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Meet the aircraft
The 777 entered service in 1995 after development with input from major airline customers. Its broad cabin and two very large engines filled a space between the 767 and 747. The programme expanded through different fuselage lengths, range developments and engine choices. The 777-200ER offers several engine options, while the 777-300ER has its own airframe and equipment.
Aircraft background
Wikipedia contributors · Read more ↗Circuits in the first 777 ever built
Among Clark’s favourite flying memories is base training in a 777: taking a large airliner to a quieter airport and practising circuits and touch-and-go landings. The aircraft happened to be the first 777 built, a former Boeing test machine, which added a sense of history to the experience. For a pilot whose enthusiasm had been confirmed by an Air Cadets flight as a teenager, it was a particularly satisfying milestone.
Mega Aviation interview · 23 February 2017. Cathay Pacific pilot recalling base training in the former prototype and airline flying.
Mega Aviation / Pilot Stories · Read more ↗The 777's flight-control logic is modelled explicitly
PMDG describes custom C*U flight-control logic with normal and direct modes, path and speed management, and artificial-feel modelling. The reviewed 777-200ER product also offers different engine families with their own indications and thrust behaviour. These features apply to PMDG's documented aircraft.
Boeing 777 · PMDG · MSFS 2020 · MSFS 2024
PMDG · Read more ↗Into the cockpit
YouTube FlightFactor
FlightFactor B777 v2 | Full Flight Tutorial | Part 1 | Preliminary Preflight Procedures
FlightFactor walks through electrical power, loading and preliminary preflight checks.
FlightFactor 777 v2; X-Plane; developer tutorial
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Meet Boeing 777
The 777 entered service in 1995 after development with input from major airline customers. Its broad cabin and two very large engines filled a space between the 767 and 747. The programme expanded through different fuselage lengths, range developments and engine choices.
The 777-200ER offers several engine options, while the 777-300ER has its own airframe and equipment. PMDG and FlightFactor provide separate systems documentation for their simulated versions.
Boeing 777
Aircraft type designators
Use the code for the model you are flying. The linked authority lists the applicable aircraft.
History & design
Development milestones
First flight: June 12, 1994 ( 1994-06-12 )
Wikipedia contributors · Boeing 777 ↗Boeing 777 · family/variant named by the source · Wikipedia revision 1373989467
Pilot accounts
Circuits in the first 777 ever built
Among Clark’s favourite flying memories is base training in a 777: taking a large airliner to a quieter airport and practising circuits and touch-and-go landings. The aircraft happened to be the first 777 built, a former Boeing test machine, which added a sense of history to the experience. For a pilot whose enthusiasm had been confirmed by an Air Cadets flight as a teenager, it was a particularly satisfying milestone.
In airline service, Heathrow retained a personal attraction because of childhood family journeys through the airport. He describes enjoying the view over London while reminding himself to concentrate on the touchdown. He also explains why the autopilot does not remove the crew’s work: it gives pilots capacity to consider weather, suitable diversion airports, approaches and the services available on the ground. The interview combines the pleasure of flying with the continuing responsibility of managing the journey.
Mega Aviation interview · 23 February 2017. Cathay Pacific pilot recalling base training in the former prototype and airline flying.
Read the full account · Mega Aviation / Pilot Stories ↗The stories that returned at a fleet reunion
Nearly two decades after leaving the 777 fleet, Captain Lim attended a reunion with about sixty former colleagues in Kuala Lumpur. Some were pilots he had taught on the F27 in the 1980s who had gone on to command long-haul aircraft. Meeting them brought back the shared decisions and disruptions that had shaped their working lives, as well as the humour of simulator trips and time away from home.
He recalls a weather diversion from Perth to Adelaide, a pressurisation problem after leaving Stockholm and a decision to remain on the ground as a typhoon approached. The reunion also gave him a chance to settle a misunderstanding with a colleague after twenty years. His account is a personal memory of the people around the aircraft; the remembered distances, fuel quantities and operational circumstances have not been adopted as technical specifications.
Just About Flying · Malaysia Airlines 777 pilot reunion, 26 April 2024. Retrospective fleet recollections; exact aircraft variants are not specified.
Read the full account · Just About Flying ↗The responsibility behind a first flight
Looking back three decades after the first 777 flight from Paine Field, Cashman remembered the responsibility of representing everyone who had prepared the aircraft. Engineers, customers, manufacturing staff and maintenance personnel had already completed their part of the work. At the moment of flight, he wanted to be sure that he fulfilled his own part just as well.
The aircraft left a lasting impression on him. Boeing’s written interview highlights describe his enjoyment of flying it and the pride he still felt in the programme thirty years later. His recollection gives the first-flight milestone a human setting: the person at the controls was conscious of a much larger team whose effort made that departure possible.
Boeing retrospective · thirty years after the 12 June 1994 first flight. Original 777 programme chief test pilot; written interview highlights.
Read the full account · Boeing ↗In your simulator
Systems, equipment and documentation for each developer’s aircraft.
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FlightFactor · Released
X-Plane 12777-200LR v2
FlightFactor · Released
777-200LR v2
FlightFactor · Released
Manuals & resources
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Simulator documentation
The 777's flight-control logic is modelled explicitlyBoeing 777 · PMDG · PMDG · MSFS 2020 · MSFS 2024
PMDG describes custom C*U flight-control logic with normal and direct modes, path and speed management, and artificial-feel modelling. The reviewed 777-200ER product also offers different engine families with their own indications and thrust behaviour. These features apply to PMDG's documented aircraft.
777-200ER MSFS2020/2024 published specification · Auto-flight System
PMDG · Read the source ↗Pilot account
Circuits in the first 777 ever builtMega Aviation interview · 23 February 2017. Cathay Pacific pilot recalling base training in the former prototype and airline flying.
Among Clark’s favourite flying memories is base training in a 777: taking a large airliner to a quieter airport and practising circuits and touch-and-go landings. The aircraft happened to be the first 777 built, a former Boeing test machine, which added a sense of history to the experience. For a pilot whose enthusiasm had been confirmed by an Air Cadets flight as a teenager, it was a particularly satisfying milestone.
Bradley Clark
Mega Aviation / Pilot Stories · Read the source ↗The stories that returned at a fleet reunionJust About Flying · Malaysia Airlines 777 pilot reunion, 26 April 2024. Retrospective fleet recollections; exact aircraft variants are not specified.
Nearly two decades after leaving the 777 fleet, Captain Lim attended a reunion with about sixty former colleagues in Kuala Lumpur. Some were pilots he had taught on the F27 in the 1980s who had gone on to command long-haul aircraft. Meeting them brought back the shared decisions and disruptions that had shaped their working lives, as well as the humour of simulator trips and time away from home.
Captain Lim
Just About Flying · Read the source ↗Developer documentation
777-200LR v2 — product listing777-200LR v2 · X-Plane 12
Product listing captured 2026-09-30; edition scope from the reviewed catalogue
store.x-plane.org · Read the source ↗777-200LR v2 — product listing777-200LR v2 · X-Plane 12
Product listing captured 2026-09-30; edition scope from the reviewed catalogue
store.x-plane.org · Read the source ↗Read the original documentation from the people who created it. Manuals open on their publisher’s website.
Manual
Microsoft Flight Simulator aircraft manualsMicrosoft / aircraft developers X-Plane aircraft and avionics manualsLaminar ResearchAircraft background
Boeing 777Wikipedia contributors · Research background · Wikipedia revision 1373989467 · retrieved 2026-09-12Developer reference
PMDG 777 SDK broadcast setupPMDG support forumResource
PMDG 777-200ER system implementationPMDG FlightFactor 777 v2 official changelogFlightFactor FlightFactor productsFlightFactorProduct
777-200LR for MSFS 2020 & 2024PMDG · Official developer / designated store catalogue · checked 2026-09-12 777F for MSFS 2020 & 2024PMDG · Official developer / designated store catalogue · checked 2026-09-12 777-300ER for MSFS 2020 & 2024PMDG · Official developer / designated store catalogue · checked 2026-09-12 777-200ER v2 UltimateFlightFactor · Official developer / designated store catalogue · checked 2026-09-12 777-300ER v2 UltimateFlightFactor · Official developer / designated store catalogue · checked 2026-09-12 777 v2 Freighter expansionFlightFactor · Official developer / designated store catalogue · checked 2026-09-12 777 v2 Engine ExpansionFlightFactor · Official developer / designated store catalogue · checked 2026-09-12 FlightFactor 777-200LR UPGRADE- FlightFactor-777-(200LR)-Upstore.x-plane.org · Product listing captured 2026-09-30; edition scope from the reviewed catalogue FlightFactor-777-(200ER)(200LR)-FlightFactor-777-(200ER)(200store.x-plane.org · Product listing captured 2026-09-30; edition scope from the reviewed catalogueType designator
ICAO Doc 8643 — aircraft type designatorsInternational Civil Aviation Organization · Public search data retrieved 2026-09-14; authority update 2026-09-03Built-in force-feedback profiles
Read the documentary basis, editable starting settings and remaining questions for the aircraft you fly. Each explanation refers to the exact profile revision shown.
Catalogue programme-20261022-v1 · 13 profile choices
FlightFactor 777-200ER v2
FlightFactor · Free and Pro · Revision 4 · Inherited starting point
X-Plane 12
FlightFactor 777-200ER v2: Artificial yoke feel motivates the configured powered-control response; the presence of fly-by-wire does not imply a passive Airbus-style inceptor.
FlightFactor 777-200LR v2
FlightFactor · Free and Pro · Revision 3 · Inherited starting point
X-Plane 12
FlightFactor 777-200LR v2: Artificial yoke feel motivates the configured powered-control response; the presence of fly-by-wire does not imply a passive Airbus-style inceptor.
FlightFactor 777-300ER v2
FlightFactor · Free and Pro · Revision 3 · Inherited starting point
X-Plane 12
FlightFactor 777-300ER v2: Artificial yoke feel motivates the configured powered-control response; the presence of fly-by-wire does not imply a passive Airbus-style inceptor.
FlightFactor 777F v2
FlightFactor · Free and Pro · Revision 3 · Inherited starting point
X-Plane 12
FlightFactor 777F v2: Artificial yoke feel motivates the configured powered-control response; the presence of fly-by-wire does not imply a passive Airbus-style inceptor.
PMDG 777-300ER
PMDG · Free and Pro · Revision 4 · Inherited starting point
MSFS 2020 · MSFS 2024
PMDG 777-300ER: Artificial yoke feel motivates the configured powered-control response; the presence of fly-by-wire does not imply a passive Airbus-style inceptor.
PMDG 777-200ER
PMDG · Free and Pro · Revision 3 · Inherited starting point
MSFS 2020 · MSFS 2024
PMDG 777-200ER: Artificial yoke feel motivates the configured powered-control response; the presence of fly-by-wire does not imply a passive Airbus-style inceptor.
PMDG 777-200LR
PMDG · Free and Pro · Revision 3 · Inherited starting point
MSFS 2020 · MSFS 2024
PMDG 777-200LR: Artificial yoke feel motivates the configured powered-control response; the presence of fly-by-wire does not imply a passive Airbus-style inceptor.
PMDG 777F
PMDG · Free and Pro · Revision 3 · Inherited starting point
MSFS 2020 · MSFS 2024
PMDG 777F: Artificial yoke feel motivates the configured powered-control response; the presence of fly-by-wire does not imply a passive Airbus-style inceptor.
Boeing 777-300ER
Free and Pro · Revision 4 · Inherited starting point
MSFS 2020 · MSFS 2024 · X-Plane 11 · X-Plane 12
Boeing 777-300ER: Artificial yoke feel motivates the configured powered-control response; the presence of fly-by-wire does not imply a passive Airbus-style inceptor.
Boeing 777-200ER
Free and Pro · Revision 2 · Partial review
MSFS 2020 · MSFS 2024 · X-Plane 11 · X-Plane 12
Boeing 777-200ER: Artificial yoke feel motivates the configured powered-control response; the presence of fly-by-wire does not imply a passive Airbus-style inceptor.
Boeing 777-200LR
Free and Pro · Revision 2 · Partial review
MSFS 2020 · MSFS 2024 · X-Plane 11 · X-Plane 12
Boeing 777-200LR: Artificial yoke feel motivates the configured powered-control response; the presence of fly-by-wire does not imply a passive Airbus-style inceptor.
Boeing 777-300
Free and Pro · Revision 2 · Inherited starting point
MSFS 2020 · MSFS 2024 · X-Plane 11 · X-Plane 12
Boeing 777-300: Artificial yoke feel motivates the configured powered-control response; the presence of fly-by-wire does not imply a passive Airbus-style inceptor.
Boeing 777F
Free and Pro · Revision 2 · Inherited starting point
MSFS 2020 · MSFS 2024 · X-Plane 11 · X-Plane 12
Boeing 777F: Artificial yoke feel motivates the configured powered-control response; the presence of fly-by-wire does not imply a passive Airbus-style inceptor.
Documented interfaces
Source-documented identifiers. Documentation does not prove that every add-on populates a value correctly.
1-sim/output/mcp/ok
MCP operational status; not AP-servo engagement or force authority.
- Units
- Boolean-like status; full range not specified
- Access
- read output
777v2 release notes v2.2.2
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