I'm pleased to say that I am about to board a real Thomson 737-800 with winglets. I will be paying close attention to the cabin sounds. I'm hoping that this forum and the PMDG itsself has taught me what to do, if both pilots happened to have fish for lunch.

cool story bro

lol just so you know the real thing is not an NGX, its just an NG, too much flight sim for you

Enjoy the flight!   It's always fun to compare the sim to the real thing, and in regard to the NGX, PMDG has nailed it.   Pay particular attention to the low end rumble of the engines at the start of the descent (best heard in seats behind the wing), I noticed it on a real 737-800 in early 2011 months before the NGX release and I was super excited when I learned PMDG was going to implement that sound effect in the NGX.   I know of no other sim aircraft that goes to such detail with aural nuances.

737NG - a product line from boeing which discribes the 737-600 737-700 737-800 and 737-900 variants.

 

737NGX - A product line from PMDG which describes a simulation of the 737NG for FSX (thus the X is appended to NG).

 

So unless you went to holiday in Flight Simulator 10... you went on a 737NG.

It was a really good flight. (im now in Tenerife)

 

A bit about sound generally. We departed 08R on a SAM3P, (as a guess). One thing I do notice about the engine sound on take off is that it has that 'jet blast' sound which overwhelmed the mechanical sound of engines turbines. I was slightly behind the wing. And then this lasted for about 1000f. And then the engines go really quiet before the aircraft turns.

 

Another good sound which is very well represented, is the 'flap whine'.

 

The spoliers on descent, really make the aircraft vibrate, a little disconcerting this is.

 

Correct me if I miss heard, but I heard the APU start from within the cabin.

 

In general the a very good sound set on the NGX in comparasion to the NG.

 

 

 

I seem unable to edit on this iPhone rubbish

You forgot to mention those annoying fuel pumps constantly whining.

You forgot to mention those annoying fuel pumps constantly whining.

Oh yeah, it sounds the same.

The engine sounds significantly different from the front few rows of the cabin compared to the back few row. Basically anything forward of the wing will hear that buzz-saw sound we all know and love from the NGX, and over and behind the wing you will hear more of a jet blasty sound mixed in. This is because the jet blasty rumble sound is air movement behind the engine. The buzz-saw sound heard at the front is the sound of the N1 blades in the engine which is louder out front (because you're closer to them and they are up front of the engine spinning away and making noise which throws forward (out into the open air) easier than backward (through the engine itself)).

 

In the cockpit there's a closed door between the cockpit and the engine/cabin sounds so the jetblast noise will be even less. The N1 blades - being attached to the aircraft directly, unlike the moving air of the jetblast, also induct some of the sound into the metal of the jet itself through vibration.

 

Hopefully you get to sit forward of the wing sometime to appreciate just how different the engine sound is from different parts of the cabin (nevermind the cockpit).

I alway end up being seated behind the wing, which is in fairness the best place to be if you want to see the flaps. Let see if I can get a seat at the front on the way back.

On the way back from Tenerife I sat in 6C, quite near the front, where the take off sounds were more like the take off sounds in the PMDG NGX in the cockpit. No 'Jet Blast' sound you hear more of the mechanical sounds of the engine. So good job PMDG on the sounds.