Finally got around to making my traditional airliner test flight with the new PMDG 737 - good old EGCC to LEAM - and the shiny new 737 did not disappoint.. Good frame rates with flawless LNAV and VNAV performance out from Manchester up to southern Spain, then nice and easy to land manually in a visual approach, even without the HGS flipped down.

It's totally ruined P3D for me.

1 hour ago, Chock said:

Finally got around to making my traditional airliner test flight with the new PMDG 737 - good old EGCC to LEAM - and the shiny new 737 did not disappoint.. Good frame rates with flawless LNAV and VNAV performance out from Manchester up to southern Spain, then nice and easy to land manually in a visual approach, even without the HGS flipped down.

Hey Alan...was looking for the vid online....probably not posted yet.

Did you happen to fly my TUI livery? 😉 

I'm looking for someone to give me a UK reg for her so I can add it to my growing TUI collection of paints. 😉

I enjoy it, feels like I’ve been reunited with an old friend.

If they’d just allow us to calibrate the throttle axis for a reverse zone I’d have zero issues with it.

Quite amazed as well . The performance is also WAY better than i  expected. I just need to deal a little with my Honeycomb Alpha as i found it much more sensitive than other aircrafts to small adjustments on the elevator axis. Anyone care to share there setup her ?

PMDG is back indeed.

(looking forward for CPflight drivers , (MCDUII VrInsight when popup is ready) or just Aviaworx for the FMC

Michael Moe 

Edited May 13, 20224 yr by Michael Moe

Another opinion on the PMDG forums from someone preparing tutorials along with a couple of IRL 737-800 pilots:

https://forum.pmdg.com/forum/main-forum/general-discussion-news-and-announcements/185058-congratulations-to-the-team

I have been extensively flying the 737-700 with 2 friends of mine who happen to be 737-800 pilots, in order to record tutorials and prepare a few livestreams, and I must say this plane has exceeded our expectations.
We were sceptical at first since this is a new platform and the SDK seemed to be limiting during development, but how wrong were we! This has become my favourite simming plane very fast. Even my colleagues, who were still flying their 737's in P3D and X11 respectively have manifested that they are leaving those platforms for MSFS thanks to this plane and the subsequent coming variants.
I am specially in awe with the sounds, I have a cinema sound system installed in my room and holy cow, it seems like I am in a plane for real, good job to the one responsible for it!
Overall, my ranking of payware planes in MSFS is:
1- PMDG's 737
2- MD-82
3- DC6
4- BAe 146
5- Cessna 414
 

After almost 2 years without flying this bird I had the satisfaction of this reunion with the PMDG 737. In this period of fasting, I learned a lot from the FBW An32, including gathering accessories for its immersive piloting. This was also possible thanks to the dedication of the developer team. The first flight 737 700 was excellent, I paid attention to every detail, starting from the cold and dark until the shutdown at the final destination. I congratulate Robert and his team and likewise Asobo for this project. Incredible times coming.

So I'm back in the cockpit again flying LEPA to LPMA - stretching the birds legs tonight.  Its a early evening - night time landing.  I'm somewhere over Spain, sun is setting at FL370 I'm in love!

 

 

 

Edited May 13, 20224 yr by sidfadc

Some stunning shots there @sidfadc! Just downloaded the latest from @Steve Dra, can't wait to take that yellow TUI out for a spin 😀

Edited May 13, 20224 yr by Cpt_Piett

Nice to see such a positive thread.  Plan to get my very first PMDG airplane (and that's being in the hobby for over 20 years), so I am looking forward to try 'er out  in a few weeks with my favorite flight... KSAN-2-KLAS.  😎

7 hours ago, Michael Moe said:

Quite amazed as well . The performance is also WAY better than i  expected. I just need to deal a little with my Honeycomb Alpha as i found it much more sensitive than other aircrafts to small adjustments on the elevator axis. Anyone care to share there setup her ?

PMDG is back indeed.

(looking forward for CPflight drivers , (MCDUII VrInsight when popup is ready) or just Aviaworx for the FMC

Michael Moe 

I also found my joystick and rudder axis to be way too sensitive. Especially during taxi. I use a Thrustmaster Warthog throttle and stick as well as Saitek rudder pedals. I went into the control sensitivity screen and applied a -40 sensitivity curve to my rudder axis. I find it much better than the 0 sensitivity curve I was using by default. Try adjusting the sensitivity curve for your elevator axis.   

Edited May 13, 20224 yr by Bnash00

Everybody is busy flying.... So far no issues. No bugs, Actually (There is one flight from KPSP to KLAX I don't know that had a severe turn... ) Forget that..

They probably has no call! Maytag man is Lie. This is real. 🙂

 

9 hours ago, Chock said:

Finally got around to making my traditional airliner test flight with the new PMDG 737 - good old EGCC to LEAM - and the shiny new 737 did not disappoint.. Good frame rates with flawless LNAV and VNAV performance out from Manchester up to southern Spain, then nice and easy to land manually in a visual approach, even without the HGS flipped down.

People complain about it being a bit too sensitive. Today I've seen a stream from AvGeek where he rotated the bird like a rocket. Did the MSFS overly sensitive tradition find its way into the PMDG? 😄 Just asking cause I trust your judgement.

love this bird! i've been flying for a few days but just discovered she has an entire massively detailed VIP cabin to explore! this is on par with some of the top XPlane private jets, and the best I've seen in MSFS so far. 

Edited May 13, 20224 yr by dresoccer4

24 minutes ago, dresoccer4 said:

love this bird! i've been flying for a few days but just discovered she has an entore massively detaieled VIP cabin to explore! this is on par with some of the top XPlane private jets, and the best I've seen in MSFS so far. 

Cool I've not flown the BBJ variant or the Cargo yet...