Hello people, how are you?

I have had few years of experience in flight sims but after I bought PMDG products I felt like a stupid monkey who doesn't know anything
 

I hav eto say that PMDG products are really realistic and really professional. 

 

So I really want to ask few questions about PMDG 737NGX.

 

1) Can I get few lines of description how to get which SIDs and STARs I have to use?

 

2) When I flare, the nose just slams down. Is it because of the speed(Generally I land with 145 Knots)? Or is it because of the fuel?

 

3) How can I learn how much fuel I need for a specific flight?

 

4) What is Cost index and how can I get it?

 

5) This will not be about PMDG but it will be about a lot of airplanes: You know, there are 2 CMD buttons and 2 CRS knobs inside of airplanes. What is the point of it? Also there are 2 NAV frequencies in the airplane. What is the purpose if it?

 

6) Do you know any free way to generate professional routes and export is as FMC files for PMDG 737NGX?

 

Thanks...

In order to find routes which can be imported, go to http://www.simroutes.com/fb2/ShowPlans.aspx, and save it as PMDG NGX. The route given will include a SID/STAR with it, but understand the SID/STAR may vary depending on runway. IN TE FMC, when you select the departure runway and arrival runway, it recommends SID/Stars for those runways. To know which to choose will require looking at the charts. There was a post here recently which had a couple of you tube videos that best explain this aspect. 

 

Regarding Cost Index, it is complicated and I will leave it to other folks here to better explain, but generally for the sake of just getting airborne, choose 96 for now.

1) 

Great video from Kyle explaining SIDs and STARs. I usually just look at the charts to check which one I should use. 

2) Check your FMC on the INIT REF page to check your REF speed for landing. I'm not sure why exactly that the nose drops down really fast in the sim, maybe it's like that IRL but I usually slowly bring the nose down once i touch down by reducing pressure on the yoke slowly. 

3) There's a basic way to calculate fuel in the tutorial for the NGX. You can use flight planning tools like PFPX, and such, but I use simbrief. It's a freeware flightplanner with detailed navlogs and stuff. http://www.simbrief.com/home/

4) 

Another video from Kyle, showing what cost index is, and it's uses. 

5) Redundancy, autoland, RNAV iirc, reduces workload, and maybe for both pilots. It's easier to set up 2 different NAV radios on the FMS and see them displayed on the ND, then having to switch quickly between frequencies when you're already busy handling the plane and ATC. 

6) I use http://rfinder.asalink.net/free/ and http://skyvector.com/ for my routes, and just type them into SimBrief, and from there I just key it in to the FMS route page. 

PS. If you get a chance, try out the tutorials if you haven't already. They have a brief explanation of SIDs and STARs and Cost Index. 

 

mrtk311 you are awesome brother. Thanks for this beautiful answer. Only problem is I cannot display the first video Thanks...

 

 

 

Only problem is I cannot display the first video Thanks...

 

Yeah, it only allows one per post.  You can see it here (along with the rest of them): http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yEwvDVM-k54&feature=c4-overview&list=UUkW4jYLfruaR5oQF61-DgKA

Yeah, it only allows one per post.  You can see it here (along with the rest of them): http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yEwvDVM-k54&feature=c4-overview&list=UUkW4jYLfruaR5oQF61-DgKA

Thank you very much.