Good morning everyone, here is my question: how easy or hard to understand are the manuals for the PMDG aircraft? I am eagerly waiting for the 744 v2.0, and I was wondering whether the manuals are worth a good looking at. I had a chance to go through the Boeing 737 classic manuals that I was given by a friend, and I have to admit they are very thorough but hard to understand. Are the manuals from PMDG a "dumbed down" version of the real ones, or are they exactly the same as the originals? The studying does not worry me, the opposite, but I am just afraid I might get say the 744 manuals, or the MD-11 manuals, and find them hard to read and follow. I am currently a VFR instructor for a virtual flight school, and after my IFR rating on IVAO I would like to get into studying the PMDG aircraft, namely the 744 v2.0, the MD-11, the NGX, and the 777, to provide courses for these neat mean machines (of course, one at a time, maybe investing a full year in each one of them). What is your take and suggestions? Please, give me any advice you might have, and tell me what would be the best approach for my endeavour. Thanks for reading my mail, I will appreciate any help and insight, take care everyone, and happy flying! B)

 

Enrico

They are the boeing manuals. They are what you get if you buy the real deal. With the caveat of not for use in the real world etc. They can be a little daunting but with a little use you get the hang of them though.

 

Regards

I see...it seems like I'll have to do a lot of reading then.... :lol: , one at a time. Thank you so much James. I did not even ask, but I take it you suggest them...

 

Enrico

Yes I would. Everything you need to know is in them. You have 2 options. You can purchase the hard copies from PMDG which come in binders and look very nice though I have never been able to afford them. They are very expensive but I can understand why. Or when you purchase the aircraft you get them with it in pdf form. From there you can print them yourself or just use your pc to read and ref them. To be honest though if you do print them I should not think you will be saving much from purchasing them because they are massive and the cost of ink and paper is going to thump you. I used to take mine to work with me when I was traveling.

 

Happy reading.

My recommendation is to do the tutorials, and read the intro manual first. Then use the manual is cruise reading to learn more, or simply refer to the manual when you have questions. It's really not designed in a way that will keep you reading, which will probably just wear you out and make you want to put it down.

Hi scandinavian13, yours is a smart suggestion. As a matter of fact, while cruising it's the best time to go through the manuals and use them as a reference, just as you said. And that is exactly what I will be doing. I don't know if I'll buy the manuals, probably at first I'll just use the PDF copy. Thank you so much for your suggestions, take care,

 

Enrico