Every single one of my PMDG 777 flights in P3D was short haul. I know that I fly my planes somewhat differently to most of you guys, but endless hours in cruise would just bore me. I prefer to fly short VFR hops at no more than 5000 feet, and I can do them just as easily in the 777 as I can in the 737.

Just about ready to taxi to EGLL Rwy 27L (thanks again 320 sim pilot!). My destination: Kuala Lumpur Gatwick 😆

Edited June 27, 20241 yr by Cpt_Piett

11 minutes ago, Cpt_Piett said:

Just about ready to taxi to EGLL Rwy 27L (thanks again 320 sim pilot!). My destination: Kuala Lumpur Gatwick 😆

Dont be shy and let us know what you think of the big bird

5 hours ago, Ron Lefebvre said:

Is the cockpit visually better. Clearer more defined. Dont really care about the cabin. Rarely go back there.

No, it is clearly a P3D port, it certainly isn't amazing visually despite PMDG's promises.

The Fenix is so far ahead with texture quality that one can't help but be disappointed by everything else.

Edited June 27, 20241 yr by abennett

All these were shorthaul flights...

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4 hours ago, Ron Lefebvre said:

Dont be shy and let us know what you think of the big bird

 

It seems a waste to fly this monster less than a 1000miles.  By the time it takes to get one engine started the HJET would be 100 miles out at FL200 and climbing.  Time is money even in flight simulation lol.

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Back in 2005 when visiting Kona Hawaii, we flew nonstop from KORD to PHOG and the short hop was PHOG to PHKO. 85 miles. Although it was likely a 772 variant. That year United was transitioning to the Tulip livery.

Been doing EGLL/EHAM for the last couple of night's.
I like doing the short haul route's because everything happens rather quickly so you get a lot of practice getting the energy management right as well as making sure your FMC setup is proper.
 

You can do what you want, it is a Flightsim..🙂

I did already a 3h and two 5h flights and the Airplane is just a beauty to fly, works very well to me, and yes the park brake also works perfectly if the settings are correct, mine does !

cheers 😉

And now the Aviaworks FMC for the PMDG which you can use for example on a Tablet is out and working, i use it since yesterday and yes that is just great and feels realy cool..🙃

cheers 😉

16 hours ago, Bobsk8 said:

The 777 has so many more features  than the  737, which was my main aircraft to fly, until now. I have a feeling that 95% of the time, I will be flying the 777. 

Try to fly an RNAV approach with the 777 (without IAN), and let me know what happens. Anyway I don't buy anything more from PMDG because their lack of long term support of their airplanes, DC6 above all.

14 hours ago, abennett said:

No, it is clearly a P3D port, it certainly isn't amazing visually despite PMDG's promises.

The Fenix is so far ahead with texture quality that one can't help but be disappointed by everything else.

Hm I was afraid of this: that's exactly the impression I received, based on the screenshots/ videos. 

What a shame. And also a bit naughty imo. I guess it's what you can get away with, when nobody else is really competing at this level in the Boeing sphere.

1 hour ago, tfm said:

Hm I was afraid of this: that's exactly the impression I received, based on the screenshots/ videos. 

What a shame. And also a bit naughty imo. I guess it's what you can get away with, when nobody else is really competing at this level in the Boeing sphere.

I have the plane in my hangar and I can't really see what's so bad about it and I have the Fenix A320 and again I can't see what's supposed to be so much better in terms of the texture. In any case, I don't think the texturing is so bad that it would be a reason not to get the AC if you would like to have it..

cheers 😉

Edited June 28, 20241 yr by pmplayer

"Back in the days" I used to do a lot of long-hauls in FS9 and in FSX. With the memory limitation, this was always a challenge, especially if you flew out of one of those non-optimized airports like Aerosoft's EDDF. More often than not, your wheels were barely off the ground, and you started to hear the familiar ding ding ding that announced that you were hitting the memory limit, only to stare at your desktop seconds later.