I for myself prefer to set up the wind data manually out of my OFP. So I ever know and remember the points where strong changes will occur on my way. And I have an overview about the complete situation. I don't like too much automatism in programming the FMC. All what you did manually is better to remember and you are the man who is flying the bird. Be always ahead of your bird. To programm the FMC ( also the Route ) keeps you more ahead instead of let do the computers all the stuff.

 

Yesterday I was on the flight from St. Maarten back to Cologne. I was always about three four minutes late compared to my schedule. But I knew that pver the british islands the wind will turn into a strong tail wind with more than 100 kts from the beginning of my flight at TNCM. So at the end I was straight on time....May be if I put the wind stuff into the FMC automatically, I do not check so exactly how the situation is on the flight...

 

Just MHO..

 

Best

 

Steff

 

Stevens-VA

 

 

I do like manually entering the data as well, as a test of my understanding of any automatic route design and calculation that's been done in a flight planner like PFPX.

 

On the other hand, I also like to generate routes as a way of creating the "proper" information that I can then subsequently study, to understand and think about why such a route has been chosen.

 

Simply a question of inexperience on my part: I always feel like info I'm entering into the FMC is somewhat arbitrary on my end, or has to be copied from pen and paper, as I neither have a multi-monitor setup, nor, especially with the PMDG 777, want to run other software alongside it to create the data I then reference.  Prefer to have my system as wholly dedicated to running FSX as possible, again, due to my inexperience with the alternatives.

 

Steven

go to and look for the video from Froogle the flight from kjfk to kden .

I Just heard that REX will be issuing and update that will directly support the transfer of wind data.

... and you can now use FS Global Real Weather too for FMS WIND REQ 

 

The newest update, 1.07, has an option to save weather as XXXXYYYY.wx file for T7.

 

but that update isnt live yet is it? or do you mean PFPX? they both have the same version number at the moment 

I think it is live, the "weather actuality" in FSGRW progress during the flight and I think it reflects in the plan data. I'll check.

... and you can now use FS Global Real Weather too for FMS WIND REQ 

 

The newest update, 1.07, has an option to save weather as XXXXYYYY.wx file for T7.

hi,

i do have the 1.07 but cannot find this specific option, help would be appreciated

 

thank you

Remy: go to Flightplan -> Weather report -> Save, then save the file in \FSX\PMDG\WX as XXXXYYYY.wx where X is departure ICAO and Y is arrival ICAO.

 

TheLurk: To get updated wx from FSGRW you'll have to "re-run" the flightplan.

mosteen, I don´t know if we have the same update of FSFRW, but as far as I can see, the format of the file is wrong. I tried just to comfirm, and although it seemed to working when loading the weather in the FMC, no wind info is displayed. 

mosteen, I don´t know if we have the same update of FSFRW, but as far as I can see, the format of the file is wrong. I tried just to comfirm, and although it seemed to working when loading the weather in the FMC, no wind info is displayed. 

I am facing the same problem. the file seems to be loading but no wind info displayed too.

I Just heard that REX will be issuing and update that will directly support the transfer of wind data.

 

I'd heard/seen that possibility, too; would be really cool if it could be live/ongoing, while REX is running inside FSX during a flight, and could update the winds aloft data enroute.... but I guess I'm just dreaming....

Official Statment From FSGRW:

quoting an email sent to their support: "FSGRW uses whatever textures are installed. Be it rex, as or something else. Pfpx and b777 wind support are in final testing and will be in the next build out in a few days. Cheers! Stefan Schaefer"
 

 

so in this build it is still not supported

 

regards,
 

my point exactly..i wrote the FSGRW guys a mail asking for support..they asked for the documentation PMDG supplied and told me it'll be in the next update so...

 

that mail was long after the 1.7 update mind you

 

edit: remy beat me to it 

mosteen, I don´t know if we have the same update of FSFRW, but as far as I can see, the format of the file is wrong. I tried just to comfirm, and although it seemed to working when loading the weather in the FMC, no wind info is displayed.

You are right, I tried with a new file and wind data is empty. I was playing around with AS2012 and the new file I saved from FSGRW was saved with .wx.txt, so I was running the AS file

 

Well, back to the drawing board.

my point exactly..i wrote the FSGRW guys a mail asking for support..they asked for the documentation PMDG supplied and told me it'll be in the next update so...

 

that mail was long after the 1.7 update mind you

 

edit: remy beat me to it 

heheh.

this mail was dated today. so probably in the same release 1.17 but next minor version 15 this should be doable

This importing .wx file is only available pn pmdg 777?