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After saving newley entered load manifest and fuel data in the PMDG B-747-400F load folder and then going into MSFS that data is not being transferred into the MSFS PMDG 747-400F in the payload and fuel section. What I am I doing wrong?? Regards Dale Johnson Retired FAA

In a similar fashion like Switzerland there is now a highly detailed open source dataset available for all the buildings in The Netherlands. It is the result of a project of TU Delft, a big (aviation) technology university in the Netherlands. https://3dbag.nl/en/viewer LOD 2.2 as they call it even contains the info on sloped roofs for example. Probably too late for this data to be included in the upcoming World Update but maybe at a later stage... Regards, Sylvain

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As the title says, How can I learn the weather over intersections without using the fsx default map? But I want to know wind data for certain altitudes. I have REX overdrive. Help me!

Hi all. Just curious about how the nav data and other information is updated each month on a FMC in real life/real world. Is it done over-the-air (wirelessly) or does a technician connects a hardrive with the new info with a data cable? Who provides the airline with said info each month?Thanks, and regards. Armando Arjona

Hello PMDG 777 Enthusiasts, Background Some of you know me from recently participating in the various VAS/OOM/leak threads involving the 777, as well as some of the lengthier ones dating back to late last year. I had the pleasure of helping Ryan M. and the PMDG Team test the most-recent 777 release after a few of us (myself, pcubine, and others) identified what appeared to be a memory leak in a weird combination of circumstances. Robert described this in pretty lengthy, accurate detail here: http://forum.avsim.net/topic/468259-07may15-detailed-discussion-of-resolved-777-vas-leak/ . He used the term "pesky" to describe it, I certainly didn't choose such polite language trying to track it down . (Robert, if you're reading this, and someone criticizes your team for "taking so long" on the 747v2, please feel free to blame me as the sole root cause ). How we identified the source of the VAS leak was a very trying process. Trying our collective patience, more than anything, I'd say. By the time I started realizing I was having a problem, to the identification of the source here...was somewhere on the scale of 3-4 months maybe, if I recall correctly. One of the keys, as I've harped on over and over again (as has the PMDG Support Team), is isolation of variables and repeatability. Just like a good old science fair project, keeping constants, changing one variable at a time, hypothesizing, and proving/disproving such a hypothesis in a conclusion. This is absolutely vital to generate the valuable data developers need to identify potential problems and act upon them. I come from an engineering/flight test background so I will likely sound like a broken record by the end of the thread, repeating those last few sentences. With a few other users posting about VAS usage still and OOMs after the latest 777 patch, I thought I might be able to help rope in the scope and breadth of all of these posts across multiple threads. Some contain some helpful information, others don't. So, I think it may be helpful for the PMDG Team, if we can do our best, as community, to perform the same type of controlled tests, and hopefully summarize this information and give something discernible to the developers to decide if further action is required. I'm not going to spend any time here describing how OOMs and VAS usage infinitely varies based on individual systems (PMDG manual introductions do a good job of that). In fact, I'm a firm believer that *most* of the time, VAS usage and increases over time are a result of settings and setup. OK, so you need some controlled data...how do you propose doing that? How can I participate? So, what I'd like to do is compile a set of scenarios for any interested users to take part in. That includes both users who still suspect abnormal 777 VAS usage after the most recent build, and those who don't. These scenarios (I'll call them "Test Cards") will take on a build-up approach, again attempting to isolate variables, starting with a VAS baseline and eventually expanding into specific flights. The best way I can think of distributing these Test Cards is via DropBox as I create them. I'll post links to updated Test Cards and users can download at their leisure. These Test Cards specify individual tests and settings for users to configure their sims to and execute. The first few tests will be baselines and ground tests, with middle-of-the-road, conservative settings. I understand that most would like to run with some higher settings, based on the more powerful systems today. It is important, though, to start in the middle of the envelope, baseline as much as we can, then start adding in the extras. However, this testing must be focused on the 777's DIRECT effect on VAS (and it's increase over time in certain scenarios, if present). Adding in 100 sceneries and ultra HD textures does not help the overall community cause. The front of each Test Card contains a Test Data Sheet. This form will be your way of submitting data back to me. After the completion of a specific test, please fill out the information I ask for accordingly and either send me a link in this thread, a screenshot, or a private message. I'll try my best to create a master archive of this data which we may be able to use to generate conclusions down the road. I'll be honest, this is going to be an experiment in itself to gauge what kind of feedback and useful data I can gather from the community. Maybe it'll fail horribly. Hopefully not. Hopefully, I can see how things start off and adjust these tests as necessary to create some kind of beneficial data-reduced product. Full Disclosures and Disclaimers 1) PMDG has not asked me to do this. I'm also not an FSX aircraft programmer, nor have any inner-working knowledge of the PMDG 777. Repaints here and there? Yes. Gauges, aircraft, scenery? Nope. Searching and reading the forums, and the vast amount of discussion on the subject, I see countless posts regarding 777 VAS. I can only imagine my head would be spinning if I were a PMDG Moderator (though I'm sure they all have more message board patience than I could ever have). If this data collection project is completely out of line, Moderators, please feel free to lock this post and smack me upside the head. 2) I do not own P3D or the 77W. I only own FSX SP2 and the 77L. And I do use DX10/Steve's Fixer, but not ReShare or SweetFX currently. Unfortunately, with recent discussions on the 77W, I can't test these out myself. For any settings I specify in Test Cards, if you own P3D, use your best judgment for similar settings. 3) It is absolutely imperative to start with a FULL, fresh install of the 777. No liveries, no previous cockpit states, nothing. Even AIRACs must be taken into consideration, so we will be starting off with the default PMDG AIRAC in the 777 (should be 1309). It would be even better if programs like REX, ActiveSky, FTX Global/Vector were uninstalled. (I mean, even more ideally, would be a fresh install of FSX - but I'm a realistic guy and know the participation rate would be near zero if I asked everyone to do that :wink: ). Many of the initial tests will ask for such add-ons and plug-ins to at least be disabled. 4) I do have a day job with a roller coaster of a schedule at times. Compiling data or creating new Test Cards for users to try may sometimes be slow. I love simming but there are just some days where I can't get on a computer to check forums or fly. 5) In general, this type of methodical testing can be a VERY tedious, time-consuming process. Since the ugly VAS monster reared its head previously on 5-8+ hour flights, our virtual Jet A bill is probably going to be through the roof. Time acceleration is worthless for these types of tests. You can easily fly EGLL-KLAX at 16x and "outrun" possible VAS leaks. 6) Feel free to call me crazy, make suggestions, comments, or provide feedback as we go. Also feel free to private message me. With that said... Here is the link to the first Test Cards/Test Data Sheets. These MUST be read in their ENTIRETY before testing. Test Card #B77L.1.1, #B77W.1.1, #B77L.1.1a VAS Baseline - http://bit.ly/1BaUc7e (B77L.1.1 must be performed before the 77W is installed, B77W.1.1 and B77L.1.1a must be performed after the 77W is installed) -------------------------------------- Thanks for reading and for your participation in advance, hopefully I can help a few users out with this project.

This is the second part of the Demographic Data to date.

This is part 1 (Questions 1 through 10) of the 2013 Demographic Survey as of today. This survey runs through the end of the year, and if you have not yet taken it, we encourage you to do so. As of today, the following charts represent the input from 1217 participants. If you have not yet taken the survey, you can do so here.

Flightsimulator: Prepar3D v4.5. Airplane Carenado C172SP G1000 with SVS. I have a subscription to Navigraph Charts data. Using Navigraph FMS data manager I updated also "Carenado (all products)" in P3D to the current cycle "2008 rev 1". The G1000 system reports to be: 2563.02 (c) 2011-13 Garmin Ltd or subs. Database: - Checklist File: (not filled-in). - Basemap Land 2.00. SafeTaxi Expires 20-11-2020. - Terrain 2.04. Airport Terrain 2.04. - Obstacle Expires 13-MAR-2020. - Aviation Expires 23-NOV-2020. Chart Data: N/A. After updating the Navigraph maps using the FMS Data Manager app; at the moment of loading the airplane, popped-up a window of Carenado, starting with the text: "PLEASE WAIT Building Navigtraph Database. This may take some minutes". After this popup window disappeared I started the airplane engine. I saw the G1000 equipment start up. Then I began using the G1000 system. I discovered that various VOR frequencies of the Munich airport (EDDM) and vicinity, shown in the Navigraph Charts application for MS Windows, when used in P3D tuned to other VOR stations. I also discovered that, for example, the Munich airport VORs "DMN" and "DMS" were listed in the G1000 equipment in a list of "NDB" stations. I saw that the frequency of the VOR with ID "DMS" was correctly mentioned in the list of NDB stations, but when selecting the frequency 115.0 MHz in the VOR1 receiver the G1000 system displayed the ID "HDO" instead of "DMS". So, the VOR1 receiver was tuned to another VOR station. Can anyone explain me what is going wrong here, please? And, if possible, enlight me with a solution or work-around. Thank you,

Hi Everyone, It's been a few years since I played Flight Simulator 9 and the great PMDG 737 model. I'm finding my feet again with using the systems etc At some stage in the future I would like to do some online flying again. However I notice the current AIRAC Cycle in use on my aircraft is 0313 (very old indeed). As I understand you must update the FMS Data with Navigraph. My question is, if I download the latest AIRAC (1401) it will obviously update my FMC with new information (airways, fixes, vor's etc) but will it update it with new SID'S and Star's also? Or is there something else I need to purchase? At the moment I am doing a lot of offline flying out of EIDW using old SID's and Star's but I will need to update them before going online as there were a lot of changes made since AIRAC 0313. Thanks very much for your time, hopefully it's not a silly question.

Hello, The EADI and navigation displays don't display any information, for example, on the speed bar, compass and vertical speed indicator, on my J41. They are on as I can see the artificial horizon and compass etc, however no data is displayed. I'd be very grateful if someone could provide a solution, Thank you

Hi, I've recently purchased some scenery for Hong Kong Kai Tak and as the airport was not in the database I received some files from a friend. I've checked and edited the position in the .cfg files but when I load VHHX in the POS INIT page of the FMC it displays a wrong position which was included as a part of the file when I got it. The result is that the aircraft thinks the airport is 10nm to the west of it's actual position and I'm beginning to believe that it's impossible to edit the position of an airport. Thanks for any responses :)

I was wondering whether it is absolutely necessary to subscribe to AIRAC data updates (from Navigraph) if one desires to fly an FMS aircraft (like PMDG 737NGX) on VATSIM? Thank you! Grant