AlbertM

Entering a ZFW into the relevant box on the PERF INIT page will NOT load this weight on your aircraft !! You have to load your weight on the FS ACTIONS/PAYLOAD page. I think the most logical way (dispatch gets the weights from load planning and not the other way round ^_^ ) would be to load the 777 using the PAYLOAD page and then enter the payload into PFPX (and make sure the ZFWs in the 777 and PFPX are matching.) Or you enter your desired payload in PFPX and play around in the 777 with the LOAD LEVEL percentage from the PAYLOAD page until the ZFW matches your ZFW you planned in PFPX. That way the PMDG 777 internal logic distributes the weights evenly.

Had exactly the same thing happening to me today ... was cruising on a westbound NAT on FL360 and after returning to the cockpit after my rest the FMC progress page showed me step climb to FL400 step NOW, but the max FL calculated and shown in the FMC was FL398

That's the initial cruise altitude ... of course they're doing step climbs. Staying on FL280 for 15hours would be insane. Check the tracking at flightaware and you can see the flight levels changing during flight

Apologies for that ... immediately realized that my tone was pretty rude so I had already edited my post ... so ... sorry for that

this thread is about people how NEITHER got an email NOR have the link in the order details

Yes - same here. Have submitted a support ticket. Hopefully this will be resolved asap.

Hillarious, Chris ! Thanks for giving me a good early morning laugh ! Loved the Luke Pabari part about flying from the FOs seat :lol:

Dear John, to be very honest I was badly looking forward to version 5 and I was very anxious that the long silence could mean the end of version 5. But now, after reading this, I have to say I am very happy. Who cares about a new version of a software when after such a long time of suffering things for you and your family finally turn good again ? I am sure this is the right move and there is nothing selfish about it ! All the best and many happy years for you and your family !

Receding horizons are a lovely thing, aren't they ? <_< The problem was fixed, several people test run it and confirmed it's fixed, but they really neeeeeed a hundred more people to test it for another week to confirm it, of course they found and will find another few nitpicky things which they will fix right away and break a few other things by doing so and so it's going on and on and on... That's what I was talking about in the release date contest ... they're so badly stuck now in their perfectionist death spiral that they are SCARED like hell to release it because somebody could find out it was NOT perfect on release (oh no!!), so let's better test it and tweak it and finetune it for another couple weeks to come ... and repeat... and repeat ... There WILL be bugs found after release, no matter how long you hold it back and no matter what you do. So just release it and leave the nitpicky crap to the hotfixes and services packs it'll need anyway. We are absolutely going to love it ? Now you tell us something, huh ? -_-

Release date ? .... uhm ... never, actually ... sorry guys ... the NGX was the last release from PMDG before they got stuck in the "we need to reach perfection before release" death trap. Whenever they reach a point where they think about a possible release they figure they could get roughly 0.001% closer to perfection if they hold it back another couple of weeks, and after those weeks have passed they figure a bit of tweaking and tuning here and there for another couple of weeks could get them even closer to perfection... One day however they will figure that they can stop working because nobody uses FSX any more after Microsoft has dropped compatibility for 32bit applications in 256bit Windows14 a couple years before Disclaimer: this post is not supposed to be taken serious ... just in case :unsure:

Don't !! There's no point in ruining your social life and your health just to get a flight sim addon out a bit earlier ... :drinks:

What a question ... ! Onto my harddrive, quick ! :Hug:

Hi autopilot, your ground speed has absolutely zero relevance to your flight ! Only your KIAS during climb and Mach number once you reached cruise Mach should matter. So in a 747 your climb speed should be probably 320-330KIAS above 10000ft until you reach your cruise Mach of about .84-.86 in the upper 20s flightlevels and then you will hold your Mach number, while your KIAS will drop again as you gain altitude and will probably as low as 250-260KIAS in the upper 30s flightlevels. The ground speed you will achieve with this depends from your cruise altitude and the speed of the air mass around you. So a stiff head wind might lower your ground speed to 400kts or even lower while a tail wind of the same speed will push you along with much more than 500kts. But this of course will only happen if you fly with real weather and well simulated winds aloft. As you mentioned flaps: Getting your flaps up solely depends on your speed and the aircraft weight and not on your altitude ! Cheers Albert

Outstanding ! Thanks for clarification ! Looking forward now for public release B)

Thanks for your valuable input Chuck, that sounds very promising