problems with the PMDG 747. Engines wont fire up :/ Help please. UPT, now with screen.

[DavidPowell]

Not sure if this will make a diffrence or not, but the only difference I see is that I normally have cross bleed on - i.e. two buttons above and
either side of APU bleed switch selected.

David

[JohanK]

The one named "ISLN" ? if i puch em nothing happens, nothing is lighten up or something on the buttons.

[DavidPowell]

Yup - just tried and if nothing show's start is impossible. ISLN should be illuminated with a line (which means they are not isolated
strangely)

David

[ivo]

So you can't get an engine start but your eicas work fine??? Sometimes I get an engine start, but not all of my eicas work. The left one
works always but the middle and the right don't work all the time.

See above the ignition switches, how there are four levers labeled 1,2,3,4. Did you pull them out to start the engine?

[DavidPowell]

Yep - I have power, and all electrics. You pull the handles to initiate engine start, no more than 2 at any one time (but really one by one).

I had a problem after an update with Eicas not working properly, which was related to the update not installing correctly. I think that
Norton Antivirus got in the way of the copyright protection. I reinstalled, without Norton (not ideal) and had no problems with faulty Eicas
since.

I've assumed that you have alligned your IRS units already...

David

[Nasder]

I seem to have a similar problem.

I haven't flown the bird in a while and I then decided to take it for a short flight.

But drive 2-4 would not start, nor the electricity for the engines.

I have no idea why, last time I flew it I didn't have this problem. (I haven't reinstalled or updated with a patch since then)

I will do a few tests, I mostly just thought it one of those things that happens once in a while. If I can't find a sollution I will just reinstall
the bird.

EDIT: After further inspection, it was "just one of those things" I happens once in a while, but a restart of the game worked like a charm when it strikes



Post Edited ( 01-18-06 12:31 )

[JohanK]

ok! =) the plane is running =) thx for everybodys help. It was solved bu pushing the two ISLN buttons as the last step, then it worked.
No light where shown on the buttons even when they where on and when they where off.

I have one more question now, about the autopilot.

The guide told me to enter the heading for the airstrip i wanted the autopilot to land on, but what if i dont know the exakt heading of the runway i am going to land on?

[Dutch64]

You can always find out that heading (if you don't have maps) by opening the map in FS9 and click on the airport or runway you want to land on.
I don't have this 747 but some fmc's do have a page somewhere where you can find the freq and heading for the runway too

[Covoxer]

Maybe you have some fuses burned?

[DavidPowell]

Yup, has an FMC which if you select the correct runway on the FMC for landing (Dep/Arr key) will autotune for you when landing. From
memory there is also a way to input them manually through the FMC as well.

[JohanK]

so the FMC by auto also know if the runway is clear? in real life, is the runway information sent to the FMC in the airplane from the tower on the airport where u are going to land?

So if i want to make a flight to Heathrow from stockholm ive just have to do the exaxlty same thing in the FMC as in the tutorial but to set different airport name for the one im at and the one i am heading too? Like AAAABBBB

And then the plane will make its own waypoints, its own approach course and it will by auto get the heading for the runway where i am going to land?

Is this as in real life?

Do IRL pilots land their planes by auto?

If i did as i do in the PMDG 747 in a real plane, would i be able to make it fly and land at its destination?



Post Edited ( 01-18-06 22:57 )

[Nasder]

JohanK wrote:

So if i want to make a flight to Heathrow from stockholm ive just have to do the exaxlty same thing in the FMC as in the tutorial but to set different
airport name for the one im at and the one i am heading too? Like AAAABBBB

Sadly no. You will need to create a flightplan and place a rte file in the flightplan folder.

The tutorial you did created a flightplan that you imported when you entered the name.

But I think you can make a very very simple flightplan without problem using the FMC (but the FS2004 GPS/ATC) won't match the flightplan you got in
the fmc though.

Let's say you want to do a flight from Arlanda (ESSA) to Oslo (ENGM) a really quick way could be to add ESSA as the departure, and ENGM as the
destination, then press next page to get to the rte... Add ENGM and press the most upper right button on the FMC to add ENGM there. Then press
Activate and I think you should have a very very direct flightplan from Arlanda to Oslo (I haven't tried this, but I have done flightplans this way
when I just want to try something)

If you got a printer, you could print the navlog from the flightplanner inside FS2004 and enter it all by hand in the FMC.

I am not too good at this. I use a payware named FS Build for making my flightplans (this program lets me export the flightplan for the PMDG 747
aswell as the FS2004 flightplanner)

[JohanK]

It didnt work just to enter start and destination airport, it said "Not in database" and i coulndt start the route. How do i create my own rte
file my my configs?

[runibl]

You can also create a route with the default flightplanner and load it. Then press F10 for the kneeboard and find the route button (I think it is the
third from the top), there you see the full route you just made.
Now enter the entire route in to the FMC. Departure and arrival airport go in Origin and Dest on the main RTE page. Then press press "next page" ,
here you input all the waypoints that you see on the kneeboard, on the right side called "TO". And if you have airways, then you can input them on the
left side called "VIA", otherwise just use Direct.

If you input a waypoint, you get another page asking "select desired waypoint", you have to choose the right one. Sometimes there are multiple
waypoints that are called the same. Usually it is safe to choose the top waypoint which is the closest one, but if you want to be sure then check in
the map. Find the waypoint and click on it, then you should see Latetude and longditude or frequency, which you could use to select the right one.

After you have entered all the waypoint, click "Activate" and "EXEC" to activate it.
Remember also to select departure runway when you know which one you take off from.

This might be to tedious for you or not. But this is what I did before using another flightplanner to export a route, though I still do this sometimes.

Hope it helps.