The 777 Fly By Wire Explained | Real Airline Pilot

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[@ammarbader3068]

Little feedback here: Usually your tutorials are easy to follow and understand, this time however I felt the concept is all over the place and found it very hard to get the logic behind the 777 FBW and how it works. Maybe it is me, so I will try to watch it again and watch other tutorials as well. In all cases thank you!

[@AV8R417]

Hey emi! Awesome video, never understood it until jow

[@bonbondesel]

Excellent video ! It's like having a bit of type rating courses, it's excellent ! So informative and useful !

[@syafiqueabdullah4074]

Great. Thanks to PMDG team for the sounds update too.

[@samaanalkhaldi2364]

PMDG, you are great 👍 Very informative video, thanks Emi!

[@geoffh2560]

Really interesting comparison with the Airbus - very different in some ways but totally makes sense, thanks!

[@Rhinozherous]

Awesome, thank you very much! Boeing FBW is much more clear now to me!

[@kdfw3686]

thanks! this is exactly what we needed.

[@jay790962666]

Great explanation. I likely need more practice but I find that I can’t seem to be able to hold the plane at a steady descent rate. This is what I’m struggling with - Plane stabilizes at 142 kts approach and at 700 fpm. TRS at 142. Speed slowly increases to 143, then 144 because the AT doesn’t respond aggressively right away. The speed increasing causes the plane to trim nose up reducing the descent rate. Thrust comes up. I force the nose down which increases the speed again and destabilizes things. So, perhaps I need to keep trimming the TRS up so it matches the current speed, but then it keeps increasing, and suddenly I’ve got a TRS of 155-160 by the end of the approach.

[@Richard_McDonald_Woods]

Excellent. I shall need to repeat viewings to feel comfortable with FBW, 😉

[@r0xbeat]

Very well explained !

[@A330Driver]

Love to hear it, thanks!

[@LEVEL_CHANGE]

Very nice video!

[@coriscotupi]

Nice to see flight crews watching each other's videos. We all benefit from this.

[@A330Driver]

Thank you Claudio! Much appreciated! Keep up your excellent work as well!

[@737-Sim-Pilot]

Thank you so much Emi, I’ve been struggling to get a grasp on the fbw, but this plane is great, I was training for every phase like in the 737 or my Cessna lol

[@A330Driver]

You could basically approach it like this: Fly it like any conventional airplane. It simply has a few enhancements.

[@Jaync5894-ge1em]

Great video on explaining the FBW. Did you take a month of leave for the release of the 777 😂. As always keep the vids coming. I enjoy them.

[@A330Driver]

haha, I wish I had leave! Had to squeeze those videos in somehow... I actually hoped I'd have my book ready by now, but well, too much flying.

[@mavi_izmir]

Awesome explanation thank you Cptn. now all clear about T7 FBW

[@A330Driver]

Thank you, I hope you enjoy the 777!

[@martinmurray566]

Thanks!

[@A330Driver]

Thank you so much for supporting me and the channel!

[@agamemnon7461]

Awesome video, great explanation! Now I understand why my 787-8 behaves in a certain way especially on the final! I feel much more confident to purchase the PMDG 777! I will test my 787-8 see if FWB trim is displayed, if yes, I will practice see if a complete manual approach and final can be achieved without the annoying auto-trim constantly pitching the nose down!! I am not saying I have a super fancy 787-8. I do have both types available, and both behave strange in manual landing mode in a way I never understood. I noticed it's coming from the auto trim and I keep fighting over the control of the pitch which leads me to go around sometimes! In all case, this video helps understand Boeing's fly by wire basics! I only hope one day, PMDG will work on a 787-8 project! Thank you very much!

[@A330Driver]

Once you have the 777 you will notice that it's a whole different world from the Horizon 787. PMDG really brought it to the next level!

[@agamemnon7461]

@@A330Driver I have the 737-800 and I know how detailed their aircraft are! I am sure the 777 will be as much fun. That is why I am hoping their next project will be 787-8. I have the Kuro and Bravo air space, but they are nowhere close to this level of realism! Please keep up the great work! Thank you very much

[@bladi-senpai9398]

Can somebody confirm if their aircraft performs a bit strange, im not 777 pilot but I think isn’t supposed to accelerate during takeoff at 20° -25° of pitch and overweight, if i had something like 50% fuel i can literally perform the 777x demonstration vertical takeoff.

[@KevinFi747]

Could you make a video going over the MCP? I'm still studying the plane before starting to fly it. Thanks for all the tutorials!

[@DanielDuhon]

The MCP is almost identical to the 737, it works the same.

[@lucar7172]

Hello i have a question because when i start my thrust will be set strait to 0 and i cant put it on more thrust someone now why

[@A330Driver]

Please contact customer support, they should be able to help. Support.pmdg.com

[@jamesbp]

I find the trim speed bug and it changed the easy i fly the 777, much better since then, should be on by default.

[@A330Driver]

The real plane doesn't have it, that's why it's not on by default. I really think the default configuration should be as realistic as possible.

[@JacobianMX]

I have a question upon the airspeed for pmdg 777 in MSFS. In live weather, I am not sure if I setup the simulator wrong or it's like this already, the airspeed is very unstable, varing several knots. Adding to the unstable airspeed, the AT cannot quite maintain the airspeed. Upon approach, sometimes the AT allows the airspeed to drop below Vref, and then suddenly apply 70-80% N1, making the whole airplane float and ruining the approach. Any idea how to mitigate that, or am I doing something wrong?

[@Martin-kx6bn]

Same here

[@A330Driver]

That’s quite normal, in real life speed is never as stable as in the sim.

[@CMBelite-FR]

Nice video. is the nose down input below 30ft artificial ie done by the elevators or it's due to the ground effect aerodynamic forces ?

[@inverterrace]

Part of the FBW. Called "approach bias" or "flare compensation".

[@CMBelite-FR]

@@inverterrace so it's artificial then

[@inverterrace]

@@CMBelite-FR Yes. Exactly the same in the Airbus FBW system

[@CreativePulse-gi8jc]

👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻

[@DanielDuhon]

Why would you turn the FBW bug off in the sim? The real aircraft has a very important thing that the sim does not: physical feedback in the stick. Without that or the bug, it’s nearly impossible to correctly trim the airplane in the simulator

[@inverterrace]

The PMDG 777 will also give you feedback and add weight to your controls. Unless they are sort of very very weak. Do the following experiment: Turn the FBW bug ON. Stabilize the airplane. Now Turn the FBW speed bug off, accelerate somewhat and stabilize at a higher speed by feel. When done, turn the FBW speed bug back on and see where it is.

[@A330Driver]

As @inverterrace said, you can also "feel" the plane on the controls. Just like a real pilot would. I have no problems trimming the plane, just like I have no problems trimming the 737 or any other airplane. Takes a bit of practice, but it's really worth investing that time.

[@danielmartins1373]

Helloo, how’s the performance compared to the 737?✈️

[@pierredemalglaive7284]

Flys like the 737 but bigger and heavier in my opinion and prefoance is fairly good for take off and landing and your pc shouldn’t expload with preformance

[@danielmartins1373]

@@pierredemalglaive7284 I currently fly on Xbox series s, and i have the PMDG 737-800, but compared to the 737, does the 777 get similar fps?

[@danielmartins1373]

@@pierredemalglaive7284 but compared to the 737-800, is it it similar in terms of fps? By the way, i fly on Xbox series s✈️

[@agustinmarinangeli]

​@@danielmartins1373 I don't check the FPS, but in my case when it released it felt a little bit heavier on the fps than the 737, but after the first couple of updates I feel it performs just as good as the 737 (or very close). I'm sure when it releases for xbox it will work just as fine as the 737 for you.

[@danielmartins1373]

@@agustinmarinangeli Thank you, i appreciate that✈️😁

[@davidicusb]

'A PMDG beta tester'. What were you guys actually doing during the beta testing? It's a terrible 'finished' product.