StevenHPerry

I flew the SEEVR1 RNAV Arrival into KDFW tonight with no traffic anywhere to justify the speed restrictions on the arrival. I did still want to comply with the altitude restrictions. But... I couldn't figure out how to either A) Delete just the speed restriction on the pre-populated VNAC restrictions. B) Enter altitude restrictions as between two altitudes - or - What is the correct way to do either of these? E.g. FEWWW.SEEVR1 has a restriction at NECKK to cross Below FL280 and Above FL240 at 290KIAS. In the FMC legs page this was represented as 290/240 280. http://flightaware.com/resources/airport/KDFW/STAR/SEEVR+ONE+%28RNAV%29 As a work around, I created an along track waypoint a tenth of a mile before NECKK and assigned it altitude "280B" and then assigned NECKK 240A, with no speed on either one. It was a good amount of button pushing for what I think should be pretty straight forward. Edit: Question is with respect to the 737NGX. I mistakenly posted under the wrong forum. I suppose it could apply to the other Boeings too though.

I flew the SEEVR1 RNAV Arrival into KDFW tonight with no traffic anywhere to justify the speed restrictions on the arrival. I did still want to comply with the altitude restrictions. But... I couldn't figure out how to either A) Delete just the speed restriction on the pre-populated VNAC restrictions. B) Enter altitude restrictions as between two altitudes - or - What is the correct way to do either of these? E.g. FEWWW.SEEVR1 has a restriction at NECKK to cross Below FL280 and Above FL240 at 290KIAS. In the FMC legs page this was represented as 290/240 280. http://flightaware.com/resources/airport/KDFW/STAR/SEEVR+ONE+%28RNAV%29 As a work around, I created an along track waypoint a tenth of a mile before NECKK and assigned it altitude "280B" and then assigned NECKK 240A, with no speed on either one. It was a good amount of button pushing for what I think should be pretty straight forward.

https://www.precisionmanuals.com/pages/product/P3D/777LRF.html Banner mispells simmers. "Loved by Siimmers" I charge $89.99 per spell check.

Even with the GPU maxed out but the CPU holding back?

Current system... CPU i5-3570 - OC'd to 4.3Ghz Z77 Pro3 MoBo 8GB DDR3-1866 (in 2 sticks) GeForce GTX 650 2GB 128-Bit GDDR5 PCI Express 3.0 Running FSX on one monitor windowed mode with a second screen for misc stuff, I'm constantly at 95%+ GPU load. I'm not unhappy with the frames (avg 30+, though dipping to 20 when I really don't want it to), but I wonder how much I'm missing with better hardware and how much that is going to cost. Any thoughts?

I believe the original 777 had the folding wing thing as an option to fit the airports then existing. No one bought it. The "simple fold" I bet ends up being not so simple. Forget to fold it one time and that "money saving" option becomes a much more expensive flight cancellation, rebooking, and repair.

Will the PMDG Ops Center be available for 737NGX-only customers? As I understand the situation, it was released for the T7 with 737NGX capability. I have no plans of purchasing the T7 though [burn me at the stake for heresy against the most bestest addon producer... ever!!!... but I barely have enough time for the 737NGX].

There's a free alternative to FSUIPC to solve the Win8 FSX joystick problem. http://va-gae.eu/flightoperations/download/fsx-joystick-tool.html "Don't Loose [sic] Your Stick" It works more or less the same way. Donationware. Credit to Andreas Palm. I didn't thoroughly read the 21 pages of this post, so I apologize if it was already mentioned.

Thanks cmpbellsjc. I found a Cessna 188 further down on the freeware link that looks pretty close.

Where can I get a Dusty Crophopper plane for FSX? Dusty is the star of the Disney Planes movie. My 3 year old will go bananas if he can actually fly Dusty. If not Dusty himself, can anyone suggest a similar looking plane in the Avsim library that would be "close enough"?

What about 777 discounts for previous 777 (Fly! 2) customers?

... would they simulate the battery fires by blowing up a few capacitors on our motherboards at random intervals?

Never speak in absolutes. There will not always be pilots in airplanes. What about brakemen on trains? Flight engineers? Telephone operators? Munincipal fire watchmen? They were all needed for safety. Each profession had a bell curve of talent and interest which yielded a percentage of PMDG-level train/engine/switchboard/fire fanatics. But they are by and large unnecessary today. Your train ticket, plane ticket, phone bill, and city taxes are lower today because of it. That capital has been freed to do other, more productive things. We got the bullet train, FADEC, the iPhone, and home alarm systems in their stead. The world is flat, my friends.

Pot, meet kettle. Couldn't resist.

I was seriously lost in the new interface for the first week, but have grown accustomed to it now. It's different. It's new. People will reflexively hate it. As far as how it handles FSX and the 737NGX, I've only taken one short spin and had no complaints. I can't compare anything apples to apples though, my win7 install is 32 bit and RAM limited versus win8 64bit.