Having never had the privilege to be in the cockpit of a real 777, I wonder if pilots can see the wingtips from the cockpit?

I fly using trackir and have not seen them. Not modeled or impossible to see in real life?

No, you can't see them

but what about the strobes? as from outside it looks like you could see them from the VC if you look left and behind...did pmdg just dont include that effect?

I guess you wont see them as much as in the NG because the wing tip is much higher off the ground than the NG, being higher up means less "splash" effect, so the strobes reflecting off the ground isnt visible from the flight deck but may be visible from the cabin. This is just my assumption

but what about the strobes? as from outside it looks like you could see them from the VC if you look left and behind...did pmdg just dont include that effect?

You can't see anything, you would need to open the window and stick your head out.

You can't see anything, you would need to open the window and stick your head out.

 

maybe in the real one, but not in the PMDG ..i´m sure you were able to see the strobes from the VC:

 

 

You mean the reflection of the strobes.... I have no idea, anyway nothing to do with the op's question

You mean the reflection of the strobes.... I have no idea, anyway nothing to do with the op's question

 

 

 

You can't see anything, you would need to open the window and stick your head out.

 

what does that mean then?

That was actually aimed at Dave, in order to see the wingtips you could in theory open the flight deck window and lean out.

 

I'm sure this member of the ground staff had no problem seeing the wingtips...

 

Yeah Rob's more than likely correct on that. I've not seen any videos or photos from that angle. However for the 744v2 it'll probably have a similar effect as the NGX since you can see eng 1/4 normally I think!