Fantastic! Congrats on your involvement with the testing... they were lucky to have you on the Test team! 👍

@FatherTime1958

7 күн бұрын

Thank you so much. That means a lot to me.

Very emotional for me also, I flew so many flights in reallife with Swissair MD11 and will never forget the day we lost so many souls with Swissair 111, HB-IWF. Let's focus on the positive, I will always remember my travels with this beautiful birds and will do some of the flights as remembrance. 🥰♥️🥰♥️💪😎

@FatherTime1958

7 күн бұрын

I will never get over a few accidents, and Swiss Air 111 is one of them. So, so very sad.

@CaioRibeiro970

7 күн бұрын

when i get the TFDI, it'll be the first flight i'll make...

@FatherTime1958

7 күн бұрын

@@CaioRibeiro970 I try to stay away from accidents in my videos, but I flew over Nova Scotia for 30 years after the accident and I never once forgot about them. It led to many cockpit conversations about what we would so different as a result of their loss. They never had a chance.

@CaioRibeiro970

7 күн бұрын

@@FatherTime1958 Exactly, Captain! One of the saddest stories, for sure. It's simply heartbraking listein to te ATC of that night. Thank you so much for the videos and the teachings, congratulations on the journey!

@FatherTime1958

7 күн бұрын

Thank you. Your participation in the discussion is very much respected and appreciated. Consider joining my Discord. We could use you.

Can’t wait to fly this when I get home! Currently in Indianapolis doing my E175 type rating but am looking forward to flying the MD-11.

@FatherTime1958

4 күн бұрын

I hope that the type went well

Just found your channel and am an instant fan. Looking forward to more content!

@FatherTime1958

7 күн бұрын

Thank you so much. Please also feel welcome to join our Discord. It’s a very nice group of people.

Loved this flight! As an E190 maintainer at Ezeiza airport in Buenos Aires I always love whenever an MD-11 comes around!!!

@FatherTime1958

7 күн бұрын

I flew the MD-11 so many times to BA. Wonderful people and city.

@lvwpy

7 күн бұрын

@@FatherTime1958 Great! Then I'm looking forward to see you flying here in the sim too!

Thank you very much, Sir for your fantastic content and sharing your experience. I am very much looking forward to the TFDI MD11, as these used to fly for our former national carrier. Your videos will getting used to this quite unique plane a lot easier. Greetings from Zurich, Switzerland!

@FatherTime1958

7 күн бұрын

I think of Swiss Air 111 all of the time. One of the sadest events in aviation history. They never had a chance.

@MrLtsnake

7 күн бұрын

Yes, I remember that one well too. I was 17 at the time. A friend of mine went to school with the Captain‘s daughter. What a tragedy, especially given the fact that the likely culprit was the newly installed inflight entertainment system. While some say that SR111 was the beginning of the end for Swissair, their crisis management and communications in my view was one of their finest hours.

Thank you for your insight and dedication !

@FatherTime1958

7 күн бұрын

Thank you, and thank you for taking the time to comment. It means a lot.

Great video! I wasn’t planning on picking this one up but I may have to reconsider. Looking forward to more MD-11 videos.

@FatherTime1958

7 күн бұрын

It’s a great addition to MSFS. The long range freighter was definitely missing for the MSFS hanger.

Thank you, Captain Richard! As always, much, much appreciated, sir!

@FatherTime1958

7 күн бұрын

Always great to hear from you my friend. Jeff

I was wondering if I would get to hear from real MD-11 pilot😊 Thank you sir for your input in TFDI MD-11 development!👍🏻

@FatherTime1958

6 күн бұрын

I’m free from the NDA, BUT IT WAS AN HONOR!

Hats off, great video and very educational. Thank you. I have a feeling i will be in Memphis a lot doing FedEx flights in the upcoming future.

@FatherTime1958

7 күн бұрын

Thank you. It’s a very exciting day tomorrow as the release has finally arrived!!!!

Awesome thanks for your work and congrats to the team.

@FatherTime1958

7 күн бұрын

They are pretty excited over there. They should be very proud. MSFS is a very difficult platform to work with. It seemed to me, as a mere unpaid intern, that the entire process was one step forward and a half step back.

Welcome to the Flight Sim world! I was trying to get my media preview version of this plane for my channel... but was late to the party.

@FatherTime1958

7 күн бұрын

Thank you.

Thanks so much for your great videos on the MD-11. I'm an old retired guy (33 years in IT) and loved the PMDG MD-11 in FSX years ago. I still have all of the massive documentation that PMDG included with their MD-11 - Full FCOM, QRH etc. I also had FSipanel for FSX back then. Looking forward to flying this beautiful bird! Clear skies!

@FatherTime1958

7 күн бұрын

Thank you so much for the positive words. They mean a lot to me. This is one of my hobbies in my new retirement life. I don’t golf, so it’s the most rewarding thing that I do other than take care of my family. PMDG is so detailed in their manuals. I guess that’s where the name Precision Manual Development Group comes from!!!!

Excellent can’t wait to get this

Great video, glad to see your community grow each day!

@FatherTime1958

6 күн бұрын

It all started with you and a few others my friend. I’ll never forget.

@logan7k

6 күн бұрын

@@FatherTime1958 Happy to be a part of it! Do you ever plan on live streaming anytime soon?

Thanks for all the videos you have made for this. I have the CE and have really enjoyed flying it. I hope a fix comes for the approach trim issue, l saw that your trim was at 15.5 on landing too

@FatherTime1958

6 күн бұрын

I know, and I reported that to the big guys. It actually corresponds to the high AOA that I see in the flare.

Nice video. Safe flights!

@FatherTime1958

7 күн бұрын

Thank you so much for taking the time to comment!

So entertaining! Can't wait for more.

@FatherTime1958

7 күн бұрын

Thank you so much, that means a lot to me, it really does.

Great overview for sure - She was my first ride as a new FO at Delta in 1992!

@FatherTime1958

6 күн бұрын

Now that’s cool! Are you still flying?

@AlpineWarren

6 күн бұрын

@@FatherTime1958 only privately. Lost ability to get anything but a 3rd class medical 5 years ago.

Love your channel big fan. Great content for learning for sure. Thank you for service ✈️. Captain.

@FatherTime1958

7 күн бұрын

That means so much! Thank you for taking the time to make my day!

@libertyflight1

7 күн бұрын

@@FatherTime1958 absolutely. 😃 Aviation is my passion after watching this video. I’m definitely gonna be picking up the MD-11 TFDI

You know, I think my dream to be a pilot will never be 100% completed. Because more than that, I always wanted to be an MD-11 pilot. Now I can only feel a little bit of it with this bird in MSFS. It's really nice to see a real MD-11 pilot flying it. 😊

@FatherTime1958

7 күн бұрын

The DC-10/MD-11 family of airplanes was pretty special.

Just found your channel - Great stuff- subscribed! (retired in 2023 myself / NJ!)

@FatherTime1958

3 күн бұрын

@@Bart-rn1dp are you AAL?

@Bart-rn1dp

2 күн бұрын

@@FatherTime1958 lol no (I wish) - fmr banker

@FatherTime1958

2 күн бұрын

@Bart-rn1dp even better

great video sir!

@FatherTime1958

6 күн бұрын

Thank you so much for taking the time to comment. Honestly, it means everything.

Nice Nice captain. I am hoping there are at least a little similarity between the Md11 systems and the Md80 to help with the learning curve. Looking forward to dissecting this video. Many thanks

@zk9058

7 күн бұрын

I found that the two are nothing a like. It’s much more automated…..more akin to airbus than the maddog. Both are phenomenal planes tho! Enjoy it.

@FatherTime1958

7 күн бұрын

Other than the “dial-a-flap”, the MADDOG knowledge doesn’t help a lot. Thank you so much for chiming in. I really do appreciate it.

Thank you for the very detailed overview sir, this a plane I really can't wait but never use in any sim before :D Just a suggestion to reduce stutter try lossless scaling, it can 2x or 3x your FPS and has been working like a charm on my end. Not sure how it will work with OBS or the recording software you're using, but worth a try for sure

@FatherTime1958

7 күн бұрын

I’ll get it tomorrow. Thank you!

Excellent presentation. Great to learn about this bird from someone who has flown her. Looking forward to dispatch and fly her. Of course, need to survive the IROP tomorrow in ZNY/ZDC. GDPs will be ugly. Will be here tomorrow night…🎉

@FatherTime1958

2 күн бұрын

Thank you for your observations and positive feedback. It means a lot to me to hear from people so involved with the sim world.

Hold erase if you say something inappropriate and keep cargo temp on high for the puppies. Checklist complete.

@FatherTime1958

15 сағат бұрын

@@gorilla1988 hahaha. I do throw some random but true stuff in there

Capt. Time to get yourself a mega cpu now and pump those videos out. Cant have u disappearing for long periods of time anymore. Now with all these new birds being released, I'm excited to learn from the best.

@FatherTime1958

3 күн бұрын

Thank you. Priced them out yesterday. Ran it up the chain of command and it was placed somewhere between new curtains or a new couch. :(

There appears to be a bug with the spoilers. As I was descending I extended them. I was unable to retract them for the remainder of the flight.

@FatherTime1958

3 күн бұрын

Mmmmm....I haven't seen that one. Leave a message on their Discord. Thank you.

Amazing video! I found your channel recently and I’ve really enjoyed watching and learning from your guides and videos! I appreciate the work that you’ve put into your channel 😊 one question, where did you get the checklists for the md11 that were seen in this video? Thank you!

@FatherTime1958

21 сағат бұрын

@@futurepilottyler they are posted under “MD-11 Manuals” on my Discord Channel. If you don’t have a Discord account, you have to make one, join my server, accept the rules and then go to the section called MD-11 Manuals. Here’s the link: discord.gg/UJ2ybHgn

@futurepilottyler

21 сағат бұрын

@@FatherTime1958thank you very much, I’ve just joined your discord and found the manuals. Really appreciate the reply 😊

The cargo cabin did not look very impressive, but the cockpit of this plane has wonderful quality, outstanding details everywhere, great textures. Lovely! So the first retro-trijet has finally arrived in the flight sim (or it will, soon.)

@FatherTime1958

7 күн бұрын

The graphics I’ll get better and better.

Very valuable content. Thank you so much !

@FatherTime1958

7 күн бұрын

That means a lot to me. I’m excited to be part of the TFDI team.

Which addon made the emergency which forced you to switch the runway? Nice video was fun to watch

@FatherTime1958

6 күн бұрын

They didn’t say, they just said that I needed to side-step.

HI FatherTimes, great video and thanks for sharing., because of this i have brought the MD11F today. In your video you show the TDFI documents/checklist etc...Where can i find these please? as i can't find on the website or in the downloads.

@FatherTime1958

6 күн бұрын

Join our Discord and go to the MD-11 section.

@me-zy9fi

5 күн бұрын

Hi, sorry but the link to the discord is unclickable😢

Wasn't planning on buying this aircraft till I watched your video but I am now seriously considering it! Great video, loved the little explanations around each system as you worked through them!

@FatherTime1958

3 күн бұрын

Thank you. That means a lot. Thee TFDi Design team will make this airplane better and better. You won't regret it. She was a quirky airplane when I flew her, and this model takes some getting used to. I love the plane.

Hello FT, I’ve been flying the Rotate MD-11 in x-plane 12 and really enjoy it, have you tried it and if so how does it stack up against the MSFS version?

@FatherTime1958

4 күн бұрын

I have never flown the Rotate MD-11, but I heard good things about

Do you feel like the pitch sensitivity is realistic to the real plane? I’ve heard quite a lot of different things about it. Thanks :)

@FatherTime1958

7 күн бұрын

I think that you should go to -50 sensitivity on the pitch and you’ll love it. I’m used to it being sensitive, but most guys are going with the elevator sensitivity to -50- to -60 to make it feel heavier.

@userDFboeing

7 күн бұрын

@@FatherTime1958 oh okay ill try that tomorrow :)

How well does the plane work with Lock interaction? Are all the rotary knobs and multi-way toggles properly draggable, push/pull on secondary/tertiary interaction, etc.?

@FatherTime1958

7 күн бұрын

Yes and no. I wish that the SPD, HDG and ALT windows were NOT a mouse-scroll, but instead the standard MSFS hover, click and hold. However, the real MD-11’s push to hold what you got and pull to select speed, heading select or FL CHG is impossible to do any other way than they are doing it where you hover and find the up-arrow for push or the down arrow to pull. Your add-on panels such as Logitech multi or comm panels will all work.

@Shadowdncer

6 күн бұрын

@@FatherTime1958 it's not impossible, Fenix and FBW are doing it perfectly fine using secondary and tertiary interaction buttons (forward/back buttons, MB4&5 on the mouse).

@FatherTime1958

6 күн бұрын

Great point! I’ll bring that up.

@Shadowdncer

6 күн бұрын

@@FatherTime1958 I mentioned it on their Discord server, and apparently it was brought up but would take too much effort to implement at the moment. Guess I'll wait and see, I cannot stand FSX interaction any more.

@FatherTime1958

6 күн бұрын

@@Shadowdncer thanks, you saved me a conversation!

Figured I have to leave a comment here as well, as there are questions regarding the TFDi module. Have they done the same mistake with the throttles as Rotate did? If you push your at home throttles to 100% it goes past the overboost bar and triggers that and its associated flurry of warnings, or is that one reserved for a button? Number 2, do they feature the PW4462 engines? These were the most powerful engines you could get on the MD-11 with 62000 pounds of thrust per engine compared to 60000 for the GEs. Do you get the GPS / GNS equipped variant for navigation? Usually identified by the changed standby instruments in the cockpit, rather than the 2 old school steam gauges, it is replaced by one gauge similar to the standby altimeter / Artificial Horizon that you find in the Boeing 777. Nice flight, even though the landing was a bit squirmy compared to how you flew the 777, seems like either the weather or the simism habbits are starting to catch up! I guess I feel less bad now though.

@FatherTime1958

5 күн бұрын

@@CMDRSweeper hahaha! I can always count on you to tell it like it is. No argument here! The PWs are the 4462, but they are still a work in progress. As for the GPS/GNS variant, IDK.

Just curious, is the very bad FPS due to your computer specs or poor optimization of the TDFi aircraft? Not meant as a jab, just asking. I know sometimes early releases are not well optimized. I would say this is unplayable with as laggy/stuttery as it seems in this video at this time.

@FatherTime1958

4 күн бұрын

@@jochenheiden it’s my computer. I had to make some adjustments. Sorry about that.

@jochenheiden

4 күн бұрын

@@FatherTime1958 I read back my comment and it reads a bit disrespectful and I apologize for that. I wasn’t trying to be that way. Thanks for the video! I fly the Rotate MD-11 for X Plane 12 and I like to see both aircraft’s systems performing similarly.

@FatherTime1958

4 күн бұрын

@@jochenheiden thank you, but you asked an absolutely relevant and fair question.

Dear Sir: How do I know whether I am pulling the knob or pushing it in the FCP? Is there any arrow when I hover the mouse on a particular knob? Regards, -Engr. Haseen Ahmad Avionics, 777, 787, 737NG Biman, Dhaka, Bangladesh.

@FatherTime1958

3 күн бұрын

Hover over the top of a FCP knob and an up arrow will appear which is the "push" function, and slight below the knob a down arrow will appear and that is the "pull" function.

@haseenahmad7638

3 күн бұрын

@@FatherTime1958 Thanks for replying! About the ALT knob, how can I select 100 ft increaments and then back to 1000/500 ft increament?

@FatherTime1958

3 күн бұрын

@@haseenahmad7638 Altitude select knob. One detent is “slow mode” and it move the altitude in 500 foot increments from 10,000 feet and above. One detent is “slow mode” below 10,000, and it moves the altitude in 100 foot increments. If you select “BARO” on the minimums, not RA, you can then manipulate the altitude knob on the FCP theoretically in one foot increments! I’ll have to double check to see if this is modeled.

Those EGTs, dont look right when you shut down. they fell pretty quickly below 100 c...Realistically wouldnt they hover around 280-300 for a while?

@FatherTime1958

3 күн бұрын

Very true!!

Super choppy video. What video card are you using? Did they improve the FPS for the final product?

@FatherTime1958

7 күн бұрын

It was my PC, not the product. I did a few things to help yesterday, and today’s flight was way better. I have another thing I’ll be trying tomorrow. Please feel free to offer any tips or tricks.

@oscarpapa8

7 күн бұрын

@@FatherTime1958 your 3080 and 5800x should be more than fine to get 60fps constant with frame gen mod sir. I would suggest trying that.

@dadgametime7160

7 күн бұрын

@@FatherTime1958 your system should be fine. That’s why I was worried about the product. Glad to hear it’s not the plane!

Great Masterclass thanks very much, the MD-11 & 777 all look great. Are you able to tweak your game settings for less laf & boost fps at all? I struggle with me old rtx 980 but on some med settings still can use the sim for 20-25fps but really need some new tech to enjoy all the good planes, and stuff now in the sim. Thanks for showcase. ❤

@NotTheRambo

8 күн бұрын

You can try Lossless Scaling to get Frame generation.

@Lone_GamerUK

7 күн бұрын

@@NotTheRambo yeah tried already makes everything worse for me with such a low base it seems oh well but for some it works it seems 🤔

@FatherTime1958

7 күн бұрын

Thank you! I just did a few things last night that someone recommended, and it helped with today’s production a lot!

@juliashenandoah3965

7 күн бұрын

I recommend flying in Canada and Alaska when your PC is slowly getting older. Fluid as a river of clear Alaskan water is flying up there, no matter what DLC airport I chose - while most bigger American DLC airports have 15 FPS on my computer. The performance of the Flight Sim 2020 fully depends on the scenery, not on the plane. :)

@Lone_GamerUK

7 күн бұрын

@@juliashenandoah3965 definitely should do more Canada & Alaska flying so pretty over there for sure. MSFS can still be like free trip to see all the amazing sights for sure 👌

Is this plane out

@FatherTime1958

7 күн бұрын

It could be out as early as tomorrow!

Actually Boeing bought MD, and then made terrible decisions from there…

@FatherTime1958

7 күн бұрын

I think the MD-11 had long since been beaten in the long haul market by the twins by the time Boeing bought them. I lived it at AAL.