Boeing 777-300

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This includes the following models: 777-300, 777-300ER

Boeing 777-300
777-300.png
Type Airliner
Author(s) Justin Smithies, Syd Adams, Karla, Isaias Prestes
FDM YASim
--aircraft= 777-300, 777-300ER
Status Development

The Boeing 777 is a long-range, wide-body twin-engine jet airliner manufactured by Boeing Commercial Airplanes. It is the world's largest twinjet and is commonly referred to as the "Triple Seven". The stretched 777-300 (773) was designed as an A-market replacement for 747-100s and 747-200s. The -300 features a 33.3 ft (10.1 m) fuselage stretch over the baseline -200, allowing seating for up to 550 passengers in a single class high-density configuration. The 777-300ER ("ER" for Extended Range) is the B-market version of the -300. It features raked and extended wingtips, a new main landing gear, reinforced nose gear, and extra fuel tanks.

Liveries

All FlightGear liveries are available at FlightGear Liveries.

These liveries are also available at United Free World

Aircraft help

The 3D cockpit of a 777-300

You can see a guide on how to fly this plane on Vaeron's wikipage. For version 2.0, an updated version is available.

Start Procedure

  • Go to Equipment > Fuel and Payload and set your fuel amounts and make sure your tanks are selected
  • Right-click twice to get into the move view mode and look at the overhead panel then click all the electrical buttons until they are all lit up
  • Hold the 's' button for 10 seconds or until the engines are running at idle.

Autopilot

taken from forums.

777-300 Autopilot

Autopilot controls, from left to right, top to bottom:

  • A/P - Autopilot engage/disengage button
  • F/D - Flight director (the pink lines that show up on your attitude indicator)
  • A/T ARM (L/R) - Arm/disarm autothrottle for left/right engines
  • CLB CON - Continue climbing using the vertical speed the plane was at, when this setting was first engaged
  • A/T - Autothrottle engage/disengage button- unlike the real 777, the autothrottle is not independent from the main autopilot, so you'll have to activate this switch AND the main autopilot to use the autothrottle
  • IAS <> MACH - Switch between IAS speed mode and Mach number speed mode
  • IAS window - Set your desired IAS speed or Mach speed here
  • LNAV - Tells the autopilot to follow the Route Manager settings laterally (control the heading)- this has never worked for me, the autopilot just makes meaningless circles/goes north
  • VNAV - Same as LNAV, except vertically (control the altitude)- never tried this setting before
  • FLCH -
  • A/P DISENGAGE - Dedicated autopilot disengage button- click twice
  • HDG <> TRK - Switch between heading bug and course track
  • HDG window - Set your desired heading or course track here
  • Bank limits (AUTO/5/25) - Define banking limits for turning- i.e. 5 for gentle turns at cruising altitude, 25 for good maneuverability at lower speeds; auto will be fine in most cases
  • HOLD - Engage/disengage heading or course hold mode
  • V/S <> FPA - Switch between Vertical Speed and Flight Path Angle
  • V/S window - Set your desired Vertical Speed or Flight Path Angle
  • VS/FPA - Engage/disengage Vertical Speed/Flight Path Angle hold mode
  • ALTITUDE window - Set your desired altitude here
  • Altitude selection setting (AUTO/1000) - Switch between automatic incrementing (AUTO) and incrementing by the thousands (1000)- this setting only helps when selecting the altitude via the knobs, this won't apply if using the Autopilot Settings dialog
  • HOLD - Engage/disengage altitude hold mode
  • LOC - Track NAV1 VOR, flying by the heading given by the NAV1 radial
  • APP - Track an ILS glideslope, laterally and vertically- can be overriden by LOC, HDG, and ALT (i.e. you want to maintain a certain altitude until you capture the glideslope)
  • A/P - Engage/disengage autopilot
  • F/D - Flight director

Development status

Completed

  • As default 777-200ER for FlightGear 2.0.

To-do

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