A member of the PMDG forum has discovered an internal link on PMDG's website leading to a user manual for their upcoming Boeing 777-300ER for Microsoft Flight Simulator. This manual reveals many features that had not been previously mentioned and provides answers to questions from the community that were left unanswered or only vaguely addressed by the company's CEO, Robert Randazzo.

The new website not only includes the manual but also showcases a variety of liveries available for the plane. Furthermore, it unveils several previously undisclosed features, providing users with a comprehensive look at what the plane has to offer.

Furthermore, the manual also provides insight into some of the included features. Here is a list of some of the most interesting features:

• UFT is moveable to window, standard position, or on top of CDU
• UFT adopts a Fenix-style charging method, where the battery can run out
• Brakes can visually wear and wear pins can be checked on walk-around
• Wheels can be checked on a walk-around and will get dirty with each landing
• A lot of airframe options to replicate different carriers
• Cabin temp at ambient will be affected by air volume, sunlight  heating etc
• Wing flex, engine wobble etc accurately represented
• Dynamic and real engine oil, hydraulic fluid consumption
• Realistic failures based on service
• CPDLC and data-link implemented
• Doors may give false open indications (a common issue with 777 because of dirt around the sensor, opening and closing are usually fixed)
• Fire bottles and squibs may fail the test and require mx

After a user shared the new website, most of the responses and the original message were deleted from the forum. Following this, Mathijs at PMDG published the following: "Kudos to the person who used a domain scanner to find the manual, but this is indeed unplanned, so let's not make it a topic here." In the end, it looks like the manual was not supposed to be released, but when it was, we did get quite a good look at the new plane.

If you want to check out the manual, it was available while we were writing this article, but is no longer there and rather humorously they redirected the URL to a Rick Roll.

We will keep you informed as more information becomes available about the upcoming PMDG 777.

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