I have a number of payware and freeware aircraft that have them but I've never taken the time to figure it out. I'm assuming that once you learn one the concepts if not the actual procedures will be the same for all of them. Is there one that stands out for a FMC noobie? Maybe the one that has the best tutorial? Thx.rgds,billg

the pmdg 737 has a few tutorials and walk-throughs you can download from the library here.

Definately the NG FMC. The closest thing to real life as possible. Not that I am biased, of course ;)

Looks like 2-0 for PMDG. I'll give it a whirl. Prolly like it so much I won't be able to fly without it. :-)billg

PMDGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGG :)

well you basically can't fly without it since they don't let you use GPS

>well you basically can't fly without it since they don't let>you use GPSThe real plane doesn't have a GPS in a form that can be useable to the pilot. The real NG, if GPS equipped, uses the GPS to supplement the INS system so it knows where it is.

To get a wider range of features, you can download the PMDG tutorials. Also you can go to the Dreamfleet site and download their 737-400 manuals and read through the FMC guides there. Finally, you can go to the Wilco site, and download their 767PIC manuals and read through those FMC tutorials as well. There are some things in the DF737 and PIC767 FMCs that aren't modelled in the PMDG FMC as yet. So you'll be fully up to date by the time PMDG releases their 800/900 upgrade.Also, you'll have learned the subtle differences between FMCs of three different Boeing types.

You are incorrect in thinking that once you know one you know them all.While they may all look similar the core philosophies behind their operation can have substantial differences which make them operate quite differently.That's the reason why extensive crosstraining is needed in the real world when moving to a different aircraft type.Of course when you stay with aircraft and FMCs from the same manufacturer the differences will usually be less than when moving from say Boeing to Airbus or Airbus to Bombardier.Stick with a single aircraft until you know it inside and out, and only then start using another.For example, I used the Dreamfleet 737 exclusively as an airliner in FS2000, the PSS A320 almost exclusively in FS2002 (I did get the PSS 777 and 747 as well but where I logged some 500 hours in the Airbus I did maybe 200 hours in those 2 combined).That's how it is in the real world, and for good reason. There's very few pilots who are current in more than a very small number of aircraft types.