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DVA10359
Captain, B757-200
OLP

Joined on November 29 2011
50 State Club
Century Club

"Specialization is for ants."
Albuquerque, NM USA

128 legs, 357.0 hours
58 legs, 154.8 hours online
126 legs, 353.5 hours ACARS
9 legs, 16.7 hours event

Posted onPost created on January 14 2012 00:23 ET by Roy Mollenkamp

I was flying an online flight on VATSIM with a PMDG 737NGX, when FS crashed. When I loaded the saved ACARS flight, the PMDG started the initialization sequence (with Engines off), and then when it finally loaded I was dropping at 15,000+ FPM and no longer on my flight plan. Additionally, NONE of my flight information was saved in the FMC. Does anybody know how to fix this? I'm frustrated.

Roy Mollenkamp

Captain, B757-200

DVA2192
Senior Captain, A320
OLP

Joined on March 14 2005
50 State Club
Million Mile Club
Flying Colonel
Online Fifteen Century
DVA Fifteen-Year Anniversary
Long Beach 500 Club

Attleboro, MA USA

1,703 legs, 3,149.7 hours
1,635 legs, 2,989.8 hours online
1,667 legs, 3,076.4 hours ACARS
3 legs, 5.5 hours event

Posted onPost created on January 14 2012 10:04 ET by Richard Walsh

I don't think ACARS can correctly configure the NGX. It won't save your FP in the FMC.

Richard Walsh

Senior Captain, A320

DVA8806
First Officer, B777-200
OLP

Joined on July 10 2010
Online Century Club
Double Century Club

"(Error404) Runway9R ?not found."
Mabank, TX USA

201 legs, 442.1 hours
157 legs, 335.6 hours online
197 legs, 438.7 hours ACARS
8 legs, 14.2 hours event
456 legs, 1,424.1 hours total

Posted onPost created on January 14 2012 10:15 ET by Conner Pierce

Yes, and sometimes it won't let you use your rudder if you try this. If it happens, it is just better to scrap the flight than be frustrated.

Conner Pierce (DVA8806)

DVA5270
Senior Captain, B737-800

Joined on September 27 2007
50 State Club
Everett 500 Club
Online Quintuple Century Club
Nine Century Club
DVA Ten-Year Anniversary

"p=np"
Charleston, SC USA

977 legs, 1,725.8 hours
578 legs, 894.1 hours online
931 legs, 1,647.1 hours ACARS
43 legs, 67.0 hours event

Posted onPost created on January 14 2012 21:40 ET by Don Thomas

I am pretty sure that ACARS will not re-programm the FMC for a flight recovery.

Don Thomas

Senior Captain, B737-800

DVA9571
Senior Captain, B767-300

Joined on March 10 2011
Everett 500 Club
Online Quintuple Century Club
DVA Five-Year Anniversary
Six Century Club

Miami, FL USA

612 legs, 2,333.0 hours
590 legs, 2,242.9 hours online
602 legs, 2,307.3 hours ACARS

Posted onPost created on January 15 2012 23:20 ET by Bob Klemm

Re-start in Pause mode, reprogram everything in the FMS from scratch, using your original data, then un-pause. Make sure you keep track of where you are, so if you HAVE to recover, you can put the next waypoint you were headed to as the first waypoint (direct to). I've had to do this several times with other FMS equipped aircraft, but I don't use the NGX. Just assuming it's the same.

Bob Klemm

Senior Captain, B767-300

DVA2590
Captain, MD-11
OLP

Joined on October 02 2005
Online Century Club
DVA Ten-Year Anniversary
Everett 250 Club
Quincentenary Club
50 State Club

"I wanna go fast"
Dearborn Heights, MI

548 legs, 1,456.7 hours
131 legs, 236.0 hours online
449 legs, 1,245.2 hours ACARS
8 legs, 18.0 hours event

Posted onPost created on January 16 2012 20:10 ET by Damon Clayton

Bob Klemm wrote:

Re-start in Pause mode, reprogram everything in the FMS from scratch, using your original data, then un-pause. Make sure you keep track of where you are, so if you HAVE to recover, you can put the next waypoint you were headed to as the first waypoint (direct to). I've had to do this several times with other FMS equipped aircraft, but I don't use the NGX. Just assuming it's the same.

Posted onPost created on January 17 2012 19:21 ET by Bob Klemm

I should add - if you're on VATSIM, don't reconnect until you're flying again and you've checked if ATC is on, or other aircraft in the area, using ServInfo or whatever.

Bob Klemm

Senior Captain, B767-300

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