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https://www.captainsim.org/forum/csf.pl?num=1404987450 Message started by Crabs25 on Jul 10th, 2014 at 10:17am |
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Title: Anyone there? Post by Crabs25 on Jul 10th, 2014 at 10:17am
Hello All,
Has something happened here that I've missed? No posts at all , only two in June. I'm feeling lonely!! :-[ |
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Title: Re: Anyone there? Post by ftwd on Jul 10th, 2014 at 2:32pm
We are all still here. I think there is an air of anticipation surrounding the release of the 737 service pack :o
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Title: Re: Anyone there? Post by Crabs25 on Jul 10th, 2014 at 5:23pm
Obviously all stunned into silence!!
I'm looking forward to it!! |
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Title: Re: Anyone there? Post by ftwd on Jul 18th, 2014 at 10:40am
Still holding our breath for a July SP1.1 release!
Fingers and toes crossed now. |
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Title: Re: Anyone there? Post by Markoz on Jul 18th, 2014 at 1:23pm
I assume that the 777 Captain and 1011 Captain for P3Dv2, and the 1011 Freighter have delayed the update 1.1 for the 737! :-/
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Title: Re: Anyone there? Post by Captain Sim 2 on Jul 21st, 2014 at 8:12pm
We are working on the update - this is all I can say for now.
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Title: Re: Anyone there? Post by Charater on Jul 22nd, 2014 at 8:45pm
Well, looking at the calender of updates the 737 sp 1.1 is now set for september... :-/
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Title: Re: Anyone there? Post by aaboeing on Jul 27th, 2014 at 7:43pm
What about v5 for the 757 or v1.6 for the 767? They've just completely moved on from probably their most successful aircraft.
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Title: Re: Anyone there? Post by 180Etops on Aug 27th, 2014 at 5:03pm
Hello Everybody
I love the 737 but for some reason after i paused i need to re switch my packs and generator switches???? Anybody have this problem. Regards |
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Title: Re: Anyone there? Post by Markoz on Aug 28th, 2014 at 1:35am
I don't think I have had that problem before.
I have had the packs and generators turn off when I have used the menu though. :-/ |
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Title: Re: Anyone there? Post by Jim Kaye on Sep 20th, 2014 at 6:46pm
Today is September 20. Is the 737 update still planned for September?
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Title: Re: Anyone there? Post by ftwd on Sep 20th, 2014 at 11:30pm
I still have everything crossed ;D
Better though that they get everything done that they need to get done, rather than just getting it out. |
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Title: Re: Anyone there? Post by Markoz on Sep 21st, 2014 at 1:39am Jim Kaye wrote on Sep 20th, 2014 at 6:46pm:
There are still 10 days left in September, so there is still a chance. ;) |
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Title: Re: Anyone there? Post by ftwd on Sep 28th, 2014 at 9:09am
Fingers crossed, the CS support page still says the SP release may still come out this month ;)
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Title: Re: Anyone there? Post by captjames on Sep 28th, 2014 at 9:24am
Yeah what's actually the deal with this? I really want to fly a 732 in FSX but the 1.1 isn't quite there. :'(
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Title: Re: Anyone there? Post by Markoz on Sep 28th, 2014 at 7:56pm captjames wrote on Sep 28th, 2014 at 9:24am:
It's running late. :( |
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Title: Re: Anyone there? Post by captjames on Sep 29th, 2014 at 5:28pm
Any idea on how late or what this "update" will entail?
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Title: Re: Anyone there? Post by Markoz on Oct 1st, 2014 at 4:31am captjames wrote on Sep 29th, 2014 at 5:28pm:
No. But I assume it will be released when it's ready and that it will be to fix up all the big issues that the 737 Captain currently has. I also hope that that's what the update will address. ;) |
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Title: Re: Anyone there? Post by Captain Sim 2 on Oct 1st, 2014 at 1:17pm
Thank you, Mark. Yes we are indeed working on the update and it will be released when ready. We are sorry about the delay.
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Title: Re: Anyone there? Post by Jim Kaye on Oct 1st, 2014 at 6:05pm
Thanks for the update. Looking forward to it. :)
Jim Kaye |
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Title: Re: Anyone there? Post by David Paul on Oct 1st, 2014 at 6:44pm
What are the major issues that you guys are hoping to see addressed?
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Title: Re: Anyone there? Post by Markoz on Oct 2nd, 2014 at 2:59am David Paul wrote on Oct 1st, 2014 at 6:44pm:
You would be better to browse this 737 Captain 1.x forum looking for the major issues with the 737. |
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Title: Re: Anyone there? Post by Dominique on Oct 2nd, 2014 at 10:38am
Hi
Interested by that updated 737 but will there be a P3D version or will it be still strictly FSX? Dominique |
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Title: Re: Anyone there? Post by David Paul on Oct 2nd, 2014 at 6:33pm Markoz wrote on Oct 2nd, 2014 at 2:59am:
Oh I have browsed most topics in the 737 forum. I own the bird, and have applied some of the flight model mods and so forth. The only real issue I had was with the FMC-like device (I forget what it is called) crashing the program. But I just use it now for takeoff settings and have no trouble. I was just wondering what everyone else was wanting to see in the upcoming update! :) |
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Title: Re: Anyone there? Post by Markoz on Oct 3rd, 2014 at 2:40am David Paul wrote on Oct 2nd, 2014 at 6:33pm:
The two major problems I have: 1) Sometimes the battery loses power (even with the APu or External (ground) Power). I fix this by reinstalling the 737 and it will be fine for quite a while. fsxpaul has a mod that can help, but I don't need it most of the time! 2) The engine power of the 737 is too much. Well I think it is (I would like to know what the real world pilots of the 737 original series think), so I would like to see it reduced. 3) The PDCS (FMC-like device) causes a CTD too often. I can sometimes do everything in the PDCS without FSX crashing, as long as I enter the data really slowly. And I do mean really slowly! If I forget for a few seconds and speed up - CTD! 4) This isn't a bug, it's a wish - I hope that the CWS (Control Wheel Steering) is improved to be as good as it is in the L-1011. It is quite good already, but when I release the joystick (when initiating a bank) it will start to straighten out before returning the bank to the degrees that it was banking at when I released the joystick - it's hard to explain. But if you have the L-1011, you can compare the two and I think you'll see what I mean. All in all, the 737 is only slightly ahead of the 707 as my second favourite Captain Sim aircraft. The L-1011 is my favourite by quite a large margin! Fixing the bugs in the 737 will bring it right up behind the L-1011. I hope!. :D ;D |
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Title: Re: Anyone there? Post by Tim Capps on Nov 4th, 2014 at 8:26pm
This seemed like an appropriate place to drop in and say hi, since I haven't been around for awhile. I've missed the friendly, helpful community! I was slated to do a 777 review and actually had made a good start, then got sick and couldn't complete the project, which I felt really bad about for several reasons.
So now I'm just another retiree (although that certainly didn't occur as planned, either.) Having been away from flight simulator for many months, I have had to re-learn so much. Aside from a certain Airbus, the airplane I've been spending most of my time in is the 737. I personally think it is the nicest looking, and is fun to fly. If the expression "desperately" can be used in a flight simulation, this airplane is "desperately" in need of its update. These old airplanes are really a handful, aren't they? I think you have to fly some high-tech wonder plane like the Airbus every once in awhile to appreciate the oldies. The 737 is solid in many ways. In other ways... well, one or two things should come with a big INOP DO NOT TOUCH sticker! |
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Title: Re: Anyone there? Post by CoolP on Nov 5th, 2014 at 4:28pm
Totally in agreement with your tenor, Tim. Looking forward to the 737 update, it's needed and the aspects it should touch got described in quite some detail I think. Great potential in that plane.
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Title: Re: Anyone there? Post by Markoz on Nov 6th, 2014 at 1:34am
I'm sorry to hear about how everything has happened for you Tim. :( I hope you can enjoy your retirement. ;)
I've been "retired" (for lack of a better word) for 22 years. It was not entirely by choice, but I do enjoy it. Every day is like a weekend for me. :o About the update for the 737. Yes, if some of these bugs can be fixed, then the 737 Captain will be an even greater product. It comes second in favouritism, after the L-1011, of Captain Sim products. Like all of you, I hope it isn't too far off, but we will just have to wait until it's ready. :-/ |
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Title: Re: Anyone there? Post by captjames on Nov 9th, 2014 at 10:06am
When do you think we'll hear anything from CS and this update n the 737?
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Title: Re: Anyone there? Post by ftwd on Nov 9th, 2014 at 12:52pm
It says December on their website, better late than unfinished though.
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Title: Re: Anyone there? Post by Tim Capps on Nov 10th, 2014 at 12:23am
In my dreams, ACE is finally expanded to a real payload-and-fuel-calculator-loader like the big German company has for their airplanes.
In the meantime, thanks to the users who have made it tolerable. My fuel method is: guessing. I'm getting pretty good at it, and if it looks like my engines are about to flame out, there's always in-flight refueling from, a little-known feature on the 737. |
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Title: Re: Anyone there? Post by Markoz on Nov 10th, 2014 at 1:31am Quote:
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Title: Re: Anyone there? Post by CoolP on Nov 10th, 2014 at 1:44pm
Re: Planning values. Totally agreed that one could enhance the ACE. I think those suggestions range back some years, so one can either hope or.. work around. :D
http://www.simbrief.com is a free website allowing for very detailed flight planning. The 737-200 is featured and, therefore, gets calculated correctly when it comes to the expected fuel burn. If you wanted to add more planes or edit existing ones, no problem, just click edit. The folks running the PFPX payware might also have a profile at hand to allow for proper planning, but I can highly recommend the freeware site where nothing more than a free sign-up is needed. You would then head for the dispatch system and select your route details and airframe. It will grab the weather, NOTAMs, plans the optimum flight level, gives you times and coordinates for waypoints and later print the plan and/or export a file for FMC/other flight planners. I suggest printing to pdf. You can even select your favourite's airline OFP format, so what you will see then equals the rw docs. If you run a nav data subscription from Navigraph, you can also enter your code there and have access to the latest and greatest. Otherwise it uses a fairly current (and free) 1303 data set. Back to the fuel burn, I was using an example route KSAN to KAUS; IPL J18 GBN SSO J50 ELP J183 LLO KALLA3; alternate is KDFW [code]OPERATIONAL FLIGHT PLAN RELEASE 1 AAA1111 10 NOV 2014 KSAN/SAN - KAUS/AUS CAPT OBVIOUS 004122 DX . KIM LYNN 514-555-0199 011 D01 B732 FIN 275 N275SB SEL NORTH AMERICA 1-800-555-0199 F/FACTOR P00 TAKEOFF ALTN NIL -------------------------------------------------------------------- DX RMKS CONT FUEL FOR ANY DELAYS ------- . -------------------------------------------------------------------- OFP REMARKS: P-RAIM CHECK COMPLETED - NO OUTAGES: -------------------------------------------------------------------- --- BRIEFING PACKAGE MEL ITEMS --- NONE. ------------------------------------------ --- CURRENT MEL ITEMS (13:37Z 10.NOV) --- NONE. -------------------------------------------------------------------- PLANNING SUMMARY M.74 FL 330 TDV P06 G/C 1010 EET 0220 ---------------- TRP 522 COMP P37 DIS 1035 BURN 6.05 -------------------------------------------------------------------- FLIGHT PLAN ROUTE ----------------- DEP SAN RWY 09 KSAN N0435F330 DCT IPL J18 GBN DCT SSO J50 ELP J183 LLO KALLA3 KAUS ARR AUS RWY 35L -------------------------------------------------------------------- CLEARANCES ---------- -------------------------------------------------------------------- ALTERNATE INFORMATION --------------------- ALTN KDFW/DFW FL230 DIS 0165 EET 0034 BURN 1.71 KAUS DCT KDFW -------------------------------------------------------------------- FUEL INFORMATION ---------------- PLANNED FUEL STAT FUEL SUMMARY --------------------------------- --------------------------- FUEL ARPT FUEL TIME STAT FUEL TIME --------------------------------- --------------------------- TAXI SAN 0.45 0010 NO STAT BURN AUS 6.05 0220 CONT 0.64 0014 ALTN DFW 1.71 0034 FINAL RESERVE 1.14 0030 ETOPS 0.00 0000 WXX 0.00 0000 --------------------------------- BLOCK FUEL SAN 9.99 --------------------------------- EST FOD AUS 3.49 0119 -------------------------------------------------------------------- OPERATIONAL IMPACTS ------------------- WEIGHT CHANGE UP 1.00 TONNE BURN P 0.11 TIME M 0000 ------------- DN 1.00 TONNE BURN M 0.12 TIME P 0000 FL CHANGE UP FL1 NOT AVAILABLE --------- DN FL1 BURN P 0.24 TIME M 0000 SPD CHANGE CI50 BURN P 0.12 TIME M 0002 ---------- CI0 BURN M 0.02 TIME P 0000 -------------------------------------------------------------------- FLT RELEASE ----------- DISPATCHER KIM LYNN, . CAPTAIN .............. F/O ............... F/O ............... R/P ............... ADC ............... -------------------------------------------------------------------- TIMES ----- ESTIMATED SKED ACTUAL OUT 1324Z/0524L 1324Z/0524L ......Z OFF 1334Z/0534L 1334Z/0534L ......Z ON 1554Z/0954L 1618Z/1018L ......Z IN 1600Z/1000L 1624Z/1024L ......Z BLOCK TIME 0236 0300 ...... -------------------------------------------------------------------- WEIGHTS FUEL ON BOARD ------- ------------- EST MAX ACTUAL ACTUAL RELEASE 1 ...... UPLIFT ...... PAX 25 ...... L/USG A/B ...... ZFW 30.96 43.09 ...... DEP ...... FUEL 9.99 15.42 ...... ARR ...... TOW 40.50 52.77L ...... BURN ...... MACGTOW ...... STAB TRIM ...... MACEZFW ...... LDG WT 34.45 46.72 ...... -------------------------------------------------------------------- TERRAIN CLEARANCE CHECK ----------------------- TERRAIN CLEARANCE CHECK - COMPLETED WITH NO LIMITATIONS -------------------------------------------------------------------- FLIGHT LOG ---------- POSITION EET ETO FL IMT MN WIND OAT EFOB IDENT LAT TTLT ATO MORA ITT TAS COMP TDV AFOB LONG DIS GS SHR TRP MFOB KSAN ..... 076 9.54 KSAN N 3244.0 0000 ..... 99 088 ..... W11711.4 85 459 517 8.90 IMPERIAL 0011 ..... 332 076 .74 307/031 M46 8.45 IPL N 3244.9 0011 ..... 89 088 435 P024 P05 ..... W11530.5 4 459 518 7.81 T O C 0000 ..... 330 076 .74 306/028 M46 8.39 N 3245.0 0011 ..... 89 088 435 P022 P05 ..... W11525.7 21 457 1 522 7.76 HEEDS 0003 ..... 330 076 .74 306/028 M46 8.29 HEEDS N 3245.6 0014 ..... 172 088 435 P022 P05 ..... W11500.5 20 457 1 522 7.65 BARD YUMA 0003 ..... 330 077 .74 306/028 M46 8.18 BZA N 3246.1 0017 ..... 172 088 435 P022 P05 ..... W11436.2 27 457 1 522 7.55 HOGGZ 0003 ..... 330 078 .74 301/025 M46 8.04 HOGGZ N 3246.5 0020 ..... 172 089 435 P021 P05 ..... W11404.2 5 456 2 531 7.41 MOHAK 0001 ..... 330 069 .74 301/025 M46 8.02 MOHAK N 3246.6 0021 ..... 67 080 435 P021 P05 ..... W11358.3 15 456 2 531 7.38 JUDTH 0002 ..... 330 069 .74 301/025 M46 7.94 JUDTH N 3249.0 0023 ..... 69 080 435 P019 P05 ..... W11341.3 52 454 2 531 7.30 GILA BEND 0007 ..... 330 092 .74 293/025 M46 7.67 GBN N 3257.4 0030 ..... 130 102 435 P021 P05 ..... W11240.5 177 456 2 535 7.04 SAN SIMON 0022 ..... 330 096 .74 262/043 M46 6.80 SSO N 3216.2 0052 ..... 182 105 435 P040 P05 ..... W10915.8 78 475 1 527 6.16 ALIBY 0010 ..... 330 085 .74 265/045 M46 6.42 ALIBY N 3155.3 0102 ..... 182 094 435 P042 P05 ..... W10746.7 77 477 1 540 5.79 POSITION EET ETO FL IMT MN WIND OAT EFOB IDENT LAT TTLT ATO MORA ITT TAS COMP TDV AFOB LONG DIS GS SHR TRP MFOB EL PASO 0009 ..... 330 089 .74 261/041 M45 6.05 ELP N 3149.0 0111 ..... 109 097 436 P040 P06 ..... W10616.9 140 476 2 519 5.41 PECOS PECOS CITY 0018 ..... 330 093 .74 255/058 M45 5.39 PEQ N 3128.2 0129 ..... 88 098 436 P053 P06 ..... W10334.5 228 489 4 553 4.76 T O D 0028 ..... 330 094 .74 250/050 M44 4.32 N 3051.2 0157 ..... 42 099 437 P044 P07 ..... W09911.5 21 481 3 517 3.68 LLANO 0003 ..... 265 091 .71 232/044 M28 4.26 LLO N 3047.8 0200 ..... 42 096 438 P029 P10 ..... W09847.2 37 467 517 3.62 KALLA 0006 ..... 149 120 .56 238/033 M01 4.12 KALLA N 3043.3 0206 ..... 42 125 362 P025 P14 ..... W09804.6 35 387 524 3.48 CENTEX 0007 ..... 040 208 .40 214/028 P16 3.93 CWK N 3022.7 0213 ..... 42 213 269 M002 P09 ..... W09731.8 13 267 516 3.30 KAUS 0007 ..... 3.49 KAUS N 3011.7 0220 ..... ..... W09740.2 516 2.85 -------------------------------------------------------------------- WIND INFORMATION ---------------- CLIMB TOC HEEDS BZA 350 303/033 -49 370 296/032 -53 370 296/032 -53 370 296/032 -53 310 317/028 -41 350 300/030 -50 350 300/030 -50 350 300/030 -50 200 305/016 -14 330 306/028 -46 330 306/028 -46 330 306/028 -46 150 299/016 -02 310 315/024 -41 310 315/024 -41 310 315/024 -41 100 282/015 +09 290 316/022 -36 290 316/022 -36 290 316/022 -36 HOGGZ MOHAK JUDTH GBN 370 291/032 -53 370 291/032 -53 370 291/032 -53 370 286/032 -52 350 295/029 -49 350 295/029 -49 350 295/029 -49 350 289/028 -49 330 301/025 -46 330 301/025 -46 330 301/025 -46 330 293/025 -46 310 308/022 -41 310 308/022 -41 310 308/022 -41 310 296/022 -41 290 308/020 -36 290 308/020 -36 290 308/020 -36 290 295/022 -37 SSO ALIBY ELP PEQ 370 264/045 -53 370 265/048 -53 370 257/048 -53 370 254/074 -53 350 262/045 -50 350 264/047 -50 350 259/044 -50 350 255/066 -49 330 262/043 -46 330 265/045 -46 330 261/041 -45 330 255/058 -45 310 265/040 -41 310 268/042 -41 310 264/040 -40 310 255/052 -40 290 269/037 -36 290 271/039 -36 290 267/038 -35 290 256/046 -36 TOD DESCENT 370 259/062 -53 350 263/056 -48 350 256/055 -48 310 248/044 -40 330 250/050 -44 200 233/032 -13 310 243/047 -40 150 239/025 -01 290 237/045 -35 100 224/030 +11 -------------------------------------------------------------------- ICAO FLIGHT PLAN ---------------- (FPL-AAA1111-IS -B732/M-SDFGHRWY/C -KSAN1324 -N0435F330 DCT IPL J18 GBN DCT SSO J50 ELP J183 LLO KALLA3 -KAUS0220 KDFW -PBN/A1B2 NAV/RNVD1E2A1 DOF/141110 REG/N275SB EET/KZAB0022 KZFW0139 KZHU0150 RMK/TCAS EQPT) D I S P A T C H B R I E F I N G I N F O AAA1111 KSAN/KAUS NOTAMs (I left those out to save space) Station Weather AAA 1111 KSAN --> KAUS Effective: 10.NOV.2014 1324Z - 10.NOV.2014 1919Z Departure KSAN/SAN SAN DIEGO INTL KSAN 101251Z 16004KT 10SM BKN015 17/13 A2986 RMK AO2 SLP111 T01720133 $ KSAN 101127Z 1012/1118 VRB05KT P6SM OVC015 FM101600 21008KT P6SM BKN022 TEMPO 1019/1023 SCT025 FM110000 19006KT P6SM BKN025 FM110600 VRB04KT P6SM OVC030 Destination KAUS/AUS AUSTIN-BERGSTROM INTL KAUS 101253Z 00000KT 10SM FEW200 04/04 A2990 RMK AO2 SLP128 T00440044 KAUS 101120Z 1012/1118 20003KT P6SM SKC FM101600 20012G18KT P6SM FEW250 FM101800 19015G25KT P6SM FEW050 FEW250 FM110000 19009KT P6SM FEW250 TEMPO 1111/1113 5SM BR FM111300 36018G26KT P6SM BKN020 Destination Alternates KDFW/DFW DALLAS-FT WORTH INTL KDFW 101253Z 18012KT 10SM FEW300 11/06 A2976 RMK AO2 SLP073 T01110061 KDFW 101120Z 1012/1118 18014KT P6SM FEW250 FM101600 20023G33KT P6SM FEW250 FM110100 19016KT P6SM SKC FM110900 32019G29KT P6SM OVC022 FIR/UIR SIGMETS AAA 1111 KSAN --> KAUS Effective: 10.NOV.2014 1324Z - 10.NOV.2014 1919Z No valid sigmet found. (it also adds a map view and the current wind map)[/code] [edit]Maybe you agree with me that this work, being offered for free, is plain awesome. If you like their service, consider donating though. 8-) They always keep their stuff current and also react well to suggestions and feedback. They also offer plenty of airframe templates, so e.g. the frequent 727 flyers will also be able to enjoy a decent planning, for free.[/edit] |
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Title: Re: Anyone there? Post by BrianG on Nov 12th, 2014 at 3:46am
For projects such as the CS 737 and 727 that customers paid for but never saw finished, it's nice to see there are resources available to ease the frustration and disappointment. Through community efforts and sites such as Simbrief, these unfinished projects can be brought to life and enjoyed, even by those (such as myself) seeking a higher level of detail and authenticity. I'm a huge fan of Simbrief and glad they're supporting the classics. I've never seen a RW commercial airline flight plan but I can't imagine they contain too much more than what Simbrief incorporates.
So utilize the resources available and enjoy these great classics. No reason not to. As time moves along and in spite of what CS says (we're working on it), realistically, I'm not sure there will be an update for the 732. If that's the case, it won't stop me from enjoying what I do have. Cheers, Brian |
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Title: Re: Anyone there? Post by Tim Capps on Nov 26th, 2014 at 3:45am
Brian G, well said. Of all the airplanes that deserves to be finished, this is the biggest shame. It may be their best, visually, and they got so much right. How can we imagine, that after all this time, it's ever going to get brought up the level it deserves? :(
Cool IP, I checked out Simbrief and it looks great, but, like other services and resources, it uses airways. My flight plans are VOR to VOR mostly, except for SIDs and STARs if they're relatively simple. Are folks flying airways by radio navigation, or what am I missing? Back in the 70s before there were FMS, how did pilots fly, but VOR to VOR? |
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Title: Re: Anyone there? Post by David Paul on Nov 26th, 2014 at 9:59am
I fly airways in the USA with just nav radios. Here in the US, they are almost all still associated with VORs.
But in Europe and UK, there seem to be a lot of airways that are only flyable with RNAV equipped planes, because there are no VORs to use to guide you. ( I'm not saying that there are no VORs in Europe, just that many airways do not have them where they would need to be to allow you to fly the airway with a set of nav radios.) |
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Title: Re: Anyone there? Post by CoolP on Nov 26th, 2014 at 11:25am Tim Capps wrote on Nov 26th, 2014 at 3:45am:
I guess you came to think that it does so because it uses the neat feature of suggesting one of the mostly used routes for your departure and destination. Simbrief itself is not bound to any specific route setup though, so if you hack in SEA YVR ANC (or something alike), you might well receive a proper plan to fly from Seattle to Anchorage via VORs only. Just mind the route string, which you can generate manually or import from your favourite flight planner like Plan-G or FSC. The thing with the airways just happens because, nowadays, most people use those and therefore fill up the system with "this" being the preferred route. As said, just throw some VOR identifiers at it and it will plan for those just fine. The best way to look at it would be that it doesn't do the actual route planning (since it links to external data bases and websites or awaits the user input on that route string) but, once you have a route to fly, will allow to plan for this one in high detail. Happy VOR flying. :) |
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Title: Re: Anyone there? Post by Markoz on Nov 26th, 2014 at 12:20pm
FSC can create VOR to VOR routes (just as the default FS Flight Planner can). And seeing as the VOR's in FSX are permanently set, and so there are no magdev deviation changes since the game was created (unless you downloaded an updated magdev.bgl file to replace the default one), I can't see a better reason to create a VOR to VOR route with one of them. :-/
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Title: Re: Anyone there? Post by BrianG on Nov 29th, 2014 at 1:51am David Paul wrote on Nov 26th, 2014 at 9:59am:
In keeping with real world routes, the challenge for the classics in the modern world is finding SIDS and Stars that aren't RNAV based. Once you get up on an airway, there are always VOR's that link them (for the most part). I don't do much IFR flight planning anymore as I'm more into GA at lower altitudes but I do remember the challenge of finding non-RNAV based arrivals and departures for my non-FMC equipped planes. I always used FlightAware and couldn't keep my routes in step with the real world as the real world has moved away from the VOR based SIDS and STARS. |
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Title: Re: Anyone there? Post by Charater on Dec 21st, 2014 at 8:35pm
I'm starting to get a little worried... December is coming to an end and 737 1.1 still isn't here, is it going to be a christmas present? :) Or is it going to be delayed yet again? :'(
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