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If your MD-11 is a certified aircraft from PMDG, then if you download the MD-11 service pack from PMDG you will find that it will now work normally just as other aircraft. When you have installed the MD-11 service pack you will be able to use the pulldown menu and there will be the various setups including cold and dark

Hi... The resolution on your maps are outstanding but I don't seem to have that capability in my copy of Plan G. Can you tell me how you got the maps to such a high resolution. Thanks

Hi Bob.... Here is one of the simplest ways to land on a carrier. I will assume that you have a carrier with the arrestor cables installed. Here is what I do. First set the altitude on the autopilot system to 1500 feet. Set the rate of climb to 2000 fpm. Set the flaps to about 30 degrees. Set your heading control to 180 degrees less than where you are pointed. Set the radio NAV1 and NAV2 to the proper frequencies. Arm your launch speed to 170 MPH and set your aircraft speed to about 180 mph. Now the aircraft is ready to be launched. When you hit the period key to catapult the aircraft, immediately click on the autopilot and the altitude button. When the aircraft is airborne, pull the wheels and flaps up and then hit the hdg key for the heading control. The aircraft will fly parallel to the carrier under the automatic pilot until you are out about 10 miles, then set the altitude to 1000 feet, slow the aircraft to about 180 MPH and set the heading to 90 degrees to either the left or right of the heading. Look at the GPS map and try to intercept the glideslope at about a 30 degree angle to the feather by using the heading control and click on the approach button. When you are at 1000 feet you will be beneath the glideslope feather but you will be able to lock to the ILS for carrier alignment. Watch the distance from the carrier by the radio or some other means. When you are at 1000 feet, set the altitude to 900 feet and set your flaps and speed for proper landing, usually around 140 to 160 MPH. When you are at 900 feet, set the altitude to 800 feet and so on. When you get to 100 feet and are about half a mile from the carrier, disengage the autopilot and manually drop the aircraft slowly and aim directly for the arrestor cables. After a few tries you will become very competant at landing on the carrier. The reason we use the autopilot for takeoff is this, if you take the aircraft off manually and use the elevators or rudder, unless you set your rudder and elevator for level flight, the system will remember the last settings and when you switch off the autopilot for landing the aircraft wlll veer off in any direction, left, right, up or down. Hope this helps. George