747-400 questions

Mxsmanic wrote in
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capt writes:

when I press F2 the reverse thrusters won't engage. I'ts a gitch in
the operatin' system I'm sure, cause I tried it in 2 of them, with
results the same

Hmm. I think F2 is the standard for reducing thrust (and reversing
thrust).

I've seen it in the 737-400 on the throttle panel, so do you have to
put the autopilot with altitude set on to use it

In the default 737-400, I'm not sure how it works, but you should be
able to turn on the autothrottle as you sit on the runway and set a
speed or something and then engage it, and it should bring you up to
take-off thrust.

On the 737-800 from PMDG, which is much more faithful to real life,

How the **** would you know, wannabe boi?


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