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I love the interface you are using for the ECL (very clever) I bought the CS777 in the 9.99 sale and the ECL was very awkward to use. Needless to say,it was uninstalled before installing the PMDG 777

Hello guys, I'm having a little issue, not big deal, but maybe it is something on my side. When using the Electronics Checklist the windows mouse pointer is flickering when I move it inside the display. If I don't move it stays invisible. I tried changing the windows pointers to a basic configuration but it didn't worked. Maybe someone have a solution. Thanks! Currently in a KATL-LFPG flight!! This beauty is impressive.

I love the interface you are using for the ECL (very clever) I bought the CS777 in the 9.99 sale and the ECL was very awkward to use. Needless to say,it was uninstalled before installing the PMDG 777

Hello I am using the fantastic B777-300 When viewing the ECL display I find it very awkward that the various settings for the display are are positioned far over on the right of the MCP display. At the moment I do not use Track IR which will probably make viewing of the ECL display easier The only way I can think of viewing the ECL settings is bring up the EFIS MCP RIGHT panel Is it possible to change the position of the ECL display? Is there an easier way to view the ECL screen ECL settings? Should I get "Track IR" even with only one monitor Any advice most welcome Clive Alexander

Captains! One of my favourite things about getting to grips with the PMDG 777 is not just that you learn how to operate a new machine in the ‘day-to-day’ sense, but that there are wonderfully complex systems beneath the surface, designed for those ‘one-in-a-million’ events most of us will never encounter. I’ve fast learned that the 777 handles uneventful flights, well, uneventfully. Don’t get me wrong, this plane is an absolute joy to operate, from start to finish, but those of you who have cut their teeth on the NGX will find yourselves surprised at how many processes and actions the 777 actually does for you “behind the scenes”. I still find myself looking up at the overhead panel after start, thinking “I must have forgotten to do something here” but in fact, nope, it’s all been taken care of! Electrics, bleed air, many systems are configured as required. The checklists are elegant, and very easy to accomplish using the ECL (Electronic CheckList). Checklists associated with critical phases of flight are minimalist and/or the items on that list are largely automatically checked off so a simple glance will confirm that you’re configured for that phase. This is really helpful in the single pilot environment that is FSX. Where things get really interesting, though, is during abnormal situations. That’s where the smarts of the 777 really show, and that’s what I want to cover in the rest of this post. DISCLAIMER: I am not versed in any of the memory items or operating procedures of the 777 with regards to the following failure. Please don’t post telling me that I did a, b or c wrong. What I’m trying to demonstrate here is how a pilot with limited procedural understanding gets assisted by the system when a major failure occurs. -------------- So. I’m in the cruise from Barcelona (LEBL) to Lisbon (LPPT), minding my own business when this pops up. Hmmm. OK. Let’s look at the HYD page. Oookaaaaayyyy, and it’s decreasing. Looks like we’ve got ourselves a leak! Once the Hydraulic reservoir quantity falls below a certain level, the pumps can no longer maintain the 3000psi and so the entire centre system drops off line. OK. Let’s work the checklist. We set the ADP 1 to ON, and obviously we know that the answer to the checklist condition is “no”. So let’s select that option. Note the checklist now reads as complete, as I've already configured the overhead by the time I took this image, but we still have a page (or two) of information to look at. Hmm, OK so we have a fair few systems knocked offline here. No auto speedbrake/spoilers, and we’ll be using ALTN gear and flaps, limiting our landing config to flap 20 for the reasons stated in the ECL notes. Not a life threatening emergency, but a few of those systems that we take for granted have “gone INOP” this evening. Oh, and check out that flight controls page... Note that despite all of this, the aircraft is happily cruising along, as if it hadn’t a care in the world. This is good, as it allows us in this single pilot environment to “work the problem” and strategise. As the ECL has told me I need to allow more time for flap and gear deployment, I’ll set up a hold at ADSAD and configure during the hold. That way I can take as long as I need to set up before I exit and commence the approach. Right that does the trick there. Now, we’re coming up on TOD, so let’s follow our normal procedures here. The descent is unremarkable from here, we get ATC clearance to hold at ADSAD not below 4000ft, so we set 4000ft on the MCP, and head on down. Once we’re in the hold, VNAV has slowed us down to 240knots so we can get on with flap extension. We arm the ALTN flap system and review the checklist page. It doesn’t tell us anything we didn’t already know from our earlier review of the notes, so we’re good to go. Rotate the ALTN flap selector to EXT and the flaps SLOWLY start to extend to 20. This reflects the nature of the real 777, where the alternate system drives the flaps electrically, rather than hydraulically. Here I’ve gone into VS and MCP SPD modes to slow down, while leaving LNAV to fly us around the hold. By the time we turn inbound to ADSAD the flaps are at 20 degrees. Not long after leaving the hold, we lower the gear. With three greens, and flaps set to 20 I have brought the speed back and armed the approach. We’re good to continue! Note as we conduct the landing checklist, I skip the Speedbrake using the ITEM OVRD option on the ECL. You’ll recall that the use of the auto speedbrake was prevented, as per the notes. We’ll manually deploy that on the ground. From here, the last few minutes of the flight is fairly unremarkable. I ease it on, deploy speed brakes and apply manual braking to roll out. Piece of cake! So there you have it. A reasonably ‘serious’ failure, but one that is entirely manageable thanks to the robust system redundancy on the 777 and the fantastic resource that is the ECL. I might add that there are dozens of pages of checklists to help you through almost every type of failure that a real 777 could encounter. PMDG have nailed this aspect of the airplane, and I can't stress just how useful it is! As for me? I have a tonne of paperwork to do now. Rob is a mean chief pilot when it comes to incident reports… Cheers

I love the interface you are using for the ECL (very clever) I bought the CS777 in the 9.99 sale and the ECL was very awkward to use. Needless to say,it was uninstalled before installing the PMDG 777

Before anyone may attempt to jump down my throat - I tried searching this topic through the forum but could not locate it. I've noticed for some time since flying the 777 that there are times when completing the ECL that some items do not automatically check within the list. There are many items that do automatically check themselves once you're carried out certain settings/actions. My questions are these: 1. When in Shutdown mode within the ECL, I notice that all items on the list automatically check as you progress through them (ie setting fuel pumps to off, setting hydraulics, etc) - however, when you release the park brake (as chocks are set) the Park Brake does not automatically check within the list like all the other items - is there a reason it's not being recognized? 2. Whilst conducting the descent checklist in the ECL, the Auto-Brake is not auto checked once you turn it to your desired setting? Is that correct? (I mention this, as whilst on the ground and in the Before Taxi checklist - the ECL automatically checks and recognizes when you turn the Auto Brake to RTO - so why doesn't it recognize your setting whilst in the air whilst completing the Descent Checklist)?

As we near the release of the PMDG 777X base pack I thought it would be useful to create a single forum topic where all the 777 features and info (such as EFB, taxi camera, ECL) that have been debated (and resolved by the development team) are put together to form a more or less concrete picture/idea of what we are going to get upon release. This should also help newcomers find out what to expect and prevent creating topics on subjects that have been discussed months ago. I'll start with what I know: *777-200LR basepack *ECL included *EFB will be added as a service pack later on *Full VC cockpit and modelling and other PMDG features *Accurate sound simulated *Full simulation of 777 performance and *All boeing options will be modelled (like the NGX) *Options accessilbe through the FMC (like the NGX) *Real-time refuelling availble like the MD11 (please correct if wrong) *777-300ER willl be the first addon *The next addon will the 200ER/F *Then we will have the 200/300 models (depending on market interest) If a topic like mine already exists, please delete

I love the interface you are using for the ECL (very clever) I bought the CS777 in the 9.99 sale and the ECL was very awkward to use. Needless to say,it was uninstalled before installing the PMDG 777

I am missing an ATC prompt on the EICAS "LARGE ATC MESSAGE", when I select COMM as requested, there are no messages on the pictured PDC regarding ATC, the bottom line is I did not have an ATC uplink, so no new messages as shown on page 35 of TUTORIAL 1.5. Thank you all for any reply. Jacobus Homan