Flight Simulators - Add your own screenshots
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Models? you mean aircraft models within Flight sim? I get mine at PMDG, extremely high quality and model pretty much every system possible with FSX but they come at a price.
I take it I am the only one that has red boxes on Coxis' and Jay's photos?
Hmm sorry to hear that, I added (edited in) direct links to the pictures in my last post.
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nuts. wasn't the kind I was looking for (military aircraft). i'm looking for a raw model to convert for Bridge Commander (most likely, without releasing it), and I'd like to make a couple What If skins (CSAF, Imperial Russia w no October Revolution, etc)
oh, i think they'd have to be under 20k polies...my graphics card is absolutely ancient
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I might be super late on this, and it may have been mentioned already, but if anyone wants to do some flying and doesn't have all this equipment for a nice simulator. Google Earth has a very simple flight simulator that can be a bit fun, even if all you have to use is your arrow keys. 
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True flight sims have always been a favourite of mine, even though I love my PS3 and Modern Warfare, Killzone, GT5 ect. I have FS2004 and Falcon 4.0 on my laptop and occasionally I will jump in a plane and just explore the world. It's a shame that developer's don't release anything similar for consoles. With a proper control pheripheral, it could be great. I would love to see the likes of Microprose's F-19 Stealth Fighter updated for the PS3. Although it wasn't a proper flight sim, there was just something about it when I used to play it on my Atari ST that I miss so much. I haven't played anything as good since. IL-2 Sturmovik: Birds Of Prey isn't bad though.
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I started my flight to Australia a couple of days ago. So far I have done Edinburgh > Heathrow, then Heathrow>Dubai International, and I might do Dubai>Hong Kong or Singapore sometime soon.
I have taken a few screenies so will post them up when I can be bothered. I missed sunrise in betwee Heathrow and Dubai as I left it on autopilot whilst I was at tennis and came back to find myself 30minutes from the airport
I have taken a few screenies so will post them up when I can be bothered. I missed sunrise in betwee Heathrow and Dubai as I left it on autopilot whilst I was at tennis and came back to find myself 30minutes from the airport
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Wow getting near a year since the last post in here.
I am eagerly awaiting the crazy advanced PMDG 737 NGX (737-600 to 900 variants) which should release very soon. For the mean time I found the older PMDG 747-400X in DVD form while I was in Canada a month ago or so and just test flown it from Adelaide (YPAD) to Melbourne (YMML) and decided to share a pic
Decending following a STAR into Melbourne Tullamarine Intl airport (YMML)
Anyone interested in the upcoming PMDG 737 NGX here is a couple tech demos, they have much more all new (within FSX) tech to show yet.
[youtubehd]Kidx6xrp9Qg[/youtubehd]
Gets more interesting mid way through. Note the pink hue is simulated from the real 737's HGS (HUD), not a glitch. Also it has (IMO) the best 737 engine sounds yet by far.
[youtubehd]rD4KQrrfATs[/youtubehd]
This was a brake distance check (had to match Boeing specs) for ceramic brake and short runway packages so no reversers were used.
I am eagerly awaiting the crazy advanced PMDG 737 NGX (737-600 to 900 variants) which should release very soon. For the mean time I found the older PMDG 747-400X in DVD form while I was in Canada a month ago or so and just test flown it from Adelaide (YPAD) to Melbourne (YMML) and decided to share a pic
Decending following a STAR into Melbourne Tullamarine Intl airport (YMML)
Anyone interested in the upcoming PMDG 737 NGX here is a couple tech demos, they have much more all new (within FSX) tech to show yet.
[youtubehd]Kidx6xrp9Qg[/youtubehd]
Gets more interesting mid way through. Note the pink hue is simulated from the real 737's HGS (HUD), not a glitch. Also it has (IMO) the best 737 engine sounds yet by far.
[youtubehd]rD4KQrrfATs[/youtubehd]
This was a brake distance check (had to match Boeing specs) for ceramic brake and short runway packages so no reversers were used.
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I haven't set up my flight sim gear in a while, my apartment is too tiny and setting in up/putting it away is too much of a chore.
@Jay: Damn, sorry I missed your question about my FS gear. What you see there is an CH Products Eclipse yoke. I cannot express how amazing this piece of hardware is. It has a ton of buttons PLUS both rudder and aileron trim! The CH driver is fairly complex but if you learn how to use it, you can program a lot of functions into one of the 3 profiles the Eclipse support.
The other one is a CH Throttle quadrant. The level of immersion you get when flying twin props is incredible. You can control their throttle independently, making taxiing easy and fun.
I used the DFP's pedals as rudder pedals. Not very fancy but it works. Oh, and the keyboard is a Logitech G15.
I would greatly recommend CH over Saitek. They're not as flashy or pretty, but it matches Saitek in functionality and I'm pretty sure it surpasses it in reliability. Do a google search for "Ghost button press" on the Saitek yoke.
@Jay: Damn, sorry I missed your question about my FS gear. What you see there is an CH Products Eclipse yoke. I cannot express how amazing this piece of hardware is. It has a ton of buttons PLUS both rudder and aileron trim! The CH driver is fairly complex but if you learn how to use it, you can program a lot of functions into one of the 3 profiles the Eclipse support.
The other one is a CH Throttle quadrant. The level of immersion you get when flying twin props is incredible. You can control their throttle independently, making taxiing easy and fun.
I used the DFP's pedals as rudder pedals. Not very fancy but it works. Oh, and the keyboard is a Logitech G15.
I would greatly recommend CH over Saitek. They're not as flashy or pretty, but it matches Saitek in functionality and I'm pretty sure it surpasses it in reliability. Do a google search for "Ghost button press" on the Saitek yoke.
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Haha you seem to like all the games I like. (Aldo)
Funny you say that, as that is what I think when I look at many other peoples pictures and I wish mine looked like that.
I hope you do, would be great to rekindle this thread. I think that was my first simulated flight since GT5 was released.. Should have lots of updates when I get my hands on the PMDG 737GX.
Sounds perfect, trim switches would be very handy, too bad about the apartment.
Thats what I badly want, control of independant engines without having to try and use the mouse click and drag.. Makes taxiing soo much easier and realistic. Almost everything I fly has 2-4 engines.
You know thats what I dislike the most about almost all Saitek products, the flashness of them. I almost bought a Saitek flight stick a couple years ago to replace my old (but decent) Logitech but it looked like something out of Starwars movie.
When I get spare FS cash I really need to look into buying some controller hardware like yours.
That picture looks like real life...
Funny you say that, as that is what I think when I look at many other peoples pictures and I wish mine looked like that.
Oh and just for completion, I didn't do the Dubai to Hong Kong leg "soon"
I've got a lot of free time after May the 25th so I might get back into flight simming!
I hope you do, would be great to rekindle this thread. I think that was my first simulated flight since GT5 was released.. Should have lots of updates when I get my hands on the PMDG 737GX.
I haven't set up my flight sim gear in a while, my apartment is too tiny and setting in up/putting it away is too much of a chore.
@Jay: Damn, sorry I missed your question about my FS gear. What you see there is an CH Products Eclipse yoke. I cannot express how amazing this piece of hardware is. It has a ton of buttons PLUS both rudder and aileron trim! The CH driver is fairly complex but if you learn how to use it, you can program a lot of functions into one of the 3 profiles the Eclipse support.
Sounds perfect, trim switches would be very handy, too bad about the apartment.
Thats what I badly want, control of independant engines without having to try and use the mouse click and drag.. Makes taxiing soo much easier and realistic. Almost everything I fly has 2-4 engines.
You know thats what I dislike the most about almost all Saitek products, the flashness of them. I almost bought a Saitek flight stick a couple years ago to replace my old (but decent) Logitech but it looked like something out of Starwars movie.
When I get spare FS cash I really need to look into buying some controller hardware like yours.
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I have been trying to find a good F-4 Phantom II but i can't find any good ones, most of them are repaints of the same base, and they have issues, one i took up to 140,000 ft and couldn't get it back down, and another started doing donuts on the runway. Then I found a Col. Olds texture plane and I was so happy (i read his book "Fighter Pilot" which was the best book i have ever read) but again it was glitchy, anybody know of a good F4 for FSX?
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A2A are making a F4 Phantom, it's been in development for quite a while. I am not sure how close to release it is now but when these guys make a addon aircraft they do it right.
http://www.a2asimulations.com/forum/viewtopic.php?f=23&t=18425
http://www.a2asimulations.com/forum/viewtopic.php?f=23&t=18425
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The cockpit has so much detail! Holy cow!
But i forgot to mention that i do freeware, i would assume it's payware, but thanks for the link anyways
But i forgot to mention that i do freeware, i would assume it's payware, but thanks for the link anyways
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Oh... I never even noticed this thread before - I have been an avid flightsimmer since the early computer days as I have always had a love of aviation.
If you are looking for some structure to your flightsimming but keeping the fun factor you could do worse than head over to www.atlanticsunairways.com which is a virtual airline. I joined in 2004 and having spent quite a few years as a Hub Manager at their Schiphol hub I am now the Manager of Flight Scheduling. With 5 main hubs including Denver, Orlando, Newark, Schiphol and our LCC branch in Singapore and a specialised cargo fleet and training department there is a lot to keep you busy. Would be lovely to see a few of you come on over.
Here are a few recent random shots - running FS9 with plenty of scenery addons.
Atlantic Sun B738W making approach in to Glasgow
Our ATR on the threshold at Vienna
A333 on route from Chicago to Amsterdam
The ERJ135 is so photogenic
The B773 is my favourite - I repainted it in my secondary role as Fleet Department Assistant
Oh... Virtual Airline aside - I love flying the rotary wings too
And the DC3 is my all time favourite aircraft - here is one I repainted in Air Atlantique livery
My last repaint was to add the A380 to our fleet
Hope you liked the screenshots... I tend to take a lot of them from my flights
If you are looking for some structure to your flightsimming but keeping the fun factor you could do worse than head over to www.atlanticsunairways.com which is a virtual airline. I joined in 2004 and having spent quite a few years as a Hub Manager at their Schiphol hub I am now the Manager of Flight Scheduling. With 5 main hubs including Denver, Orlando, Newark, Schiphol and our LCC branch in Singapore and a specialised cargo fleet and training department there is a lot to keep you busy. Would be lovely to see a few of you come on over.
Here are a few recent random shots - running FS9 with plenty of scenery addons.
Atlantic Sun B738W making approach in to Glasgow
Our ATR on the threshold at Vienna
A333 on route from Chicago to Amsterdam
The ERJ135 is so photogenic
The B773 is my favourite - I repainted it in my secondary role as Fleet Department Assistant
Oh... Virtual Airline aside - I love flying the rotary wings too
And the DC3 is my all time favourite aircraft - here is one I repainted in Air Atlantique livery
My last repaint was to add the A380 to our fleet
Hope you liked the screenshots... I tend to take a lot of them from my flights
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Ah I can't believe I missed your post, fantastic pics. I was always interested in joining a VA but after looking into a couple it seemed like they had a little too much "structure" for my liking. I love realism and procedures but I like to choose my locations and fly on the spare of the moment.
I have been simming lately while waiting for the immemnt release of the PMDG 737 NGX for FSX which is a new revolutionary product from them.
One thing that sparked me to find this thread again is I finally tried a free FSX tweaking tool developed by a very clever guy named Jesus Bogote who put a ton of effort into finding every tweak possible (actually discovered some crazy things) and put together this tool
http://www.venetubo.com/fsx.html
I finally thought I would try it, I delayed so long because I personally am happy with my performance and I already did some of my own tweaking so I assumed it wouldn't help. Well I first tried a standard situation (I used to check frames during overclocking) and I was getting 45-48fps which I was happy, after using the tool it went to.... 58-60fps!... That is a larger increase than what I got for overclocking my Intel i7 by 1 ghz Wow.
Seriously anyone that uses FSX, try the tool, it is free and even makes you a back up if you don't like it. Also it will make FSX more stable as it adds some memory tweaks that cause some people problems.
I have been simming lately while waiting for the immemnt release of the PMDG 737 NGX for FSX which is a new revolutionary product from them.
One thing that sparked me to find this thread again is I finally tried a free FSX tweaking tool developed by a very clever guy named Jesus Bogote who put a ton of effort into finding every tweak possible (actually discovered some crazy things) and put together this tool
http://www.venetubo.com/fsx.html
I finally thought I would try it, I delayed so long because I personally am happy with my performance and I already did some of my own tweaking so I assumed it wouldn't help. Well I first tried a standard situation (I used to check frames during overclocking) and I was getting 45-48fps which I was happy, after using the tool it went to.... 58-60fps!... That is a larger increase than what I got for overclocking my Intel i7 by 1 ghz Wow.
Seriously anyone that uses FSX, try the tool, it is free and even makes you a back up if you don't like it. Also it will make FSX more stable as it adds some memory tweaks that cause some people problems.
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So I bought the PMDG 737NGX the other day, what a masterpiece, this aircraft was 3+ years in the making with a ~14 person team and it shows. Comes with full Boeing 737NG manuals (3500+pages+) in which pretty much all of it simulated (toilet operation isnt 
) and it is a Boeing offical licenced product. I have been spending a lot of time learning the systems back to front and took a few quick pics of the cockpit while I am going through it. (exterior pics will follow)
This paticular aircraft is the -800 (with winglets) from Virgin Blue tail no. VU-VUV, the way Virgin ordered the aircraft it hasn't got the HUD (heads up) or the intergrated standby instruments and many other options that are available. However I can add them freely with just a few clicks but for now I will leave it as it is until later.
The jpeg compression takes away much of the richness in colour (especially red) but you get the idea. Oh and the lighting is fully adjustable on all panels/backlighting/floods including cabin.
James May and his team have decided to use this new FSX aircraft to make a tv episode on BBC2 about using it in training to fly a real 737NG
http://infected-studios.com/jamesmayvirtualskies_august2011.pdf
) and it is a Boeing offical licenced product. I have been spending a lot of time learning the systems back to front and took a few quick pics of the cockpit while I am going through it. (exterior pics will follow)
This paticular aircraft is the -800 (with winglets) from Virgin Blue tail no. VU-VUV, the way Virgin ordered the aircraft it hasn't got the HUD (heads up) or the intergrated standby instruments and many other options that are available. However I can add them freely with just a few clicks but for now I will leave it as it is until later.
The jpeg compression takes away much of the richness in colour (especially red) but you get the idea. Oh and the lighting is fully adjustable on all panels/backlighting/floods including cabin.
James May and his team have decided to use this new FSX aircraft to make a tv episode on BBC2 about using it in training to fly a real 737NG
http://infected-studios.com/jamesmayvirtualskies_august2011.pdf
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This I'd love to see.So I bought the PMDG 737NGX the other day, what a masterpiece, this aircraft was 3+ years in the making with a ~14 person team and it shows. Comes with full Boeing 737NG manuals (3500+pages+) in which pretty much all of it simulated (toilet operation isnt
This paticular aircraft is the -800 (with winglets) from Virgin Blue tail no. VU-VUV, the way Virgin ordered the aircraft it hasn't got the HUD (heads up) or the intergrated standby instruments and many other options that are available. However I can add them freely with just a few clicks but for now I will leave it as it is until later.
The jpeg compression takes away much of the richness in colour (especially red) but you get the idea. Oh and the lighting is fully adjustable on all panels/backlighting/floods including cabin.
James May and his team have decided to use this new FSX aircraft to make a tv episode on BBC2 about using it in training to fly a real 737NG
http://infected-studios.com/jamesmayvirtualskies_august2011.pdf
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Wow... Great pictures guys. Have been absent from the flight sim world since my computer gave up on me 8 years ago. Even then, I was still running flight sim 98. These look stunning. I assume most users here are using FSX?
I am sitting on the fence as to whether or not I should buy a new rig for FSX. Flight sims can be spec heavy, so it may be out of my price range. Does anyone have any good recommendations on an affordable machine that will run FSX comfortably. I watched a youtube video of the "oil rig" mission and realize I have been missing the sim world more than I thought.
I am sitting on the fence as to whether or not I should buy a new rig for FSX. Flight sims can be spec heavy, so it may be out of my price range. Does anyone have any good recommendations on an affordable machine that will run FSX comfortably. I watched a youtube video of the "oil rig" mission and realize I have been missing the sim world more than I thought.
So I bought the PMDG 737NGX the other day, what a masterpiece, this aircraft was 3+ years in the making with a ~14 person team and it shows. Comes with full Boeing 737NG manuals (3500+pages+) in which pretty much all of it simulated (toilet operation isnt
(*Pics combo*)
This paticular aircraft is the -800 (with winglets) from Virgin Blue tail no. VU-VUV, the way Virgin ordered the aircraft it hasn't got the HUD (heads up) or the intergrated standby instruments and many other options that are available. However I can add them freely with just a few clicks but for now I will leave it as it is until later.
The jpeg compression takes away much of the richness in colour (especially red) but you get the idea. Oh and the lighting is fully adjustable on all panels/backlighting/floods including cabin.
James May and his team have decided to use this new FSX aircraft to make a tv episode on BBC2 about using it in training to fly a real 737NG
http://infected-studios.com/jamesmayvirtualskies_august2011.pdf
That's actually impressive, I bought some of the PMDG aircraft no long ago(747/737), they are incredible, those are updated with the new avionics and panels, including navigational systems, however I didn't known that they were producing new versions, after all, it is used for real training of cargo planes(well that's what people tells me, haven't seen it in a training course).
Also, have you manage to use the computer systems, or just GPS like the rest of the people who can be bother(like me
, however I do sort of know how to program the computer, the approach is always a pain, and the computer ends up doing all the job).
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Nice pics Reevzy 👍
I am not sure of the exact specs but you can get a PC on a budget these days which blitz FSX, especially if you intend to run it on default. The main thing is CPU, a intel sandybridge 2500k overclocked to ~4.8ghz will have no issues at all and should be resonably priced.
The previous 747 and 737 from PMDG is actually quite old and was designed for FS2002 (737 but able to run in FS2004) and FS2004 (747), the 747-400 has been updated to work with FSX but it is quite lacking compared to the new FSX aircraft, although still by far the most realistic 747-400 available by a long shot. Yeah PMDG are still going, stronger than ever. Some more 737NGX variants are on the way and the ext big aircraft is the Boeing 777 as well as a DeHavilland (dash) 8-Q300
All systems from cold and dark to back to cold and dark again using real world ops, there isn't even a option to use the default GPS thingy or any of the usual FSX shortcuts/cheats. If you want any help on systems or nav or anything I am happy to help, it's great to get away from the default FS "aids".
I will post up some more pics soon of it in action, recently got into using the collimated HUD (Boeing HGS), it allows you to fly full ILS Cat III approaches with zero visibilty (normally autoland only), gives a detailed flight director, flight path vector, rollout guidance and outlines the runway even if you cant see it. I even used it to do a full flight all hand flown with pin point perfectness in all aspects. It is a amazing peice of equipment and works exactly like the real thing.
I am not sure of the exact specs but you can get a PC on a budget these days which blitz FSX, especially if you intend to run it on default. The main thing is CPU, a intel sandybridge 2500k overclocked to ~4.8ghz will have no issues at all and should be resonably priced.
The previous 747 and 737 from PMDG is actually quite old and was designed for FS2002 (737 but able to run in FS2004) and FS2004 (747), the 747-400 has been updated to work with FSX but it is quite lacking compared to the new FSX aircraft, although still by far the most realistic 747-400 available by a long shot. Yeah PMDG are still going, stronger than ever. Some more 737NGX variants are on the way and the ext big aircraft is the Boeing 777 as well as a DeHavilland (dash) 8-Q300
Also, have you manage to use the computer systems, or just GPS like the rest of the people who can be bother(like me
All systems from cold and dark to back to cold and dark again using real world ops, there isn't even a option to use the default GPS thingy or any of the usual FSX shortcuts/cheats. If you want any help on systems or nav or anything I am happy to help, it's great to get away from the default FS "aids".
I will post up some more pics soon of it in action, recently got into using the collimated HUD (Boeing HGS), it allows you to fly full ILS Cat III approaches with zero visibilty (normally autoland only), gives a detailed flight director, flight path vector, rollout guidance and outlines the runway even if you cant see it. I even used it to do a full flight all hand flown with pin point perfectness in all aspects. It is a amazing peice of equipment and works exactly like the real thing.
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Ok some of the pics I mentioned, none of these have been edited besides converting the 7.5mb bmps to ~100kb jpegs, and downsized by Flickr
First some of Boeings HGS (Headup Guidance System), these were taken during a approach into Anchorage Alaska (Icao: PANC). The first two are in PRI mode of the HUD, this is primary just showing the usual information you would see on the PFD (Primary Flight Display) below, it also shows a flight path vector which is the larger circle with little wings coming out of it, this shows you exactly where the aircraft is going (smaller circle within it is the flight director), taking into consideration all factors like winds and trends. The horizontal line is the zero attitude artificial horizon, if you were to put the big circle on that (like in the first pic) you won't change altitude and will fly level.
Next two below are being handflown in AIII mode which I had armed in the first two pics (says AIII ARM on the HUD in the first pic) it gives ILS CATIII guidance and rollout information, as you can see there is a 3.00degree flight path angle reference (dashed line with -3.00 written on the edges), 3.00 FPA is the normal ILS decent rate but it can be adjusted to any setting on the HGS control panel. Also gives localizer information by the vertical line that's in the middle of the runway (I am following it nicely). You can see the big circle on the runway meaing if I keep it there, thats where I will end up
Second picture you can see the outline of the runway, very handy if you have zero visibility, when you get even closer to the runway the HGS will give you flare, thrust and rollout guidance allowing you to land even if you can see nothing out the window at all.
One more BIG thing to notice is below on the Navigation Display (ND, second large black screen) you can see the terrain displayed on it, in yellow section is caution and red means the forward terrain is more than 2000ft above me at the moment, if you look out the windscreen you can see the hills it is depicting. The red on the ND is normally much brighter but the Jpeg compression of the pictures ruins it.
There is other HGS modes for takeoff guidance (if you cant see the runway ahead on takeoff) and Visual (VFR) and general instrument (IFR) flying but I won't bother posting them for now.
Now some external pics, I must admit I haven't posted anything yet because the aircraft I have been flying has been the Virgin Blue liveried aircraft which is bright red, sadly bright red is badly affected by Jpeg compression so the pictures look no where near as good as they should but here is some anyway.
This picture below you can see the great texture work done on the skin, also note all the windows are actual windows not drawn on, yes there is a interior
This picture below if you look careful at the tail (around the V) you can see the texture of the ripples between the spars that make up the tail, as seen on most of the real 737's
Last pic just shows how you can see some reflection of the cockpit off the glass during the sunset
Last thing you may notice if you check my previous cockpit pics in post #348, Yes it is the same aircraft but I have been switching options like the integrated standby flight display, the heads up display (HGS) and now I even have eyebrow windows (as well as many other options like ETOPS package, fail operational package ect), huge amount of real 737 options (almost all option) come with PMDG package and you can fit them to any aircraft.
First some of Boeings HGS (Headup Guidance System), these were taken during a approach into Anchorage Alaska (Icao: PANC). The first two are in PRI mode of the HUD, this is primary just showing the usual information you would see on the PFD (Primary Flight Display) below, it also shows a flight path vector which is the larger circle with little wings coming out of it, this shows you exactly where the aircraft is going (smaller circle within it is the flight director), taking into consideration all factors like winds and trends. The horizontal line is the zero attitude artificial horizon, if you were to put the big circle on that (like in the first pic) you won't change altitude and will fly level.
Next two below are being handflown in AIII mode which I had armed in the first two pics (says AIII ARM on the HUD in the first pic) it gives ILS CATIII guidance and rollout information, as you can see there is a 3.00degree flight path angle reference (dashed line with -3.00 written on the edges), 3.00 FPA is the normal ILS decent rate but it can be adjusted to any setting on the HGS control panel. Also gives localizer information by the vertical line that's in the middle of the runway (I am following it nicely). You can see the big circle on the runway meaing if I keep it there, thats where I will end up
Second picture you can see the outline of the runway, very handy if you have zero visibility, when you get even closer to the runway the HGS will give you flare, thrust and rollout guidance allowing you to land even if you can see nothing out the window at all.
One more BIG thing to notice is below on the Navigation Display (ND, second large black screen) you can see the terrain displayed on it, in yellow section is caution and red means the forward terrain is more than 2000ft above me at the moment, if you look out the windscreen you can see the hills it is depicting. The red on the ND is normally much brighter but the Jpeg compression of the pictures ruins it.
There is other HGS modes for takeoff guidance (if you cant see the runway ahead on takeoff) and Visual (VFR) and general instrument (IFR) flying but I won't bother posting them for now.
Now some external pics, I must admit I haven't posted anything yet because the aircraft I have been flying has been the Virgin Blue liveried aircraft which is bright red, sadly bright red is badly affected by Jpeg compression so the pictures look no where near as good as they should but here is some anyway.
This picture below you can see the great texture work done on the skin, also note all the windows are actual windows not drawn on, yes there is a interior
This picture below if you look careful at the tail (around the V) you can see the texture of the ripples between the spars that make up the tail, as seen on most of the real 737's
Last pic just shows how you can see some reflection of the cockpit off the glass during the sunset
Last thing you may notice if you check my previous cockpit pics in post #348, Yes it is the same aircraft but I have been switching options like the integrated standby flight display, the heads up display (HGS) and now I even have eyebrow windows (as well as many other options like ETOPS package, fail operational package ect), huge amount of real 737 options (almost all option) come with PMDG package and you can fit them to any aircraft.
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I used to fly with ASA out of the Schiphol hub a few years ago.
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Anyone else into AI Traffic?
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FrizbeAnybody try the new Microsoft Flight? It's a free base download but my laptop wont run it.
Only a week til I can get my tower set up to try it though.
It's ok if you only like flying in hawaii, it comes with the big island and the icon A5 and the Boeing steerman is free if you create a windows live account
Then the rest of the islands come in the "hawaii adventure pack" and the P-51, Maule, and something else that I can't think of off the top of my head are also DLC (not sure if they are with the adventure pack or not
