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Sigh.. If I was PMDG I'd be a bit concerned when new users (customers) are treated like crap when asking for help in their official forum. But maybe I'm old school like that. Or maybe I just don't like the pious, RTFM type responses you get here. Either way, have a nice day.

Thanks Brian, for answering the OPs question.. Maybe you others can dial back the snark, just a bit? It's responses like that which make these forums so lame.

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That's kind of what I figured. I wonder if the nose up pitch in cruise would indicate a different amount of fuel in the tanks compared to sitting on the ground. And if so, how much of a difference? Not that a hundred pounds or so would make a whole lot of difference, but it is interesting to think about.

Yes, but the number that changes is the total fuel on board number, not the fuel flow.

I was watching this video of 737-800 operations: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uGxRJ6b7KL8&feature=c4-overview&list=UUH1aqQ298wuC6TexpafuSxA Regarding the takeoff at 9:28 in the video, the fuel indicated when the takeoff roll starts is 9.9. Further down it goes up to 10.0 and through rotation and liftoff it goes to 10.1 and 10.2 respectively. Is that a quirk of the airplane, or has the video been edited with different clips spliced together? I don't think they've used multiple clips as the departure on the ND looks the same. Haven't seen it on the NGX videos. I imagine it's the fuel moving within the tanks that give the fuel level measurement thingys a bit of a rough go? Like parking my car on a hill? Anyway, looking forward to the release of the 777! I just hope my machine can run it. Cheers, Bert Collins