In real life you can turn up ATC volume way higher than in FSX or you can put on your headset. Once the airplane changes from IAS to Mach during climb, and IAS reduces, this noise decreases considerably.īut the 777 is actually way quieter than the B737 as far as airflow noise concerns. I have not paid much attention to engine noise, but try an idle descend and I bet the noise stays the same.because it is the airco system.Īnother noise source is airflow during flight.
So in my opinion PMDG has captured the noisy 777 cockpit quite accurately.
Shut the packs off and it gets quite a bit quieter! The airflow that comes out of those openings is so strong (hence the noise) that it can chill you considerably when on the observer seat. There is a lot of air being pressed through small openings that run up/down in two lines along the center of the overhead panel. What you hear in the cockpit are not the engines but the airconditioning system. The thing is, the real 777 is quite loud as well. I have not messed with sounds other than that and since I rarely use FSX ATC anyway I just turn my PCs volume down. So loud that I have increased ATC volume to 100% but I still find it difficult to understand ATC (other FSX sounds are at 50%).
