Dear All,I keep enjoying this PMDG bird more than any other thing I used so far for MSFS!!!One area where I find it particularly good is in the modeling of the flight director system. Contrarily to what was usual with fs2002 and the various add-on products I bought for it, fs2004 and 737NG perform beautifuly in as far as "flying the flight director" is concerned. Even under extreme crosswinds I can perfectly bring the aircraft down the glidepath/LOC following the FD indications.I wonder if your FD is using native fs2004 code (I am aware this changed a bit in fs2004), or if you have programmed your own FD?Anyway, for the VERY FIRST time in the "history" of MSFS I've been able to adhere strictly to the term: "fly the FD" and not end up 100 feet to one of the rw sides!!!

This AP is ground up, no Mickey Mouse stuff here. She is a nice bird huh ;)[h4]Best Wishes,Randy J. Smithhttp://img.villagephotos.com/p/2003-5/196432/winglets_lg.jpg

I agree, this is the first time the FDs (and coupled ILS approaches to be honest) actually do what they're supposed to in MSFS and actually fly you down the centreline. I used to actually resort to flying the PSS A320 on a NAV mode and follow the glide with V/S rather than using APP mode.Dave

Actually the FD *is* what is customarily called the autopilot...Pressing CMD or err... other buttons you only couple the FD (or more proper the AFDS) to the ailerons/elevators/trim.I made sure there is not even a hint of MSFS autopilot or autothrottle technology in what you have. It has been written from scratch by yours trully for ahem... yours trully :) who also likes to fly the "bars".Regards,Vangelis ======================================= E. M. Vaos Precision Manuals Development Group www.precisionmanuals.com=======================================

Well, and it should be seriously considered as a major breakthrough in the MSFS gauge/systems programming "art".I have just a few minutes every day to play flightsims... Lately I have been using a situation I created starting from the active at Lisbon airport. I download real world weather and perform a circuit, allways ending on an ILS approach to either rw03 or rw21.Last week there were some strong winds and rain showers over LPPT, and it was a pleasure, and a really rewarding experience to operate the aircraft relying solely on AT and FD!!!I never missed the rw. Sometimes I was "blind" down to the decision alt/point (depending on the type of app), but as soon as the rw came to view I was right on the centerline, even if crabing a hell of a LOT of degrees to the left/right depending on wind direction/intensity.Appart from a few flights in a couple of GA models I have for fs9, for me 737NG + fs2004 == succ(fs2004) ;-)