Thx, PIC007. Need to find that manual...

Manual??? We dont need no stinkin manual!!!! :-)

Here is all the manual you will ever need: http://www.b737.org.uk/Al

The source of the quote is originally from The Treasure of the Sierra Madre, but is more popularly known from the parody of it which appears in Blazing Saddles.Al

Gents,Thank you for your comments. Some of your concerns are already on the TO DO list. The best place to report the issues is this: http://www.captainsi...?board=737step2The progress speed is probably because of the fact we work day and night to make the 1.0 that will please all fans of the 737 original series :)

Dear Captain Sim,The heading bug being assignable to keyboard commands in FSX is not in your (current) list :wink:Doing so would not only mean people being able to use their keyboard to change heading, but also you would be providing immediate ability for users to use hardware controllers (like Go-Flight) with your plane, as these usually rely on the availability of keyboard assignments. ......thus widening your purchasing audience for the product. :(

i would like to ask how is the FDE/flying characteristic? i am thinking to buy it.. for now i am using the Tinmouse but no VC there and not so happy of the FDE.

The source of the quote is originally from The Treasure of the Sierra Madre, but is more popularly known from the parody of it which appears in Blazing Saddles.Al

Al my dear Enlandshire comrade, you need to out more... ;-)

i would like to ask how is the FDE/flying characteristic? i am thinking to buy it.. for now i am using the Tinmouse but no VC there and not so happy of the FDE.

A lot of my time is spent using the autopilot, which is excellent and works like the real thing now. Handling feels right, but my only hands on with a 737 is in a level-D 737-400 simulator.I've commented earlier in this thread about the landing characteristics, along with Stick. I suggest you peruse through the page before this.

A lot of my time is spent using the autopilot, which is excellent and works like the real thing now. Handling feels right, but my only hands on with a 737 is in a level-D 737-400 simulator.

Boeing had several specific design goals when they made the 300 and 400 and 500, and one of the chief goals alongside part commonality, was to make the newer 737 handle like a 200, so your 400 level D hand-flying experience is certainly of relevance for a 200 in terms of feel. As you may know, the effort to make the longer Classic variants fly much like a 200, is in fact why they got a dorsal fin extension.Al

Boeing had several specific design goals when they made the 300 and 400 and 500, and one of the chief goals alongside part commonality, was to make the newer 737 handle like a 200, so your 400 level D hand-flying experience is certainly of relevance for a 200 in terms of feel. As you may know, the effort to make the longer Classic variants fly much like a 200, is in fact why they got a dorsal fin extension.Al

Al, I didn't have you pegged as a fellow 737 fanatic until the release of these newer classic birds!

Al, I didn't have you pegged as a fellow 737 fanatic until the release of these newer classic birds!

When I was prepared to buy the Ariane one just so I could review it for Avsim, I thought that was a bit of a clue. Apart from the DC-3, the 737 is certainly my favourite aeroplane, and if I ever won the lottery, I would be straight on the phone to Boeing.Al

When I was prepared to buy the Ariane one just so I could review it for Avsim, I thought that was a bit of a clue.Al

Haha! Fair enough, though I can't recall when that was.

i would like to ask how is the FDE/flying characteristic? i am thinking to buy it.. for now i am using the Tinmouse but no VC there and not so happy of the FDE.

As Zach said it seems to fly good; some people are saying it may still be using the default FSX 737-800 .air file (it's certainly not directly aliased to it, and appears to have it's own .air file). If it is referencing the default -800 .air file it will be a cruel irony for Captain Sim; because in my honest opinion, at this point it flies better than any of their other aircraft!! .......... let's hope it is in fact now a custom set of numbers and they've simply mastered this black art. :(

If you read the description on their product page, there are no realistic fde enhancements yet since it is not a full version 1 product. So it probably does fly like the default 737 for now.

If you read the description on their product page, there are no realistic fde enhancements yet since it is not a full version 1 product. So it probably does fly like the default 737 for now.

Not quite. It flies like a "Captain Sim airplane" (as I mentioned earlier in the thread with high deck angle at landing, etc). The air file enhancements they're referring to seems to be engine perimeters and other "smaller" enhancements. It was made clear the file was not default 737 aliased but also was not complete.This add-on really is looking to be a departure from the regular CS release. The trim is fantastic, the systems are coming around nicely, the autopilot is a faithful reproduction of the Sperry 77 so far, and there are various other neat enhancements. Even opening the pilot window makes things noisy, and actually hampers pressurization! 'Lots of potential here.

Agreed. I'm not flying it yet, but as soon as the mousewheel support is added, and the heading bug 'rotation speed' increased significantly, I will be flying it a lot! (even if I don't get my keyboard assignments for the Heading Bug!)I am generally very pleasantly surprised by it; it has a lot of really good touches (not least that lovely trim wheel sound, and the excellent depiction of the CWS on the pitch axis of the AP :(), it just happens that the 1 moan I have with the plane (the heading bug operation) really affects it's use for me, and the way I fly.Hopefully it'll be fixed soon.