Ah ok. I just had a look at what memory my PC is currently using - I have a few browser tabs open, a few rather hefty PDFs and a video playing and I'm using 4.5GB of RAM 

 

My laptop has more RAM than my FSX computer does!  :wacko:

My laptop has more RAM than my FSX computer does!  :wacko:

 

Haha, well, RAM is dirt cheap now-a-days. I'm guessing you built your current PC quite a while ago?

I didn't build it! I got it around the time fsx came out, played it on and off for a year, quit for basically 3 years, and just recently came back to simming last fall, when I found the NGX  :wub:  :wub:

 

And now here I am, using my trusty 6-7 year old computer, with a 256MB video card. It's not bad at all actually. 30 FPS in the NGX, I just can't use add-on airports or traffic, but I don't mind that a ton anyways.

Sold!

I have to read posts really carefully now, I keep reading "Will the 77X" instead of "777X". So, will the 777NG have this over the NGX   :lol: haha. I'll leave now.

Hi Jane,

 

Just been catching up with all the comments in your thread, since I was last here the other day.

 

Love the screen shots your doing, this really does seem to be the most amazing aircraft, and the details your showing us is great work, thankyou. 

 

I noticed from your descriptions of how the overhead panel works some similarities with the automation found on the MD11 panel. Wondering if that is why Boeing bought Mcdonnell Douglas, just to get their hands on the later's wonderful automated overhead, lol.

 

So if you get a 737 and put it on steroid's, mix in some cockpit screens from a 747-400, then add the automation from the MD11, do you end up with a 777?........................I jest it looks like PMDG have really pulled out all the stops on this one! 

 

How long does Beta- testing usually last? Hopefully if it's as good as you say, then not long, lol.

 

Hope someone releases a video soon, I would love to see the 777 in action.

Hi Jane,

 

Just been catching up with all the comments in your thread, since I was last here the other day.

 

Love the screen shots your doing, this really does seem to be the most amazing aircraft, and the details your showing us is great work, thankyou. 

 

I noticed from your descriptions of how the overhead panel works some similarities with the automation found on the MD11 panel. Wondering if that is why Boeing bought Mcdonnell Douglas, just to get their hands on the later's wonderful automated overhead, lol.

 

So if you get a 737 and put it on steroid's, mix in some cockpit screens from a 747-400, then add the automation from the MD11, do you end up with a 777?........................I jest it looks like PMDG have really pulled out all the stops on this one! 

 

How long does Beta- testing usually last? Hopefully if it's as good as you say, then not long, lol.

 

Hope someone releases a video soon, I would love to see the 777 in action.

 

Dave, that sums it up pretty nicely!

 

I honestly can't say how long the beta will last as a) I don't know b) I couldn't tell you if I did and most importantly c) these guys keep on plugging away until they have things exactly right! It is a dogged perfectionism that you don't really see from many developers!

Hi jane,

 

 

YOU HAVE NO IDEA HOW MUCH I LOVE YOU FOR SHARING SO MUCH ABOUT THIS AIRCRAFT!!!,you made my day.1 req is that you upload tutorial of you doing full flight...(ofc dont film  6+ hours straight)but please provide us with a video!.

Thanks,

 

Daniel

 

thanks for the kind words Daniel, unfortunately I cant upload a video easily (there is no broadband where I live!), but there are some great videos from the other testers, which are way better than anything I could make!

Jane,

 

Does the PMDG 777 have any new virtual copilot callouts?

 

How accurately does she fly the descent profile and Stars?

 

Ed

 

Ed, there are a whole army of virtual co-pilot callouts I haven't tried them all yet, but when I land later today I will grab screenshots of the options pages for you.

 

You will actually find that the aircraft flies the profile better than the NGX. This is not a PMDG thing, the NGX was spot-on, but the autoflight system is much more sophisticated than an NG. You will find turns and VNAV to be much smoother in operation, including an intelligent thrust system whereby she works out the required thrust for small steps rather than immediately selecting climb power or idle. That makes the whole autoflight process much smoother than what you see on most other Boeings. In terms of actual accuracy over waypoints, hitting altitude restrictions that has translated in to really nailing those restrictions. So, yes you have VNAV and LNAV buttons like an NG or other Boeing, but the software behind those buttons is much cleverer than what you see on many other aircraft. PMDG have modelled that enhanced quality perfectly!

Jane,

 

Thanks.  Where are you flying and which aircraft?

 

Ed

an added bit of interest for those of you who, like me, use the FIX pages regularly

 

The 777 comes as standard with 2 FIX pages and a range of 511nm for your FIX rings. However, for an extra cost to the airline this can be extended to 9999 miles range in fixes and 4 FIX pages.

 

You guessed it, the 777 gives you those extra two pages and considerably enhanced range for your fixes!

 

Thanks for spending the extra cash on that upgrade RSR

 

A question regarding the 777F: how's setting of the cargo load handled? Is it more like the loading of the NGX, that is, setting up the total load, or is it closer to adjusting the use of actual pallet positions? Sometimes the actual loading sequence needs to be altered for practical or scheduling reasons, and that might cause some W&B variations from the 'optimal' and/or planned load distribution.

 

 

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Arto Karhu

Hello,

subscribed to this thread.

I just wonder if will be available an advanced load manager for pax and cargo.

One thing that PMDG 737NGX misses (while the PMDG 747X has) is this configuration tool.

Any chance to see that in the new PMDG T7?

Thanks bye.

an added bit of interest for those of you who, like me, use the FIX pages regularly

 

The 777 comes as standard with 2 FIX pages and a range of 511nm for your FIX rings. However, for an extra cost to the airline this can be extended to 9999 miles range in fixes and 4 FIX pages.

 

You guessed it, the 777 gives you those extra two pages and considerably enhanced range for your fixes!

 

Thanks for spending the extra cash on that upgrade RSR

 

Hi jane,

Where could i find those videos?

Daniel

 

 

One thing that PMDG 737NGX misses (while the PMDG 747X has) is this configuration tool.

 

It was integrated into the FMC options menus.  I wouldn't say it's missing at all.  I like the fact that I don't have to run an external program first to adjust my weights.

Hopefully, with the release of the PMDG 777, in PCP (which I have collected since 1999) we will see the jet tutorials by Jane shift away from the 737ngx (which I never liked nor bought) and a focus on the 777.

I like the fact that I don't have to run an external program first to adjust my weights.

 

Glad to hear it