tonymerry

I am convinced that either the drag coefficient (in the programming) or the air brake efficiency are incorrect for the 737. I am aware that it is a slippery beast, but so are the 777 and the Airbus series. Slowing down the 777 & Airbus is no great problem, whilst at descent rates of anything over 1,000 f.p.m the 737 actually accelerates & constant use of the inefficient air brakes is required. This is not true to real operation of a 737. Yes I do use F1 to check the throttles are fully retarded & the problem remains if fully using Vnav. Does anyone have any suggestions re the problem, as it spoils the realism of an otherwise fantastic aircraft. Tonym

On several occasions after landing & taxying to the stand, white smoke is streaming back from under the fuselage. This carries on non stop, even after stopping engines. What is this supposed to represent? Is it overheated brakes or snow? Tonym

Thanks for the suggestions guys. I am using "before" as in "Before Start Checklist" etc. Following your suggestions I have retrained the speech recognition with the phrases starting with before & now only have to say it a couple of times to get it recognised. I also find it helps if said in a slight American accent. I guess the speech recognition is still far from perfect. Thanks again Tonym

I have an ongoing problem getting the speech recognition to accept the spoken word "before". All the other checklists are no problem & work fine, but all the ones that start with the word "before", I have to say multiple times to get recognition. This is most annoying. I have followed all the voice training routines & tried all manner of ways of saying the word without success. Does anyone else have this problem & have they found a solution? Otherwise this is a great programme. Tonym

Hi Bryan Thanks for the suggestions, I will check them out. Regards Tonym

Hi Bryan No I have not selected Visual approach. Are you saying that in SP1 the FO will not make approach call outs? Tonym

Hi Bryan Call outs I would like are 1000ft on approach, 500ft & 100 above. None of these are forthcoming in SP1, so at the moment I have the pmdg call outs activated. I have the "Approach "checklist completed & the "Landing" checklist works O.K. So am at a loss to know why the call outs don't work. Tonym

I have ticked all the boxes for call outs of the final landing altitudes, but don't get any call outs. All other replies etc as per the book. I tried replacing the call outs with those in the pmdg set up but those don't work either. Are the two programmes cancelling each other out, or am I not doing something right on the approach? Any suggestions appreciated. Tonym

Hi Scandinavian13 Thanks for the suggestions. After a lot of trials I have solved the problem (by accident!). I always start in the turnaround configuration and with the reinstall had selected an oddball set up. I changed the start config to the pmdg short turnaround and mysteriously the rudder problem disappeared. Don't know why. Thanks again. Tonym

Just had to reinstall the pmdg 737ngx to install fs2crew & now the rudder in the simulation is stuck over to the right & won't move. It works fine on other aircraft. Have checked the calibration of my Saitek Combat pedals & this is all o.k. Any suggestions to cure the problem will be appreciated. Tonym

As far as I am aware I am operating more or less by the book. Using the FMC to control the descent. But to give you an example, try the flight from ENBR to ENTC, the final approach is via TULDA at 12000ftA then 9 miles to UMSEG at 6000ftA then to ETUTU at 5000ft and 11 miles to the runway 01 at 77ft. During all of that descent the spoilers were fully deployed, but it was impossible to keep the speed below 250 knots under 10000ft. and impossible to get the speed down to 150kts for landing. That is the sort of thing I am referring to. Your comment will be appreciated. Tonymerry

The 737 is impossible to keep to a set speed, i.e. 250 knots, if the rate of descent is anything much above 1600 fpm. This is with the spoilers up & pressing F1 to ensure throttles are fully back. I am sure that the real 737 is not that slippery, as on Flight radar you can see them descending at up to 2000+ fpm. Does anyone else suffer from this problem or am I not doing something right? Tony merry

Can anyone tell me whether the download PMDG-737-8900NGX-3219-SP1c.zip is the correct one to update the box version to the latest updated version. Thanks in anticipation. TonyM

Thanks for that Scandinavian. Is it simply a matter of uninstalling the 777, or are there other files that need deleting prior to reinstalling the update? TonyM

Is the box version of the 777 updated to SP1? TonyM