If we are going to have THOSE MASSIVE ENGINE ROOAAARS!! I'm goona 'come' on the speakes...

the NGX was pretty impressive with sounds though.

 

Keep in mind here that the sound changes quite a bit sitting right in front of the engine like those videos vs. sitting in the cockpit. I have a feeling we're going to get all kinds of "experts" telling us the sound is wrong for that reason when they've never actually heard what it sounds like from the cockpit...

I have a feeling we're going to get all kinds of "experts" telling us the sound is wrong for that reason when they've never actually heard what it sounds like from the cockpit...

Dear oh dear, you all must be totally sick of people like that? lol :Just Kidding:

:Thinking: I like the videos so much , i'll buy 14 pleased ..... no tru :Liar:

Keep in mind here that the sound changes quite a bit sitting right in front of the engine like those videos vs. sitting in the cockpit. I have a feeling we're going to get all kinds of "experts" telling us the sound is wrong for that reason when they've never actually heard what it sounds like from the cockpit...

 

:LMAO: Couldn't of put it better. The 777's Flight Deck is pretty loud with the Engines shut down and the Packs on, that's what the Capt said when I went in the 77W Flight Deck couple months back. Not really sure if the Engines over power those sounds when Engines are on! But at the end of the day it's about flying the Plane and not listening to sounds, should be listening to ATC if anything :P

Hi guys,

 

Please no flaming this is an opinion.

 

I am looking at the front of the fuselage and I think the shape is a little off, check the comparison shots, the angle is not the but IRL the 777 front is different to the picture? Peoples thoughts?

 

Fan textures: I still think the running fan blade textures could be improved, I think the [other] company do them better on the 777..

 

 

EDITED - COPYRIGHT VIOLATION - DO NOT POST IMAGES YOU DO NOT OWN.

 

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Engine fan in rotaton = totally black, not the gray lines, anyway to address before release?

 

 

 

Well those 2 videos you posted are not even the same as the photo hehe. The photo is the GE90-110B! Those videos are the PW & RR. But yes that's an Alpha Model, I'm sure the Textures will look fine on release! Better to get the model and VC functioning correctly then work on the textures

 

 

Keep in mind here that the sound changes quite a bit sitting right in front of the engine like those videos vs. sitting in the cockpit. I have a feeling we're going to get all kinds of "experts" telling us the sound is wrong for that reason when they've never actually heard what it sounds like from the cockpit...

 

It took what, a few hours for your screenshots to have edited black paint lines in, didn't it? Haha.

There is a lot to flying an airliner, than the "stick and rudder" component. After a significant failure (e.g. engine fire, etc.), the aircraft must be reconfigured for that new condition (e.g. for an engine failure on the B737, there are various changes to autoflight, electrical and air systems that need to be made). Some of these must be completed from memory and I'm sure that any pilot would want to be able to instantly recall these at any time, rather than cramming them the night before the sim check. Since it is unlikely that pilots would be able to hop into the full-motion sim at any time they like, having a 'flying' simulation available on your desktop computer would be the next best thing.

 

I have my own story as far as flying real world compared to FSX aircraft. What I can say is that I have taken off, climbed out and maneuvered about the skies (in a light aircraft that is!). I think the big advantage that you have when you have thousands of sim hours on realistically modeled airplanes, is that you are very instrument dependent since very few of us have our own motion simulator in our garage :LMAO:

 

what I was able to do, completely instinctively, was to do properly monitor all instrumentation for the takeoff and do a stable climb and have perfectly coordinated turns. The only thing they did not want me to do is land - for obvious reasons!

 

At least to that I can attest to the fact that yes, it does help you enormously, since, especially with the PMDG products, is you are simulating flights. Add to that the fact that you have ATC available on the VATSIM network, and you get a result of further honing your flight skills. BUT...

 

Flying an airliner, even a smaller one like a 737, takes something different. As one poster remarked, it is more than stick and rudder controls. I have thousands of flying hours on the PMDG 747 and a fair bit on the 737 NG's, both legacy and NGX. I even fancy my chances of flying and landing a Level-D type simulator (won't know for sure until I have tried it obviously!), but there is one critical element that the Level-D cannot fully capture - REALITY!

 

Flying an approach in marginal conditions, with the aircraft buffeting around and with zero visibility, overcoming the physical emotions being experienced by the body, fighting what your senses are telling you, relying only on your instruments, that is where the real flying starts and the sim flying ends!

 

Add to that a possible emergency, an engine failure on a twin, and you have a real pressure cooker right there! We had an incident in our country where IMC conditions prevailed at an airport and shortly after lifting off the runway, a 737-200 lost an engine...literally! It actually fell of the wing! This caused a resultant loss of hydraulics and the a/c went to manual reversion.

 

It was at that time the crew flew into the low cloud cover. No visibility, and a dire emergency. To make a long story short, they landed safely. Overcoming the physical emotions on the body, keeping a cool head and keeping up with where they were in relation to the nearby mountainous terrain surrounding the airport... That is the sort of situation that no simmer will be able to handle!

 

Seriously, I love the simming and to a degree it helps those of us wanting to be real pilots, but it only goes so far. To all the guys on this forum that are real world airline pilots - I salute you! What you do is an art form, the amount of training that you go through to obtain your wings and to be able to fly us around the globe, is commendable!

 

Kind regards

I will get the Air Austral livery and fly Paris CDG to Roland Garros FMEE.

:D:D:D:D cant wait for this:D

Generally I'm Airbus fan, but PMDG changes my mind.

Definitly you build the best FS-planes ever ! :Kiss: :Idea:

It will be another masterpiece, no doubt.

 

 

Please..i dont want to read that..discusting...if it excites you that much (!), i would say you need to go_out more...with females.

 

+1

It was at that time the crew flew into the low cloud cover. No visibility, and a dire emergency. To make a long story short, they landed safely. Overcoming the physical emotions on the body, keeping a cool head and keeping up with where they were in relation to the nearby mountainous terrain surrounding the airport... That is the sort of situation that no simmer will be able to handle!

 

Seriously, I love the simming and to a degree it helps those of us wanting to be real pilots, but it only goes so far. To all the guys on this forum that are real world airline pilots - I salute you! What you do is an art form, the amount of training that you go through to obtain your wings and to be able to fly us around the globe, is commendable!

 

After the day I had today at only 3000AGL with winds gusting at 20-25kts, +1 to everything quoted, especially the 'overcoming physical emotions' part. Your brain tells you to monitor and act, your body wants to just curl up and survive! lol. It's a constant inner battle.

Any chance of adding the runway callout such as this one?

 

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-8a6qbF9ECg&feature=related

Any chance of adding the runway callout such as this one?

 

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-8a6qbF9ECg&feature=related

 

yes indeed ! would be nice to have RAAS (Runway Awareness and Advisory System).

 

Cheers.