I’m surprised at this, but I have only opened FS2020 three times since 2024 came out, despite the bugs I have been enjoying the new planes and Career Mode.
I may end up regretting it, but I’m buying the 77F on the marketplace, instead of direct from PMDG on the off chance this may be required to use it in Career Mode on FS2024.
Looking forward to opening FS 2020 for a fourth time tomorrow, and a nice flight on the 77F.
I bought Livery set 1 of 3 which were available at the same time as the freighter, so same as any prior PMDG MP release.
IDK but if I were to guess, might it relate to winds aloft? A favorable or unfavorable wind aloft may result in a recommendation in addition to OPT & MAX, which are more about fuel efficiency?
Did you complete a full PERF INIT during your preflight?
Yeah. It has since appeared. But it just seems intermittent as to whether it displays even on the same flight.
Perhaps you were already at the recommended FL, therefore no need to display a recommendation?
Sadly not, one can see in the screenshot that I am at FL161…
Ah so, at FL161 and a recommendation appeared. Was it a good recommendation? To what FL? Just wondering, cheers!
No, I can’t remember when the REC FL appeared. But then it disappears and comes back again numerous times. It still wasn’t there at FL161 though as can see in the shot.
Normally, the RECMD blanks when the FMC is recalculating the VNAV profile, such as modifying the waypoint sequence, changing a speed/altitude constraint on the legs page, or adjusting climb/cruise/descent parameters on their relevant VNAV page. Sometimes this can take what seems like a long time as the FMC has limited processing power. However, this field shouldn’t just disappear/reappear randomly for no reason.
The only reason it should be permanently blank during climb or cruise is if an RTA segment has been used.
So I’ve been flying the FedEx livery a lot lately in the 777F and intentionally not doing ground maintenance on the tires. Today, after a rather firm crosswind landing in rain showers at KMEM, I took a look at the tire condition:
That front right outboard tire, tho! I went into drone cam and took a look up close:
Note the lack of tread. I briefly considered leaving things to see what another landing would do to it, but instead serviced the tires from the tablet. After servicing, this is what the new tire looks like:
The wheel got cleaned up and wiped off too, looks like. It also appears the inboard tire there got replaced too. It would be a neat feature if you could select individual tires for replacement - maybe that could be added in a future enhancement.
This payware, correct?
Of course, is PMDG
Good catch!!
I checked my tires on my AC773 which gets a lot of hours, and had to replace them as well. Guess that is why the pilots do the walk-around…..lol
YT videos of IRL airline pilots doing walk arounds often point out pitot tubes, static ports, tires and brake pins. I have never seen them reach up or ask for a ladder to remove pitot tube covers! It stands to reason that if they saw an obstructed engine intake, they would call maintenance over to remedy the situation. Those big engine intake covers? That said, I do need to pay more attention to that UFT on my flight deck LOL! I think it is a good routine to add on the arrival end when summoning all those lovely vehicles at the gate, time to ask maintenance to get her ready for the next pilot as preventative maintenance.
Has anyone else noticed the strip of lights is mssing both under the glareshield / AP control panel, as well as the strips below that basically all the flight deck panel lighting? This picture shows this perfectly which is why I’m responding to it. Also not an issue on the 77F.
Big newsy update from RSR this afternoon:
Here’s the relevant part:
That’s some great news👍 thank you for sharing this
Cool. It looks like 777-200ER will be my first PMDG aircraft in FS24.
