I use also the GPS in the Pmdg 737 cockpit.It gives you the general orientation which the FMC does not give (like already said by others)Real pilots use charts for that beside their fmc.Guy

Gaypilot wrote: "....Anyone know how to add an FMC to the default MSFS Piper Cub?...."ROFL....you know what I was just wondering the same thing myself. You'd also need to get a decent autopilot, INS, and glass guages installed..and maybe a couple of engines strapped to the wings.....trouble is all that equipment would weigh more than the cub itself.:-yellow1 :-xxrotflmao

-----------------------------Anyone know how to add an FMCto the default MSFS Piper Cub?-----------------------------Hee hee...:)You know what though I think its slowly approaching the point where one day it might come true. Already new GA planes look like Airbus cockpits. I mean check out the Cessna 172:http://www.seanet.com/~northway/garmin_g10.../g1000_580w.jpgOne day there will probably be a mini-me FMS to use in small pistons as well! I think some planes like the Cirrus already have FADEC etc so the digital interface is already there for the engine..they will just extend it to navigation too....

Interesting panel there, is that a real setup? The only thing I hope to see on the real Garmins is a KEYPAD entry instead of the silly turn dials. I was in my friend's CJ1 from Reno Stead to Hayward and watching him input VORs in this fasion looked to be a real pain..[h4]Randy J. Smith[/h4]

Hi Randy,"Interesting panel there, is that a real setup?"Yes it is, I'm flying one right now from my flight club- and we have a bunch arriving next month on the line. On this GPS thread with the B73NG: While specifically the NG may not have a GPS in real life, I noted one (not sure which, looked like a 530) in one of MidWest's MD-80's last year. I take it that they somehow feed data to the FMS system (no INS). I don't know if they use it as s display device or just use the data from it to run their MFD, etc.Bruce.

>Real pilots use charts for that beside their fmc. Not in big iron they don't. Except for approach plates, paper charts are carried as per the FARs, but I really doubt if you can find a Part 121 pilot who has ever used one.

>> My *only* grumble is that there is no wing-flex (like on the Posky 767-300). Im hoping PMDG will release an upgrade patch!If I ever looked out the window of a real 737 and saw wing flex, I'd have reason to really be worried. The 737 wingspan is not that great to afford a large flex in the wing.Bruce

They use them also on "big iron".They have large charts with the airways and all the information and they use them for sure.Guy