborted TO :)Not neccessarily smoke pouring out of the hubs but like Rob said in other performance areas.

Abandon the MD-11? Why would anyone do such a thing? I love the old bird to death. As cool as the NGX and 777 are it would take a lot for me to consider doing that. Although maybe that is because the 11 is one of my favorite birds of all time.I am sure the NGX will have that though. It seems once again they are pushing the boundaries farther back with it, and I am sure even farther with the 777. I have not seen any posts about it though.

I would like to see the option that emirates have for the San Fran flights. Also a decent efb and taxi cameras along with a few long range variants! :)

Abandon the MD-11? Why would anyone do such a thing? I love the old bird to death. As cool as the NGX and 777 are it would take a lot for me to consider doing that. Although maybe that is because the 11 is one of my favorite birds of all time.I am sure the NGX will have that though. It seems once again they are pushing the boundaries farther back with it, and I am sure even farther with the 777. I have not seen any posts about it though.

I agree while I don't own the MD11 I do own the 747-400 and I would never abandon her. For one, even waaaaayyyyy back in FS9 I used them for completely differnet purposes. I use the 747 for long haul routes and I use the 737 for medium to short haul routes. I am not about to fly the 737 fro NA to Asia or Europe. This is partly why I never bought the MD11. I have a long haul aircraft for the long haul routes.

I don't own the MD11 I do own the 747-400 and I would never abandon her.

I would have said the same thing back when I didn't own the MD-11. Taken into consideration that the 744 will always be my favorite aircraft and has been since I was about 5 and the fact that I stayed with FS2002 forever since it had the best 747 addon for a very long time, but every since I got the MD-11 and took a littl time to learn it I rarely ever load up the queen anymore at all, and only when I need to, to answer a question here and there in the forum honestly.I think it's sad that this will happen with the MD-11 probably for me too. It has nothing to do with anything negative about the queen in Rob's post or mine, but if you tried it you'd understand why.*I use to look at the MD-11 forum with squinted eyes like, "how and why does anyone like that aircraft?". It is just not my type at alllll and honestly couldn't see ever flying it. Now it's all I fly when flying a heavy. Nothing out on the market including the good ole queen comes remotely close to the MD-11 and I'm laughing actually right now as I type this because I'm looking back at how majorly my attitude change about it :)

The PMDG MD11 is a work of art and a classic example of how PMDG are always ahead of the curve. The 777 is my catalyst for a full convert to FSX, perhaps I will purchase it again but I have a phenomenal amount of environmental and scenery addons to purchase for FSX so any other Aircraft except the J41 & 777 will be way down the list :)No response from PMDG?Cheers

The PMDG MD11 is a work of art and a classic example of how PMDG are always ahead of the curve. The 777 is my catalyst for a full convert to FSX, perhaps I will purchase it again but I have a phenomenal amount of environmental and scenery addons to purchase for FSX so any other Aircraft except the J41 & 777 will be way down the list :)No response from PMDG?Cheers

You do know that you don't have to do the whole thing at once, and that many of the FS9 extras you bought were built into FSX? I would suggest you install a clean FSX (with acceleration or SP2) and JS41 just to get a feel for what is coming. Do not try to max the sliders, and do not try to reproduce what you already have. Instead, carry on using FS9 exactly as you currently do but every now and then, try a short hop in the JS41 virtual cockpit to get a feel for the experience of flying in FSX. When you get bored of the scenery, consider UTX and GEX, but try to get a feel for what FSX is and what it does well does before investing time or money on extras, and try to judge it on its own merits and not by comparision to your tricked out version of FS9. You will be disappointed about some things, but that is to be expected, after all, that is why you spent so much on FS9 extras. Hopefully, you will find a few areas where FSX excels, to the point that you may find you use FS9 less and less.

Hey, Thanks for the Advise Paul, I do own FSX but it's installed on the laptop I use for TOPCAT and Activesky. I was just talking about GEX,ASE scenery addons etc, it all starts adding up. To be honest I wouldn't bother moving if PMDG where not making the 777 and that's why personally I'm not too worried if it takes a year or so. My main problem with switching to FSX is available time I have, I have a huge amount of cockpit hardware and networked PC's talking to each , half of the configurations, Controller, GPU and system tweaks I've completely forgot, everything just hums along in the background now and it's solid and reliable. Starting all of that again from scratch is a pain in the a$$ so it really takes a special product like the 777 to convince me.

The sim does imitate real life in this instance. The old trick question: what makes a plane fly? A: Money.But, let me suggest one thing: Even if you move away from FS9 (and you really should to fly the J41 more), keep both installed. I have copy of FS9 still which I use from time to time. Sure, it doesn't have all the add-ons FSX does, but so what? It still works.

There's some stuff we've done with braking that you've probably never seen on an addon before, I don't think you'll be disappointed.

There's some stuff we've done with braking that you've probably never seen on an addon before, I don't think you'll be disappointed.

Dude, you are just torture. You give just enough information to get us all excited, then retreat back into the shadows. You are killing me.

Dude, you are just torture. You give just enough information to get us all excited, then retreat back into the shadows. You are killing me.

LOL, 7441 torturing posts.

LOL, 7441 torturing posts.

Brake to Vacate? nope damn thats the A380