They are definitely good enough, however, to make a reasonable estimate of fuel required, V-speeds and cruising altitudes. There are performance tables too but frankly, I didn't find them comprehensive enough to enable very realistic flight planning to the degree of accuracy what tools such as PFPX or Simbrief would offer. Hardcore simmers will also like the inclusion of non-normal procedures into the documentation suite. Similarly, portions of the FCTM along with normal procedures from the FCOM have been coalesced into the Pilot's Handbook. There's an FCOM that has been trimmed to about half the size of the real one to ensure brevity and relevance.
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Right off the bat, I was able to tell that the documents are very old Qatar Airways 777 manuals that have been adapted to the scope of the add-on's extent of simulation. If you aren't already familiar with the 777 or the Boeing operational philosophy, the developers have done a good job of providing adequate and more importantly, relevant documentation for the add-on. To have the most hassle-free experience with this add-on, one must also disable custom failures from the add-on's in-game menu. Turned out that the X-Plane 11 failures system causes this and should be completely disabled.
My first few flights, or attempts at flight, were often cut short with a sudden and unexpected occurrence of a fuel leak and/or engine surging. And let's not forget that the fly-by-wire system is not at all simulated. Although the 777 handles well, engine parameters for all variants are in real need of a good amount of tweaking. Certain engine parameters such as EGT and N2 always seem to be on the higher side all the time. This makes setting a precise amount of low thrust for taxiing impossible. Another quirk I observed is that the throttles don't respond at all to inputs in a narrow range of travel near the idle position. Note that the add-on doesn't feature taxi cameras for the -300ER and I'll let this one pass as it's quite difficult to simulate. On the ground, the aircraft taxis at idle thrust a little too quickly even when moderately loaded. Perhaps that's why fuel burn doesn't feel like it's on the right mark and this is made evident by fuel consumption tending to be on the lower side. As it turns out, this problem has something to do with turbofan bypass ratios not being set correctly. This isn't the case with this add-on which, even when heavily loaded, has no problem reaching the upper flight levels with excessive ease. However, as the aircraft gains altitude, the same kind of performance shouldn't be observed. Characteristic tendencies of the 777 such as the development of a sharp pitch up moment when the flaps are extended from 5 to 15, the tendency to break the maneuvering speed limit when performing a high thrust takeoff with a light load and the rocket-speed rate of climb when nearly empty have been simulated very well. Even then, they exhibit realistic stability and graceful movement. The aircraft have a slow and heavy feel to their controls particularly at high gross weights. The VMAX 777 behaves so and which means the developers have modeled the flight dynamics well. Contrarily, almost all the time, passenger boarding in real life is done from the L1 and L2 doors and most of the time using jetways.Īgile is the one adjective that will probably never be used to describe a 777 unless it is a scaled down RC model. What is weird, apart from not being able to open the cargo doors on the passenger variants, is that it is absolutely a must to open the R2 door and have the air-stairs available in order to load the aircraft. Interestingly, the pushback action availed of from this menu calls for you to drive the tug yourself. While it works well most of the time, the menu may not properly annunciate capacity limits. There's an in-game menu for this add-on that apart from switching engines, will also allow you to load fuel and passengers, manage aircraft doors, ground handling goodies and a few other options.
In real life, the -200ER can also be powered by GE engines but FlightFactor have decided to leave it out of their simulation. The -200ER sports the option of being powered by the Rolls Royce Trent 800 or the Pratt & Whitney PW4096. In FlightFactor's rendition, except for the -200ER, all other variants are powered by two powerful GE90 engines.
To ensure that the 777 can haul the mail, Boeing ensured that the aircraft has two powerful engines no matter who has manufactured them. The 777 is a large and heavy aircraft that often flies fully loaded.
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