or......http://www.smartcockpit.com/plane/boeing/B737/regards...............

No, you wrong about that! Now set up the NGX at EGKK runway 26L, set weather with wind at 220/15. Now take off and look at the ND, now you'll see that you're taking off into the wind. Next thing, now take off from runway 8R with the same weather, now you're going with the wind! Wind 220/15 means the wind is COMING from 220 degrees, it's not going TO that direction.

i know, I found it confusing as well, but if you think about it a bit you would realize what I just did.if the wind is coming from 260 (easy to comprehend if we use the same exact wind/RW ratio) , that means the wind is coming from 260 blowing to 80 (-->>260 -->>> 80).if you take off on RW 26, you are flying at the same Direction as the WIND does (->>RW26-->>80).however if you take off from RW 8, you are actually running against the wind not with it (260<<---RW8).Unless I mis understand the meaning of Wind 220 or RW26 and it means it is heading to 220 and not coming from 220 (or 260 in our example), or the RW coming from and not heading to.

If you are new to flying Boeings and using autopilot and FMC features, the first thing that I would recommend is to go to Captain Mike Ray's website and buy either the book or .pdf "Flying the Boeing 700 Series for PC Simulation" http://www.utem.com/shop/index.php?l=product_detail&p=4This book starts at the most basic level of setting up a flight, using the FMC, yet gets you up and in the air quickly. The reading is also quite entertaining and interesting. After the first trip, the second tutorial is at a more difficult level and takes you deeper into the setup.Captain Mike Ray was a pilot for United Airlines for many years until he retired He is rated to fly the 737, 757, 767 and 747. He has a humerus and personal style of teaching.From there, I would do the PMDG tutorial to get a better understanding of the NGX.

I never used the tutorials.. I don't fly in Europe much...What I did to learn the FMC/CDU was to take a picture ofeach page of the manual with my camera, and then used thatscreen to show the manual as I punched the stuff in.It's pretty easy once you get the hang of it, and get used tothe flow. It only took me a couple of days to get it down wellenough not to need any instructions. It's vaguely like learningthe menu system in a ham radio.. Or to me anyway... :/You could also use a second laptop to display the manual ifyou had one.

To be honest I found the tutorial too complicated so I learnt by myself and googling. The manual was not too bright for me as well.Then, some of 767 Level-D knowledge helped me as well.

i know, I found it confusing as well, but if you think about it a bit you would realize what I just did.if the wind is coming from 260 (easy to comprehend if we use the same exact wind/RW ratio) , that means the wind is coming from 260 blowing to 80 (-->>260 -->>> 80).if you take off on RW 26, you are flying at the same Direction as the WIND does (->>RW26-->>80).however if you take off from RW 8, you are actually running against the wind not with it (260<<---RW8).Unless I mis understand the meaning of Wind 220 or RW26 and it means it is heading to 220 and not coming from 220 (or 260 in our example), or the RW coming from and not heading to.

Rather confusing post there. Having difficulty working out whether you are making a mistake or not :)Wind direction is always given as the direction from which the wind originates. 270/10 indicates a wind of 10 knots out of 270 degrees. Taking off favourably into the wind on a runway oriented 09/27 would mean choosing runway 27. Easterly winds blow from the East, for example.The opposite is true of runway headings. On a runway designated 27, with a magnetic heading of 270 degrees, you would fly 270 degrees to maintain runway heading. Andrew

This may help as wellhttp://forum.avsim.net/topic/354521-the-737ng-questions-answers-thread/

you would pick RW8R/L actually :)RW26 would bring you with the wind as it's heading almost the same direction as the WIND coming from.your goal as you mentioned it is to be against the Wind, not along side it.small note :)another note, it was amazing what you wrote , kudos for that, however if it is a rookie that is reading your small tutorialhe wouldn't know what the hell you are talking about.I know it as for my self, when I was a rookie and I would read that, I would have no clue on where to start.However, your little brief tutorial is very nice and sums it up pretty well and not to intimidating either ;)

you would pick RW8R/L actually :)RW26 would bring you with the wind as it's heading almost the same direction as the WIND coming from.your goal as you mentioned it is to be against the Wind, not along side it.small note :)another note, it was amazing what you wrote , kudos for that, however if it is a rookie that is reading your small tutorialhe wouldn't know what the hell you are talking about.I know it as for my self, when I was a rookie and I would read that, I would have no clue on where to start.However, your little brief tutorial is very nice and sums it up pretty well and not to intimidating either ;)

This is wrong actually. If the wind is is 180/15, for instance, that means that the wind is travelling towards 000/15 (360/15). To be going into the wind means to be going against it, therefore, your most favorable direction should be as close to 180 as possible.

Hey Merlin - I'm not sure of your location, but if you fly in the U.S., I'd get on flightaware.com, navigate to the IFR Route Analyzer page and then plug in a departure/destination for familiarizing yourself with navigation. This will spit out a bunch of real world routes that are currently being used. Then repeat the tutorial using these routes. This should at least get you flying from point A to point B, although the your knowledge of systems won't be more than just skin deep. The nice thing about flightaware is that the current charts are also available... Also, I'd recommend joining a virtual airline. I recently joined the virtual pilots association and absolutely love it.Finally, don't forget to sign your full name on your posts... Some folks around here get a little jumpy about the forum rules. Cheers!

Buy yourself an jepperson instrument commercial manual, it covers everything you need to know about IFR!

you would pick RW8R/L actually :)RW26 would bring you with the wind as it's heading almost the same direction as the WIND coming from.your goal as you mentioned it is to be against the Wind, not along side it.small note :)another note, it was amazing what you wrote , kudos for that, however if it is a rookie that is reading your small tutorialhe wouldn't know what the hell you are talking about.I know it as for my self, when I was a rookie and I would read that, I would have no clue on where to start.However, your little brief tutorial is very nice and sums it up pretty well and not to intimidating either ;)

nope, you need RWY 26.Wind is the heading it's coming from.RWU is heading you will fly.Bert Van Bulck

To be honest I found the tutorial too complicated so I learnt by myself and googling. The manual was not too bright for me as well.Then, some of 767 Level-D knowledge helped me as well.

What was too complicated about it? I tried really hard to explain everything I have you do - I do a complete rundown of what SIDs and STARs and airways are etc - that was a big design philosophy with it, I wanted to explain everything that happens, not just tell you to do it.To the OP - first off please sign your real name to your posts, that's a rule here. Second, I really do hope you try the included tutorial - I spent a lot of time on it and wrote it with someone who doesn't yet understand some of those complicated concepts in mind. It's a lot of text, but most of that is providing the explanations for what you're doing.

Hello AllFirst - many many thanks again for all of your valuable answers!!Let me just briefly sum that up:a) Paul Smith: Thanks - that's a good idea - will do this as soon as I feel comfie with the tutorial flightsB) Arjenfsx: How can I thank you for that detailed run-down?? I actually understood quite a lot what you said :-). I d/l VRoute and played a bit with it. I understand it does much more than just provide a route... QUESTION: Do you also use it for fuel calculation? Because I could not load the aircraft in the respective field....c) Critch: Thanks :-) I will not!d) Mark II: Actually, I prefer to land manually (challenge). I often fly the B727 which has a somewhat simple AP that is not that good in handling the decent (frequent ditching). So I have some limited skill in landing manually - even though my FSPassengers sometimes go ballistic hehehe...e) Akila/Arjenfsx/Smasher77th: Did you sorted out the right RW yet LOL :-)?d) ferangel2000: Thank you for the link - you easily killed the rest of my r/l time :-) Have put it on favourites for later after the tut-flightse) NM5K: Maybe this is the way to persuade my wife to get an iPad :-)? Rather not - she hates r/l flying and does not care...f) ZK-SUH: Thanks :-) Zap - to favourites toog) Buddy2: I'm from Switzerland! I will try to use VRoute to get the route-info but thanks for the link! And yes I will sign my posts from now on!MerlinCH65 - aka Michel BühlerTo low - terrain, To low - terrain, To low - te...

I will draw it on paper

Joel, I think you are making a fundamental error... I look forward to seeing your diagram...If the winds are 260/XX knots, you would definitely take off from Runway 26, as you should generally take off with a headwind (i.e. into/against the wind) and not with a tailwind (with the wind), as a tailwind effectively reduces air flow across the wings...I think you are confusing what exactly the phrase winds 260/XX knots actually means...Andrew