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Jim,If you don't mind, I'd like to know the answer to this one as well. My Modules menu contains FSUIPC and SB3, but since I installed ASV (and later ASVe) I keep loosing the SB3 entry on the Modules menu after a few minutes. No big deal, I just have to launch SB3 fairly quickly after I launch FS9, but I was just wondering if there's any remedy available?

Joe,FWIW, I put mine at 12000, just to make sure that I'm not disturbed when reducing my descent speed passing 10000.

Richard,Search is your friend. Using "2500 callout" you get a little more than 20 threads in the PMDG forum alone - all your answers are there!

George,In all fairness to Steve, I think that he actually did sign his post?

>Hey PMDG, what a bout a good READ ME FIRST / SURVIVING FAQ>manual?>>Andrea>Andrea,Have you looked at the pinned posts at the top of the forum???S

Mikkel,Almost perfect - except that during approach you'd be doing the switch to local QNH when passing FL70, not 7000ft.

--- or even better:Spend some time flying the 737NG, you are a "Proud NG Driver" after all, right?

Brandon,Please stop this. He already answered your question - and a few others in other threads as well...Maybe you should take a couple of days off from flying the NG and read the manuals first.Just a friendly and well-meant piece of advice!!

Yup, this needs to stay at the top........ so here's another BUMP!

Hi (I would've used your name, but since you didn't sign your post, I can't. Check forum rules),The PMDG website clearly states compatibility for the 744 as FS2004/WinXp only. According to the latest results from the AVSIM 2004 survey there are about 7% of you still running FS2002...Framerates - sure they'll suffer when compared with the standard aircraft, but would you expect otherwise when loading a complex add-on?Let's see your system specs, it's a bit difficult to judge what's "slowing the PC down" when we don't know what you're runnung.

Just look at the results of the AVSIM User Survey (link on upper left of AVSIM front page) - 86% of respondents are using XP. Simple business decision.

Which model? 6/700 or 8/900?If 8/900 - did you apply the interim update (pinned post at the top)?Remember - the search function of these forums is quite helpful, it took me less than 1 minute to find the answer....S

Brad,Thanks for setting Mr. Campbell straight on this one, 20 years of simming can prepare noone for the kind of situation that those guys experienced.Seriously,S

What link?? (echo.... echo....)

A little searching never hurt anyone either... :(When you install the 8/900 series, you'll have all your models updated to even more correct artwork - remember, the cockpit is the same on all four models.

Mats (et al),It all depends. On a dry runway V1 and VR are normally only a couple of knots apart, but it's a completely different ballgame on a wet runway. Take a look a the tables on page 1 - 15 of the manual, these are for the 738, but it's the same for the other models.So, I would also hesitate against accepting the "start rotating at V1" concept being promoted by some.

Absolutely normal procedure. What abnormal attitude changes are you thinking of? Sure, you'll get a little buffeting, but nothing dangerous.....Cheers,S

I think this is something that has been around for a while. I always cycle the levers a couple of time, just to make sure that everything is "in sync".

Claudio??Nobody called you a "lamer perfectionist" in that thread ;-)However, I think all these things come down to the fact that at a certain point during development a compromise will have to be made as to how perfectly realistic one can make an add-on to MSFS behave, Ian's post above seems to confirm this.If we want the full-blown air and fuel systems working behind the scenes (let alone the properly working and integrated IRS!), we'll be loosing CPU cycles at such a rate that our 737s will be unflyable.Just my 2 Eurocents worth...

No way, Claudio, take a look at this:http://forums.avsim.net/user_files/78805.jpgI'm tracking 287 in LNAV, wind coming more or less from the north. In order to compensate, the autopilot has correctly turned the a/c to a heding of approx. 293, i.e. into the wind. Look at the down-pointing arrowhead above the compass arc, THAT is where the a/c nose is pointing.This is also confirmed by glancing on the good old compass on the window post.

Jaco,You've go to look again, the one available on the PMDG site is definitely the new one - I just checked. But why don't you check the documentation that was installed on your pc as part of the installation? The filename is 08_FMC_737_678900_V14.pdf

Claudio,You need to look closer. Page 9-11 is good starting point - happy reading!

Geoffrey,A couple of things - Take a look at the FMC manual page 8-45, Descent Forecasts page. You need to set the TRANSITION LEVEL (TL) for your destination airport manually. This will be expressed as a Flight Level (FL) e.g 70, although it seems that you have to input 7000 via LSK1. As Ian explained the TL is the FL at which, when passing through it during your descent, you'll start using the local QNH (as opposed to STD 1013/29.92) for your altimeter setting.So, remember TA is the altitude (as input on the PERF INIT page) passing which you'll swith to STD during climb-out, TL (as input on the DES FORECASTS page) is the FL passing which you swith to the local QNH during descent. I'm not sure that this will help with second part of your question, but I never use the B key, just input the QNH obtained from ATIS manually.

Andrea,Make sure that you disable eventual firewall/anti-virus software during the download. Good luck!

I reported the link broken yesterday, but there is a simple workaround.After you get the error in the new window, go to the address bar and spell /document/ correctly, then hit Enter.