Flying the NGX without the FMC is really missing the point of the aircraft. You're taking a very advanced plane and flying it like a VFR Cessna.

 

Try one of the tutorials that come with the NGX. They're easy to follow and although punching keys into a tiny virtual computer may seems tedious at first, I think you'll come to understand the full potential quickly.

I suspect that once the OP figures out how to program the FMC, he will never want to fly another plane without one lol. Its a lot of fun planning and setting up the route. Plus you get a ton of info about your flight

I suspect that once the OP figures out how to program the FMC, he will never want to fly another plane without one lol. Its a lot of fun planning and setting up the route. Plus you get a ton of info about your flight

 

Don't say that twice my friend. :lol:

I'm a very strange animal, I want to learn all the FMC stuff, but somehow I always skip it and fly without it. I'm focused on flying the plane with AP and ATC, and keeping my FSCaptain PAX and dispatch happy.

 

Maybe I'm skipping to learn it right now simply because I don't have a good rig for NGX and the payware airports I bought recently. Also I must run the autogen on sparse or even to disable it to feel the NGX properly.

 

I will probably be nervous when T7 will be released. It is slightly easier on frames than NGX, so I will be on edge to buy it.

Some will say it is a blasphemy to fly PMDG T7 without FMC programming. To be honest it is also a blasphemy to fly in FSX without FTX Global, but bunch of simmers still using GEX or default. :ph34r:

Don't say that twice my friend. :lol:

I'm a very strange animal, I want to learn all the FMC stuff, but somehow I always skip it and fly without it. I'm focused on flying the plane with AP and ATC, and keeping my FSCaptain PAX and dispatch happy.

 

Maybe I'm skipping to learn it right now simply because I don't have a good rig for NGX and the payware airports I bought recently. Also I must run the autogen on sparse or even to disable it to feel the NGX properly.

 

I will probably be nervous when T7 will be released. It is slightly easier on frames than NGX, so I will be on edge to buy it.

Some will say it is a blasphemy to fly PMDG T7 without FMC programming. To be honest it is also a blasphemy to fly in FSX without FTX Global, but bunch of simmers still using GEX or default. :ph34r:

I was just like you man. I just wanted get up in the air and just lol. Once I learned how to program the FMC I started searching for more planes that had fmc's. Trust me its fun once you get the basics down. First time I learned how to do a holding pattern I so stoked. No if I'm too high for my approach I go into an hold and descend to my target alt, then continue on.

 

The NGX is not that bad on frame rate if your settings are balanced. I usually get around 15-18 fps at flightbeam KSFO with traffic and weather, but once I take off my frames go right back to 30. For me 15-18 fps is good for me on the ground and I have an i5 with 16gig ram, with my sliders very close to the right. Plus I set my max texture load to 2048

I can't stand 15-18fps even in DX10, and that framerate feels like ~25 in dx9. The thing is, I'm very spolied FPS wise, because I flew quite a lot with default airplanes to learn the basics, and somehow I always chose ones that are easy on fps. So when you are flying for a year with fps always around 30 and 50, 15-18 looks like a slideshow. Matter of habit.

I can't stand 15-18fps even in DX10, and that framerate feels like ~25 in dx9. The thing is, I'm very spolied FPS wise, because I flew quite a lot with default airplanes to learn the basics, and somehow I always chose ones that are easy on fps. So when you are flying for a year with fps always around 30 and 50, 15-18 looks like a slideshow. Matter of habit.

sorry to burst your bubble bro, but if you ever plan on flying a pmdg plane with weather and traffic, you wont be getting anything above 30fps on the ground at busy airports unless you have a super computer. It just the nature of the beast lol.

 

The default planes dont use hi-res textures, so plane like the ngx or the T7 will not be so easy on the frame rate unless you turn all your settings down. Its a balance between the graphical details and the frame rates

I can stand 15-20 fps on the ground taxing and taking off. But on final I need at least 20-25fps to manage normal and smooth landing. And as many of us know, final approaches are the main fps killers due to nature of FSX memory management, lots of AI planes in view, and ofcourse payware airports.

Who knows, maybe I will try in the following days NGX or QW 757 and fiddle a bit with FMC.

I create a flightplan via FSX, and ATC will follow it. I'm also using default GPS panel to view how I'm doing.

 

But first of all, my fav plane right now is PA A320 v3 with some panel updates from official forum, and it doesn't come with proper FMC, that is the first reason. Second reason is, I don't have good rig for NGX or Airbus X Extended, lots of stutters, 15-20fps on approaches.

When I upgrade my rig to i5 or i7, then I will consider learning FMC.

 

The whole idea of FMC question that I posted here came from Frooglesim livestream last night. He was clicking on FMC buttons like 5-10 minutes, I was bored instantly, lol.

To be fair,

 

Froogle was not flyin any of yr listed aircraft, he was In the PMDG T7, Running in Beta, so double checking everything extended time to bring us all a good stream, hasnt had too many hrs on this fine piece of aircraft, some things are similiar to NGX some things are quite different.

Just to clarify  that point.

 

but if your happy without it then so be it, has anyone mentioned the T7 is not quite so heavy on frames as the NGX, Just saying !

Happy flying

Guss

I usually get 20 - 23 FPS at Mega Airport Frankfurt in the 737-700 NGX with Fraps on and 90% sliders to max. It is fairly smooth, I have had FPS down to13-18 and really wasn't that much different. You should really learn the FMC now, you won't regret it. Do you have an iPad, put your FMC on that.

And there are a ton of videos about FMC tutorials on youtube. Honestly that's how I learned. It really is time well spent. It also helps ease a very high workload in the sim.

 

And do a de-rated takeoff, and you will be calling your non sim friends with glee. Trust me its very addictive!

 

Flying big iron is about systems. If it breaks who you gonna have fix it. Center?

Do the NGX tutorial #1 - that's about all you need to fly most of the aircraft.

What Ryan said. Tutorial 1. Its a short, enjoyable flight. As the FMC guides you into the approach, you will say "hey, this is really cool".

 

Then do it a couple more times and you'll be hooked.

Cool, I'll do it.

Anyway, I don't want to open a new thread, I will continue with noob questions here...

 

I watched few PilotsEye videos and noticed that Jurgen is disconecting the AP pretty far from the runway. Why don't he allow the plane to use the glideslope till, let's say, 200ft above? I thought that is maybe because AP can't handle rudder, was windshear on final. But watched his aproach on KSFA few times and the weather was perfect.

 

Also I watched a complete flight of A320 (some Brasilian airline) on YT, and the pilots are turning on the taxi light below 10000ft. I guess it is an airline policy, that landing lights are not mandatory if it is good weather?

 

 

that landing lights are not mandatory if it is good weather?

 

landing lights are turned on in daytime or  night  time  doesn't matter  what the weather  condition are

On the 737, we only used fixed landing lights during day.

 

At night, both retractable and fixed, with the fixed turned off with gear up. Back on when landing clearance obtained.