[12MAY18] First Cockpit Video Preview of the PMDG 747-8

[Nighthwk 566]

https://www.facebook.com/pmdgsimulations/photos/a.369115446461579.88926.165758250130634/1834232313283211/?type=3&theater

[Morvious 43]

Stop crashing Navigraph while testing the -8 please 🙂

Still a while for release it seems but she does looks sweet! Very nice features and toys comming our way.

[OAL809 14]

Did anyone notice the third FMC ?
an active DNLK option?
i believe it's a datalink function that you can communicate with ATC via text??
<s>That was the big secret project? 😋
Maybe not the big project but something big like acars,aoc etc</s>

i have searched it a bit what exactly is this? log?

the only image i could find

 

Edited May 14, 2018 by OAL809

[N325NS 2]

Fantastic Chris, thanks for taking the time to share this
with us, I'm really looking forward to this release!

Ευχαριστώ πολύ, Efharistó polí!

[anden145 2,285]

Are the engines on the 747-8 the same as the ones on the 787?

Edited May 15, 2018 by Anders Bermann

[kityatyi 78]

On ‎5‎/‎13‎/‎2018 at 12:51 PM, MarkW said:

Am I the only one having trouble getting excited about the 8?  I have the 400 and love it but the 8 with its very limited list of real world operators (only Lufthansa, Air China and Korean with orders for Cathay in the pax space and then only cargo for the rest.....none of whom have actually taken a delivery btw) is just not doing it for me.  I am sure its great but where will I fly it?  I tend to like to fly either current or history real world routes and operators and none of these would be of interest really....except maybe UPS once they take delivery.  I just can't see myself purchasing this expansion based on its very limited real world use.

You serious? UPS have already been flying their 748F aircraft, then we have Silkway, AirBridgeCargo, Atlas, Cathay Pacific Cargo, Nippon Cargo, Cargolux, Korean Cago, just to name a few...

[G-RFRY 1,714]

Happily flight sim is not the real world the 747 will be history in a few years, no more 747 in our sky's or in real world AI programs.   

[walfob 10]

Is this a P3D only expansion? What about FSX?

All mention on the EFB is about P3D.

[squerble 300]

5 hours ago, Anders Bermann said:

Are the engines on the 747-8 the same as the ones on the 787?

Yep, just slightly smaller with a slightly different turbine core and slightly lower thrust.

[MarkW 1,494]

4 hours ago, kityatyi said:

You serious? UPS have already been flying their 748F aircraft, then we have Silkway, AirBridgeCargo, Atlas, Cathay Pacific Cargo, Nippon Cargo, Cargolux, Korean Cago, just to name a few...

My mistake they have 5 of them so far.  Still very limited options unless you love to haul cargo.  I guess it also depends on the cost of the extension.  At $29.99 there is not much issue but at 89.99 I question the value.

Edited May 15, 2018 by MarkW

[Olympic260 415]

50 minutes ago, walfob said:

Is this a P3D only expansion? What about FSX?

All mention on the EFB is about P3D.

EFB, moving map and VSD will be there in FSX as well. Rainmaker will be only P3Dv4 though as already mentioned from Robert

[kityatyi 78]

2 hours ago, MarkW said:

My mistake they have 5 of them so far.  Still very limited options unless you love to haul cargo.  I guess it also depends on the cost of the extension.  At $29.99 there is not much issue but at 89.99 I question the value.

Sure there isn't too many operators flying the pax variant. You can add to the list a Qatar VIP aircraft which - at least in the sim world - can also be utilised on passenger services. 

[hontzt 14]

7 hours ago, rjfry said:

Happily flight sim is not the real world the 747 will be history in a few years, no more 747 in our sky's or in real world AI programs.   

Not in the freight world!  It will be with us for quite some time.

Todd

[Boomer 1,619]

40 minutes ago, hontzt said:

Not in the freight world!  It will be with us for quite some time.

Todd

I fly as FDX69 on VATSIM.

[Michael235 30]

Maybe the 747 isn't 'history' after all.

https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2018-05-16/boeing-747s-given-up-for-dead-find-new-life-in-air-cargo-surge?

Edited May 16, 2018 by Michael235