Other than that, could someone elaborate a bit more on the APU usage on ETOPS? Does that mean that every NG flying here (PHNL) had to run their APU enroute or do you mean if they lose an engine, they must start it to provide the rest of the power? At that rate, fuel and maintenance wise, it doesn't make as much sense to me to use an NG over say a 75

The APU must remain on the entire ETOPS portion. The APU is only running at half the available N1, and burns a VERY small amount of fuel. The sole purpose is to provide redundacy in case of a failure.

Just to follow on what Ryan has statedThis is a video of the 777 during certification. im sure some have seen it. Loaded to MBRW braking is commenced at V1 with no help from reverse thrust etc. only brakes for certification.At the end of the video you can see the tyre deflating due to the thermal plugs letting go in the trye to prevent explosion due to heat transfer.

The APU must remain on the entire ETOPS portion. The APU is only running at half the available N1, and burns a VERY small amount of fuel. The sole purpose is to provide redundacy in case of a failure.

Thanks for the clarification. I'm guessing the reduced N1 and fuel burn is due to the altitude. I'm sure the real world operators fuel calculators automatically take the APU use into account but for FS, does anyone know roughly how much extra fuel I should plan for? For example maybe 200lb per hour. Then again, if the fuel burn is that low, do I even need to worry about extra fuel for the APU?

4. No. Again I've never seen this effect in real life either too...

just to save vulkano this does happen alot in real life

just to save vulkano this does happen alot in real life

Yes exactly, this happens when reverse thrusters has been activated.Thanks for your support buddy! Yeah nice to view :(

Or this one. I'd like too

Oh my god look the water effect around the wings and around the enginesFantastic

I love the water spray effect

I love the water spray effect

It's not an effect if it happens in real life...Also, water spray would be dependent on weather or not a surface actually had precip on it. In order to figure out if a surface is wet, PMDG would have to know where it had been raining in the simulator world. And as explained in the weather radar thread, this isn't possible. If you really want spray, download the iFly effect and hit "I" everytime you land in wet weather. Also, you realize these guys are building the single most complex FS addon ever? They are some of the best of the best, and if they though it could be done realistically and still have it look good, they would have done it by now. Let's just let them finish the airplane. It's going to be awesome regardless.

I'm no pilot, but I don't think doing a RTO is a "normal operation".

RTOs are not that uncommon. In fact after most RTOs, the crew are able to taxi back to the runway and depart again (provided that they have let the brakes cool down to an appropriate temperature).Cheers,Nick Jones

RTOs are not that uncommon. In fact after most RTOs, the crew are able to taxi back to the runway and depart again (provided that they have let the brakes cool down to an appropriate temperature).Cheers,Nick Jones

Sometimes they don't even have to let the brakes cool. Here at HNL, most of the RTO's are ordered by tower just as the aircraft starts rolling. Only once have I seen an RTO here where the aircraft was actually going a decent speed and it was a C208.

Oke so you mean, when a b737 NG in real life makes a RTO brake(normal operation), there will not be the same effect on the video? So no smoke or something like fire or so??Is that correct? :(

Correct. Only in VERY extreme and rare cases, you might have some glowing brake discs and some smoke, but in a "normal" RTO, you will not see it. That's what the test is for... It tests something that is way above normal operation of the aircraft. The logic behind it is that if it (the aircraft) can survive that, it will survive anything during normal operation.As a rule of thumb, the tests are done at situations 1,5 - 2 times the expected real life daily operation maximums... That's what the aircraft is certified for...

It's in BETA already, I wouldn't expect them adding any new features at this point, especially if it's just a cosmetic effect that is not even seen from the cockpit. At an early developement stage, maybe. I'm willing to bet there's not a chance now

the airbus A380 RTO test is painfull to watch lol. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hRzWp67PIMwCould they screw it up anymore if they tried,

just to save vulkano this does happen alot in real life

BTW, anyone think they deactivated reversers a little bit too late? Or is it normal for that particular aircraft? Seems like the reversers were active till they taxi off the runway, at like 10-15 knots at max.

BTW, anyone think they deactivated reversers a little bit too late? Or is it normal for that particular aircraft? Seems like the reversers were active till they taxi off the runway, at like 10-15 knots at max.

they did not have highspeed exit ways so they had to slow down as much as possible to make that 90 degrees turn