Especially because this includes the city AND airport.īeing in a realistic flight simulator environment, I feel, is key. It’s solid, stable, and mechanically confident.įlying past the city of Dubai was really great! The scenery is fantastic, and there just isn’t much out there you could say is better. Wherewith the PMDG 737 you feel like you can jump around, and get knocked around, the PMDG 777 is an absolute rockstar.
Through the various maneuvers I performed, it’s clearly evident that this is a much large aircraft than the 737, as it flies much differently. It also makes it feel like the aircraft is cutting through the air a lot easier. Now, it’s nice to have really smooth framerates, but the biggest thing about framerates for pilots is that it makes handling the aircraft so much easier when things are smooth.
What can I say about frames again? Goodness! I jacked up my water effects to 2.x High (usually at low) and saw little difference in framerate hit. Namely, RTE 2 and setting up an arrival at the departure airport. Speed simply becomes a major issue.Īs I went through these largely abnormal procedures, it was nice to dive into some seldom used functions of the FMC. I had to extend out by departure before the turn back, as it’s a lot easier to climb than descend. With such a light fuel load, the aircraft had zero issues climbing to 15K. The OAT (Outside Air Temperature) is a whopping 32✬! May not seem a lot to some of you, but I’m from Alaska!Įventually I got in the air, and was well on my way through the climb. I can’t imagine there are many clouds here… ever. Although I used real world weather, I decided eliminate the cloud layer. I also got ActiveSky Evolution activated. I setup the sim with a new REX theme (I usually randomize until I see something I like) that had a dirty looking sky for this area. Now I can see why people build home cockpits. I had a little more trouble with my throttles today, which makes for an initial, squirrely takeoff. It’s made to make the pilots life easy, so he/she can focus on things other than monitoring. The flightdeck and all it’s tools on the PMDG 777 make for an incredibly user friendly cockpit. It feels like cheating after so much time in the 737. Again, the automation makes this a complete breeze. The setup of the aircraft is getting much faster. So this is only my second go with the aircraft. But truly, I’m in the thick of a lot of efforts here at Angle of Attack, like getting our new website done. Now, you would think I would be flying the PMDG 777 any time I’m not sleeping, eating or po… nevermind. Today’s flight consisted of loading up in Dubai, getting all the systems setup on the aircraft, doing a departure, and then arriving back into Dubai. Because Emirates flies so many 777s, it’s no surprise that this painted look is a bit iconic for the 777. I really wanted to get shots in Dubai, as the recent FlyTampa Dubai Rebooted would give me an incredible backdrop.Īpart from that, I have always been a big lover of the Emirates livery. Rather, I went in with a clear mind, and no expectations, just wanted to see something new. So I had to approach this particular flight realizing there was basically no way I was going to ‘one-up’ myself. I must say, that the screenshots in San Fran were some of the best I had ever taken. What a contrast this flight has brought compared to last nights flight! What was a cloudy and foreboding atmosphere in San Francisco is now a bright and hot environment in Dubai.