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Hi guys, I have a little bit of an issue that occurs whenever I'm descending while on A/P using the VNAV of FL CH modes. Essentially, the desired attitude will be reached in "steps" the last couple of hundred feet. In other words, say I'm descending down to 220 for 380. During the last ~500ft (so around 225), the aircraft will over compensate and level off too soon. So basically, by the time I reach FL220, the plane would've already leveled off about 3 times before that, as it reduces the descent rate too abruptly and ends up cutting of the descent completely, only to have to "re-descend" to the desired altitude set on the MCP. Again, this occurs on the VNAV and FLCH mode (I never use the v/s mode so I'm not sure if it does it on this) only while descending. When climbing, it always meets the desired altitude with relative accuracy and on the money, without having to readjust multiple times. This occurs on every flight in all sorts of conditions. Any ideas? Thanks

Hi, hmm I can't say that I experience that with the yoke, at least when it comes to banking. A few Springs snapped in the base (which can easily be replaced, they're just tension Springs) which seems to leave the yoke a bit loose for pitch. In other words, it stays unmoved through a few degrees of pitch motion, rather than returning to the same center every time I release it. But as for bank, it always returns to the center

I have it. What's your question?

That was the solution! Thanks for the help

Hi guys, I have an issue concerning the brightness knob of the navigational display on the 777. As I'm sure you know, the navigational display has 2 independent brightness control knobs (in the same position, one is on top of the other); one controls the overall brightness of the screen while the other controls the brightness of the wxr or terr depictions. In other words, you can have a bright ND whilst having a dark depiction of the WXR. On the NGX, this works perfectly. Turning down the knob that controls the brightness of the wxr and terr has a noticeable effect, and you can actually turn it down to the point where wxr and terr depictions are barely visible. However, on the 777, this knob has barely any effect. Turning down the brightness knob which controls the wxr and terr depictions has little to no impact, even if you turn it down all the way. What your left with is an excessively bright/vibrant depiction of weather without having the option of lowering the intensity. Again, the NGX doesn't have this problem. I encourage you to try it out yourselves to see what I mean. Any info on this? Thanks

Hi guys, my friend is new to the flight sim world and just got the FSX steam edition. I am guiding him through the steps of becoming an avid flight simmer and of course am compelling him to get a PMDG aircraft. If he has ONLY the FSX SE, should he be able to buy and install the 777 with no problem?

What is the outside temperature during these flights. It almost sounds as if the weather was too hot causing a decreased aircraft performance.

Did you try landing at a different airport? Try an inland airport, like Atlanta. Sometimes, with airports in close proximity to the water such as La Guardia, the approach will have you coming in very low and close to the water. I have experienced this phenomenon where coming into these airports will cause the aircraft to slam into the ground.

Thanks for the interesting replies guys. Haha I always thought that the explanation to the aircraft's sensitive behavior during flare was just something Boeing put in to give pilots some extra authority during the flare and to make the plane a bit easier to control, but I never thought that it went any deeper than that. I'll look around to see if there is a solid answer, but again thanks for the replies and I'm sure there's a reason behind the behavior.

Hi, a while ago (right after the release of the PMDG 777), I posted a topic concerning the final approach behavior of the 777, wondering if there was some sort of flare assist. Well, it turns out that there is something very much like what I described, but I wouldn't exactly call it flare assist. To test this, I encourage you to manually fly an approach and landing without the auto thrust, and then do the same thing again, only with auto thrust engaged this time (like Boeing and most airlines recommend). There is a stunning difference in the last 30 or 25 feet AGL. Basically, up until a few days ago, I ALWAYS flew with auto thrust off, as I found it to be a little sluggish to maintain my speed, especially in windy conditions. Anyways, now I ONLY fly with it engaged. Not only because of its great ability to manage speed (I never knew it was this good), but because of the fact that the aircraft becomes MUCH easier to handle during the final moments of flight. Without AT engaged, you'll find that the 777 is very insensitive to yoke inputs during the last 30 feet of flight. Basically, it was near impossible to make any noticeable pitch changes during the last 10 feet without applying a large amount of yoke input. But after doing tons of landings with AT engaged, I noticed that the aircraft becomes much more sensitive in the flare when AT is engaged. This is not my imagination...try it yourself if you haven't already. To notice the difference even more, you must try making pitch changes about 20-5 feet above the ground in both scenarios (one with AT, one without AT). You will notice that the aircraft is very forgiving and that you can easily make changes to the pitch attitude right before touchdown versus not having AT on. Anyways, feel free to comment on what you guys think of the difference, and it'd be interesting to know what Boeing refers to this behavior as. Thanks -Mark Javornik

Awesome shots guys!! I encourage everyone to keep them coming! I can't wait to get my hands on the radar and I'll be sure to post some pics of my weather encounters too when I get back from my trip. Thanks again guys

Hi guys, I am currently overseas and I can't wait to get home and install SP1 and to buy the 300ER! Anyways, since an accurate WXR is such a new thing to FSX, I thought it'd be nice to have one post that contains screen shots of the WXR-2100 in action! Anyways, if you have the time, users of SP1 should definitely post some shots of the bad weather they are flying around (or at least hopefully around haha). Weather you're hitting some storms on final approach, or avoiding high altitude CB's over the Pacific, share your shots! Thanks -Mark Javornik

Great news! Can't wait and I'm glad you are back and healthy Rob! Haha although I will be away from home when it comes out. :(

Haha thanks for reminding me to update it. The information on my profile was from my older PC build, but now it has the new information.

Hi again and just a quick update. I installed the VAS usage monitor and did a test flight from Singapore to Tokyo Narita, a flight that took me about 6 and a half hours. By the time I took off I used about 2.6gb of VAS (PMDG 777, Active Sky Next, REX Textures, and GSX were all used). Settings were also almost maxed out (traffic sliders at 0 due to VATSIM traffic, and LOD slightly reduced along with auto gen and scenery complexity a notch below max). The VAS remained about the same through the whole flight, actually slightly decreasing to 2.5gb used. I then eventually commenced the descent down into Narita, did a go around (long story), and made a nice smooth touchdown of -66fpm. I taxied to the gate, connected to ground power and external air through the FS Actions menu in the FMC, and GSX was already running by this point (they marshalled me in and began the deboarding process). By the time this was all said and done, the final VAS usage was right at 3.1gb. Keep in mind that most of the cruise, the VAS remained almost locked at 2.5gb, so I think I helped fix (or workaround) the issue using the suggestions made here by lowering the LOD and downloading the "Fix It" tool on Kostas' page. Thanks everyone for the help

Those are some amazing repaints and I enjoyed reading your post! I fly for a VA and I do get the urge (especially after reading this) to do a flight that doesn't end up in a major airport. Maybe Santiago, Chile to New Caledonia with a stop in Easter Island! Thanks for the post and awesome repaints!

May I ask what the LOD setting is? Haha sorry for the ignorance

Thanks for the replies. I have used the bojote tweaking tool and there is a very noticeable fps improvement! I get about 10fps more on average. The only negative side effect is that I will rarely get a crash. I got an error saying FSX has stopped working, and I believe that this is related to the cfg tweaks. Any thoughts? Btw I also installed the "Fix It" file provided by Kostas to help the OOM issue provided on his website. Thanks

Hi, the only FSX cfg tweak I have is the Highmemfix. I have an i7 4930k over clocked to 4.1ghz with 16gb of ram and a GTX 780. I have no add on scenery besides FSDreamteam JFK and I use Active Sky Next with REX textures. Besides that I only using payware aircraft alongside FSInn (for VATSIM). Also, Bojote simply analyzes a copy of the FSX cfg and sends you a new one. It is not like the fsps tools available. Anyways thanks for the help and do you have any more tips for OOM workarounds or cfg edits? Thanks

Hi guys, for the first time, I received an out of memory crash in FSX using the PMDG 777 on the Seattle to Hong Kong leg. Anyways, I am well aware about the limitations of FSX and that there is no real workaround to the problem besides lowering some settings. Anyways, I am considering using Bojote's tweaking tool now. I know that it won't solve the issue, but I've heard about the numerous performance boosts people have got from it. Does anyone else use this tool and does it affect any add ons (ex: PMDG planes) in a negative way? Thanks

I love hand flying the aircraft, especially the 777. On departure, I always hand fly it up to 20,000ft before flicking on the AP. On the descent, I usually take manaul control of the aircraft at around 5,000 feet or before the final turn onto final approach.

O ok its looking great! Thanks for the reply

Sorry if this has been covered before, but the taxi cams are only viewable as a 2D pop-up, correct? Just wondering and great job!

Your viewpoint most likely drifted behind the headrest. FSX tries to simulate inertia by shifting the head position based on how the plane is moving, and sometimes it'll be just the right amount so that you are behind the headrest without it rendering into view. Try moving the viewpoint forward by pressing ctrl + backspace OR ctrl + shift (I forgot which one moves the viewpoint foward) at the same time. Hope this helps

Well, I hope to eventually become a pilot in real life, haha. I am still in high school but at least in FSX, I only use AP above 20,000 ft on the climb out and until about 5,000 and always hand fly the approaches.