PMDG 777 Tutorial: Autocruise and Time Acceleration | Real Airline Pilot

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[Spacepotato]

It's a really useful thing, it's the first time i buy something from pmdg and I'm not disappointed. It's the first time in the sim we can do a long haul flight without the need to leave our pc running during 10 hours for nothing.

[tax]

This. Is. Why. I. Love. This. Airplane. So. MUCH!
Fenix, PLEASE also add this.

[DisThorschen]

I think it's funny, that the some of the same people saying, that time compression is not realistic, say what they do in cruise: Laundry, dishes, workout, sleeping. For me, the fact, that it runs so smooth and stable is one of the main reasons (beyond others) why I almost exclusively fly PMDG.

[DrHenrik]

The 737 already had a really well programmed ap. I always wanted to take a peek at their code and see how they did it. A lot of people see the fenix as the higher quality simulation however that the ap from PMDG is so much more stable speaks volumes.

[muddyfunkster]

Didnt know the chrono dont that, i was flying from boston to gatwick and clicking away to choose my favorite colour, came back a few hours later and i was over schiphol airport!🤣🤣🤣

[jarekp]

This is really great! I am a big fan of time compression and this is as good as it gets. There are some planes that can fly 8x on straight parts, especially if you take away vertical guidance (787 will do it if you offset cruse altitude and set vertical mode to vs and then to 0). Looking forward to fly this one as soon as I am back from my travels - already bought it, couldn’t resist.

[noway]

whats more amazing is lately i've done some overnight long hauls w/o compression and MSFS has actually been stable. 8-9hrs+

[davidathay]

PMDG 737 does fine at 4x, and even short bursts of 8x, if you slow it down for turns. Leonardo Maddog turns better, but kinda starts porpoising at 8x. I’m really glad PMDG actually designed this one to follow track at higher sim rates.

[felipeturbayr]

very impressive to know PMDG can handel 16 x time acceleration in a stable way!

[JackJohnson-cmjk]

Its a shame that most virtual Airlines still don't support Time Accel. I think Walker Air Transport ist the only im in where this is possible.
I never understood why VA rather have people AFK fly the whole night in sleep instead of having the pilot awake watching the plane in time accel.
Thanks for die explanations for the 777. Will certainly make use of it. Have been doing Turkish Airlines the last days where she has some short haul usage sometimes.

[gervanwilliams]

This is a great video. Thanks man! I’ve yet to fly long hauls in the simulator because of the time. You’re absolutely right. I have only an average of 2-3 hours to fly when I want to. This is very helpful.

[francescoleogrande]

Accidentally put 16x, I was seeing 1 frame every 10 seconds and I barely managed to reset it, fun experience 😂

[hugues]

Thanks Emmanuel ! I never used time compression until now, but with this beauty, I will.

[gopherch]

Nice explanation, also for the time planning. What I usually do is try to arrive at least at the real world time. So I would backdate the departure time to the time of the expected arrival in real time minus flight time. So let's say I start my simming experience at 13.00z, have a slot of 3h available and would expect an arrival at 16.00z. Then I would put the departure for a 6h flight to 10.00z (16z - 6h). I would then "play around" with time compression to catch up the time in the 3h available and arrive at 16.00z real time and thus can possibly join for example a vatsim arrival and have the corresponding weather, lighting effects etc. I know, the vatsim controller wouldn't know at what time I'm flying in the sim but it just feels off to hear the guy say good morning when in the sim it's already evening -.- I don't know if that makes sence, but it gives me something to play around during cruise and a challenge to catch up as exactly as possible :-)

[countryflyboy]

My very first time ever using sim time acceleration will be when I get the 777. I have always only done 4 to 5 hour flights at real time max in the past. Usually Hawaii to the mainland.

[daveorr]

I found this extremely informative, I’m one of those simmers that likes to do 3 hour flights

[felipeturbayr]

very useful tipps about how to pla the flight time using time acceleration! 🙂

[melbm]

Nice video. Maybe I missed it in the video, but you can do direct rate control in the UFT as well by simply clicking on the current sim rate label.

[simonpalmas]

I have made 2 flight, LFPG - KJFK and LFML-MDPC😊
When i use sim rate of x4 or x8 in Cruise, my reserve (predicted at destination) is sinking very quickly.
If i don't slowly down the sim rate quickly, i could not land with minimum reserve fuel and i have a message "insuffisance fuel"
I used a flight plan with simbrief and add 3000 kg more of fuel in the block fuel in order to be safe.

Have you ever seen this problem?

Thank you so much, i am a big fan of your videos!😊

[billycheung]

After purchased a month , now I know this😂