robeckett

That is great news. It's lucky that we don't have a checklist item that refers to "Tomato", otherwise we would be sunk!

LOL! I was having major problems trying to say "ON" and the darned thing recognising "ARM". I ended up trying to mimic an American Accent. Not pretty!

After a short flight to check out the FBW on the PMDG 777, I can say that I am seriously impressed. A simple flight was conducted. Hand flew up to 10,000 at 250kts, A/T commanding selected speed. Brought up the FCTL page to see what was happening. Wings level, pitched up to 10 degrees. Pitch holds as the engines spool up to maintain 250kts. Now for the magic. Increased selected speed to 295kts. Pitch remains the same as the speed increases. Looking at the FCTL page, watch the elevator and trim twitching to maintain pitch. Same in reverse. Command a speed of 220kts and watch the speed bleed off, but the pitch remain constant. Back to straight and level flight - 10,000ft 250kts. Shut down an engine. Watch that rudder slowly feed in to compensate for the yaw. Fly around on one engine, and hardly notice that you've lost a donkey. At slower speeds, level flight at 220kts, and drop some flap. No pitch change! Nice - and as is different from the Airbus, watch the V/S increase as flaps are fed in. Probably due to the constraints of FSX, there are some minor excursions from pitch at the edges of the flight envelope (mainly at higher speeds), but overall a darn good job WRT the FBW laws of the 777. Great work!!

This one made me laugh - When we were getting the flightdeck ready for a short hop, I decided to test the fire alert system, so I pressed test. My P2 immediately jumped into "looks like we have a fire here!". No we don't old chap! Calm down, it's only a test! The moral of the story? Stick to the flows to avoid upsetting your P2, as he is liable to getting his knickers in a twist and is highly strung!

Don't forget, the yaw damper is there to sort out your rudder for you (ie balancing turns in flight). Kicking the rudder in flight just judders the airframe as the yaw damper re-corrects. You might as well kick the bottom of the flight-deck door than use rudder when in normal flight. Yaw damper only allows you to kick off your drift during the flare.While you kick-off drift, gently feed in opposite aileron to prevent your getting blown across the runway. You will eventually touch down upwind wing low, on the upwing gear. Continue to "fly" the aircraft as it is still aerodynamically "viable" for the first few seconds after touchdown. Balance everyting by letting down the downwind wing, using rudder to hold the centreline. At some point, gently lower the nosewheel to the runway. Thereafter, drive with rudder until 80knts when you grab the tiller.Rgds, Rob.

What sort of parameters would necessitate the gear being left down for cooling on departure? I've seen it quite a lot on the A319/20, that even after a relatively short taxi, the crew leave the gear down for a few minutes after having specifically told me that they were going to do so to aid cooling. Must say I've not seen it on the 737. Thanks, Rob.

The 738 MTW in the manual states 155000lbs, however the aircraft will operate up to 174400lbs for high weight ops. Have a look at : http://www.boeing.com/commercial/airports/acaps/737sec2.pdf and http://www.boeing.com/commercial/airports/faqs/lcglcn.pdf Should give you some interesting figues. Rgds, Rob

Autobrakes will bring the a/c to a stop if you don't use manual braking during the rollout. By manually hitting the brakes, the autobrakes disengage, (you get the warning light over the autobrake selecor), but the selector itself does not click back to OFF. This is correct. You have to manually select OFF.

I've had the brake fade thing by slamming on the brakes to max on a high weight landing and not using the reversers (just to see what happens). No brakes at all by the end of the rollout! Got the temp up to 10.0. Then, however, I did a turn around on the runway and departed straight out, but left the gear down to see if the temp would fall due to the airflow over the wheels (as per sop in the real world) - but no drop in temp. Perhaps a step too far for a sim? Rob

Thought it might be that simple, but always good to check where these things are concerned. Thanks very much.Rob

Hi All,IFLY have released the update to the FSX IFLY 737. Before I install, what's the word on the updates interaction with FS2CREW?Items installed in following order : Original FSX IFLY 737,then IFLY 737 FSX FS2CREW, then IFLY 737 FSX FS2CREW update. Do we just update the IFLY 737 to 1.02, or do we uninstall FS2CREW, apply the IFLY patch, then reinstall the FS2CREW?Any help appreciated.Rob E.

Agreed. The damage Wilco are doing themselves is just daft. An update (Patch) that is charged for, then it only goes half way to fixing the product, then it is delayed without so much as a word.Aerosoft or FSL for me.

21st Feb came and went. Release dates all delayed with no "sorry" on the website. Rubbish.