JaneRachel

That's a given, I was asking if the aircraft also has the ability to real time update the ETP.

 

Regards,

Ró.

it's only for you Airbus types, guaranteed I think the chap who thought it was there was seeing FIX page range rings or a custom waypoint. There is no reason why a custom waypoint cannot be created at an ETP obviously, if you know where it is ahead of time.

night flight from Sydney to Fiji

Uff, I don't want to look upset, but is it so difficult to check if the OFFPATH DESCENT feature works or not? Some say yes, some no?? As to the RTA, I seem to remember that Ryan said that in the 777 it would be implemented and then exported to the NGX sp2.

sorry James, wasn't on the forums as I was being all domestic, yes OFFPATH DES works

just catching up on all the mails, before I post more screenshots, as I push back from Sydney to Fiji.

Someone asked about offpath descents, yes it is fully functional.

I'm at work and I use that time to go through the day's new threads and replies.  It's exhausting.  

 

I mean I'm working hard for my employer.  

I am a bit quiet tonight as I have domestic stuff to do, but will be in there air tomorrow and sharing more info and screens as I cruise. I would just like to thank you all for responding to us testers so positively and courteously with your questions. We are all enjoying sharing info with you!

 

I am messing around with "non Normal" situations today and really love the mass of checklists available on the ECL. The non-normal have 16 categories, with multiple checklists in each category. There are an awful lot there, pretty much one for every occasion you never want to see happen!

 

 

 

 

Can you popout the checklist window and still be able to click on the different checklists?

 

Hey Kacper, yes you can. It still works even if you resize the popout with dragging it larger with the mouse

What about the flight performance, are they correct?

I mean if the FCOM say VR for 220T is 159Kt is the 777X actually rotate at 159Kt, and so on..

 

Same question for the climb and cruise(FF, thrust, AOA...)

 

Thanks

all the performance figures are entirely accurate yes

Indeed .... i'm pretty sure you will never have a similar sounding landing and rollout no matter how much you fiy her!!!   :Whistle:

there you go guys, straight from the horses mouth! thanks Armen not calling you a horse or anything incidentally

interestingly, the 777 refuses to pushback when on the chocks, either using AES or the CDU pushback. I was sat at SFO yesterday wondering why the pushback tug guy was just sitting there with AES when  I suddenly realised I had left the chocks in place!

I am messing around with "non Normal" situations today and really love the mass of checklists available on the ECL. The non-normal have 16 categories, with multiple checklists in each category. There are an awful lot there, pretty much one for every occasion you never want to see happen!

I believe it's the answer 'b'. If I recall correctly (from a long time ago, mind), the flaperons are in BYPASS mode until 80kts so the increased thrust does indeed 'suck' them down.

Answer B is the winner. It really impressed me first time I noticed it!

It sounds fantastic, both internally and externally. You are not always going to get the same sound effect either, depending on how you land the aircraft and conditions. You could spend all day flying circuits and see variation in the landing sound on every touchdown!

some of the fine detail on the wing

freighter on a single engine climbout from EGCC Manchester

Thanks Luke mate

the shot with the setting sun is just fantastic!

Does that mean no loop the loops or barrel rolls then?

the fly by wire will let you do pretty much what you want, that is the Boeing philosophy, however, the aircraft tries to dissuade you by reducing roll rate at the extremes of the envelope forcing you to make a concerted effort to do something silly. The real aircraft also adds in additional yoke resistance as a not so subtle reminder that it doesn't like what you are doing.

How does this bird hand fly on a lite load?

Hey Chris, something akin to a NASA shuttle launch its an amazing experience, even in a desktop sim. Its an amazing powerhouse. I read recently that each of the engines has 3 times the horsepower of the worlds largest cruise liner!

She's a very intelligent bird. I put it in a +6000fpm climb in V/S and we got around 5000ft to our requested altitude when we were getting into the yellow portion of the speed. Next thing I knew she completely avoided a stall by pitching down to gain airspeed.. All by herself (-: that was at 320 tons.

 

Overspeed protection is excellent too! From FL410 I put the IAS to 399knts and a descent down to 10,000ft in FLCH with the speedbrakes fully extended and she stayed out of overspeed and averaged a 4800-fpm descent. In a depressurisation - that's what you want to see!

 

Bank angle protection is there and all works brilliantly.

I can only agree with what Luke says, she follows the fly by wire logic of the real aircraft to the letter. Well actually not a letter, maybe a novel, as there is an awful lot of that logic going on behind the scenes. No-one need have any concerns as to whether the last nuance of the FBW system is modelled as the short answer is that it is all there.

How about the virtual copilot callouts.  Are there more?

Ed, I haven't forgotten this, I just need to find some time between flight cycles to grab the pages to screenshots for you

As a relative newcomer to tubeliners (despite several decades of simming), I'd initially decided to give the 777 a pass.  Too much complexity to manage, and not enough time in the day for long-haul flying.  But thanks to this thread, I'm beginning to reconsider.  Clearly the intelligent time compression feature is going to help me with long-haul.  More to the point - I get the impression that the degree of automation in the 777 might make it much easier to manage than other available heavy iron, and that it might actually make it a pretty good introductory choice for someone coming relatively new to modern airliners.  Can someone among the beta testers confirm or deny?

Alan, I think that is a really good point. It is that paradox again of complexity making things simple. I won't be glib and say you can fly without some study as that is not true (especially with programming the FMC) but your workload will certainly be less than many other airliners.

This was brought up in a topic over on the NGX forum, I decided to test it myself on departure out of VHHH, I failed the #2 engine whilst the left engine was at TOGA, the yaw was minimal, most claimed this a bug with all FSX aircraft.

 

I should add, I have FSX installed and built only for preparation for the 777, for the past couple of years I have only flown it to test scenerys & and get it correctly tweaked. It may well be a case that I have some sort of auto rudder setting engaged? pretty much thought I knew FSX inside & out but I am happy to be corrected.

 

I found the topic - http://forum.avsim.net/topic/405403-engine-out-and-yaw-bank-effects/?hl=%2Btac#entry2650869

 

Cheers

I can tell you that engine out both in the air and on the ground offers the precise performance of the real aircraft. The guys spent a long time with engineers getting this perfect.

Guys,

Here is the TAC in action. I deliberately failed the right engine at V1 and continued in to the air

Please note I am applying absolutely zero rudder pressure and the autopilot is NOT engaged. However, I am still happily following the flight director, letting all the fancy fly by wire stuff and the TAC automatically trim out the yaw. It works so well, if you are not looking at the instruments, you would hardly notice you had just lost that huge engine! You can just continue to fly like nothing had happened, although I do recommend returning to base

The moral of the story is that the TAC virtually makes the engine failure invisible to the pilot, no stomping on the rudder to correct on the runway or in the air, its all done for you!

Forgive my ignorance, but what is "TAC"?

Ron, it is a wonderful feature of the real 777 (and found in the sim). If you lose an engine on the takeoff roll, the system automatically compensates with automatic rudder inputs to keep the aircraft in a straight line on the runway.

Hello beta testers, I have a few questions and I would appreciate it if you can answer them:

 

1) Can hung starts and hot starts be recreated with Autostart "OFF" and failures enabled?

2) Is TAC simulated correctly in the PMDG 777? 

3) How does the PMDG 777 feel when doing V1 cuts with TAC "OFF" compared to TAC "ON"? I've heard of people losing control (resulting in runway excursions/crashing) when TAC is lost during sim training. Also please comment on rudder trim usage.

4) Are single-engine Driftdowns accurately simulated, performance wise?

1) yes    2) yes    4) yes  

not done it with TAC OFF yet, I will give it a go later and report back!

just a few shots from my last flight from San Francisco to Fiji

well established in the descent now. Based on questions here about VNAV accuracy my plan is to allow the aircraft to fly all the way to ILS capture in VNAV

passing through 6500ft and I have received the cabin ready for landing notification

some wing flexing going on as it is hot and choppy outside - a common occurrence in this part of the world!

downwind on the published approach, flaps 1 and using VNAV Speed intervention for my target speed. VNAV is right on the money

still in VNAV SPD INTV at localiser capture, APP armed, the green "Kermit" arc tells me that I am going to reach target altitude exactly where I want to, over the waypoint where I transition to the ILS. From this point on, VNAV gives way to a standard ILS approach!

I hope these few shots help a little for those asking about the autoflight accuracy.

But we would be curious as to what slipped by the rigorous testing.

if we find a bug it will be fixed, have no doubt about that. There would be no bugs that are reported that are left unfixed. The guys are meticulous in fixing every known item, no matter how small, before release.

 I like the fact that I don't have to run an external program first to adjust my weights.

I wish I didn't have to adjust my weights with an external program, you should see the hours I spend jumping around with the Wii Fitness!