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Ryan, for real.... " I've seen people referring to the real airplane as an "NGX" even since we announced and released... " ??? PMDG is really great at what they do but, to revolutionize the RW Industryto the extent of appending an 'X' to the real deal C'mon now !!! GodfreyG

What a Top notch, informative video !!! Berni, my hat is off to you , English is not even your first language, but yet you do an immaculate job with your commentaries. You may have omiteed the 7700 transponder code but, in Real Life, with two trained professionals on the flight deck, really important stuff has been overlooked and neglected before, (Take a look at some episodes of "Air Emergencies" and "Seconds from Disaster", you nitpickers out there !!) so, once again I Thank you for these wonderful Video gifts you give to the flightsim community, and I take my hat off to you .BTW, Mr. Bradbury, I mean no offence as I know you mean well and you are also a great source of learning for us all over the years, why... I would not have even known that in such an emergency, 7700 is the way to go, thank you for that info.Berni, keep up the Wonderful job and, I look forward to more of your friendly but yet professional approach in these videos. I would love to fly in a 737 anywhere with you, I Know I'll Be Safe GodfreyG

Has anyone experienced anything like this ? Repeated replays of eg: a landing ? or slewing to practice approach and landing ? I don't see why doing a few of those would crash FSX as I've never seen it happen with other crafts before.PMDG personel, maybe you can give me a clue as to what may be causing this? I have not seen anything in the manual directing us not to slew, and I find it an easy way to set up and practice manual approaches and landing; am I missing some info here ? Thanks guys, GodfreyG

Hey fellow Capts/FOs, I would appreciate some input on this if you have had this experience. What I'm speaking of is an FSX crash after (a) running repeated replays of a Great landing( using FSRecorder of course,) or (:( reflying an approach and landing using the "slew" mode in FSX to reset after each landing.I have run a few replays of my 'brilliant/not so brilliant' landings and, after so doing for three or four times, FSX crashed. Now, last night I made a great landing using ILS Rwy19 at EHAM and decided that I would repeat said landing manually (No AP ) so what I did was to 'slew' a few miles away from the Rwy thresh hold at an altitude of 1500ft and speed set at aprox. 145kias for the landing weight of the aircraft.(I had paused the sim before going into slew mode) Upon resuming the aircraft was a wee bit erratic, but quickly settled down and I was able to continue with my manual approach and landing. I repeated this twice with no problems and, on the third try, FSX crashed, similar to when I watched the replays a number of times.Has any of you guys ever experienced this and, if so, what is causing this, if you know ? GodfreyG

Ryan, Thank you for that detailed explanation!! I have just completed reproducing the flight I had this issue with in FSX, with the 737-800wl model in FS9, and received the very same alert. For crying out loud, I was sure something 'cooky' was amiss. Now I understand why as per Ryan's detailed explanation. You guys at PMDG really do take this seriously, don't you ??? Even minute details like these are covered in your products. Why, I believe that if I master this 'bird' I would be able to complete ground school and level-d type training with ease Yeah right, wishful thinking !!! Nevertheless, it is comforting to know that there is an abundance of "real" details in this aircraft. Thanks again Ryan !!! GodfreyG

I have had the same issue and have dilligently searched for answers in the manuals, but to no avail. As JasonG said above, in the final analysis, it does not cause a problem as the aircraft still decends and meets the limits stipilated. But, I would like to know once and for all, what causes this 'alert' to show up ? Is it some error I am making in the plan with regards to fuel, weight ....., or is this a quirk unique to the 737NGX ? I never experienced this with the PMDG 737NG in FS9.... As a matter of fact, I am going to replicate the exact same flight I last did in FSX when I received that alert, in FS9 right now ! I don't know why I didn't think of doing that before.....It maybe something to do with the navdat info we receive from Navigraph, possibly some changes in the way they process said info to make it available to us. GodfreyG

CIRCLETOLAND, that was a very informative and professionally done video. I learned a whole lot just from watching it once and, as I go over it again, I am positive I will continue to learn even more. Your calm professionalism and great english made this a joy to watch !!! I can't wait for your next contribution in english. Thank you very much for sharing this with the flightsim community. GodfreyG

You are probably correct Houghton11, I just can't see it happening the way it did on my flight, because all the alarms went silent at cruise level, and remained so even until landing. I will try doing that flight exactly the same way again ( it's just a sim with virtual pax. and crew ) and visually inspect the aircraft to see what happens. Thanks guys for all your input. GodfreyG

"Anyway I think it would be cool to have hypoxia simulated, something like starting to get blurry vision at a certain altitude and slowly end in a black out, maybe we could reach out for the oxigen masks and get our vision back to start an emergency descent to 10000ft. Probably a bit "gamish" I don't know " Dazz, that is a good idea !!! Just like simulating the 'g-effects' in sim, maybe they can implement some blurring of the vision as is the case with hypoxia, and then as the pilot, you would be alloted a limited amount of time to put on your oxygen mask, before 'blacking out' and then, Game Over !!! But, also like you mentioned, that would probably be considered to be too "gamish" !GodfreyG

You are right dazz, it was and that I can understand, the sudden change in pressure and all.....! But, with the door already opened and therefore the pressure inside and out being equal, would an airliner such as the 737, 747, MD-11, A320 etc., be able to make it all the way to 31,000ft without problems ? That for me is the Big question. I would love to hear from some of our more experienced and knowledgeable colleagues in 'flight' Of course the crew would either have to be locked in a pressurized cockpit or else wearing oxygen masks to be able to continue flying. GodfreyG

If we were to exclude passengers, and not pressurise the pax. cabin, would it realistically be possible to take a 737-800 up to FL310 with a door open ? Wouldn't the fact that a door is open preventan aircraft such as this is from reaching that high ? I know I made a mistake and 'virtually killed' a few 'virtual passengers' but please forgive me, I promise to go through all of my 'checklists' henceforth ! Could someone knowledgeable please answer my question;-"Is it possible to take a 737-800 up to FL310 with a door opened ? " GodfreyG

' , That's a good 'un twinturbo99, I switched it off a few times but you took out the 'virtual bulb' OK, let us forget the laughs for a moment and consider this seriously! (No NGX, it wasn't a Hot day!!!) If we were to exclude passengers, and not pressurise the pax. cabin, would it realistically be possible to take a 737-800 up to FL310 with a door open ? Wouldn't the fact that a door is open prevent an aircraft such as this is from reaching that high ? Oh, and Bundy Bear, thanks for reminding me, when they (the cabin crew) recover from the coma they are in, I'll be sure to ask them GodfreyG

You're right NGX, the yellow caution light did illuminate a couple of times, now that I recall but, finding no issues reported, I just switched it off, Silly, I know !! But the question still remains that, as realistic as PMDG made this 737, there are still remaing weird quirks, probably not much but weird nevertheless. What I mean is this, in TRW, would it be possible to take a 737-800 to an altitude of FL310 with a door open ? I know that depressurization would render unconscious and probably kill all of my passengers(PHEW!!! ), but, please prove me wrong and say that 'yes, it is strucurally possinle. Please prove that I , and not PMDG's product, is guilty of having 'weird quirks GodfreyG

Guys, I addressed you all as "fellow pilots", but now, I feel like an overgrown 'A--' ,certainly not a pilot ! This is exactly what I did twinturbo99, I left the pax door opened ! I saved this flight at the initial stage so as to be able to do it again and, upon checking, I found that I did open the left front pax door !!! How idotic could I have been. Anyways, thanks for all your answers and helpful suggestions. This gives rise to another question though, how would it be possible to takeoff and climb to the initial alt. of 6,000ft without any door alarms sounding ??? Yes, I did not follow a full blown before and after takeoff checklist, Guilty !!!, but there should be some config alarms sounding as soon as I start my takeoff roll, shouldn't there ?? As a matter of fact, I was at cruise alt. of FL310 for a few minutes before the alarms ceased !! That's not possible, is it ?? Thanks again for your input pilots, I left out the "fellow" part this time GodfreyG

Hey fellow pilots, I've been enjoying this beautiful 'bird' of PMDGs ever since its release and, so far had no issues of great significance until last night. I set up a flight from EKCH to ENGM as per Trisager's 'SIDs, STARs, and Approach Transitions - Worked Example' of August 17th. Every aspect went well, and I lined up and took off from Rwy 4L as per ATC's instructions. I climbed to 6,000ft initially, and, when instructed, started my climb to cruise alt. On the way there, (to cruise alt) an alarm started to sound and continued even when I was at cruise alt. (FL310) I searched high and low but could not detect any errors. Then suddenly, whilst at cruise, it stopped and never sounded again. My cruise and landing alts. were both set correctly on the OVHD panel, trim was correct, fuel load of 1/3 was balanced in both tanks and all that stuff. Anyone else ever experienced such or has any pointers as to what may have caused same ?? Thanks in advance !!! GodfreyG

And that's exactly the point, Martin-W, a lot of them are just idle, rich 'kids' with nothing to do but to tear down and destroy instead of offering 'constructive criticism'. One forum member offers a well thought out suggestion, whether feasible and practical or not, and in marches the truant spoilt brats with their sneers and, what I suppose they truly believe to be, 'witty' comments. Like you said, if it is of no interest to them, why not just move on and show respect for anothers opinion ? I suppose lack of proper training and ethics does rear its ugly head with an exhibition of such poor manners and tastes. GodfreyG

Jack, you have provided us with an awesome demonstration of how to get back on vnav path when above same, without using the speedbrakes. I think that for a video that was not scripted, it was very professionally done and shows how calm you are in your profession; you are a pilot in TRW are you not?I do have two questions though:_ a) Why is it that you choose not to use the speedbrakes, which seems to bleed the excess speed more quickly? :( Don't you run the risk of busting lower altitude limtis when you descend below vnav path and also the risk of exceeding the required crossing speed limits ?

Jari my friend, I am not disputing whether you 'deserve' what you pay for, no doubt about it you do but, common courtesy and decency also begs of us to be CIVIL, and to treat others with respect. We all have a choice of whether we are going to buy a product or not, that's it !!! PMDG has an obligation to provide you with a satisfactory product if you spend your money, and they do, but like I said earlier, we are dealing with software and a wide assortment of peoples and PCs worldwide; some people care for their computers and its operating systems more than some others do.A Corporate giant like Microsoft has to release "fixes" for their OSs post release, and take a look at their resources . Some people THINK they 'know all there is to be known' about PCs and therefore do all sorts of mods to same, etc, etc, etc. What I am saying is that even with 10,000+ beta testers working 24/7 on their own PCs, there is no way all of the potential variables can be covered before releasing said product. PMDG has always been Great with their after sales service and do release comprehensive patches which address the majority of issues if not all. "The Customer is Always Right" , that is a great old credo in the service/business world and still holds true today but, "Give Respect if you expect Respect" is also still true I believe. GodfreyFG

So, because you PAY for something you feel obligated NOT to say thank you for a product well made ? That is surely a great example of the degradation of manners and politeness in society today. With regards to your comments about expansions and PMDG becoming like CaptainSim, nothing could be further from the truth and, if you had the interest enough to read RSR's earlier updates, you would understand why, with a Sim Product as complex and complete as this is, it required an "expansion". In addition, the size of the download would be pretty large and, those who don't want to pilot the -600/700 variants, would not be short changed.All I am saying to you Jari is, Please GROW UPand, even though you spent your money, say Thank You to PMDG for such a wonderful product. Courtesy goes a Long Way my friend. Expectations of 'bug free releases' are just wishful thinking on our parts as we are dealing here with software which has to run on an enormous variety of dissimilar PCs and, even if PMDG used 5,000+ beta testers, it still would not be representative of the 'worldwide' cross section of PCs and FlightSim users who are thrilled to use PMDG's products. PMDG, to you guys I say, THANK YOU !!! (Please excuse the shouting but I am THRILLED by this product and, it is as if I am 'afraid' to 'fly' as this IS "AS REAL AS IT GETS on a PC !!!!") Bravo PMDG, Bravo. GodfreyFG

AHhhhhhh!!! Finally Got IT !! Now comes the really HARD part !!! Nights, numerous nights with little or No Sleep !! Oh Well, can't have your cake and eat it too So long fellow Capts and FOs, see you in the wild blue yonder GFG

This is the most recent message , guys:- Dear customer,We are currently experiencing a database connection problem on our store.We apologize for the inconvenience.Please notify the store administrator so that we may fix the problem as soon as possible and let you know when the store becomes available again.Thank you for your cooperation! After such a long wait for this brilliant desktop simulator, some FOOL/S had to pull a low-down dirty attack against one of the BEST there is at producing such detailed and complex products.!!! What a shame, get a F----NG life.GFG

Dan, like I said before in a previous post, You Are The Man !!! I'm glad I could offer a good laugh to you !!! With the contributions you offer,(that paint tutorial is the Bomb BTW !!), its the least I can do :( GodfreyG :(

Why are you guys, Experienced Boeing 737, 747, MD-11 and BAe JS4100 pilots, making fun of the 'poor' guy ??? With the 'salaries' you guys pull in, twenty odd bucks is nothing !! But have some consideration for a 'Poor' guy, specifically in these here hard economic times. :( Also, this is a free country and he is FREE to ask, isn't he? The big question is, "Will PMDG facilitate his request ?" :( LOLGodfreyG B)

Hello Jim, I use the RXP wx radar, but from what I've seen in your screenshots, I am definitely impressed and would sure appreciate it if you can provideme with the gauge and the installation instructions. Thanks in advance mate.Regards,GodfreyG :(

Markus, despite all of the impatience on our parts, you have delivered !! Thank You :( !! I can tell that the 'whining' in some instances started to get to you. For example, in the readme file for the FSX installation, you mentioned:-=====================================================PMDG MD-11 ADVANCED TUTORIAL FSX INSTALL INSTRUCTIONS=====================================================1. Place the following six files in your FS9 Flights folder - by default this is "My Documents\Flight Simulator Files"Well, we should all know that you really meant "FSX Files folder - by default this is "My Documents\Flight Simulator X Files"But, aw shucks, to err is human and with all the heckling you have been receiving, you came through like a real trooper, and to add to that, You are noteven a member of the PMDG development team ? Whoa !!! You are GOOD Markus and I take my hat off to you. Thank you and, without any form of Anticipation on MY part, :( I look forward to your next Advanced "Long Haul" tutorial as Ryan so nicely alluded to. But, for right now, it's 'Off to Work',studying and 'sitting in the simulator' as I work through this here Advanced Tutorial, and hopefully, am not too far off from earning my "Type Rating" :( Cheers to you Markus, and also to Ryan and the rest of the team, and Best Holiday Wishes to you all B) Best Regards,GodfreyG B)