I start from cold and dark as well, everytime. Don’t get it….what snags? Don’t have a Problem to use it with my warthog throttles, my external Airbus MCDU and partly with my external Airbus FCU.
Just flown a 4 hrs leg today. Longest task after powering up is flightplanning….
Is there a good tutorial on programming the route in the FMC when there is no SID available?
I’m missing a piece of the puzzle here (basic knowledge of FMC) as normally I always select the SID and the STAR and LNAV/VNAV works. I want to fly a route from YBMA to YBBN: YBMA/16 DCT MA J89 UNVAT V327 HAWKE Y340 LAMUG Y177 BN DCT YBBN/19L
Would take a look in the charts, e.g. Skyvector and would puzzle my own „SID“ with existing waypoints.For RWY16 I would go via RILVO and then to southeast on the airway, or you can go to SARIK on your actual airway.
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So the routing would simply be YBMA runway 16 departure with ‘vectors to MA. So you would depart runway 16 and then ‘vector’ or go direct to MA. If there’s no SID it’s just vectors to your first waypoint. So in the FMC it should be whatever runway points which usually have an initial of like 520’ or something and then MA J89 UNVAT…etc..
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@Sunday748 @anon44786522 Thank you, I’m putting the waypoints / route manually into the FMC, somehow can’t get the ‘first leg’ / waypoint MA into the LEGS page. Trying to simbrief those in now. Otherwise I’ll provide a screenshot.
The plan looks better with simbrief, not as messed up as I managed to 
but with the route activated and perf init executed still no lnav/vnav
And a nice picture just for fun, because it looks good in the outback
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Yeah you won’t get LNAV/VNAV because there’s more than a 30* difference between your departure heading and the heading to the waypoint. You’d be departing heading 16X and the waypoint is on a 060 heading. So you’d just need to set the runway heading in your heading selector and once airborne you can flip it around to the heading for MA and once you’re headed in that general direction LNAV should kick in. So for departures like this you’d want to depart using LVL CHG and heading. Once you’re more on course you can switch to VNAV/LNAV.
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Ah, in a similar situation I had the right heading and course but it seems now it wasn’t that similar I skipped that part indeed as I thought it wasn’t that crucial but I see now, trying that this evening. Thanks!
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Have fun. Once you get a few flights under your belt it’s very easy to figure out how you need to be configured based on the type of departure. For a SID you pretty much can use LNAV/VNAV from the get go. For non SID or vectored departures LVL CHG and heading until you’re on course.
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I’ve got the latest updates for everything in MSFS and updated the PMDG 737-700 today, but I’m unfortunately getting crashes to desktop.
Computer is:
Mac Pro 7,1 2019
Windows 11 Pro for Workstations (running natively)
Intel Xeon W3245 3.2ghz 16 core
48GB (6x8GB) ECC ram DDR 2933mhz (6 of 12 ram slots used)
AMD Radeon Pro W6800X 32GB
Windows and MSFS running on 1TB Samsung 980 NVME
HP Reverb G2
I haven’t changed anything with this machine other than the MSFS updates and it was previously stable. I managed to get about 5-10minutes from flight and then it crashes back to desktop.
It does appear to be more reliable in 2D mode but that’s no fun especially since I know my way around this plane very well.
Edit: Seems to be not 737 related, the FBW A320 also just crashed similar way. Sigh. 90 minutes of crashing to desktop. Try again next weekend.
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If there’s actually no SID available ATC would give you an initial vector. It could be something like “After departure maintain runway heading and climb XXX”. After that when you’re handed over to approach they would give you a direct to your route. The route is what’s written on paper. It’s not set in stone. In my experience it is very rare that we fly routes exactly as they are. Most of the times we’re on vectors.
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Wish MSFS ATC was coherent enough to actually give you realistic vectors. I know I can just provide my own but it’s not quite the same.
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I mentioned a pretty interesting RW 737 flight a few posts up (ANC to ADK), for those who have less time to spend, just noted that both AA and Delta have flights between KMIA and KMCO. The flight is all of 30 minutes or so, cruising at around 20K feet. Still get the enjoyment of dealing with a couple of very big, busy airports (especially if you are using the aftermarket Latin VFR MIA which is great) and you have some nice scenery to enjoy for the 5 minutes you are at cruise level.
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Flew into Heathrow in real life a few months back. Early AM arrival on a Delta 767-400. Noted that the pilot never used reverse thrust. Wondering if that is due to noise limits at 0700 local or there are occasions where in real life, reverse thrust is not used? I fly a fair amount (vast majority US domestic), that was the first landing I recall where just braking was used to slow down.
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Whenever it is possible, reverse will not be used. Landing distance is calculated without reverse anyway.
Why? Because it’s cheaper to change brakes than reverser, because it’s huge mechanical stress to use them.
Noise abatement is another thing.
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I know I am incredibly late to the party, but I finally bought a 737 – the -700 for flying in Alaska.
I cannot believe how incredibly well done this aircraft is. I am just stunned.
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Yes, I agree. I got the 737-600 for the bargain price of £34. Pretty much a steal!
Bit surprised though that circuit breakers weren’t modelled (not that I ever use them so no loss to me personally) and that the passenger area is fairly low res. Truth be told though great development decisions imo and especially so since fps is fantastic on my PC and with no lag or stutter.
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Well, this’ll be dependent on operator. We use detent 2 reverse by default, and our landing data very definitely includes credit for reverse thrust unless we specify otherwise.
Now takeoff data does not include reverse thrust usage in event of an RTO, because depending what you’re aborting for, you may not have it available or want to use it, for directional control reasons.
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You can arm VNAV off the ground even if not using LNAV. When we take off in heading select we typically still use VNAV off the ground, and this works in the PMDG. Also worth noting that LNAV won’t kick it as you turn towards the fix; you’ll need to be on an intercept course or select direct MA and then select LNAV.
Lots of different ways to do all this stuff.
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Does anyone know if the Parking brake issue with the PMDG is fixed in the last Beta Update? I have not had a chance to test yet, just wondering?
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