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  1. Balint

    Drag Required

    One of the differences is that spoilers kill lift while flaps increase it. Spoilers distrupt the high speed - low pressure airflow over the top of the wing. During descent, it helps to achieve steeper descents for the same airspeeds or slower speeds for the same descent rate. On rollout, it helps the aircraft to stay on the runway by killing lift on the wings and it also helps to increase the efficiency of the wheelbrakes (less lift yields more weight on the mains resulting higher friction between the wheels and the runway). Or at least that's how I know.. Cheers,
  2. I'm always using V-speeds suggested by the FMC at the end of programming it. It has all the info needed: Airport, runway, weights, derates, assumed temps. Just out of curiosity: why do you need a separate application for an info already available? Is the FMC incorrect? Or are there any other circumstances that need to be taken into consideration? Thanks,
  3. The switch itself was in AUTO (guard closed). I remember messing around with that part of the AFT OVHD, so I switched to OFF and then on AUTO again and voila, message gone. Must have been a glitch, thanks! Cheers,
  4. Hey all, I'm getting a "STANDBY INVERTER" message on the Lower EICAS screen. I've looked up the FCOMv1 & v2, FCTM and QRH but all I could find is a section about backup electric system, nothing on the message. There are no failures active and the ELECTRICAL part of the overhead panel is configured as per the standard. The aircraft is powered on APU, GPU not connected. So I'm not sure what's going on, everything is functioning as expected, only this message is persistent. Any ideas? Nice in-depth detail, by the way.. Cheers,
  5. Hi, I have the same issue except I have both left&right brakes mapped to a single pedal movement through FSUIPC. I have set up FSUIPC so that it would not send any signals to P3D unless a certain value is met, just to rule out control spike and it's still happening. I'm setting autobrake 2 and no matter how far my legs are from the pedal, the autobrake system still disconnets the moment the mains touch the ground. I've checked and double checked values being sent by the pedal during these times and it seems control spike is not the issue. Haven't tried to rebulid FSUIPC yet and I don't have any other addon for P3D. FSUIPC is registered and latest version, PMDG 777-300ER is as well the latest. Any help is greatly appreciated! Cheers,
  6. Balint

    Still amazed...

    Has this post ever appeared to anyone? There was an Avsim error while I was posting it.
  7. Balint

    Still amazed...

    Getting used to the sheer depth of systems simulation on the T7. I'm not even surprised to see the FWD L fuel pump being driven by DC when the pump switch is OFF and APU running, because that is how it operates on the real thing (as I see it in the manuals at least). What really blows me away, for example, is to see the EGT after shutdown of the engines. Put the fuel control switches to CUTOFF and watch the EGT decrease as there is no more burning of the fuel inside the engine. Then, when the fans stop rotating, put the fuel control switches to RUN again, just to see EGT readings and watch the EGT rise again! I guess as there is no more bypass airflow cooling the combustion chamber, the leftover heat slowly starts to dissipate resulting in an increase in temperature at the EGT measuring point. Watch it a little longer and the temperature reading will, indeed, start to decrease again. This is not systems simulation. This is attention to detail PMDG style.
  8. You could have just use a different name. Make one up. Ohh. Never mind.
  9. Thanks Kyle, makes sense. Weather radars, after all, do have the same function regardless of the airframe I guess.
  10. I thought it was different too, sorry my bad..
  11. Doesn't seem like a 777 with 4 cutoff switches
  12. Balint

    Rudder trim

    Thanks! The depth of realism of this addon never ceases to amaze me Cheers,
  13. Balint

    Rudder trim

    Thanks Kyle. I've cleared out all failures but the rudder trim was still set to 0.3R even after I clicked the manual trim cancel button. Is there a way to reset this? Cheers,
  14. Balint

    Rudder trim

    So I was practicing manual landings and low fuel situations in the 77W when the right engine had a serious failure (can't recall which item went out), oil temperature was rising and I decided to shut it down. Then landed immediately and did a maintenance via the CDU's appropriate menu. Then during the preflight checklist of the next flight I noticed that the rudder trim was to the right by 0.3 units. Checked the rudder trim indicator and it showed accordingly. I then clicked the manual trim cancel button but nothing happened. Then set the trim back to 0.0 manually, which looked OK, but then after pressing the manual trim cancel button, it went back to 0.3R instantly. It affeects taxi (I have set autorudder on in FSX as I don't have any pedals), but I didn't notice much of an effect in flight. I can't tell, really. What did I miss here? Thanks, cheers,
  15. Hi all, The turnaround option in the ground operations on the 777 is a very nice feature. I especially like how it refuels the T7. Now I know that the turnaround option uses ambient temp. fuel when loading, which eventually warms up the freezing fuel I just landed with - pretty nice, but doesn't work when I put the final fuel amount figures in the FS actions - Fuel page. The whole amount remains at the same freezing temperature. Is this working as planned? First world problems I know, just being curious... Cheers
  16. You can map your controller's switches to key commands in FSUIPC.
  17. Funny as that, but when you disarm the autobrakes, the whole phenomena disappears. At least with my sim. If I load a clean flight, the problem is not present. Anyone? Cheers,
  18. Thanks, reading it now. Cheers, Balint
  19. Good day all, ...so, let's assume you are established on the localizer, maintaining 3000 ft, 180 knots IAS, Flaps 15, 2 miles from intercepting the glideslope and you generally want to execute a manual landing. A/P and A/T ON at this moment, MCP is set to 180 kts, 3000 ft, APP mode ARM, G/S alive, autobrakes set, speedbrakes armed. 1. Is the above situation even appropriate generally for the 77W? This is what I'm normally doing in the sim: 1. Let the A/P to capture the glideslope. 2. Upon capture, decrease speed on MCP to final approach speed +5 kts. 3. Extend landing gear at around 2500 AGL. 4. Apply speedbrakes above 1000 AGL if necessary 5. Deploy flaps according to the speedtape on the PFD 6. Disconnect A/P at around 1500-2000 AGL 7. Set the trim speed to FAS+5 kts 8. Manually set the attitude of the aircraft and let the FBW A/T do its job. 9. Execute flare at around 50 ft, land the plane, apply reverse thrust, keep the centerline, apply manual braking at 60 kts, stow the reverser and vacate the runway. Can you add your comments? Is this appropriate? How is it done in the real aircraft? Thanks for your feedback, Cheers, Balint
  20. All I had to do is set the clouds in FSX from simple to detailed. Not sure how it effects the issue but now I'm seeing returns properly on the ND. Cheers,
  21. To me, this is a _Flight_ simulation. As long as the flight part - that is the aircraft, the flight model - is on PMDG level within FSX, I don't really care about how realistic the surroundings look. If I would ever encounter an OOM or VAS issue, I would happily get rid of some scenery detail in favor of finishing a 15-hour flight with a truly magnificent and sophisticated _airplane_ in _flightsim_. If I would not be happy with that, I would start nagging scenery developers that their scenery prevents me from flying the way I want. In the end, scenery is what eats up your VAS on the long run, not the airplane, right?
  22. After all those long haul flights I decided this evening to just sit down and LOOK at the PMDG 777 finally. This is a short, quick and dirty honest video of how beautifully modelled the wings are, with focus on the flaps. Marvellous. This is what you're sitting on. The sheer detail is insane. And it's probably not more than 1-2% of the complete detail that has been included in the PMDG 777, considering there's a complete external model, the cockpit and all the systems living and breathing together with the failure system on top of all that. When I was a kid I decided not to become an airliner pilot but I was dreaming to once have such a simulation at hand on my home computer. This dream is now a reality. Note: this video has been recorded on a rather cheapo PC: Win7 Home Premium 64 i5-2500K, 16G RAM and some basic $50 VGA card I can't even remember the name of. Cheers,
  23. 6:42 into CPA225 VHHH-EGLL. Sunrise somewhere over the Russian steppe, starboard side lit up by the Sun, port side by a full Moon. One thing about a morning arrival to London from Hong Kong is a pretty well elongated sunrise. yepp:
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