PMDG McDonnell-Douglas MD-11, Introduction Manual

Page 1: ...0 00 1 INTRODUCTION For Simulator Use Only DO NOT DUPLICATE 01OCT08 PMDG MD 11 PMDG MD 11 PILOT INTRODUCTION Copyright 2008 Precision Manuals Development Group All Rights Reserved...

Page 2: ...precisionmanuals com Copyright 2008 Precision Manuals Development Group This manual and all of its contents pages text and graphics are protected under copyright law of the United States of America an...

Page 3: ...s provided by Robert S Randazzo Pete Sterling Paul Gollnick Lefteris Kalamaras After sale support for this product is provided by Paul Gollnick Ryan Maziarz Robert S Randazzo The Team Behind The Team...

Page 4: ...rd MT Paul Garcia MT Stan Winke Mark Adeane Jason Brown Markus Burkhard Carl Avari Cooper Steve Cotterill Evangelos Dokos Clayton Dopke Dan Downs Andre Fedrizzi Ryan Gamurot Jhan Jensen Mats Johansson...

Page 5: ...rmance and appearance of the cockpit to match the user s favorite airline configuration To further enhance the custom experience PMDG has produced dozens of liveries representing airlines operating th...

Page 6: ...generating charges Nor may the simulation be used in any manner which reflects poorly on PMDG the PMDG development team Boeing Boeing s suppliers customers or employees PMDG MD 11 Manuals PMDG has pr...

Page 7: ...hat you read through these documents without trying to retain all details on the first read It is our experience that even seasoned airline pilots will gain the most from reading their manuals repeate...

Page 8: ...There are two PMDG menu items located under the Add Ons menu tab PMDG Sounds PMDG The PMDG Sounds menu is used to customize some options related to the sound set installed with your PMDG MD 11 The PMD...

Page 9: ...ult It is important to note that as a result of Microsoft Flight Simulator s internal sound logic it is necessary to select the Allow sounds to play in external and VC views option if you wish to hear...

Page 10: ...he PMDG menu will only provide access to those options and items that affect the PMDG airplane currently being used If you see items that are grayed out unavailable this is your indication that the it...

Page 11: ...ight Simulator The Save Panel State menu presents the user with a list of previously saved files and a NEW button to allow the current panel state to be saved for future loading When the cockpit panel...

Page 12: ...he current state of the aircraft Failures Cannot Be Saved It is important to note that some information about the state of the aircraft will not transfer through a saved flight state For example the s...

Page 13: ...akes no sense and can create strange situations especially concerning flight plan and FMS data that will be out of synch If such a situation occurs you will see a message on the top of the screen that...

Page 14: ...en allows the user to select specific systems or subsystem while the right side of the screen allows the user to set parameters for how selected failures will occur System Failure List There are more...

Page 15: ...ton is pressed the selected system will be rendered inoperative in the simulator Note that in this image the blue header title on the top right side of the menu has changed to describe the component t...

Page 16: ...etc or they can be assigned to encompass any of the 176 possible failure scenarios Activate Random Failures To activate random failures set the Sort by tab to read Category on the failures menu Next...

Page 17: ...ence and the total number of events you might experience during any given flight To do this you can set a failure rate for each of the four types of failures Minor Nuisance Severe or Transient For exa...

Page 18: ...rrectly can lead to subsequent and often more critical systemic failures Additionally there is a statistical component involved when the Abnormals checklist calls for re setting a system in flight Bas...

Page 19: ...dependent and the operation of a modern airliner is very procedural It is possible that during normal operation of the airplane you may receive an ALERT message because of some condition on the airpla...

Page 20: ...are available to the user via the PMDG Options menu The PMDG Options menu for the PMDG MD 11 is shown below On the left side of this menu are listed six categories Each category contains a range of o...

Page 21: ...line Options Displays menu page allows the user to select from many variations in the way information is displayed to the crew via the cockpit displays McDonnell Douglas offered many airline customiza...

Page 22: ...ment menu Equipment Performance Options From this menu you may choose whether or not your airplane carries such equipment as GPS GNS Control Wheel Steering Deflected Ailerons and higher energy autobra...

Page 23: ...d Real world MD 11 operators can customize certain aspects of the calculations used to choose optimum descent profiles for their airplanes These options are set within the Flight Management Computers...

Page 24: ...us display screen the fuel controls section of the overhead panel will appear on screen if you elect to look at the FUEL status display Switching the view to HYDRAULICS will cause the fuel controls se...

Page 25: ...settings The PMDG MD 11 provides an incredible level of realism in that two separate and fully functioning autopilot control units have been implemented Each autopilot is provided with data from its...

Page 26: ...s with the airplane powered down you may choose from the menu above how you wish to interact with the IRS alignment time requirement You can choose from instant alignment to an alignment period of the...

Page 27: ...ositioning the throttles at any time or only while they are operating in CLAMP mode Please Note PMDG receives a significant amount of email from customers who report that the autopilot occasionally di...

Page 28: ...t machines with the most common hardware If you find the airplane is over sensitive or not sensitive enough adjust this slider gently until you find a pleasing control balance Colors Options Menu PMDG...

Page 29: ...1 will be fueled to the quantity specified Additionally the fuel management card logic will correctly distribute fuel in accordance with standard operating procedures for the MD 11 and correctly confi...

Page 30: ...moothness and frame rates we have provided a frame rate tuning menu to provide users with the ability to quickly adjust and experiment with the update rates of the cockpit displays A basic rule of thu...

Page 31: ...mersive in nature You will notice that each of the engine types for the MD 11 sound different from the cockpit and that the general cockpit ambient noise level has been tuned for realism with the help...

Page 32: ...IFT R Select then use selection increase SPD Bug Increase Airspeed Bug Select CTRL SHIFT R Select then use selection decrease SPD Bug Decrease Autopilot Heading Hold CTRL H HDG Push hold Heading Bug S...

Page 33: ...use selection decrease V S Bug Decrease Autopilot Increase Max Bank Operates Bank Angle Limit Selector Autopilot Decrease Max Bank Operates Bank Angle Limit Selector AUTOFLIGHT SYSTEM AFS Autopilot M...

Page 34: ...tensity Lights Hi Intensity Lights Panel Lights on off SHIFT L Toggles Dome Lights Dome Lights Lights All on off L Affects Landing Lights Nose Landing Light Beacon Nav Logo Hi Intensity Dome Light and...

Page 35: ...eases autobrakes rotary knob position Control Surfaces Elevator Trim down Num7 Elevator Trim up Num1 Aileron Trim left CTRL Num4 Operates Aileron trim wheel on aft pedestal Aileron Trim right CTRL Num...

Page 36: ...s arm SHIFT Arms Disarms Spoilers Spoilers extend retract First press extends spoilers to either GROUND if on ground or FULL if on air position Second press retracts spoilers Landing Gear Landing Gear...

Page 37: ...u to locate specific functions You can assign keyboard commands using the PMDG Options Keyboard Commands menu as shown below To assign a key command select first the category then the item you wish to...

Page 38: ...rough mouse click spots over which several operations are allowed These operations include pressing or holding down the left or right mouse buttons and turning the mouse wheel for example to perform d...

Page 39: ...ull operations are applicable Use left mouse button to push or right mouse button to pull The push or pull icon will change to reflect the operation selected by the user For example if the left mouse...

Page 40: ...bs switches with two positions left and right clicking on the switch will move the switch between the two positions Multiple Position Knob Switch For knobs switches with multiple positions or with a r...

Page 41: ...s such as on the Flight Guidance Panel there are knobs that combine both push pull and rotary operations into a single knob Occasionally there are multiple rotary knobs embedded into a single location...

Page 42: ...el to change the heading value displayed in the heading window Notice that the rotary cursor displayed here is white indicating that this is the knob s primary function and that the click areas are lo...

Page 43: ...ry cursor push pull or push pull cursor is displayed This will help you to identify which function you will effect by mouse input NOTE This layout is replicated on similar push pull switches and knobs...

Page 44: ...some users If you wish to disable head latency in the VC you must make a minor modification to the Views CFG file that is installed by FSX Navigate to the folder Vista drive users username appdata Mi...

Page 45: ...nd click spots located at strategic locations throughout the 2D panel set When the user moves the mouse over one of these click spots the mouse cursor changes in order to help the user understand what...

Page 46: ...hen the whole overhead panel window is displayed Use the left mouse button on any of the overhead panel components to close the whole overhead panel window Use the right mouse button on any of the ove...

Page 47: ...window is used for all Display Units If for example a zoomed version of the ND displays on this window then if you click the zoom click spot on the PFD frame no additional zoomed window will open for...

Page 48: ...y Control Panel and Display Unit 4 usually System Display and associated overhead panel section if applicable Right Click Radios Audio Control and Transponder Panels 3 Left Click Slide open Flight Con...

Page 49: ...as a reminder that left clicking will open the Source Input Selector Panel while a right click will open the Oxygen control panel Clicks Spot on Flight Control Panel Item 3 on list above You will not...

Page 50: ...on list above This click spot will display either FO or CA with an arrow indicating that left clicking this hotspot will cause the FO or Captain side panel to display System Display Control Panel and...

Page 51: ...at the same time three windows the Systems Display Control Panel SDCP the Systems Display SD unit the overhead panel component that is related to the selected page of the SD if any The default SD page...

Page 52: ...3D model was designed using the manufacturer s engineering specifications for the MD 11 airplane and as such represents faithfully the size and space of the cockpit accurately There are hundreds of mo...

Page 53: ...erformance increases on their machines Your experience may vary When this switch is pressed operation of items on the lower forward threshold such as light switches are still available When you need a...

Page 54: ...t you cannot operate the simulator using normal keyboard control commands check to be certain that you haven t accidentally triggered the MCDU keyboard capture If so then simply click again to turn th...

Page 55: ...VC First Officer s MCDU e VC First Officer Position viewing the Flight Control Panel f VC First Officer s Position g VC First Officer s Position viewing Center Pedestal h VC Captain s Position viewin...

Page 56: ...cept certain limitations on our simulation in order to accomplish our goals The vast majority of limitations we have found will never be experienced by most users A few should be kept in mind however...

Page 57: ...that tutorial is available please use caution to keep your CG will within the CG limits as shown in the PMDG Load Manager Do not use non PMDG visual Models The PMDG MD 11 has more than 1000 animated p...

Page 58: ...l allow FSX to utilize more than 3GB of ram Next you should right click on MY COMPUTER and selected Properties Advanced Settings Edit Find the line that reads multi O disk O rdisk O partition 1 WINDOW...

Page 59: ...n to control game play within the simulator To this end we have added a serious of FS ACTIONS that you can operate via the MCDU We are covering these items here rather than in the FMS Supplement in or...

Page 60: ...ot allowed because of an FS limitation that will not allow starting the aircraft turn earlier The distance can be changed after pushback has started until 25m 80ft before the start of the turn Angle i...

Page 61: ...sation and instructions TEXT Interactions are displayed as an FS message on the green bar at the top of the screen SKIP No voice no text no waiting for any conversations parking brake is released set...

Page 62: ...ere are two important items to remember when using the MCDU based door controls 1 This screen is not giving the current status of the cabin cargo door It is offering you the ability to take action on...

Page 63: ...system You can also determine the current status by looking at your overhead panel When in AUTO mode the simulation will determine based on the configuration of the aircraft whether electrical or pne...

Page 64: ...uel loading can be done from the PMDG options menu Enter the total fuel quantity and fuel tanks will be filled with the correct amount and distribution of fuel instantly Fuel distribution to tanks is...

Page 65: ...tells the system how much fuel you need aboard the airplane for your planned flight Then on the REFUELING page when FMS mode is selected the LSK R1 R5 fields will automatically populate to display th...

Page 66: ...hen using instant refueling or when fueling in the FMS mode if the resulting Gross Weight of the airplane is 625 500 Lbs then H distribution is assumed AUX to TAIL fuel at 7 5 1 relation Otherwise sta...

Page 67: ...ght model autopilot control process in place that exceeds the capabilities and performance of those that are based upon the center of rotation method used traditionally in modeling MSFS airplanes Ther...

Page 68: ...h Density configuration containing narrower seat pitch and greater seating capacity than a standard economy configuration You may also select the MD 11 Cargo variant for loading from this menu You can...

Page 69: ...in the lower quadrant of the Load Manager along with the MAX and ACTUAL takeoff weights current CG value and other important pieces of information Note that if you exceed any of the weight or CG limit...

Page 70: ...he cargo doors are open This feature depends upon how much cargo you have loaded Reducing the cargo load to nothing will give you an empty airplane visual model Wide Panel Configuration Setting We hav...

Page 71: ...OT DUPLICATE 01OCT08 PMDG MD 11 NOTE Also Flights saved with one configuration normal vs widescreen will not display properly after a change because the windows dimensions are saved in the MSFS flt fi...

Page 72: ...r to ease your transition we have provided a First Flight Tutorial that was written by Markus Burkhard one of our Technical Advisors on the PMDG MD 11 We strongly recommend that you follow through thi...

Page 73: ...you can adjust the viewing angle while in the 2D cockpit in order to mimic the over the glareshield view during takeoff and landing To do this use the default FSX events Pan view down CTRL Q Pan view...

Page 74: ...isk Maintenance After installing the PMDG MD 11 defrag your hard drive with a good solid after market disk defragmenter The default windows defrag tools are insufficient for the work and we recommend...

Page 75: ...w so that they can make adjustments Strange FSX visual artifacts after flight reload During testing of the PMDG 747 400 we reported to Microsoft that if a user loads an aircraft that uses advanced ani...

Page 76: ...an cause sudden under speed conditions overspeed conditions rapid changes in bank angle and jumping of the altitude displayed on the altimeter tape triggering an altitude warning during the cruise pha...

Page 77: ...etting used to for customers who are used to setting power based on the pitch of the engines during taxi or flight This technique simply isn t used on an airplane such as the MD 11 so you will have to...

Page 78: ...age on your screen To prevent this go into the AIRCRAFT menu REALISM settings and de select Show Flying Tips How should I set up my joystick yoke to work with LSAS With LSAS active on the MD 11 flying...

Page 79: ...aps 35 but when performance calls for it you can select Flaps 50 for landing When selected on the airplane Flaps 50 adds a significant amount of drag which has the effect of causing the airplane to tr...

Page 80: ...ute that you want to change Make your changes from that point by entering fixes or routes into the LAT REV Lateral Revision page 5 If you need to add a STAR do so from the last fix along your route th...

Page 81: ...correct selection from the PMDG MD 11 autopilot controls 1 Airspeed on the MD 11 is controlled by setting the speed manually in the speed window or by turning speed control over to the FMS There are...

Page 82: ...b To allow the airplane to climb descend via the altitudes defined in the flight plan set the target climb descent altitude knob as desired then if not already in PROF mode press the PROF button c If...

Page 83: ...e will fly the descent respecting each of the altitude constraints along the way Note This works equally well with departure procedures Flying Specific Approach Types For help learning to fly the PMDG...

Page 84: ...re realistic to put you into the simulation using a scenario that more realistically matches what you would see when flying the line As a line pilot you will most often board an airplane that has been...

Page 85: ...1 Before Engine Start sav If you load the MD 11 with the engines running and then load one of these three panel states the APU will not come on line as is expected To correct the problem simply load t...

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