Hi all

I am a 24/7 carer for my wife, getting on in years and enjoy flight simming. Ex RAF and glider pilot (not any more). I build my own systems, currently have a three 24” monitor setup running off an AMD Radeon HD 7900 series graphics card. Mainboard is an Asus P8Z77-V, mounting an Intel i5-3570K CPU (overclocked) 3.40GHz +. Memory is 12GB vengeance, a WD1002 HD cached with a crucial adrenaline 64GB SSD,    all this in a HAF XM case. All in all I am fairly pleased with this system, it handles everything I have thrown at it. (Including FSX with VFR Horizon Generation X and Airfields maxed out in Eyefinity setup)

 

Although I am no stranger to FSX there is still plenty I would like to learn, particularly the PMDG 737NGX, it’s awesome.

 

I am not an academic and find it hard going trying to learn from books or the screen, my wife will distract me and all I have just read goes out the window. Looking, seeing and doing is more my forte. I get 5 hours two afternoons a week respite to do shopping  and get a bit of time to myself, normally on the sea front doing the Sun crossword eating a bag of fish and chips. All other times I am in looking after my wife.

 

This is what I am thinking: -    Is there anyone in or local to Eastbourne, East Sussex that would like to meet up with a fellow simmer, I have a good coffee machine and make a mean sandwich. It is a no smoking house indoors, no objection to a quick puff in the garden though, my wife and I used to get through 80+ a day, not any more though.

 

So: in a nutshell, anyone local to Eastbourne that would like to meet up please give me a PM.

 

Posted in the PMDG and FSX forums

 Take care   Mike M.         flybinight

Hi Mike

 

Wish I lived in Eastbourne. That 'mean sandwich' sounds yummy.

 

I've done long-distance tutorials through TeamSpeak and through email too. I can help you if you do not manage to find somebody much closer to you.Should you require any help, please PM.

 

Regards & All The Best. Hats off to you for your sterling 24/7 care.

http://jga-europe.co.uk/

I am an older guy too, but unfortunately not in your area (I am up in Canada), but I am willing to give you a hand with the NGX if it can help. Going through Tutorial 1 is a BIG help, and there are videos on the web that do it too, but I understand that you have little opportunity for concentrated thinking. It is almost impossible to fly the plane without SOME use of the flight computer (for instance for autolanding), The 4000-page manuals are not particularly well done for newbies, but there is a lot of useful info there. It can be comforting toknow that  real pilots have to go through pages and pages of checklists  before even taking off, so it is not a simple plane to fly. For example I printed out the checklists for the PMDG 747-400, an older PMDG plane of similar complexity and it is 15 pages 8x11, so it is not so much that those planes are complicated, it is mostly that there is a LOT to do. Note that if you have not turned failures on, most of the checklist is useless, since most of it is to make sure that all systems are working well. Once you get the hang of some key  facts such as the fact that the Auxiliary power unit does not deliver enough energy to power the whole plane (which is why there is a need for a cold and dark start procedure), and how the Primary flight control buttons work to control speed, altitude and so on, you can fly the plane easily enough, except that in real life, the managers would be pulling their hair out.

 

Oops, I just found among the piles of paper next to my computer a two-page checklist for the 737 NGX that goes from pre-flight to shut down, and although the writing is a bit small for old eyes (it is two columns wide), it is a lot better than 15 pages. Unfortunately I don't remember where I found it on the web, but if you google 737 checklist you should find it. If not let me know and I will see if I can find it again, or maybe I still have the pdf file somewhere.

 

Good flying!

 

henri

Not to hijack the thread but is there a simple cold n dark checklist out there for the NGX?

 

There's the one in the manual which isn't so simple. The one in the tutorial is decent but I don't need the pics with it anymore.

Not to hijack the thread but is there a simple cold n dark checklist out there for the NGX?

 

There's the one in the manual which isn't so simple. The one in the tutorial is decent but I don't need the pics with it anymore.

 

Yes

Wow that's a lot.  Do you have a preference?

 

NM I found one that has the electrical and engine startup.  Those real ones don't seem to have that...  I suppose it's another checklist to pull out.

 

Here's the one I got

http://library.avsim.net/download.php?DLID=162075

Hello. 

 

I highly reccommend fsxpilots767's tutorial on youtube: (and no thats not me ) 

 

I learned almost everything from this series. 

Wow that's comprehensive.

Hi Mike

 

It may be worth getting in touch with the Gatwick Flight Sim group. http://www.gatwick-fsg.org.uk/. Maybe you cant get to the meetings but they may be able to help you.

It's not exactly what you're looking for but still worth checking... http://www.flyaoamedia.com/pmdg-737-ngx-training/

Hi Mike, I have sent you a PM, I also have to concur with fsx737 regarding this set of you tube vids

one of the best 737NGX tutorials available and pretty much the next best thing to having someone standing next to you and explaining.

@MIke(SierraHotel)

 

After having viewed your Liverpool-Malaga-LIverpool flights, the OP could not be in better hands. Nice one. Hope you manage to sort him out.

Cheers mate, my pleasure.