Can someone give an honest comparison between PMDG and FBW as far as performance only ? And not only FPS but more main thread stutters. Thank you ! 

31 minutes ago, Baron58 said:

https://www.simbrief.com/system/dispatch.php?sharefleet=363617_1651134279139

Those values still don't seem right.  I think the pax values are wrong for pax/cargo but yours and the default 175/55 (lbs) from simbrief both aren't right.  I tried your weights and before putting in the 4K lbs of cargo simbrief called for I was already at 101.8K lbs.  ZFW is supposed to be 103.9 so somewhere the weight is 2k too high.  Yes I did the kg to lbs conversion.  I also checked the weights in the aircraft cfg but pax weight is nowhere in there.  Anyone figure out correct values?

Does anyone know if the 737-700 BBJ variant comes with an option to add more auxiliary tanks? Like what was done in this real world flight:

https://airwaysmag.com/longest-boeing-737-flight/

11 minutes ago, roi1862 said:

Can someone give an honest comparison between PMDG and FBW as far as performance only ? And not only FPS but more main thread stutters. Thank you ! 

PMDG 737 is smoother here than FBW

Got stuck after entering the authentication code....

Bought it but no download link in my account or confirmation email. So web shop is still not fully operational. 

Found the correct simbrief setup.  For 2 class config, this matches simbrief now in the plane.  Previous person's pax/cargo weights are correct, the OEW was off by a bit.   My weights are in lbs but you can easily click the drop down to convert it then add your own reg number and SELCAL.  This is the two class layout.  1 class just change pax to 148.  https://www.simbrief.com/system/dispatch.php?sharefleet=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

 

13 minutes ago, omarsmak30 said:

PMDG 737 is smoother here than FBW

Absolutely agree. I'm getting +10-15 FPS. I'm blown away by it.

Edited May 10, 20224 yr by suncoastflyer

41 minutes ago, verbal said:

Any clues on how to get a simbrief flightplan into the FMC for the Steam version?

I'm going to FLT PLAN REQUEST to enter it but PMDG 737 is greyed out and not selectable. I have a plan sitting in D:\Microsoft Flight Simulator\Community\pmdg-aircraft-737\Config\Flightplans - let me guess - wrong folder/location?

Pretty sure you've gotta put in the CO ROUTE the file name, i.e. KSFOKLAX. Don't know for sure though.

5 minutes ago, V1ROTA7E said:

Pretty sure you've gotta put in the CO ROUTE the file name, i.e. KSFOKLAX. Don't know for sure though.

Nope, figured it out, it's at:

 

C:\Users\USERNAME\AppData\Roaming\Microsoft Flight Simulator\Packages\pmdg-aircraft-737\work\Flightplans

28 minutes ago, omarsmak30 said:

PMDG 737 is smoother here than FBW

same, extremely smooth

I got it installed after it went back up for sale.  It was certainly not the ordeal that others had earlier, but it was still far from smooth.  kept saying it had trouble sending the download pin, but the pin went to my email just fine, just wouldn't let me enter it.  it worked on the fourth try.

 

The authentication system they have is probably a good bit more complex than it needs to be.  I can see how it might have gotten swamped.  asking a web server to handle the challenge/response is a tough ask.  having that on the installer makes more sense for load balancing.

So is this PMDG 737 the best 737 that has been done for any sim platform?

41 minutes ago, roi1862 said:

Can someone give an honest comparison between PMDG and FBW as far as performance only ? And not only FPS but more main thread stutters. Thank you ! 

It is smooth as butter. Only stutters I had was my initial flight out of Fly Tampa KLAS but that place has been a stutter fest since su9 for me. Everywhere else it has been just about as good as a stock plane. I don’t run around with dev mode on or an fps counter but I haven’t noticed any loss of fps. It’s stupidly smooth in performance.

I've got a couple flights under my belt now and I have to give credit to PMDG...this thing is amazing...almost as good as the Zibo😁.