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Thanks for the answer ! Guy

Great work as always from Pmdg ! Just out of interest a question from a programming layman:: "Initial release will take place on the X-Plane platform, with FSX/FSX-SE and Prepar3D versions to follow." Is it possible to recuperate some of the X-plane coding or programming for FSX or will the Fsx version have to be redone from scratch? Guy

"They will be extremely slow so allow plenty of time" I have done the test; Flaps 0-20 Extension Primary mode : 35 seconds Secundary Mode : 210 seconds (with full slats) Alternate Mode : 150 seconds (with slats mid-range) Thanks again for the answers: Guy

Paul, Thanks for the answer. "Alternate mode is used if the FSEU is failed and uses limit switches on the flap pdu to set flaps 20" Had to "google" it : PDu = Power drive Unit. So that confirms that SECondary needs the FSEU while ALTernate does not. Guy

Hi, Thanks for the answer; I had read everything about flaps/slats in the FCOM but I hadn't consulted the QRH. So the answer to my question must be that the Flaps SECONDARY mode needs the FSEU (Flaps/Slats Electronic Unit) while the ALTERNATE Mode does NOT need it and bypasses it in some way ! Guy

Hi all, The flaps/Slats on the 777 are operated normally by Central HYDRaulic System.(primary mode) If I understand well, When HYDR SYST C is off one has two options: -Use SECONDARY Mode by simply moving the FLAP LEVER (as if all was normal) Flaps are then moved by ELECTRICAL motors and SPLIT flaps appear on the Eicas, Flaps extension will be very slow, but one can extend them up to 30° -Use ALTERNATE Mode by arming the corresponding Button and setting EXT, Flaps are then moved by the SAME (?) ELECTRical motors and SPLIT flaps appear also on Eicas. Flaps extension will also be very slow, but one is limited to 20° and has no Asymetry and Uncommanded motion protection, So My questions is: As both modes use the SAME electrical motors and as the Secondary Mode offers more advantages than the Alternate mode, in what case would one USE (or be obliged to use) the ALTERNATE Flaps ? Or otherwise: Which is the FAILURE where SECONDARY mode does NOT work any more and ALTERNATE Mode still works ? Thanks in advance. Guy

It was Belgian Tv and only ONE MONTH ! During this month he had first to learn the PPL-theory and SOLO on a small aircraft (Cirrus) and then he passed on to the 737 full motion sim and after that to the real 737 ! All that in ONE month time ! I posted the video already above: Guy

"An accomplished C172 sim pilot arranged to takeoff and land a C172 - with an instructor sitting at his side! " Here is the corresponding video: Other interesting videos: 15 year old simpilot lands 737-800 in a full simulator: But there are still DIFFERENCES between full-simu and real plane ! A Belgian journalist without any aviation knowledge learned to fly the REAL 737-800 in a crash-course in only 1 Month time: Guy

For their A320 Project Airbus had done two models the old one WITHOUT wingflex and the new one WITH WINGFLEX. Imho they modelled wingflex quite well. I had compared the two. In WiNGVIEW the difference is almost NOT visible. But in OUTSIDE view Wingflex is MORE visible. Some shots to compare: Wingview WITHOUT wingflex: Wingview WITH wingflex: Outside WITHOUT wingflex: Outside WITH wingflex: In direct comparison the non-wingflex model seems a little odd at first in outside view, that's true. But once you are used to the non-flexing wings, you don't see it any more. At least that is my case . :smile: Btw, I have seen NO noticable difference in frame-rates between the two. Guy

Just for the case you don't know: there is a specific and native FSX model : http://library.avsim.net/search.php?SearchTerm=tom225x.zip&CatID=root&Go=Search With this model everything works well here. Guy

Hi, The outside and also VC textures of the Q400 can appear BLACK on older (32 bit) systems This can be solved completly by downsizing the outside textures Q400ext1/2.bmp and also the VC textures Vcpanels.bmp and Q400vc1.bm . (using Dxtbmp program either reduce pixel size or simply transform to Dxt5 ). see thread: http://majesticsoftware.com/forums/vanilla/discussion/bookmark/1164/ESLG8OV81TIF?Target=discussion%2Fcomment%2F7054 Hope this helps. Guy

To complete this thread : Best is to use AUTOTUNING for ILS FREQUENCY setting In ARCDU push Button corresponing to ILS (Nav1) and then EXP, then set FMS AUTOTUNE When Approaching the Destination AIrport (about 50nm) "ARM APR" and then "TUNE APR" will appear in the NAV page of the FMS. Pushing the corresponding button will set the right ILS frequency then AUTOMATICALLY. Guy

The navdata of the Majestic Q400 are actually stored at Simobjects\airplanes\mjc8q400\nav\nd.mdb This is a Microsoft ACCESS data base file. To consult it you must have MS Access (license) or one of the MDB file readers that you can find on the net (google ".mdb files") The file I gave erroneously above (Fsx\Navigraph\Navdata) belongs to The Coolsky Super MD80. But the data should be the same as they are both coming from Navigraph and correspond to the real world AIRAC cycles. Guy

Hi, The Q400 uses the navigational data from NAVIGRAPH: http://www.navigraph.com/FmsDataManualInstall.aspx Navigraph uses the Real World AIRAC cycles (28 days): http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aeronautical_Information_Publication You can also update the data via Navigraph. As I said already above you can look up the frequencies for an airport in the AIRPORTS.txt file of the Navigraph data base. On my installation it is situated in the MS FSX\Navigraph\Navdata folder For EHRD 06/24 I see as frequency : 110.90 Guy

yes the frequency is the problem. I had the same problem now. For LSGS rw 25 you must use the frequency of the Navigraph db which is 110.70 (instead of 108.35 of fsx) If you are well configured at ALETO (flaps, speed down) the Q400 flies this spectacular approach very well ! Btw, same thing for LSZA Lugano rw 01: Use 108.90 instead of 111.50. You can look up these frequencies in the Navigraph\Navdata\airports.txt file The Vor MOT seems not to be at all in the Navigraph\Navdata\Navaids.txt file Guy