Hi there PMDG,

I was wondering if a PFPX profile for the 747-8 was being considered when you make your 747-8 (similar the ones FSL did when they released their A320)?  The reason I ask is that I worry not many people are going to have any access to 747-8 data to make a profile for it.

Cheers,
Rudy

with new 747-8 feature u will not need PFPX for any calculations as u will be able to do those as real pilots do 

21 minutes ago, Beardyman said:

with new 747-8 feature u will not need PFPX for any calculations as u will be able to do those as real pilots do 

To be fair, that's not what he asked.

 

And lets no forget that people use PFPX for other reasons, such as loading a flight plan into their weather engine and their ATC software. 

50 minutes ago, Beardyman said:

with new 747-8 feature u will not need PFPX for any calculations as u will be able to do those as real pilots do 

Pretty sure you'd still need PFPX to come up with a flight plan and do the fuel planning. I don't think the EFB will do that for you.

1 hour ago, Captain Kevin said:

Pretty sure you'd still need PFPX to come up with a flight plan and do the fuel planning. I don't think the EFB will do that for you.

Exactly. Among other things. Active Sky, ProATC etc.

3 hours ago, Beardyman said:

with new 747-8 feature u will not need PFPX for any calculations as u will be able to do those as real pilots do 

What exactly do "the real pilots" do, in terms of dispatch and flight planning?

1 hour ago, Anders Bermann said:

What exactly do "the real pilots" do, in terms of dispatch and flight planning?

Exactly... nuda 

Takeoff performance maybe included in the EFB and the viewing of a flight plan.

I assume the EFB may take the place of TOPCAT but PFPX would still be needed to simulate your company’s Dispatch Center and create the flight plan.  If we could send the PFPX flight plan in electronic format to the EFB, now that would be nice.

IM

I'll add when I say a profile - I mean a fuel-burn profile, not the weights etc.

one profile has been done and im pretty sure it will be available soon.

 

if someone is beta flying contact me and i can run a flightplan for ...

 

Phil

Pilots would not use the EFB to calculate a flight plan, so PFPX profile is neccessary for that.

The one thing we don't need anymore is a topcat profile, which I can't stress how pleased I am to see PMDG finally model a takeoff/landing performance.

 

Kind regards,

Alex

3 hours ago, phil747fan said:

one profile has been done and im pretty sure it will be available soon.

 

if someone is beta flying contact me and i can run a flightplan for ...

 

Phil

Phil,

This was made from you?

not from me but real accurate data. and it is working.

 

the author will certainly release it in time.

when i posted it was too early ....

 

 

On 5/16/2018 at 2:43 PM, phil747fan said:

not from me but real accurate data. and it is working.

 

the author will certainly release it in time.

Did he release this yet?

On 5/16/2018 at 2:15 AM, aceridgey said:

Pilots would not use the EFB to calculate a flight plan, so PFPX profile is neccessary for that.

The one thing we don't need anymore is a topcat profile, which I can't stress how pleased I am to see PMDG finally model a takeoff/landing performance.

 

Kind regards,

Alex

Unfortunately it looks like the data cost for the EFB t/o calculator was too expensive so I don't think we're getting something comparable to TOPCAT. E.g., it can't do assumed temp calcs.

Alex Pugh