I recently purchased the Pilot In Command 737 300/400/500 and i cant seem to find the GPS switch. Does anone know where this is ?

I recently purchased the Pilot In Command 737 300/400/500 and i cant seem to find the GPS switch. Does anone know where this is ?

There is none. The PIC737 models the real systems of a 737. You navigate with an Inertial Reference System (IRS) which you program with Control Display Unit (CDU), which is the pilots interface to the Flight Management Computer (FMC). I know all this sounds daunting, but it's really not too bad. This is a video of a flight I did with the IFly 737NG. This is a newer version of the 737 then the ones modeled in the PIC737 package, but the start up and FMC programing procedures are similar and should give you a good idea.

Thanks for the advice. I tried this advice but when i enter it a message says NAV is out of date and as soon as i take off, the aircraft starts flying in circles.

Thanks for the advice. I tried this advice but when i enter it a message says NAV is out of date and as soon as i take off, the aircraft starts flying in circles.

You need to load the flightplan, on the PIC737 to load it from the FMC, on the route page you can enter the data manually, (Read the manual for that it's pretty good. Or you can load an FS flightplan. To do that load the flight with a FS fightplan. Then to load it in the FMC, press the "Route Request" button (I think it's the R4 or R5 button) on the CDU. Wait a few seconds, and it should load your route data. At this point it's not loaded in the FMC yet, clicj the R6 button to Activate, then press the EXEC button. At this point the waypoints of your flightplan is programmed in the FMC, You then need to enter your Gross weight (Zero Fuel weight will be calculated for you) A pilot gets this from his load sheet, in FS you can get it form the Payload and Fuel menu. (Which reminds me you probably should use a fuel planner to load the amount of fuel needed for the flight. There is a good online one here. http://fuel.aerotexas.com/ Enter your reserves, cruise altitude and cost index (read manual) then setup your takeoff data, Flaps (Usually set to 5 degrees, or 15 if I'm heavy or taking off from a short runway like Midway.