Ben Cap

Yes I've seen this on a few occassions. What exactly does this mean?

This is not accurate in many scenarios. You have to remember that these calculations take into account loosing an engine just at or after V1. If its hot, high, and your heavy, chances are, Flaps 15 or 20 will induce way too much drag for you to safely be able to loose an engine at V1 and still have enough thrust to overcome the drag forces in order to proceed with the liftoff and climb out. That is one of the critical factors for takeoff thrust calculations that many are likely forgetting. Overall, in most cases, heavier does not = more flaps.

You have to take into account drag as a result of higher flap settings. Most of the time at heavy weights and a long runway, Flaps 5 is plenty. - At the same weight, Flaps 15 would only increase drag while reducing takeoff distance by a small amount. The increased drag would need to be offset with a higher thrust setting.

Completely agree... The fact that OP seems to be mortified that someone uploaded a pirated T7 copy also seems a bit extreme. Honestly, it's everywhere and every bit of payware software around likely has users that crack the software and illegally distribute it. - Just the nature of the internet and the greed of humanity. This^

Not sure the exact cause but likely due to not enough voltage. I'd reset bios settings and flash the latest bios firmware for your board. To test for stability run Intel Burn Test(standard run) and P95 small fft(6 hours).- I use this method and was rock solid for 2 years on my Sandy bridge build.

Decided to go for the plunge to Haswell. Needless to say, I am very pleased so far. Got a hell of a deal for the CPU+Mobo. 4690K for $200 and the ASRock Extreme 4 for $105!! I'm now running at 4.5GHZ with 1.275v on the H100 has given me temps in the low 80s with IBT. - Paired with DDR3 2000 CL9, performance is wonderful in FSX. So far I've seen about a 10FPS boost in scenarios where I would be around 18-20FPS. This upgrade also appears to have greatly reduced any form of stuttering in the sim which is another big plus for me. Lastly, overclocking this chip has been a breeze. The whole process appears to be even easier than SB and within a few hours of installing windows, I already had it stable OC'ed. (Tested with P95 small FFT and IBT) Overall, I am very happy with the upgrade. For those who are on the fringe for this generation, I'd say go for it if you can find a good price on motherboard, CPU, etc!

Following what you said, no sales would be lost considering the PMDG T7 is not compatible with P3D. Also, I don't understand the notion that the community has "switched" to P3D since the arrival of v2. FSX is still alive and well and still holds the vast majority of the market-share.

I'm caught in a bit of a dilemma myself and I may take the same path. I sure hope Skylake has decent overclock headroom due to increasing temperatures due to such a small manufacturing process. 14NM will be even more sensitive to voltage .... :unsure: However, I could build a Haswell rig now and OC a 4690K to 4.4-4.7GHZ on closed loop water. Provided I pair the CPU with 2400MHZ/2600MHZ CL10/11, would it be realistic to expect around a 25-30% improvement over my current 4.8 SB/1866CL9?

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Simroutes is the culprit. They likely are using some type of older navdata software that is causing an interruption in the normal route import process.

I use pfpx to load my routes to OMDB fly tampa and have no issues Hmmm... I've been eyeing PFPX for a while now due to the extensive flight planning features that I've seen so far. I'll probably splurge and buy it when I get my next paycheck. This is the route I used: KSFO-OMDB RBL LKV IMB KS21I YZU 5500N 11500W 6100N 11000W LENOT 7230N 09000W 7700N 08000W 8100N 06000W 8200N 04000W 8200N 02000W 8000N 00000E BJO MAGIR SDA P65 VANOS A74 PELOR G476 OLBAN G476 UREPI B958 BD BD3T FV R11 GUSLI M54 TAVRO M54 ADILA N82 ADANO N77 MAGRI UR654 ZAJ R654 SAV UP574 SYZ G666 ORSAR B416 DESDI I currently run the latest version of Navigraph AIRAC data. - I'm not sure as to what version Simroutes uses though.

Honestly, I apologize for being a straight up jerk. - I have a tendency to be excessively harsh when it comes to support requests. Frankly, being rude ain't gun' do nuthin'. I should probably step away and take a breather before spouting off on an internet forum next time. Anyways, I found that OMDB(Dubai) as a destination in the route file always will trigger this glitch. - I took the time to do a clean install of the T7 just to narrow it down. (following Ryan's instructions). For some reason, Simroutes.com puts an entry for OMDB that the T7 FMC doesn't like. Any ideas on how to resolve?

I'd rather get real help from PMDG via their support portal.

Did you read the posting? :blink:

After toying around in the T7 and SP1, I have continued to run into a problem. Interestingly, this issue occurs only on some routes - I do my preflights all the same way and I can't seem to figure out why this problem occurs in about 50% of my flights. I have not yet noticed any correlation between routes etc. Seemingly occurs at random..... :blink: When I click the button to load the route (provided from Simroutes.com) into the FMC via data-link, an error appears that reads, "Invalid Route Uplink". Soon afterwards, a string of text in FSX appears telling me that the route file has some sort of error with the destination. Things I have done to try and resolve the problem: - Searched the forums endlessly - Deleted and re-downloaded new route files for the same pair of airports - Read manuals to no avail - Verified latest installation for the 77L and 77W Anyways, I sure hope I am overlooking something blatantly obvious or I may now be "hired" as a beta team member for finding an issue as such! :ph34r: - Ben Cap

After toying around in the T7 and SP1, I have continued to run into a problem. Interestingly, this issue occurs only on some routes - I do my preflights all the same way and I can't seem to figure out why this problem occurs in about 50% of my flights. I have not yet noticed any correlation between routes etc. Seemingly occurs at random..... :blink: When I click the button to load the route (provided from Simroutes.com) into the FMC via data-link, an error appears that reads, "Invalid Route Uplink". Soon afterwards, a string of text in FSX appears telling me that the route file has some sort of error with the destination. Things I have done to try and resolve the problem: - Searched the forums endlessly - Deleted and re-downloaded new route files for the same pair of airports - Read manuals to no avail - Verified latest installation for the 77L and 77W Anyways, I sure hope I am overlooking something blatantly obvious or I may now be "hired" as a beta team member for finding an issue as such! :ph34r: - Ben Cap

Considering he said "no surprises this time", I would bet it will probably be released pretty soon... right? :wacko: ........... :lol:

That's truly magnificent. Ya'll are running circles around alot of the other devs with new technology such as this... very exciting stuff!!

WOW!! Thanks so much for doing the videos guys... This stuff looks fantastic!

Sweet! Mediocre products arriving at twice the speed now!! :Party:

Even the Extended Version is light on systems...

Honestly, I don't understand the notion that users must read the manual in order to understand basic operation. In reality, the average joe can probably spend 20-30min on Youtube and figure out how to operate a 737. Like I said, Youtube! I don't wanna ruin this guys' ambition by flooding him with manuals... IIRC, most RL NG flights I've been on follow this procedure...

Very interesting... Thanks for the explanation!

How could it "cook the rampies"? Could someone explain?

NGX is the only airliner that seems to model this accurately. Bring her in and flare too much and you'll float till the piano keys on the other end! :lol: The A2A 172 also does a good with the ground effect considering in the real life 172 it isn't very significant. Presumably from the high wing? Correct me if I'm wrong -- Learned from experience with hard landings from not enough flare and low power...