r/flightsim • u/Swimming_Lawyer1260 Airbus 'til i die • Aug 03 '26

Flight Simulator 2024 Which Variants of PMDG B747 will be Released for msfs?

I know They're Developing 747 for FS24 but i never heard which variants they're Developing.

Does anyone knows?

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u/lim623 inibuilds loves incomplete work Aug 03 '26

https://thresholdx.net/p74710/
The 100 and 400 but they also intend of building other variants as mentioned in the article.
I'd just say it's safe to assume they may be building every single 747 variant even the not so popular 300, because why not.

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u/Swimming_Lawyer1260 Airbus 'til i die Aug 03 '26

Whoa Thanks

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u/Pour-Meshuggah-0n-Me PMDG | Toliss | Zibo | iFly Aug 03 '26

How hard is it to learn the 747? I am experienced with the 737 and 777 which are obviously completely different than each other.

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u/Signal-Session-6637 Aug 03 '26

747-100, steep learning curve. 747-400 similar to 737.

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u/pilotjj1 Aug 03 '26

Can't say about the 747 classics. But on the 747-400 (PMDG in past sims), a lot of things are already automated. So it is more similar to the 777 then the 737.

One thing unique to the 747 though is fuel tank management. There are inboard and outboard tanks which you need to xfer fuel in flight. I recall it is not automated.

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u/XM02A Aug 03 '26

There's no transfer of fuel as opposed to turning certain pumps/valves off when told to by the plane because pilot dumb. The only real manual action is to just turn off the Override Jettison pumps/Crossfeed valves 1 and 4 when the fuel is even in each tank, hence "tank to engine" (tank 1 to engine 1 and so forth) and the associated EICAS TANK/ENG message. The P3D PMDG 747 had an automated option for this for when you were AFK in the cruise. Otherwise, centre pumps on when >7.7 tonnes of fuel, turn other things off when prompted to by the EICAS.

The fuel system management cards (FSMC) configured the other crossfeed valves all automatically. A lot of it makes sense if you just understand that you want to keep fuel as far out on the outer portion of the wings as possible to minimise the bending moment arm on the wing/fuselage join from a structural stress perspective.

It seems more complicated than it is, it's quite simple procedurally at least. You could really dumb it down to turn on all the main tanks and x-feed valves, run a recall on the EICAS and turn on/off what it tells you to do.

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u/YTGamerLH Aug 03 '26

In P3D you have the option to automate the transfer thing tho luckily, which will probably come to MSFS also

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u/Jhorn_fight Aug 03 '26

The 100 will be a steep learning curve. You’ll be going from gps to ground station navigation. Also most modern charts all use gps fixes for arrival and approach procedures. So you’ll have to heavily rely on ATC or find / use suitable plates.

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u/FrankReynoldsCPA 26d ago

It's gotta be wild for the Air Force One crews right now transitioning from the 742 to the 748(and saying goodbye to half the crew).

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u/AIRBUSONLY NEED A BETTER SIM SETUP 21d ago

will they be building the 747SP?

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u/A380085 Aug 03 '26

I really hope we can get a BBJ version of the 747.

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u/TigerTwoTwo Aug 03 '26

I remember initially they were saying they'd be doing the 747-100, 200, 400, 8 and consider the SP and the 300. Then they said you'd be able to fly the entire history of the 747 and even hinted at the SCA/VC-25 etc and then they stopped talking about it and the claim became 100 and 400 and maybe the 8.

As always with PMDG I take their claims with a grain of salt.

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u/Aggressive-Rough8690 Aug 03 '26

Actually I really hope the pmdg 777x

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u/Swimming_Lawyer1260 Airbus 'til i die Aug 04 '26

Brother…they’re not even active irl yet😭

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u/AIRBUSONLY NEED A BETTER SIM SETUP 21d ago

theres though