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Good afternoon from a grey and rainy Taipei. Today, we find ourselves in the cockpit of Shanghai Airlines 802 and will soon be departing for Shanghai. Pre-flight checks completed, passengers loaded, and doors closed, we push back from Gate 10 at Songshan airport and are treated to a lovely view of Taipei 101 peaking through the low clouds L8R Taipei A few minutes after departure, we break through the clouds on our way up to 35,000 feet Now in PRC airspace and climbing up to 11,000 meters, the clouds begin to break up and we see Zhejiang province below us ' I believe this is Linhai, a beautiful city near Taizhou famous for its old town, and especially its medieval-era walls built during the Tang dynasty Now on our descent into Pudong we leave Zhejiang over Hangzhou Bay, flight spoilers out Weaving through the busy airspace, the soup gradually thickens as we're sequenced onto the approach for 35R at Pudong Gear down, flaps 15 over the farmland and exurbs of greater Shanghai Touchdown! A quick clean up, and a hop skip and a jump to the nearby Terminal 1 and we're parking at Gate 3 One more look before we head off to immigration and customs Hope you enjoyed!

Hi all, I am using the PMDG 737-800 together with FS2Crew. Whenever I am on final approach and try do disconnect the autopilot, my FO always re-engages it (he says "CMD A"). I was always doing a standard CAT I ILS approach, was stable and properly configured. Obviously I'd like to try some other types of approaches in the future, such as RNAV and Visual approaches, but am unsure if I'll be able to hand fly the aircraft with FS2Crew.. Otherwise it has been working flawlessly and I am really pleased with the addon. Does anyone know if this is just a bug or if it's a specific issue. I've read through the manual and not sure if I missed something. Anyways, I'd like to disengage the autopilot (especially during my approach/landing) as I please. Thanks in advance for the help and suggestions, G

Hello, I have a problem with variables in my PMDG 737. I use a VRInsight Combo II and it actually works very well. Now there is a file for the PMDG and the Combo II for the displays from a German guy on Flightsim.to. With the first versions he used a variable for speed, HDG and altitude, which also worked for me. Only the speed value could not be changed from knots to mach. Since the last version it uses (PMDG:MCP_IASMach) for the speed display, so that the value changes from knots to Mach and vice versa. This variable doesn't work for me. I was in contact with him and via "Observe Variables in Simulator" we tested if there is a problem. The value changes for him as soon as he turns the speed knob in MSFS with the mouse. If I turn the speed knob in my MSFS, the value remains 0. The combo display shows ".00". If I turn the speed knob on the combo, the display value in the PMDG changes. The value ".00" remains in the display of the combo What can be the cause? Even with the new values (for example (PMDG:MCP_Altitude)) the observer does not recognize any value changes. Regards Thomas from Austria

Just out of curiosity and in the light of the by now completed PMDG 737 series, which 737 do you own and which one(s) do you still intend to buy?

Firstly, I wasn't sure which forum this should go in so if a mod see's fit to move it somewhere else then do what you need to do. The question is a simple one....what is this thing? I have been wondering for ages. I want poke it and see what it does. I have a theory which is no doubt wrong so what on earth is it?

Hey Guys, Just released this one. Being an ex-Navy guy, I figiured I needed to get one out, and I wanted to do the older version of the C-40 when she wore "Stars-n-Bars". Sadly the world has made the Navy strip off all military markings as they are just a target, but I thought it really set her apart from the average 737. 🙂 I did the "Spirit of New York City" in honor of 9/11....I may paint more "cities" as time goes on. You can get her by clicking the link in my sig. I like how she turned out....just sad we don't have a real combi model so I had to use the Passenger model and paint on the Cargo door. The other way...using the Cargo model and painting fake windows on...just looked horrible, so we can't open the Cargo door...but she looks authentic this way.

Testing how she does in multiplayer...she does just fine! 1st time in history that I've seen 3 of my paints in the sim at the same time! 🙂

PMDG 737-700. I was on a wet runway tonight and decided to check external view during the engine start. When I start the right engine, the jet blast / water movement comes from the left engine. Then when I start the left engine, the blast comes from the right engine. Something's reversed. Just FYI. 737 Immersion, Precip FX, P3D v3.4

Hello, I was wondering if anyone could help out with activation of my pmdg 737ngx activation. I have had an issue with it for a couple days. Pmdg sent a stand alone activation software installed in my root and ran my key with nothing I bought the 737 in 2015 and since updating recently it's been the "no fan blade" graphic on all models and all the gauges are black and vc is unusable ... thanks

So is there any plans for a 737 update after this? LCD lighting, New engine ignition switches, Split Scimitar winglets, etc? IF SO GREAT!!! I CANT WAIT!!! If not what about going into a regional jet like the EMB175/190 or the ERJ145, or the CRJ200/700/900? I know the 747-8i is in production for the expansion pack obviously, but the 737 can use an update.

Reading Qualitywings Q3 update its now obvious their 737 300/400/500 wont come this year and not sure if in 2017... Seeking for temporary substitute i found that Wilco is marketing their 737 Evo as Supper Guppy 737 now (not sure why this is how they Call it). They say its P3D ready. There is a link on their website directing to compatybility matrix where it says 737 Evo is P3D 1.4 only and not for v2 nor v3. But the table refers to Evo not the Super Guppy. Has anybody purchesed its most recent variant and tested it under P3D v3? Info would be highly appreciated. Regards, Kris

Greeting, First time posting here, I will try to be the most specific possible. Im try to use the autoland function when arriving to CYUL from KJFK, during descent after configuring the 2Nav radio with the 6R runway ILS and the course for both also I proceed in the pedestal to configure the altitude and length of the runway ( in this case 9600, I taught that was my error but then I tried with the 6L runway that is 11000 and still the same) I have my route configured in my FMS , in the autopilot I have engage VNAV both FD A/T etc. During final approach before intercepting the G/S because im using ATC my heading is selected in the autopilot I press VOR/LOC to intercept the G/S and the APP and CMD B immediately the plane starts to make his approach but the PFD and copilot also shows on top PILOT CH in yellow surround by a square green then the square green disapears. Around 1600 fts the computer make his checks the G/S indicators blinks and then it should change to AUTOLAND 3 but change to CMD in green but star to show FLARE in white but no rollout, I down the HUD and in the corner I have this Aiii indicator flashing instead of being fix. The plane lands perfect but I want to know what im missing. Jorge Lazaro.

*Before Starting the topic , if this content is violating the EULA , please inform me so I can stop * Hello Captain , So as I was trying to paint the PAX seats of the 737 , the texture is working absolutely great at daytime But when switching up to night"time" , some of the default seats are showing up , here are the photos so you won't be confused : So what texture file should i edit to equalize it ? Thanks in advance

https://fselite.net/content/new-pmdg-737-for-msfs-cockpit-screenshots/

I suppose this question has been asked and answered before. Can' seem to find anything on it. Is it possible to run PMDG B737 NGX in FSX Steam Edition. It seems as if it installed OK, it shows up in the Aircraft menu, but the cockpit is "dead". No input with the mouse is possible. Please help. Hermann Kuhne

i recently bought the PMDG 737. Everything works fine except for the HUD/HGS What can i do for fixing it? i already tried reinstalling but still happening

Hello everyone Since the last update the nose-wheel-steering of my 737 is not working anymore, well the wheel is actually turning but it seems like it has no friction and the plane keeps going straight... Does anyone know what to do? Did I miss something? Thanks, Andreas Schultes

Folks, I'm after that first pointer to get things going from which I believe I'll be able to get there myself. I've been trawling forums and manuals for days and can't seem to unpick this - if you know of a thread, here or elsewhere, that answers this, a pointer to it would be gratefully received. My Setup I'm running P3d 2.5 on my main computer (called "Flight1"). I have FSUIPC and Wideclient (registered versions) installed and working fine. I'm running the PMDG 737 (though will ultimately want to expand what I'm doing here to other aircraft in so far as that is possible). I have installed LINDA 2.6.3 on this PC. I have a second PC ("Flight 2") on which I run, FS Global Real Weather, FS Commander - all working fine. On this PC I also run SIOC (OpenCockpits software) and have built my own MCP using the USB interface, Mastercard, etc. Note that the OC Hardware is connected to Flight2 not the main P3D operating computer, Flight1. Background I have reached the stage where I am able to read the status of the PMDG MCP LEDS (e.g. CMD_A lit or not) and replicate this fine on my own hardware. I've done this using the SIOC code to read the status via WideClient/FSUIPC. This bit (after some head scratching to get there !) is fine. I can also operate the switches/buttons on my hardware and see the state change in the SIOC monitor, so I know the wiring at the end is correct. My difficulty I now understand that you can't programme (i.e. read a switch state and send it to the PMDG 737 in a similar way to how you read the status of items. From the reading I have done, I understand I will need to use LINDA and/or FSUIPC ".evt" (event) programming. Now this is where I'm getting stuck and would appreciate some insights from others. A few questions (that may be wide of the mark but will probably tell you where I'm at trying to hunt this down) I have installed LINDA on Flight1 (main P3D running computer) - is this the correct place to put it ? (I believe so) How can I link a state change on my hardware (that I can see in SIOC monitor) to the process of sending the command to the PMDG ? Does anyone know of any examples that would lead me through this ? Even a simple one that says "put this file here, change this value to coorrespond to your switch input and this one to the PMDG offset value from the SDK and it will work", just for one switch, would be great - I could then build off of this What I'm not necessarily after I'm not really after a "download this and it will do it answer" though I accept that this may assist me in unpicking things. Given that I'm building my own hardware from the ground up (no pun intended !), I need to understand this so that I can do different/odd things later if required. Thanks for your patience folks and I look forward to that "key" that will unlock the next step for me. Cheers, Rob

Cannot find any past reference to backing up. The manual states that you can have one provided only one copy is installed. My question is If I can have one, How do I get it. Thanks

Hi all. I am wondering if anyone knows of a way to tweak the engine sounds of the PMDG 737. In particular, in real life 737's, at idle when throttling down, I notice the rumble of the engine, and the full power grind when at full power. These both sound different than they do in the simulator, and I was wondering if I could try to tweak them. I have Audacity on my laptop, and I'm wondering if you can use that (and if so, how?) to modify the sounds. Or even if someone knows of a sound pack that has what I'm looking for. Hopefully someone can help me out! Thanks, Ethan

Some randoms I took today in FSX:SE. Flew KORD-KTPA and then over to KFLL. Sorry for the low res, I have a crappy old monitor This one is my last leg which is going right now, KFLL-KMDW