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EHM-1703 Philip:
Ok, I'm now the proud owner of the PSS 777 so I will be spending the next 2 weeks in the Simulator trying to get up to speed.
I know Robert has said he will try and get the repaint done for us in time (Thanks very much Robert, I know I will appreciate it) but what version should we choose from the IVAO MTL for our flight? I suppose the standard Boeing Commercial Aircraft version would be closest to our livery. What do you other 777 pilots think?
Cheers,
EHM-0654 Murray:
Robert, that's a little weird.
I let FSN auto-calc a route last night (funnily enough, while I was letting FS fly the RouteFinder route), and it was 4600nm with the same Bermuda/Azores trans-Atlantic hop.
Without real-world weather on the RF route takes around 9 hrs, but I will be running it again over the weekend with ASV weather and I suspect the Jetstream will be a big help.
I also have a nasty feeling that going that far south will see you in the Easterly jetstream. Much like Iain, I have no documentary proof of this, but I remember the Corriolis Effect means that the jetstreams in the Northern hemisphere run to the East in the Northern North Atlantic and to the West in the Southern North Atlantic...
EHM-0948 Bruno:
Hi,
Well, I suggest you start suggesting flight plans because we will need to choose one.
Murray will look at them and select one.
About the PSS 777 I am using it for the last 8/10 flights and the airplane is absolutely awsome. I suggest you do some tests around an airport to see how it behaves. Also, there is a new flight dynamics pack developped from a guy that will place the airplane more realistic.
The link for it is : http://rapidshare.de/files/10384404/PSS_777_FDE_v1.0.zip.html (then click the "FREE" button).
Regards,
EHM-1703 Philip:
Thanks for the link Bruno, I will take a look at it now.
She was only delilvered at Boeing Field yesterday so I ran through the tutorial flight from the PSS website last night (instead of reading the manual cover to cover)
Everything was great until I came to establishing on the GS. For some reason, the aircraft didn't lock the glideslope so I ended up going around and trying again, still no joy. It established on the localizer and followed correct heading, but it just did not decend. Is there a seperate switch for the second Autopilot like on the Airbus series for performing CAT I or CAT II landings? I can't see that I missed anything, maybe I just put something wrong in the FMC. (Or maybe its the Nasty Flat Battery problem that plagues the PSS Airbuses) Anyway, once the Lisboa-Dakar event is put to bed, I will spend the next 2 weeks flying curcuits and short hops in the Trip 7 to get used to her.
EHM-0654 Murray:
Hmm... Well Phil, looking at the panel manual (as I have yet to land the 777) all you need to do is engage the APP button and the panel logic takes care of the rest (capturing LOC and GS, turning on the three A/P units for AUTOLAND...)
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