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Is it me or is the 787 completely useless and unflyable?

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it really is.

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Sigh....

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47 minutes ago, ShawnG said:

it really is.

Rather than continuing to argue, I'll just accept that someone who has never flown an Airbus (or dare I say a plane) might have that view.

Edited by 2reds2whites

19 minutes ago, 2reds2whites said:

Rather than continuing to argue, I'll just accept that someone who has never flown an Airbus (or dare I say a plane) might have that view.

We’re not comparing it to a good plane, we’re comparing it to the fsx defaults.  I have plenty of experience with those.  You might not have.

  • 5 months later...

Regardless of what I chose, HDG or LNAV mode, this thing goes around in a circle as soon as AP is engaged, will not follow the dialed in heading or follow the plan in the FMS.  What am I missing here? I'm not new to this as I've flown 1000s of hours in PMDG 737 & 777.

What you are missing is the PMDG is not in the sim yet Why the ridiculous bump?

All I want to know is that everyone is flying the 787-10 variant right?

because even Asobo list it as 787-9/10.Is there another variant out there? Freeware or Payware for Msfs

 

12 hours ago, canuk22 said:

Regardless of what I chose, HDG or LNAV mode, this thing goes around in a circle as soon as AP is engaged, will not follow the dialed in heading or follow the plan in the FMS.  What am I missing here? I'm not new to this as I've flown 1000s of hours in PMDG 737 & 777.

I used it regularly in the past 2 weeks (20 flights or so) and I find it more reliable than the A320. 9 times out of 10 it can even follow the approach when I set it on the fly.

In order to make it follow the flight plan set in the MCDU you have to initialize the position at the departure airport, then use the A/P with LNAV and RNAV modes.

The default 787-10 has been intimidating to me for months but it's actually more simple than you would expect. To break the ice I watched these 2 videos, very well done!

 

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This plane works and flys just fine for me.

I flown for shure around 80h with this plane

using a mod from flightsim.to and would say there are no problems for me at all.

VNav, LNav capturing ILS down to the Runway all works pretty fine for me..

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8 hours ago, MrFuzzy said:

I used it regularly in the past 2 weeks (20 flights or so) and I find it more reliable than the A320. 9 times out of 10 it can even follow the approach when I set it on the fly.

In order to make it follow the flight plan set in the MCDU you have to initialize the position at the departure airport, then use the A/P with LNAV and RNAV modes.

The default 787-10 has been intimidating to me for months but it's actually more simple than you would expect. To break the ice I watched these 2 videos, very well done!

 

So AP in HDG mode does not work on it's own?

On 10/9/2020 at 6:40 PM, occidio said:

I have to agree, the 787 is really terrible. In hindsight, I wish I had purchased the base variant of MSFS then upgraded the aircraft with 3rd party software as they came. Even the additional "hand-crafted" airports are a bit of a disappointment and I should stuck to aftermarket. Oh well, live and learn.

I recently upgraded to the premier deluxe version purely because I wanted EGLL and EHAM. I cant see any developer bothering to produce them any time soon. And as you say they are pretty poor. The 787 isn't worth my time either. So to anyone thinking of doing the same I would say don't waste your money and stick with the base version. 

junk, utter junk.  Awaiting the QW 787.

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On 10/8/2020 at 9:20 AM, ShawnG said:

The default a320 is the hands down best default airliner ever released with a sim.

Amen!

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3 hours ago, Boomer said:

junk, utter junk.  Awaiting the QW 787.

Nonsense. 

With the 787XE mod installed, I've done a few flights. All went off without too many problems. AT, lnav, vnav, etc. work. A few quirks here and there. It's a default airplane. 

The plane is encrypted so there is only so much the modding community can do. 

3 hours ago, jarmstro said:

I recently upgraded to the premier deluxe version purely because I wanted EGLL and EHAM. I cant see any developer bothering to produce them any time soon. And as you say they are pretty poor. The 787 isn't worth my time either. So to anyone thinking of doing the same I would say don't waste your money and stick with the base version. 

Darn wish I could have talked to you beforehand.

The premium deluxe definitely isn't worth the extra cost.

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