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All my PMDG airplanes are not working due to "fail to activate" I put in the activation key I have from my order confirmations and then nothing, says invalid code and gives me an airplane on load up that does not work. I installed there airplanes years ago. Will try a reinstall now and see how it works. Is PMDG crashed?

Some updated preview shots with a little bit more information. https://www.justflight.com/product/747-classic Still hope they will have some ability to add in an FMC like the airlines did in the real world in the late 1990s early 2000s. Having a single NAV display and TCAS VSI would really make this plane special. Even if its at an added price.

It does say some type of FSX flight plan integration. So maybe some type of simple way of putting the flightplan into the INS and then having the INS basically fly the flightplan uploaded into FSX. Or just a NAV/GPS type thing like what was on the RFP 742. While flying the original thing is nice by the late 1990s and early 2000s, which is when many of us fondly remember the 742 classics running for KLM, Northwest, BA etc.. they had updated V/S indicators and many with FMCs. Some type of fairly simple FMC for flight planning and fuel would be nice.

It would be nice if they allow some options or come out with an expansion that allows a modernized cockpit. As great as an INS is, it would be nice to have for example a FMC integration like most operators started doing in the 2000s along with an updated VSI with TCAS.

Certainly does. Was wondering what N3 was, never seen it before.

I might have missed it in the books, and I did a search I could not find anything. What are the major difference, if any between the different engines on the 744. Any gauge differences? Start up issue? Performance?

I have a 4 year old system i7-930 and the 777 works great for me. I have done 15hr+ long haul in real time from one big airport to another multiple times with no issues. I was very surprised. With the 744X and NGX I have had some crashes here and there. Not many, but a few. The 777 I have yet to get one. It is my favorite airplane to fly. If you upgrade your system is it a must by, as simple as that.

Perfect airplane in good weather? Yes. Many of us could be put into a level-D sim right now and would have a landing where everyone would survive, even handling the plane by hand. Serious issues with the airplane? Engine failure etc..? Hope I am not the only one that can help because then we got even bigger problems.

I think My Traffic might be best for you. It will more easily fill up your skies and it has a better variety in GA aircraft than UT2 and it will perform better too. If realistic schedules and nice airliners is not your priority then My Traffic is the way to go. Also UT2 has very little Cargo traffic and zero military traffic.

Take traffic 360 off your list. Don't even think about buying it. There are two AI addons and then the rest. UT2 and MyTraffic. I actually have both as MYTraffic has a lot more airlines but the schedules are very unrealistic as UT2 has most of the major airlines with very realistic schedules and better models. If you just care about the major airlines, for example doing most of your flying out of big airports in U.S., Canada and Western Europe than UT2 is a good. If you want random charter airlines, airlines from Africa and just want your skies to be filled with not a huge amount of FPS impact with ok models then MyTraffic is good. The both together using the MyTraffic UT2 schedule so I don't have interlacing airlines is very good.

Very cool report. It brings up that question which pops up a few times a year. You fly the PMDG NGX or 777 20 hours a month using real world weather and Airline SOP. Could you fly a real one? Well a Level-D sim is pretty much a real one, no pressure with real lives and no pressure with your own life but I honestly think many of us would be capable of flying one of these things. Really cool reading about it. I have a friend who works for Delta in Atlanta, he told me next time I am in Atlanta and have some free time he might be able to get me in a 777 sim. I would love that! Need to try to make some time to get to Atlanta.

Happens every flight but I figured the 777 waits till the nose touches to give reverse.

The Philadelphia one is fantastic. Ants Australia is good too. Not sure where it is, I think on flightsim but the main airport in Mauritius, ICAO: FIMP is really good too. Just flew there, one of the runways has a challenging approach too. Nice scenery for the whole island.

Just had the same issue. Lets see if the renaming thing works for me. Well I changed it to .off and now I have zero sounds inside the cockpit no clicks or anything. trying bak now. Same thing happened.

I had no issues before either. All I had to do was request wind data, all of a sudde now after three weeks of no issues the FMC says "invalid request"

As long as glaring holes are fixed it is a good addon such as gear horn or at the very least a seatbelt sign. They put in a seatbelt sound. It is a shame that many bugs will remain though. From two real world 1900D pilots on the forums it seems like they have a fantastic base which they could make into something really special for the FS world. They already have a good idea what needs to be fixed for free on these forums.

The 1900D is and has been one of my all time favorite airplanes since I was 12 years old. It is very hard for me to not purchase this plane. From the reviews it seems that it flys well but a decent amount of realistic simulations are missing including things as simple as the seatbelt sign and gear horn silence. I have never purchased a Carenado product before. I am not expecting PMDG or Majestic here but do they at least usually give a service pack or two to fix some of the more obvious issues? Or will it be what you get it what you get from initial release? Trying my best not to purchase just yet.

I hope they see this and take your info and make the proper fixes. Maybe not to every single little thing but there seem to be some glaring holes in the airplane like the Seatbelt sign and gear horn silence. How they could miss this I have no clue but as long as it is fixed in a decent amount of time it is not a huge deal. Great input from a real B1900 driver. When I was younger and thinking about being an airline pilot one day the 1900 was always one of my favorite planes for the main reason I though the idea of flying around Florida and the Bahamas in one as a first job would be awesome. I am not sure if I am going to purchase it with these issues. Just hope they fix some of the major missing pieces. But your comment of it being almost Majestic level is a big seller. Just hope they can get there because this would be a major seller and a big move for the brand.

Well sadly back in MIA, her home base. I have an easier semester with my last year of grad school so I may take her out on some weekend flights. Starting December 16th with the 777 I flew these flights with zero issues on my 3 year old system all in real time: MIA-LAX 5hr LAX-AKL- 12:30hr AKL-HKG 10hr HKG-IAD 14:30hr SEA-SIN 16:14hr HKG-HNL 8:30hr HNL-HKG 10hr HKG-LOS 14hr LOS-LNU 3hr LNU-CPT 2:40hr CPT-JNB: 1hr JNB-MRU: 3:30hr MRU-JNB: 3:30hr JNB-MIA: 15hr What a plane. I said this for the NGX and I will now say it for the 777 after all those flights. Best addon every produced for Flight Simulator. Excited to get the 300ER and of course the 747 remake. If only PMDG could make every airliner ever made!

In the past 10 days I have flow all in real time: MIA-LAX-AKL-HKG-IAD SEA-SIN. SEA-SIN was 16hr and 14mins with the headwinds. Didnt even need to fill her up even with a full load! Pretty awesome flying 16hrs, no issues what so ever so far. I have planned for the next two weeks: SIN-HKG-HNL-HKG-BCN-LHR-JNB-FIMP-JNB-MIA If I finish these flights without any computer issues I am going to have to write a letter to PMDG. So I'm short my 777 is sitting in SIN getting ready to go to HKG in the next two days for the shortest 777 flight I would have done so far.

Assuming the aircraft had an overnight stay at the airport it would be the Long Turnaround state IMO. Pilots will almost never find a cold and dark. That is usually what Maintenece crews deal with. Planes like the 777 do t have much down time unless in for Maintenece and they are the ones who taxi/tow the plane to and from the gate for maintence. They would leave it fairly ready to go with the battery on, GPU hooked up for the next flight.

The config PMDG has the LR is does not carry many passengers that's for sure. I think its around 272? I too was wondering if they will update to allow the change of the configuration of the airplane at least from 3 class to 2 class. Hope to see this in the 777-300ER with 1 class, 2 class and 3 class possibilities.

Nice review. I have not flown it that much yet. Only have had it for 12 days but my flights with it so far have been nothing be great. I have a 3 year old PC, middle of the line system and my flights have not had a crash yet nor bad performance. I have done, 5, 12, 10 and 15 hour non-stop real time flights. I love the save the flight automatically saves the cockpit feature. I have the plane pause on TOD and I always save the flight before decent incase of a crash. I also randomly save it a few times in the flight. Worst case it crashes and I either just fly another day or load it back up and speed up time. No biggie. I am expecting some issues at some point but so far my FPS have been better in the 777 than the NGX.

I guess you are right that you can make the 777 less automated, but that's not the way the airplane is suppose to be flown. In the 777 all I need to do is put everything on auto/on turn the fuel control switches on and start both engines. In the NGX you need to change the bleeds, watch N2, do one engine at a time and one fuel control switch at a time. There is a lot more button switching, preflight preparing etc.. In the NGX. Both are different and I really enjoy both aircraft a lot. To the OP for what you want to use the 777 for I would reccomend maybe not getting it. It's a long haul airliner. Not saying you ned to fly long haul but I couldn't imagine flying the 777 on 1hr trips all day. It's a very automated airplane and is not really meant to be flown on circuits etc.. The auto throttle is not even meant to be turned off. My shortest flight has been 5hr MIA-LAX longest almost 15hrs! HKG-IAD. I don't have a new top if the line system, don't OC my processor and so far in my 3 10hr+ flights no performance issues yet. So do I think it is worth $90? Absolutely. It's the best Addon I have gotten yet with the NGX and Dash-8-400 in close 2nd and 3rd. But I love long haul flying, I like setting up the airplane in a long turn needing to accomplish all the preflight task involved with planning a flight across the ocean or the North Pole. But that's because it is great for what I enjoy doing. I wouldn't buy it to fly short legs and set it up on the active ready to go.

I agree. I have been very happy so far with the 777. I have a PC which was close to top of the line in 2010. i7, 5780 vid card 1gb, etc.. No over clock or anything and after following the tips on the intro, especially only using the scenary files I need performance has been good even with a good amount of AI traffic and Active Sky Next weather. So far it has been awesome! Performance has been good, no crashes. I have flown all in real time: MIA-LAX 5hr LAX-AKL 12hr AKL-HKG 10hr HKG-IAD 14.5hr By now from what I read I was expecting some type of crash on these flights but they have gone perfectly and the airplane is just phenomenal. I'm sure I will get some spots of low FPS and a crash but so far I can't complain. Great airplane for FS. I think some people just ask too much from their computers. I'm at moderate levels of graphics with some pay ware scenary but not much photoreal stuff. But AI traffic is UT-2 and MTX.