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Cheers for the info guys, I've purchased the captain sim's version however I'm wondering is there a flight tutorial of any kind, unfortunately I'm unable to find anything that resembles one, unless I'm missing something.

I'm reading reviews on both versions of the Tri star ls1011 and I'm fairly undecided into which one to choose? I've heard the Jf's version also features a FMC is that case with Captain sims too? Overall any 1011 pilots have any thoughts on the aircraft?

Thanks for all the heads up and help; Kyle, Dan and Simon. Guess I aren't nearly as well versed as I thought I were. I've been able to do a few easier routes; I.e London to Manchester and Amsterdam to Rome, I've noticed the FMC has correctly vectored for the final approach so I assumed the same would be for JFK. Probably explains why my passengers were swimming earlier than anticipated. The help as always is appreciated, at least in my aimless flying/crashing and diverting I've figured out some of the more intricate aspects of the triple 777.

Thanks guys, I've been back through the tutorial to have a look at anything I will have missed, in regards to the vectors into JFK using the Robber1 star, I've noticed in the FMC, I will fly; over and away from the airport then track back around onto final approach for runway 04L. Is that what is meant by Vectoring?. Thanks

Hey, I'm currently 507 nm out from JFK, managed to take off from Heathrow, keep my triple 777 in the sky during heavy turbalance (ASN - was the most tense 5 minutes I've had) and perform a fuel dump for the first time. I'm using the last leg of the cruise to check over the approach chart to JFK, I admit it's the first time using one, however I get the jist of it and I've entered the correcg height restrictions and speeds into the FMS. I'm guessing the fmc alter course and tracks as necessary or is this something as the pilot I should do? I've done the tutorial autoland, however as I am lookig to dive deeper into the craft I'm getting a little tetchy with reading a chart. I've flown a couple with GA aircraft that have required my inputs to manage and capture the glidescope, however I have never attempted this within a jet liner. If the FMC does indeed manage the necessary tracks then it's a huge decrease in my work load, however if it is something I have to manually do, what would be the best way to do so given the size and speeds involved? May seem like a simple question with a simple answer but I want to cover all bases. Thanks

Ahh brilliant thank you, thought I'd messed the installation up at some point.

I have an odd issue that's occurring in FSX:SE, I have all of the FSX Pmdg addons, a boxed copy of FSX and The steam edition. I held off installing the steam edition due to reports of PMDG aircraft not working within the game. Upon reading that they are now supported within the steam edition - I did a full uninstall and re install of the steam edition, updates the SDK for sim connect and installed the 777. It seems odd but upon starting fsx:se I'm asked for the permissions for the 777, but no activation prompt window unlike the previous boxed edition I had installed. Starting up at Heathrow the 777 initialises and everything appears to be working as normal, no anomalies at all. The question is, is it possible that with a previous activated copy, the 777 doesn't require activation with steam or is this something I have missed by not reading the forums?

Thanks for the help guys, I've been back through the first tutorial and I'm working through the second, missed my approach into Innsbrook so I've had to go back through the FMC to re-program a go around route - Whilst I haven't actually landed the aircraft yet, doing so has helped me to understand the FMC better. I've had a look at and will be purchasing the TOPCAT software shortly - Thanks for the suggestion!.

Hey all, I've had the 737NGX for a number of years but after having a computer incapable of running FSX, I've recently had the chance to upgrade. My question is when setting the FMC up for take off settings, I get completely lost. I've followed the first tutorial and I fancy chancing my arm at my own flight from Leeds to Zurich. I've created a flight plan online which I've implemented, however setting the engine performance just seems abhorrant to me. Is there anyway of calculating what I need to use or is it a case of trial and error?

HeyI'm wondering if anyone would be able to recommend what graphics card to upgrade to. I'm currently running a radeon Hd 4850 which as we all know are reasonably old and was purchased two years ago, up until recently i've been able to manage fsx with it, however as such I'm looking to future proof or atleast have a graphics card worth keeping around for atleast a year or so. My budget would roughly be £90 but i don't mind justifying an extra £30 if needs be. Thanks

Ah that may be why, I've re-updated the database and no problems selecting runway 23r. Thanks for the help guys

Hi im having a slight problem entering the runway data for departure for manchester Airport, I enter EGCC as origin and try to enter 24R for the runway but it says that the data isn't in the database, how would I go about adding the runway for departure? I've tried 24R for runway 024 for the runway and just 24 but to no avail. Thanks

Hey thanks for the input it's now looking like a toss up between the bn islander and the turbo realaire duke

After tinkering around with some of the heavies mainly Pmdg md-11 and 737ngx aswell as captain sim's 767 I'm looking to buy something I can hop around regional airports with, I'm not looking for a single seater Cessna or Piper, more a twin prop if possible or twin engine aircraft if possible. I've read that aersoft a re-designing the Dh-6 otter and until then I'd like something along the same sort of lines if anyone can reccommend one?Many Thanks Lewis

Not sure if this should go here but I've recently watched the video for the VOR into Zurich runway 34, approach by Angle of Attack, however when attempting this in FSX, I’m running across a slight problem. When i enter the BLM1Z Star and VORD34 approach into the MCDU and insert it, the flight plan has BLM at an alttitude of 12000FT and Gipol at an alttitude of roughly 130363FT i was wondering when pressing the insert button is it advised to press the corresponding RSK next to Gipol to insert that into the FMS or return to the Flight PLan page? Many ThanksLewis