True Heavy Metal: TFDI MD-11 Review with a Real Airline Pilot!

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A detailed simulation of the MD-11 is now available in Microsoft Flight Simulator! In this video I'll take you through my thoughts and a full flight in the unique and rare aircraft.
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I am a real world Airline pilot with thousands of hours flying the real aircraft and thought it would be fun to have a look at the detailed simulations of airliners in MSFS and X Plane. Hopefully you find this useful and it brings another perspective to your simulation. Any thoughts or comments are welcome!
This video is intended for home entertainment only and does not reflect or represent any real world aircraft or airline procedures. It is for home flight simulator enthusiasts only and has no real world application. All views expressed are my own.
0:00 Exterior
08:43 Cockpit/Power Up
17:45 FMS Setup
26:04 Before Start
29:00 Engine Start
37:15 Takeoff
42:05 Climb
49:00 Descent
57:05 Approach
1:03:25 Landing & Replays

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24 июл 2024

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@JohnVanderbeck 17 дней назад

"Dial-a-flap" oh god that name is SUCH a product of it's time hahaha

@CrashEd1664 17 дней назад

Really pleased that you’ve reviewed the MD-11 - it’s going to be my next buy. Many thanks! 👍

@nilsdietrich209 17 дней назад

I have both the 777 and the MD11 but only fly the latter. Go ahead.

@scottbrandenburg2243 17 дней назад

Great job reviewing a great aircraft. Couple of interesting points - the nose tires could be changed without use of a jack, because of the way one lifts off the ground when the tiller is turned to it's stop. The landing issues caused some of our pilots to call the airplane a "SCUD" - because you never knew where exactly it was going to land. And our contract maintainers in Paris referred to the aircraft as an "MD-41", with "41" being the delay code for maintenance/technical. :) Great work! -S. (Former Delta Air Lines mechanic..)

@richardsuttill54 17 дней назад

I am so pleased you reviewed the MD11 as I really love your comprehensive and calm descriptions. I have completed two short flights with this aircraft so far. I was very fearful of its complexity to begin with but soon learned that it’s airbustiness, and other automations make it very satisfying and enjoyable to operate in the sim. Hope to see you fly it again soon, thank you.

@JamesGoodwin1994 17 дней назад

This bird is so powerful with that extra engine! That climb out of takeoff looked incredible!

@ups-pn3ph 17 дней назад

Loved the PMDG version on fs9. Really Enjoy these cargo birds.

@CrashEd1664 17 дней назад

Yeah the PMDG version was great!

@cjmillsnun 17 дней назад

There are a brilliant set of videos from air clips showing Lufthansa Cargo operating these in real life with flight deck views.

@JohnVanderbeck 17 дней назад

I love hos even in these glass cockpits you can feel the older ones, due to the displays. It feels like looking at a DOS terminal and graphics made with ANSI characters versus looking at a modern Windows OS and bitmap graphics :)

@cmaylo 17 дней назад

I’ve done 3 flights in this so far, really enjoying it. A little twitchy on final approach but nothing I can’t manage. Love doing cargo ops in it!

@Music_SonicZone 17 дней назад

Been working for UPS MD-11 for a good while, sad to see her approaching her retirement time. Until then, she is a wild fun aircraft to fly with, special during landings. She has some automation that a little exceeds airbus in terms of its automated system.

@pcwizardman 17 дней назад

One of my favourites of all time So comfortable to fly in

@Q3ark 17 дней назад

This looks great, i really like the voice warnings

@Captainchibbles 6 дней назад

It looks so good man - love it!

@deepredson 16 дней назад

What a great review. Mouth-watering, in fact. Thank you. Barty

@KEITHGEE1000 17 дней назад

Great as always. I’m glad for the review. Having just purchased the PMDG 777 I wanted to see if this was worth buying. And I will get it. Many thanks!!

@mikebakkeyt 17 дней назад

It;s got some bugs but I'm loving it so far. Landings are a challenge, mainly because of the savage pitch movements with control inputs. When it all goes well it's incredibly satisfying and when it doesn't I have the chiropractor on speed-dial :-) Hopefully you'll also be reviewing the 2 727s we have on approach - FSS this month and FSR/SWS collab later in the year - it's great to have vintage planes available now.

@stephenmckinnell7791 17 дней назад

Great video. I’ve been flying the MD for a few days, and it’s still a bit like handling a Cobra! You’ve taught me a few more things. I’ve had the same Profile difficulties, and I’m not completely sure about the Speed button either! 🥴 I love it though.

@musicalaviator 17 дней назад

33:08 - The APU bleed pumps air into the bleed #2 - which engine 2 also does. Once engine 2 starts, the Packs/Bleeds will automatically shut down the APU bleed... which in turn shuts down the APU. So essentially "Turning on Engine 2" also shuts down the APU (after several minutes for the bleeds to pressurize etc) Found a couple of niggly bugs: ILS will sometimes veer off course (fail to intercept) if you have set the ILS frequency manually in the FMS, And the elevator trim tends too far aft. At flap 50, you will sometimes run out of trim authority on approach. Finally, pulling the elevators past about 50% makes the MSFS rubber band pitch start oscillating. If they fix the trim authority this will hide the elevator issue again. Also had a few instances of the LNAV trying to turn back to the runway after takeoff. Have to direct-to the next waypoint to clear it. 3 bugs that I care about. Other than that, I'm liking it.

@noway9880 16 дней назад

I'd like to add: engine model inaccuracies. Eng oil & nacelle temp always 0c-67c. Even when it's 35c, the cold temps are considerably less than ambient. Also, warm up takes less than 10 seconds. It's basically the default asobo turbofan. Spool times insane. After flying the Fenix where it almost feels like a real dynamic simulation (egt+oil+waste heat retains) this feels bad. If they can put some effort into the eng model I'd recommend it. They've done a lot of good with it and I don't wanna cut them down..but wow the engine model is bad

@charlesc7723 17 дней назад

Yep, it’s a nice plane. Got it yesterday and was able to do a complete flight after one warmup session.

@SavageGunFighter21 15 дней назад

Definitely buying this one next.

@MrSunlander 17 дней назад

and you had that crosswind..... MD11s and crosswinds..... whew. Thanks for the sample flight. Would've liked to see the reverse thrusters.

@Boradumir 17 дней назад

I love this plane so much. I just did two flights and slammed it on the runway, it's really tricky and easy to get approach and final won't. Love your video and I learned a lot about the system. Only criticism I have... you didn't show the fire warning test, not because of the test, because of the sound. This sound is so awesome and special I think about coping it and using it on my mobile as the alarm tone. 😂😂😂

@carlosespinosa6412 17 дней назад

Thank you very much indeed for your lovely videos! Super well explained as ever. Is there any A320 Thrustmaster setup for using the joystick (reverse axis, etc…) with this 3 jet? Greetings from Spain

@sergivan08 17 дней назад

Perfect title for an amazing aircraft

@LindasGamingCorner 15 дней назад

I love it!

@Topofdescent55 16 дней назад

Great video. It's nice you see the positives. I hope they address the trim on final, you'll notice that she is at full nose up trim 15.5 deg, they are aware of it but l hope it is their priority. I think this is why many are finding the landings difficult, the nose up, getting slow, dropping like a stone.

@graeabarth2227 17 дней назад

Great review! I really enjoyed the full presentation. I like airliners that present a bit of a challenge. Just hope this finds its way to Xbox

@hjr2000 7 дней назад

Have you tried the BAe 146?

@graeabarth2227 7 дней назад

@@hjr2000 hello, yes 😀 I have the JF BAE 146 in my hangar and it’s great to fly! I love it

@Dg-zj6jo 17 дней назад

hope your well sir looking good

@Rrakan320 17 дней назад

Thank u for another great video.. we love u 🤍

@320SimPilot 12 дней назад

That is very kind, thank you so much!

@judebrad 15 дней назад

I've been "flying" this aircraft since PMDG first released their version for FS9/FSX back in 2008 and found it's a nice hybrid between Boeing and Airbus which makes it quite unique.

@der.Schtefan 15 дней назад

I think both A320 and MD-11 's MCDU are manufactured by Honeywell. Both were released in 1988 resp 1989, so it's stands to reason that the design was reused.

@320SimPilot 10 дней назад

Ah very interesting! That would make sense. Thanks for watching!

@RogerKelp 15 дней назад

For even more convinience the hyd aux 1 is also a push button next to the Autobrakes switch so you don’t need to go up to the hyd panel. You also need to make sure “alt Rpg” Switch is set to on for Your transponder

@jay-rus4437 17 дней назад

Looking forward to flying this. I have it, but havent jumped in yet. Finishing up some other flight schedules that I had for the a330. Not a fan of TFDi, but the aircraft has some potential

@ilarikousa1500 17 дней назад

I can confirm the view from the flight deck is excellent, and there's a feel of space not present even in many newer jets!

@musicalaviator 17 дней назад

MD11's windows are huge. 717's windows are tiny lol.

@bagwaa9948 16 дней назад

What do you use for landing replays? these look amazing. Thankyou for the great video

@danisaacstron 14 дней назад

@320SimPilot TIP: you can click-and-drag any rotary-knob in FS2020. I find it much easier than the mouse wheel especially with things like the heading selector knob.

@320SimPilot 10 дней назад

Thanks for the tip! I often forget to do this!

@MrWernR 17 дней назад

Really loving this bird so far! I flew the he*k out of the PMDG variant back in FS9

@Colorado_Ronin 17 дней назад

Did you censor “heck”

@kattn01 17 дней назад

@@Colorado_Ronin icant

@CrashEd1664 17 дней назад

The PMDG version was great!

@nikolajpetersen1302 17 дней назад

Fine presentation of a great aeroplane, thanks! However, you better file an FSR to your NP-FO - flying at CRZ LVL on LCL QNH1004 could get you in trouble in the real world🙂

@VNAV_PTH 16 дней назад

Can you load your own charts as in the Flybywire A32NX or does it require Navigraph subscription to view them in the flypad?

@jay790962666 17 дней назад

how do you do your fly by shots?

@musicalaviator 17 дней назад

39:03, a second click changes the primary autopilot from 1 to 2 (right side) so by clicking it twice, you've actually armed the First Officer's/Right side flight director to control the autoflight system :) V-speeds in White concerned me, They've been entered but then not clicked again to verify/bold them. Or it could be that you're taking off with manual speed 250 instead of the FMS managed speed... which is fine cos it will capture automatically the FMS managed after it hits climb mode anyway as it did at 40:50

@SpiritOfMontgomery 16 дней назад

Really hope TFDi or someone like them make a L-1011, one of the best looking jets I’ve seen and was hard done by the DC-10s bloodlust.

@zlm001 10 дней назад

Thanks.

@taffman1 11 дней назад

Another excellent review, be good if you could if you review the Cessna Longitude.

@320SimPilot 10 дней назад

Thank you! Glad you enjoyed it. I’ll take a look at the Longitude!

@taffman1 10 дней назад

@@320SimPilot You are welcome.

@xXshinichiconanXx3 14 дней назад

interesting would be the honeycomb throttle quadrant config for this bird.

@captainpiett765 17 дней назад

Another great video, thanks! There’s been some criticism of it being overly sensitive in the pitch axis, not sure if that’s true to the real aircraft. I have purchased it and quite like it. Very different from other airliners that I have though, takes some getting used to!

@CrashEd1664 17 дней назад

@@captainpiett765 I haven’t flown this version yet, but I did fly the PMDG version, which was also hard to land. In the real aircraft, LSAS was introduced to reduce pilot induced oscillations due to the length of the aircraft, so it would make sense for it to be sensitive in pitch. Whether it’s accurate or not - I can’t say. They did have an ex MD-11 pilot on the beta team…

@captainpiett765 17 дней назад

@@CrashEd1664 That’s interesting to know, thanks!

@AJ-yw5zy 15 дней назад

As others have commented l, glad you’ve reviewed this one. What setup do you operate, graphics are stunning.

@320SimPilot 10 дней назад

Thank you for the kind words! This was recorded on my laptop, i9-13900HX, RTX 4080, 32GB RAM.

@320SimPilot 10 дней назад

Thank you for the kind words! This was recorded on my laptop: i9-13900HX, RTX 4080 laptop, 32GB RAM.

@dombarh8416 11 дней назад

I purchased and installed the MD11 on P3Dv5.1, two days ago. First remarks and I think there will be many more. No pushback with Shift+P The wheels don't turn? No IRU alignment. I expected better, but unfortunately not at the level of those that PMDG had done. And there is no forum, support directs me to Discord, but impossible to enter

@valerciora5952 17 дней назад

Amazing video, but that takeoff performance seems a bit unrealistic, you'd think they'd just reduce thrust to not climb at more than let's say 3.5-4k fpm on initial climb, even though the plane is totally capable of doing it, maybe it wouldn't be very comfortable for the passengers to just climb at almost 6k fpm and 25 degrees, or am I wrong? I'm really curious if that was ever the case, i've never seen the MD-11 take off. Maybe they didn't do such light takeoffs IRL too much.

@Xenthera 16 дней назад

Has anyone else been experiencing the autopilot constantly disconnecting? It's as if my idle controls are acting like they're fighting the AP enough to disengage it.

@chrislewis8714 17 дней назад

I've been away from the game for a while. I want to get back in and get a nice long haul widebody. A300 B777 or this? What do I choose?

@fear2218 17 дней назад

777

@exiletsj2570 16 дней назад

I’m really interested in the MD11, now the 777 hypes died off. I suspected I wouldn’t really like the 777, as it’s so well designed and capable, it’s quite boring to fly. This old girls got some real character.

@jay-rus4437 11 дней назад

Flew this for the first time today. While on autopilot, and everything going fine, it suddenly went into a nose dive. I manually took over etc, then about 30 minutes later it did the same. Anyone had issues with this and have any advice

@RealScarKnight 17 дней назад

nice texture 💀

@jay-rus4437 10 дней назад

Okay….update TEST: tried to do an unscheduled flight and just manually enter heading, speed etc. with full flaps out, gear down, and heading set for runway heading, the plane went into a hard nose down attitude again. I couldnt recover from the 6,000 or so that I was at. Started a second flight and managed mode until 2000 feet, and on final. I noticed at landing that the nose was EXTREMELY light. With brakes pressed, and 65 knots, I pulled back slightly and the front gear came straight up. I think this was the most revealing to me on the current progress, or lack thereof, of the md-11. There is no way the gear should pop right up off the runway at 65 knots. Seems we bought an unfinished product at the highest price of an aircraft for msfs yet. Disappointing

@jay-rus4437 10 дней назад

Anyone having issue with the stab trim continuously increasing, auto warning for trim movement, and then the plane finally noses down due to speed protection

@GapeGang 17 дней назад

When are ya changing the channel name to 787 Sim Pilot?

@peterbassey9668 13 дней назад

Praythee, but where does one buy this cool product?!

@320SimPilot 10 дней назад

It is available on tfdidesign.com !

@hjr2000 17 дней назад

Live stream soon! 😃 Haden

@robbyyant6213 8 дней назад

Yet another MSFS addon that handles like a Cessna. I'm starting to think that a lot of these developers are just running into the limitations of MSFS's arcade-like flight modeling and are realizing that it's almost impossible to properly model inertia and aircraft weight. It's something that's always plagued these large body aircraft in this sim.

@desitterspace10101 17 дней назад

Does this work in VR?

@hondarider100r 17 дней назад

I'm sure it does.

@Mountain-new 13 дней назад

I wish this was released on Xbox.

@tmothymccutcheon7432 16 дней назад

I have read a lot of negative feedback about this plane...is it really that bad?

@JohnVanderbeck 17 дней назад

Options -> MANPAD Defense System That sure caught my eye. Ignored for a moment the frustrating linguistic contraption if you know what MANPAD stands for, does this mean this aircraft actually has a simulated something like CAMPS? Not sure how that would even work in MSFS but I found that interesting. Or maybe it's an easter egg of some kind for a reference I'm not familiar with?

@cmaylo 17 дней назад

What's CAMPS? The MANPADS defense system is the Northrop Grumman Guardian, it just puts the unit on your external model.

@cmaylo 17 дней назад

I think it goes without saying that anti-aircraft missiles are not simulated in MSFS.

@JohnVanderbeck 17 дней назад

@@cmaylo CAMPS is the Civil Aircraft Missile Protection System. It as basically a flare system. I wasn't aware MD had a special passive system for the MD-11 so that's interesting.

@dankestosprey7281 16 дней назад

flight model especially during the critical phase at touch down is so off compared to Xplane. No inertia, bouncing around like a lightweight plane. feels like GTA V tbh. Don't blame TFDI, its bc the limitations of MSFS.

@JacobianMX 17 дней назад

your landing CG does not seem that right. I noticed your stab trim is full nose up upon landing...

@CherokeeFlyer67 15 дней назад

I can't believe they released this with no VR support - no excuse for this these days. Unflyable. Buyer beware!

@jay-rus4437 8 дней назад

Well, today TFDi kicked me out of their discord because I wouldnt agree that the plane doesnt have issues. They tell me two days ago that my issue was a “known issue”. Today Fabio tells me that he doesnt have the issue. I said its either known or it isnt. Back and forth….finally I said “well, I guess Im not waiting for a fix, so I will give the plane away”. They then proceeded to tell me it was against their rules etc. Im tired of devs like this. Release an $80 beta, then dismiss the issues its clearly having. It isnt any better, or more reliable, than the E-Jet series, and yet we were charged a high price by a company with an attitude. Im done. Will just stick with companies like Fenix and iniBuilds

@GregAbott-sl2bo 17 дней назад

I've heard for the price, its just not on par. Basically a P3D port. Textures aren't great for the price.

@jay-rus4437 17 дней назад

Its definitely does not justify the cost, in my opinion. Cost MORE than PMDG 777, as a great example. Also, Im not a fan of how TFDi handles things. Sell 1000 “collectors edition” for a total of $80,000. Then months later begin pre-purchase sales at $80 (but no Extended Range option….on a LONG HAUL Aircraft….just to be clear), which at the time said we would receive the aircraft early, before public release. Then they came back and removed that statement from the presale, and did so without offering refunds etc. Then….after ALL OF THAT mess, they discount the aircraft last minute (im sure to increase revenue) to a coat LOWER than early purchasers made. Its all absurd. What a slap in the face.

@JerryTS 15 дней назад

This plane looks awful for 80$. Wear and tear is made poorly. Also lot of things like lights and openings on fuselage are just painted on texture and not actually modeled in. Textures are horrible. Spaces between modules inside cockpit. I can go on and on. This comes no where near PMDG, FBW, JustFlight or Fenix. I am not saying that they cannot do it but perhaps in a year or so they will manage to polish all those things. I cannot comment on flight characteristics and operation but also there I hear mixed opinions. This review is misleading.