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Same situation with FS2FF. Please post if you find a solution. I'll do the same.

The plane does run out of fuel on the outboard tanks and so we have no choice but to select the inbooads. Tried using crossfeed during the process - but no luck.. Oh well. If anyone knows something more .. please post. Thanks.

Is there a way to get from the outer tanks to the inner tanks without killing the engine passing through the middle position? You have to be lightning fast and accurate with the mouse and still the engine starts to choke before I get there. Is there a shortcut I'm missing? Thanks...

Hi everyone. I would like to re-highlight this message from Mike as the fix for me. I had the same problem today with fuel consumption. I left KSFO for RCTP with a prediction of 39k remaining and now I'm 1000 miles out with a prediction of 5k. (lbs). The plane was struggling to reach cruise speed and altitude and I attributed it to warm pacific temperatures that ASN possibly missed. Yesterday, before the flight, I had re-calibrated/mapped my flaps and speed brake using FSUIPC. I also had a speed brake alert during takeoff and I used the / key to retract it fully. I've been searching all morning in the forum for potential solutions, and Mike's post stopped me in my tracks. I removed the mapping of the flaps and speed brake a minute ago, and my speed jumped up and my N1 dropped down. Fuel prediction just went from 5.5 to 8.0. This may not be the solution for all, but it was for me and I thought it was worth highlighting since his post is 3 pages back. Thank you Mike!

Exactly the words we needed to hear. Thank you.

Dear Dovetail - he's just kidding. It's not a good idea.

One big hint that broke my FPS loose - I turned off hyperthreading in the bios and removed affinitymask from my P3D.CFG. Setup=i7 6700k @ 4.4 w/ GTX 970. P3D 3.3 is running at max settings except with LOD @ 4.5. FPS is 40-unlimited in almost every geo w/ FTX Global/Vector and tons of other stuff. 5 cloud layers in ASN. FPS in the cockpit: http://prntscr.com/bl92mp FPS outside the cockpit: http://prntscr.com/bl92hn

David - great non-contribution. Posts like yours are 10x more annoying than any redundant or off-topic question. Dom - I believe, and I didn't read every word of their announcement, but continuing to support the product would cost them more time and money than they could ever make, even with a blowout sale. If they continue to sell, then they need resources to support. And you should stay away from download copies. They are pirated/illegal, most likely have trojans, and it will mess up your FS install. There's another payware 747 on the market for FS9. Not sure on the MD-11.

3.3 has some issues with the default scenery bleeding through add-on sceneries and causing flickering. You might check this thread to see if you want to deal with this or not. http://www.prepar3d.com/forum/viewtopic.php?f=6312&t=119544

Is it possible the FSX or P3D version could be released on different dates? Not a big deal, but it would be painful hearing from everyone else how great the product is.... meanwhile....

Regarding sim performance. It doesn't matter if you have FSX or P3D, if you don't keep your installation clean, and you're always tweaking and installing and removing things without cleaning up the traces, your performance and stability is going to degrade over time. A lot of instability is self-induced. I know a lot of people who are constantly doing Frankenstein projects by merging panels and modifying .cfg and .dll files all over the place, then come out and say P3D or FSX is unstable on their system. High-end hardware is the most stable solution for FPS. On the A320 and PMDG Boeings, they are both great and once you let go of the "Boeing vs. Airbus guy" hangups, you'll enjoy flying whatever your mood decides. My mood for an aircraft is usually determined by whatever Youtube cockpit video I just finished watching.

Downloading and reinstalling the FSDreamteam standalone add-on manager cleared up my issues.

It would also be great to leverage what they learned from the MD-11 and apply it to a 717 which is still going very strong as well. And the 757/767? ... I dream about a PMDG version over my cereal every morning.

Don't do it Stefan! :Shame On You: I upgraded to a i7 6700k and P3D 3.1 on a SSD. Do you know that feeling when you get a cheat code for your favorite game and then suddenly it's not fun anymore? No CTD's, no tweaking, no random lockups, no popping graphics, no stuttering .... all I do now is fly. I'm so lost in my spare time now. Beware! If you're anything like me, it could ruin everything for you.

Mike - There is a very detailed explanation somewhere in this forum by PMDG regarding their approach to P3D from a legal/liability standpoint and a bunch of other things that would bore you to death but was understandable and convincing enough to calm my initial reaction. A few months of store-brand vs. name brand cereal and I had the PMDG P3D versions paid for and in my hangar.