Hi;

 

I am looking to purchase the Aerosim 474 and was wondering if anyone has purchase any of their product and the impact to FPS. Are their products Frame Rate friendly and are they products well built? It looks that way from the photos and I also like that the FSX Flight Plan is imported to the FMC which makes life much earlier.

 

My Rig.

 

i7-4790 CPU 4.0 overclocked to 4.4GHz

16GB DDR3 1866 Memory

NVIDIA GeFOrce GTX 770 - 2GB Superclocked

128GB SanDisk DDD (dedicated to Win7 & FSX) 1TB 7200 RPM Hard Drive.

 

Any information would be greatly appreciated.

 

Thanks.

 

F.

If you're really wanting a good 747 proper simulation experience, visually and realistically, spend a bit more and go with PMDG, however, I do believe they're bringing out a v2 in the near future, and I'm looking forward to this as the PMDG 747, although still very realistic, it's nothing on the NGX/T7 in terms of realism.

 

A quick look at the aerosim 747 and I wouldn't buy it, not from my perspective. Everything is trumped by PMDG, definitely.

Hi;

 

I am looking to purchase the Aerosim 474 and was wondering if anyone has purchase any of their product and the impact to FPS. Are their products Frame Rate friendly and are they products well built? It looks that way from the photos and I also like that the FSX Flight Plan is imported to the FMC which makes life much earlier.

 

My Rig.

 

i7-4790 CPU 4.0 overclocked to 4.4GHz

16GB DDR3 1866 Memory

NVIDIA GeFOrce GTX 770 - 2GB Superclocked

128GB SanDisk DDD (dedicated to Win7 & FSX) 1TB 7200 RPM Hard Drive.

 

Any information would be greatly appreciated.

 

Thanks.

 

F.

If it was $20 sure but you can get the  PMDG 747 for $55 the PMDG bird has amazing systems depth.

 

Hi Folks;

 

Thanks very much for your response I really appreciate it and I totally agree with you. Actually I am well aware of the PMDG product since a very good buddy of mine has it (he is a commercial pilot). The problem I have with it is that it takes a while to set the bloody thing up to get a flight going, which is the fun part I guess, close to the real thing as possible. I really don't have the patience to set all of the waypoints on the FMC for one of the long flights. I like the fact that Aerosim imports it from the FSX plan which as you know generates it for you and therefore don't have to re-type the waypoints. I guess I could look for a payware that PMDG can import a plan from.

 

In any event, that was my reason for looking at the Aerosim product. Yes, the price is up there with the PMDG which is support to be the best on the market.

 

Alex, you mentioned that there may be a v2 in the horizon maybe i will just wait and get that and deal with the realistic set up

 

Thanks again folks.

 

F.

Forshaw

 

you may want to look at this, imports flight plans to pmdg

 

http://forum.avsim.net/topic/434279-efass-electronic-flight-assistantone-wordwow-and-its-free/page-7#entry3066056

The problem I have with it is that it takes a while to set the bloody thing up to get a flight going, which is the fun part I guess, close to the real thing as possible. I really don't have the patience to set all of the waypoints on the FMC for one of the long flights. I like the fact that Aerosim imports it from the FSX plan which as you know generates it for you and therefore don't have to re-type the waypoints.

 

You don't have to manually enter each waypoint on the LEGS page. Routes are usually entered with an entry waypoint connecting to airway and then an exit waypoint if you're switching airways. If you find that slightly time consuming too (which it can be if you plan on doing really long hauls), there is also an option in the FMC called 'CORTE'. Depending on what flight planning software/website you use, it should allow you to download the flight plan in the format PMDG recognizes.

All you have to do after that is place the file in a designated folder, load up your simulator and the PMDG 744 and enter the flight plan name to import the entire route.

For example, if you constructed a flight plan from KJFK to EGLL, most likely the file that you download (from your flight planning website/software) will be called 'KJFKEGLL' or 'KJFKEGLL01'. If you enter that file name into the aircraft CORTE section, it will import the entire flight plan and all you have to do then is set up your performance figures.

 

My personal opinion would be to purchase the PMDG 747 if you really want one now or wait for PMDG 747 v2.

I would suggest buying the PMDG 747 now, enjoy it. It might be a long time before the V2 comes out.

I use FS Build for flight planning, it puts the correct file [rte] into the FMC.

Use can also use RteFinder, and SimRoutes.  No need to enter all the way points manually. 

 

Jerry Friz

If you are looking for a simple, better than default FPS friendly 747 with not that many systems to learn then I think Aerosim is probably a good choice.

 

I have their 787 & YS-11, I think Aerosim is great at designing simple, good looking and FPS friendly aircraft for those who want something better than default but not all the complexity PMDG and many others offer with their advanced simulations. 

Hi;

 

I am looking to purchase the Aerosim 474 and was wondering if anyone has purchase any of their product and the impact to FPS. Are their products Frame Rate friendly and are they products well built? It looks that way from the photos and I also like that the FSX Flight Plan is imported to the FMC which makes life much earlier.

 

My Rig.

 

i7-4790 CPU 4.0 overclocked to 4.4GHz

16GB DDR3 1866 Memory

NVIDIA GeFOrce GTX 770 - 2GB Superclocked

128GB SanDisk DDD (dedicated to Win7 & FSX) 1TB 7200 RPM Hard Drive.

 

Any information would be greatly appreciated.

 

Thanks.

 

F.

Hi,

 

Well if you don't want to go for the PMDG 747, which is without doubt the best 747 available for FSX, and you are looking for something simpler from a systems viewpoint, why not consider the 747-200/300 available from Just Flight in their F-lite range? It was developed by CLS but is currently available on the JUst Flight website for just £9.99 and comes with a ton of liveries.

 

I know you can import an FSX flight plan to the GPS on this product, so if you want to just 'jump in and fly', it is pretty easy to do so providing you are happy to fly using steam gauges! In the RW I was brought up on steam gauges so am quite at home using them but I appreciate that not everyone is in this day and age! The aircraft is well modelled both inside and out with a nice VC although don't expect functionality to the level of PMDG in terms of all the switches, systems etc. Other than that, the only drawback is that the VAS usage of this product is considerable although frame rates from the VC are good.

 

I quite like to fly it from time to time when I don't want to deeply immerse myself in systems and it certainly seems like a bit of a steal at the current asking price.

 

Bill

Thank you all of your prompt responses and very informative and great advice, I really appreciate it. I don't think that it was ever a doubt that the PMDG is probably the best add-on out there, but just a little too complex for me given how I intend to use it. It is a great product however you need to really use its' features to fully take advantage of the product. I am not there yet. I actually own the PMDG 737, loaded it once, played with it a little and haven't used it since, and that was a year ago :huh:. it is a great product.

 

@Karan & Jerry, thank you so much for the information on the Flight Planner I will look into it and actually start to use my 737. Still need time to master the set up.

 

FScamp hit the nail on the head. That is exactly what I am looking for the "in-between". Much better than the default but not as complex as the PMDG, with decent texture and FPS friendly. 

 

Don't get me wrong I am a pretty intense simmer however, my spare time at home is so limited I really haven't had to time to really sit down and focus on learning the details of the proper way to completely configure an aircraft for flight. 

 

I like the challenges of taking off and landing in Weather conditions I am not aware of. I pick an airport in Europe as the starting point and then an airport in the US as the destination, generate my flight plan, configure my aircraft for the flight, load real weather and then fly. I am always surprised and my goal like anyone else is to nail the landing without a go-around regardless of the visibility :smile:

 

Thanks again folks.

 

Kindest Regards.

 

Forshaw.