May 28, 20233 yr I finally tried an airliner in X 11. 737 800 stock. It got out of control fast and didn't end well. Do you have to have an active flight plan to fly airliners? I didn't...I just took off and came back and the airspeed was up in the 300 range on approach even though I pulled the power and had full flaps... does the stock 737 need to be set up specifically???
May 29, 20233 yr Never even loaded it, but I guess you could try to use the same procedures to fly it as those exemplifies for instance in Skymatix's videos about the Zibo 737: Skymatix - YouTube BTW: the Zibo 737 is a very detailed 737 FREE addon for XP12 (an XP11) and it's really worth the install if you like the type. The default 737 appears to be rather manageable: XP12 default 737 excessive crosswind demonstration - YouTube You can see the differences between the default and the freeware Zibo in the following video: Difference Between Default Boeing 737-800 and ZIBO Mod Boeing 737-800 in X-Plane 12 - YouTube And here you can watch a full default 737-800 flight in XP12: X-Plane 12 Default Boeing B737-800 Paderborn Lippstadt to Berlin - YouTube Flying gliders since 1980 Flightsimming since 1992 AMD Ryzen 5600x, 32GB RAM, GPU Nvidia RTX 3060 Ti 8 GB, 1 TB and 500 GB nvme2 SSD drives, HP 27" 60Hz LED monitor @ 1920x1080, T16000, Hotas from old X52 Pro, Saitek Combat Rudder Pro (2010 model)
June 2, 20233 yr A few years ago, I decided to 'learn' the stock 737, as the Zibo seemed too complicated. After a short time, I realised that the stock 737 was also not easy to fly. So, I decided to just learn the Zibo. It does take some time. Having some sort of flight plan (there's an example one in the Laminar documentation) certainly helps, as you can let the autopilot take over for a while.
June 2, 20233 yr You don't have to load a flightplan into the aircraft to fly it, but you must have a plan for your flight in your mind even just with stick and rudder. 737 or any modern airliner handles quite different from a single engine prop, the weight, the jet power, and the way it build to minimize drag means they are very slippery compare to a C172, if you take off, climb can normally up to 5~10 degree angle, but if you try to turn back and descent on the same angle, you have no chance to slow it down. I also would recommend Zibo737 rather than default one, yes the stock plane is "simplified", but that actually mean you have less tool to works with, Boeing didn't make the actual airplane more complicate to just let real pilot miserable, so a proper simulated one actually make more sense to fly.
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