August 17, 201114 yr Hi TogetherI did several flights with the NGX, today I experimented a little with the options in the FMC.I found that the Door L1 can not be opened. Does anybody expierience the same behavior?Best regards, Urs Urs Zwyssig
August 17, 201114 yr Hi TogetherI did several flights with the NGX, today I experimented a little with the options in the FMC.I found that the Door L1 can not be opened. Does anybody expierience the same behavior?Best regards, Urs All that is required to open a door is that you are on the ground, and power is connected(I think). I assume you were and it was? -Spencer Hayes My Layout HP HPE-510y Windows 7 Home Premium 64-Bit Processor: AMD Phenom II X6 1055T 16.8 clock speed! Ram: 8GB Running FSX never under 20FPS Add-ons: PMDG:747-400 747-400F MD-11 MD-11F J41 FUTURE NGX OWNER! iFly 737NG(STINKS!) AES 2.10 REX(Real enviorment Xtreme) UT2(Ultimate Traffic 2) Scenery: AES-UK2000 Heathrow(EGLL) AES-Imaginsim Hartsfield Atlanta(KATL) AES-ImaginSim Chep Lap Hong Kong(VHHH) AES-FlyTampa Boston(KBOS) AES-FlyTampa TAMPA(KTPA) AES-FlyTampa San Maarten(TNCM) AES-FlyTampa Buffalo(KBUF) AES-FSdreamteam Chicago(KORD) AES-FSdreamteam Ft. Lauderdale(KFLL) AES-FSdreamteam Honolulu Intl(PHNL) AES-FSdreamteam NYC Kennedy(KJFK) AES-Mccarran Int(KLAS) AES-SimWings Gibraltar(LXGB) AES-Aerosoft MP Munich(EDDM) Cloud-9 Orlando A player who makes the team great is more valuable than a great player <a href=' http://www.vatsimsigs.co.uk'><img src='http://www.vatsimsigs.co.uk:80/Status/1195664.jpg' /></a>
August 17, 201114 yr My door opens all the time - make sure APU is on and running if you are doing it from cold and dark - give it a few minutes and then yes it should open Max PMDG 747X & 737NGX Pilot
August 17, 201114 yr Just out of curiosity, in the real world, how do the crews get in to the aircraft when there is no power!?
August 17, 201114 yr Commercial Member I recall another thread about this and the reason the user couldn't get the door open was that the plane was pressurized. Noah Bryant
August 17, 201114 yr Just out of curiosity, in the real world, how do the crews get in to the aircraft when there is no power!? From what I've read, the pros say 'cold and dark' is virtually unheard of for crews on the line. Maintenance crews power up the aircraft for first cycle. Don't know about the 73x but on an A320 video I saw they (maint) entered via hatch below the cockpit. btw PMDG - congrats on an astounding achievement - gorgeous airplane. edit - pressurized huh? nice. Regards, Mark
August 18, 201114 yr Something tells me you are referring to this ANA video...http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yDnrVXes1qkThe video edit is quite misleading, it indeed gives you the impression that the guy boarded the aircraft from the hatch, however this is not possible on the A320. Besides if he had done that he wouldn't be entering the dark cockpit from the cabin like he does in the video ;) However it is possible to escape from the cockpit via the avionics compt to the ground on the A330 (by opening a hatch on the cocpit floor)...The only thing I can think of was that the guy in the video went through some checks before actually boarding the plane (via normal steps). Chris Margaritopoulos
August 18, 201114 yr I recall another thread about this and the reason the user couldn't get the door open was that the plane was pressurized. Yep, according to that thread - until the cabin pressure equalised you couldn't open the doors and you need to be powered up to equalise the pressure. FS2024 • PMDG 738, 77F • FSL A321 • A2A Comanche, Aerostar • BS Baron, Bonanza, Caravan Pro • JF Tomahawk • TAOG H500C BeyondATC • GSX Pro • ChasePlane & Flow Pro • TDS GTNXi • FSUIPC • AutoFPS • RealTurb 9800X3D B650E • ROG OC RTX 5090 • 64GB DDR5-6000 • VKB Gladiator, STECS, T-Rudder • Tobii 5 • ISP 1 Gbps
August 18, 201114 yr Commercial Member Yep, according to that thread - until the cabin pressure equalised you couldn't open the doors and you need to be powered up to equalise the pressure. And actually I just experienced this yesterday. Couldn't open any door due to the differential in cabin pressure due to my incorrect setting of the landing altitude. Noah Bryant
August 18, 201114 yr In real life, you don't need electrical power to open the doors. That said, I don't know if you can open the doors on the NGX when there is no electrical power while the plane is already depressurized. Might be worth checking this out later tonight... Name available upon request
August 18, 201114 yr To answer the question, in real life, the doors do not require power to open. If you think about it logically, at least two examples of times when the door must be able to operate without power. 1. After a long parking period, overnight to moths/years in storage. In these instances all power is removed from the door circuits.2. Emergency. In an emergency, doors must be able to be opened from the exterior and interior to facilitate rescue/escape regardless of the operation of any flight system. Look at this picture and notice that once this plane ran out of fuel, the only power remaining would be batteries and minimal AC from windmilling. Once on the ground the engines stopped and all power was lost. Yet passengers escaped out the doors. EDIT: This AC did not run out of fuel in flight. I picked the wrong crash. However conclusion is still true. Branton Turner
August 18, 201114 yr Something tells me you are referring to this ANA video...http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yDnrVXes1qkThe video edit is quite misleading, it indeed gives you the impression that the guy boarded the aircraft from the hatch, however this is not possible on the A320. Besides if he had done that he wouldn't be entering the dark cockpit from the cabin like he does in the video ;) However it is possible to escape from the cockpit via the avionics compt to the ground on the A330 (by opening a hatch on the cocpit floor)...The only thing I can think of was that the guy in the video went through some checks before actually boarding the plane (via normal steps). That is indeed the clip - thanks for the correction, looking back at it now it's obvious - duh! Regards, Mark
August 18, 201114 yr Author Yes, to open a door you don't need any power, the door can be opened from the outside, just make sure that the evacuation slide is not armed, this case happens sometimes at airlines causing a delay or aircraft change with some work for the maintenance crew. By the way, today my left door worked! I had the APU running and the electrical haydraulic pumps to on, but the doors are not driven by hydraulic fluid.Regards, Urs Urs Zwyssig
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