A tremendous amount of time and effort has been put into making certain that all of the details are present. Here the PMDG 747-400F is poised on the cargo ramp, displaying the quality and attention to detail of her lines.
Pmdg 747 400x windows#
Next up, we have a few images taken slightly earlier in the day, before we started hurling people out the top floor windows of the PMDG Flight Dispatch Center. Of course- this image also tickles the nerve endings of the former Chief Pilot in me… I will probably need to have a discussion with dispatch about the balanced field length calculation on this departure since the airplane is barely into the second stage climb crossing the piano keys… Hmmm… This image evokes everything that I think we all love about the 744: The power, the span, the graceful lines, the incredible complexity of flap and gear arrangement… I always like to start with a good, dramatic 747 image- and this one is my current favorite. With that, lets take a look at the cargo side of the 747-400 flight test ramp, shall we? You know how it is- we always manage to come up with something new and interesting in each successive product line- this one will prove to be no different! I do want to point out that there are some features and new gizmos that we are intentionally not showing you- because we want to keep them under wraps until we are ready to release the product to you. No matter how you slice it, the results are definitely worth the wait.Īs we roll through the next couple of updates, we are going to give you a showcase of the individual 747-400 models that are included in the package, along with some interesting features that are sure to raise your realism level to all new heights. The bad news is that it means we have been head down on the product for longer than we would have liked, but the good news is that we have been head down on the product for longer than we would have liked.
(Ah! A case study in why we never discuss release dates, how ’bout that?!) While we could have pushed her out to the beta team some time ago, it seemed rather pointless to move in that direction if we weren’t yet happy with the product- so we have just remained head-down in pursuit of our usual product quality goal without giving too much consideration to the calendar. We thought back in the October/November time-frame that we would be into beta testing by Christmas 2015, but some key pieces to the project fell behind schedule and that slowed the integration process quite a bit. We have been pretty quiet about the progress of this product because we have been very deep into the mechanics of pushing the airplane toward the beta testing phase of development. Just a reminder from your friends here at PMDG.įirst up, lets talk a bit about the pending release of the PMDG 747-400 Queen of the Skies II product line:
Before we do that, however- just a quick note for those of you who pay attention to such things: Today is Mother’s Day.
Pmdg 747 400x update#
Today, I am going to publish two update threads for you- one dedicated to the DC-6, and the other to the 747. The PMDG DC-6 Cloudmaster is just about to wrap up beta testing on the X-Plane version, and the PMDG 747-400 Queen of the Skies II is very close to entering beta testing, which will start the wind down to release. This is a very unusual period of time in PMDG’s history- as we have TWO products, on TWO different platforms winding down development at the same time. Randazzo released preview screenshots of their 747-400F and shared some news about the upcoming release.