Airbusman330

What is the logic behind the CLB thrust during cruise? Is it there so there is more thrust in reserve in case of traffic incursions, i.e. TCAS warnings and resolutions or surprise ATC requests?

Pretty much sums it up.

Nice I'll take a look when I get home tomorrow (pdf viewer on the phone is on and off depending on its mood lol)

Some public high schools require some form of a dress code, Chicago public schools required a white polo and black or navy blue pants (jeans were strictly prohibited) and for the winter months students were allowed to wear school sweaters. Being a huge t-shirt guy I usually got away with wearing the pe shirt most of the day. Again with budget cuts (which especially sting in neighborhoods where property values are low so tax flow is anemic) the academics have been stripped to the bone and with a huge emphasis on college prep that my school shoved down our throats it made those of us who are interested in military or the trades resent going to class.

I remember in anatomy class when the teacher asked those who wanted to go to college to stand up and only two people remained seated: myself and a ROTC cadet. He kinda tried to shame us for our choice to remain seated but the cadet remained silent and stared at him while I simply told him that I was born to have a wrench in my hand. Failed his class (refused to disect a cow eye and a baby pig) but I had more than enough credits to graduate so it didn't matter.

Well, that's the confusing part. There's a group saying that PMDG doesn't fly like what is described in the manual, while there are a few real pilots saying it does!

If the real pilots are saying its good then its good, when you think about it half of the "bugs" reported here are the result of user error or ignorance.

This is so weird. Ever since the release there's a group of people saying that PMDG is wrong, and another group saying the PMDG is right... and there are real 777 pilots in both groups!

 

So now I hadn't been flying the 777 very much because I'm afraid to learn it incorrectly.

Just go by the manuals as they are the final authority a forum is not the best place to learn about this plane unless the poster is a VERIFIED rw pilot.

www.ead.eurocontrol.int < always valid, whole Europe covered.

I need Qatar, Japan, and Honk Kong more than anything else I won't be flying through Europe that much.

I was doing just fine with the free FAA charts flying domestic 737 flights but now its kinda a challenge to find charts for other countries that are reasonably up to date.

Not sure what you are talking about. The PMDG 777 is freaking stable on my system, and so is with most users. Why don't you take some time to figure what is wrong with your rig that could have caused CTD? Indeed the T7 places a high work load on your system, but for a correctly setup system that should be able to handle.

Yep I flew a few legs to and from ORD, DOH, NRT, and FCO without a single issue beside one flight where I had the left electrical bus shed its load (which I traced back to user error on my part regarding the gpu)

That's really quite cool. I like the "real world" examples. I myself have toyed with the idea of doing the VHHH or RCTP to KMEM in the sim, but gosh, that's 14+ hours.

 

Just out of curiosity, what does your buddy do on a freighter on a 14+ hour flight? I mean, I'm assuming there has to be a relief crew, but it must be a pretty boring ride. Is there any sort of cabin crew that is there to serve meals, socialize with, etc? What about meals? Do they have the same rules as passenger flights, i.e. they can't all eat the same meal?

 

EDIT...sorry, I just realized I just attempted to hijack the thread....

Its well worth the 50 bucks if you do longer flights.

Are you using assumed temperatures for your derates?

Captain Piche and FO Dejager of Air Transat 236, gliding a fuel starved A330 for over 60 miles and landing it on the azores is nothing short of remarkable. They hold the world record for the longest glide in a passenger airliner.

I don't have access to the manuals at the moment but iirc the green placards are only used for flap retraction on departure.

Did you wait a little bit for the engine generators to takeover before shutting down the apu? Never seen this problem before and his engines are running since you can see that the engine driven pumps are operational on the hydraulic page that he has up.

Are the winds uploaded into the fmc or are you using accurate weather? I land within a couple of tons of my planned fuel.

See what the FCTM or FCOM has to say they should be the final authority.

777 is still on its initial release version.

Make sure that all cabin doors are closed and click on the check box next to the item on the ecl.

My understanding is that if they're closed, they're armed.

Nope they are still marked as manual on the door synoptic page but they do arm themselves if you use the ground ops thing.

VRS has reached PMDG levels on a Navy multirole fighter jet, even PMDG said its pretty much what they do but applied to a military aircraft.

Try the failure menu in the fmc.

Did u give the generator 1 minute or so to come online before turning the apu off they don't instantly turn on after engine start. I can pretty much guarantee that this is the result of improper start up procedures.

I've told a few pilots that I'm learning how to fly and after asking a few intelligent questions regarding their plane they tend to open up. Its downright arrogant to claim that you can fly an airliner without any professional training, heck even the flying lessons that rod machado put together for fs did little to prepare me to fly a real Cessna. Yea his stuff is awesome book knowledge but when it comes to actually flying fsx doesn't hold a candle to the real thing.

Miss Martha; my 11th grade history teacher. Known for throwing chalk board erasers at classmates sleeping (back in the day before computers and white boards and she could hit someone directly in the forehead in the back row) and for dressing down anyone that dared yawn at her, slouching, chewing gum, looking at her "wrong". The perfect authoritarian. I loved her and guess what, I did learn history!!!

I had this math teacher that used to frequently call me to the chalk board even though he knew that I rarely had the answer and after a year of very awkward moments in front of the class (being painfully shy didn't help) I've grown to resent him and the subject itself. In high school math class I did just enough to pass since the trades and not a university acceptance letter was my goal.

Check the manuals you'll probably find the answer before someone pipes in here.