and on that note, is reverse thrust an “on/off” or do you flick the levers then push the throttle forward to increase reverse thrust, or perhaps it’s all done by the autothrottle?
- Totally agree!
- I’m using SPAD.neXt to drive an X-Touch Mini. A couple bumps at first but all sorted now.
- Absolutely love FSiPanel. I was hoping JP would incorporate the 777 quickly, and he sure did! Approach and Landing are my fave, so for me, it’s an awesome product and I wouldn’t want to be without it.
- Again, I agree 100%. What a blast… it’s a great time to be into Flight Simulation
There are a couple of videos on youtube that describe using the airbus quadrant with boeing. I don’t have the links to hand but you should find them through google.
As I recall it’s a bit messy setting up reverse thrust, there are a couple of different ways to do it but none are ideal. I don’t use this anymore myself so unable to talk you through it.
Best way is just to assign one of those buttons on the throttle as a “toggle reverse thrust” button…
I’ve set up one to disengage the A/T and the other to engage the reverse thrust, then you just push up the throttle as you hold down on the reverse thrust button…
Not real life but super simple
I’ve yet to purchase, but does the B777 allow for the calibration of the throttle axes and to have forward and reverse thrust on the same physical controller axis?
If it does, for me, it would be best to just split each throttle axis into two axes, one for forward thrust and one for reverse thrust. That way, a detent at idle would allow you to set the join between the forward and reverse axis, and pulling back beyond that would increase reverse thrust.
The only downside might be that if your physical controller has “idle” labels, then they wouldn’t align with the software versions of the axes. I fly in VR, so that wouldn’t matter.
Any real life 777 pilots out there who can tell me if Flaps 25 or 30 is the normal landing flaps setting?
No, not specifically. There are many ways to setup controllers though and many threads on how to engage reverse. The 777 works much like the 737 in that regard, so a search here or on the PMDG forums will bring up plenty of results.
This is what a quick google flap 25 vs 30, it’s a good wrap up regarding their 744 but I guess it can be transferred across any aircraft but I how I read it…
It ultimately comes down purely to the weird and wonderful world of specific airlines SOP or any company for that matter 
https://www.avsim.com/forums/topic/115994-744-flap-25-30-when-to-use/
Theres a lot regarding flying in general that comes down to this. Its really the source of a lot of discussions and arguments where at some point usually someone will say “well i learned from a real pilot and this is how they do it.”
I’m pretty sure theres pages in the 777 fcom and qrh that say “this page is meant for company specific procedures” or something. I recall seeing something like that when i was going through the 737 qrh at one point in time…
According to A330 Driver who is IRL A330 pilot but consulted real ops with some IRL 777 pilots the flaps 30 landings are the most common.
I’ll also note that the in-plane checklist specifically calls for 30°, not that it is the final authority.
I do hope @GamingCat2130 is okay and dong well…
Rumour has it, he bought the 777, ended up spitting his coffee all over the computer when he got inside the cockpit and burst a hernia in the process and is now reworking the entire cockpit right down to the very specifics of “it that screw is counter sunk and whether the real world screw was a philips or a slot headed screw…”
Apparently if you whisper “countersunk screw pmdg 737” in front of the pc three times on halloween, you end up with a million screenshots of the imperfections of pmdgs cockpits flicking on your screen and your screen will melt to your face…
or so I’ve heard…
You know what…
He’s most likely had a telling off from the mods and been told… “one more dose of your cockpit screenshots and comparing the thou holy fenix design team to the evil pmdg design team would see you nuillvoding your T’s and C’s and your account will be terminated”
So what I am actually doing is effectively the same as someone offering me a beer, even though they know I’m trying real hard to not drink…
Just a comment that not everyone shares the same kind of OCD as everyone else, and it’s perfectly fine to ignore someone’s post or even set the system to block those posts entirely.
I don’t yet have the PMDG so i cant comment on how accurately it flys these approaches, but the procedures I detailed are exactly what we use in real life. This applies to standard RNAV approaches, as well as RNP AR (approval required) approaches, which can get you down to minima similar to a CAT 1 ILS, and have a DH rather than a MDA.
Your a 777 pilot? That’s really cool. 
First option is usually the ILS, but more for ease of use rather than any accuracy benefit (poor wx not withstanding). After that, RNP/RNAV approaches, then last LOC/VOR approaches which we fly in VNAV anyway and are very similar to what I detailed earlier.
LOL, and just for clarity, if @GamingCat2130 does return, this is only a bit of fun and I hope they aren’t offended. 
On the 777 front, I’m still having that Saturn 5 mode thing on take off. Time to watch some tutorials…
The landing checklist flap position changes deping on what has been selected on the FMC Approach Ref page.
Yes, I saw that video (I have probably watched all of his videos:)). But I also saw another triple 7 type rated pilot (Father Time?) say that flaps 25 was more normal unless you had a short runway. I have been trying both and I must say I have had a better experience so far with flaps 30.
I’d say it varies by company. F25 supposedly saves a small amount of fuel, so the company prefers it, but pilots tend to prefer F30.
Some places, like the US you don’t get the choice. They’ll sequence you so close to a RJ doing 120kts on final, that you’ll be thankful for F30, and the slightly slower VRef it provides.