PMDG 777 goes into beta and flight testing

[bigifooti 156]

Which 777 will they release?

Is PMDG starting again with the -200LR/-F first and followed by the -300ER?

 

[threexgreen 3,156]

18 minutes ago, Fiorentoni said:

My actual guess is that they already had the MAX ready for P3D, but were forced by Boeing to hold it back after the unfortunate events back then.

This is actually what Randazzo said back in 2019.

[F737MAX 5,738]

7 minutes ago, bigifooti said:

Which 777 will they release?

Is PMDG starting again with the -200LR/-F first and followed by the -300ER?

Not yet announced.

Though don't be surprised if the release order is: -200LR, -200F, -200ER, -300, 300ER, -8, -9.

[pstrub 998]

1 hour ago, Farlis said:

I think what you call boring, real pilots would call convenient. You don't want difficulties and challenges in daily operations. You want everything to go smooth so that you can concentrate on landing that thing without having to think too much about anything else then to follow what you see on the PFD or outside of the window. 😉

 

That's why I'm grateful they exist in real life and make our world safer - and I do like to fly them as a simmer. But still, flying a DC6 in a sim has something much more satisfying about it than just watching the Fenix A320 follow the line for two hours.

Of course that's an oversimplified way of saying it, sim-flying a modern airliner can be spiced up by adding failures, and I enjoy the Fenix (as I enjoy the PMDG 737). But in sim, the point of using new technology to make aviation safer is rather insignificant. 

Edited December 18, 2023 by pstrub

[Fiorentoni 4,367]

42 minutes ago, threegreen said:

This is actually what Randazzo said back in 2019.

Ah yes, sometimes I seemingly mix up my knowdledge and my guesses 😄

[Jazz 1,047]

3 hours ago, micstatic said:

could care less whether a plane is still flying in real life.  

Please forgive me but I'm on a one man mission to stop this. I don't know when it started or why but I'm seeing it several times a day in one form or another from TV to internet forums and it means the opposite of what I must assume you were trying to say.

Surely, you couldn't care less? That it's not possible for you to care less than you do about that particular thing? If you could care less then you actually care.

While we are at it, one takes something with a pinch of salt and not a grain. A grain would be ridiculous.

I'm sorry, but these two things are driving me mental at the moment and in a modern world that seems mostly an inversion of reality I just need some things to remain and make sense 😉

[lwt1971 7,457]

3 hours ago, bigifooti said:

Which 777 will they release?

Is PMDG starting again with the -200LR/-F first and followed by the -300ER?

As much as I'd love the -300ER first, it's very likely the -200LR/F first. Sleuths deduced that from the landing gear/wheels and partial engine pic that PMDG dropped as the first teaser. Apparently PMDG has also said a while back that the -200xx will be first but I can't find the link.
 

[lwt1971 7,457]

Image of the 777 cabin posted in RSR's thread:

[thepilot 591]

1 minute ago, lwt1971 said:

Image of the 777 cabin posted in RSR's thread:

I can see influencers using footage from that aircraft to pretend they‘re flying First Class 😂

[micstatic 4,340]

38 minutes ago, Jazz said:

Please forgive me but I'm on a one man mission to stop this. I don't know when it started or why but I'm seeing it several times a day in one form or another from TV to internet forums and it means the opposite of what I must assume you were trying to say.

Surely, you couldn't care less? That it's not possible for you to care less than you do about that particular thing? If you could care less then you actually care.

While we are at it, one takes something with a pinch of salt and not a grain. A grain would be ridiculous.

I'm sorry, but these two things are driving me mental at the moment and in a modern world that seems mostly an inversion of reality I just need some things to remain and make sense 😉

I understand totally.  I myself get mental at things like this also.  For instance, I've seen a lot of people referring to the E170/175 as an ERJ instead of an E-Jet!

[Fiorentoni 4,367]

54 minutes ago, Jazz said:

While we are at it, one takes something with a pinch of salt and not a grain. A grain would be ridiculous.

Actually "grain" is correct. It's actually a latin proverb ("cum grano salis"). I'm just gonna quote wikipedia on this:

"In the old-fashioned English units of weight, a grain weighs approximately 65 mg, which is about how much table salt a person might pick up between the fingers as a pinch. "

[RobJC 2,073]

I am pretty excited about the 777. 

Edited December 18, 2023 by RobJC

[z06z33 781]

42 minutes ago, micstatic said:

I understand totally.  I myself get mental at things like this also.  For instance, I've seen a lot of people referring to the E170/175 as an ERJ instead of an E-Jet!

I fly the thing for a living and call it the ERJ soo guess I've been wrong the whole time lol..

As for flying planes out of service IRL. I run an airline in airhauler up in Iceland... The closest thing we have to jet engines in my fleet are the turbos on the DC-6. Heck I even haul cargo in a Boeing 307...I would consider a jet like the 707 or 727 though. Modern jets are boring in sim it's just to easy. If my wife was willing to move to Alaska I'd be up there hauling cargo in a DC-6 or DC-3 vs flying a modern airliner.

Edited December 18, 2023 by z06z33

[Jazz 1,047]

20 minutes ago, Fiorentoni said:

Actually "grain" is correct. It's actually a latin proverb ("cum grano salis"). I'm just gonna quote wikipedia on this:

"In the old-fashioned English units of weight, a grain weighs approximately 65 mg, which is about how much table salt a person might pick up between the fingers as a pinch. "

Very interesting, that means they're both correct. Well, depending on what time period you are in. As a grain is no longer a relevant measure it no longer makes sense. It's a pinch and a pinch was once a grain. 😉

 

 

[theshack440 22]

1 hour ago, lwt1971 said:

Image of the 777 cabin posted in RSR's thread:

Those seats look just like the old DL 77L/744 Delta One seats!

Maybe I’m reading too far into it but if that’s the case this screenshot could also suggest -200LR as launch model. 

Exciting times ahead. Personally can’t wait for the 772 and 77W.