First impressions...

No manual for systems makes the old seven-two a little hard to get going.  I got to the point where I thought I had everything off that should be off, and everything on that should be on, but despite having air from APU i couldn't get engines to turn.

I gave up and used Control-E, and this got it all going.  Then I could get engines to turn from shutdown, but never fire despite igniter and fuel levers in start (or idle) positions.

Forgot to check fuel before maiden voyage or set crossfeeds, and had a #1 and #3 out of fuel on short final.  Touched about 50 feet ahead of threshold, but she still settled down like I expected she should.

After so many hours pushing the 757 down ramp, I was shocked by how well the 727 scoots along the asphalt.  If you nail the throttles to the firewall, I think she'd push you through the seat!  Is it me, or does this seem to be too much power, or just my perspective from flying something 200+klbs?

She's very steady on the controls.  Unlike another poster, I don't think the trim is too sensitive, all it needs is a blip here and there.

My #1 kudos for the model is in one single gauge.  Nice work on the VSI Captain Sim.  It's refreshing to find a plane in flight sim that doesn't start showing you rate of climb before you've attained it.  It was nice to think I would get out of the habit of watching VSI instead of altimeter when looking for climb/descent conditions near level.

I can't wait to spend more time with her, but my bedtime is now 1.5 hours past and unfortunately it's a work day in 8 hours.

I can wait for an SP release to fix the things I noted were not functioning, but I hope not to wait so very long.  I want my checklists, I want my WX Radar screen, and I want my flight control and reverser animations working.  Also noted that gauge backgrounds will illuminate in "Day" time, but not at "Night" time, even with every light on every panel set to ON.

Great work guys, can't wait to see it in full bloom! 

Thanks for this.  I know I can be impatient.  And I don't want to violate rules begging for when Part III will be available.  So for now, I sit on my hands and hope I'm doing it all right.

Hello all  

Here my findings after 3 flights so far but for first :

THANK you CAPTAIN SIM; for me this is another outstanding
Product and an excellent Artwork at all; what a beautifull VC, can not
stop watching the throttle panel in VC - looks amazing- well done !!

OK back to my findings :
I think the VSI  (as told in some other threads) is not working correct.
If i doeing ( for testing ) a rocket dive or a rocket climb the VSI
stucks around 500-800 feet and should read around 4000 feet
in this situation. So...............
Next 2 parts are the Annunciators for the Approach
and the doors.
If the plane catching a LOC or GS i didn`t see any Light coming up
therefor - the same with the doors.
No opened door is lightning up in the respective Annunciator Panel
and this is what it should do......or not ??

If i push the Test Button near the Approach Annunciator Panel the lights are working - so i am a bit confused here.
So here my quick question to other users who uses the Add On:
Are there more out there with the non flashing Annunciator Panels ??

But anyway great work from CS  

regards
Mario Görs  

After a couple 200+nm flight, I will concur, VSI is not as to be expected.  I never seen it register over 800, even after a FSPassengers-X test of explosive decompression by opening main door at FL290, followed by a quick dive to 10,000.   It never showed more than 800 descent, but FSPX informs me I exceeded 6000 fpm descent.

I also concur EPR appears wrong below high altitude, I can't seem to make it go over about 1.5 even exceeding N1/N2 speeds when on the ground, and also only noticed it rise much over that when at FL300 and then it was over 2.00 with about 90% N1 speed.

My Altitude alert does Chord as would expect.

As Finn points out, Cont Ign switch not only flips to "ON" but sticks out the edge of the cover.

My flight director does seem to work when it's mode is selected in sensible fashion, but if I turn heading bug to the left, FD indicates I should turn to the right.

My AP does engage.  Remember one must have AIL control on before ELV control will engage.  A couple notes on the AP:
- I note even with pitch computer disengaged, AP keeps overriding my pitch inputs and trims, trimming back (slowly) to where trim was when I turned on AIL computer.
- I note also that the VC pitch/roll input is unusable, as any motion seems to be interpreted both as a roll and pitch command.  I must pop out the 2D panel and undock to my extra monitor.
- Another thing, in VC, the AIL control is labelled incorrectly "ALT".  2D pop-up is labelled accurately.

AP does work otherwise, so long as I'm willing to only go full disengage for alt changes, I thought this should give me some control over pitch when ELV disengaged, but maybe incorrect.

I don't notice sounds that go missing, but I do notice that one of the APU background sounds never stops after APU shut down.  Also notice some engine whine sounds continue after engine shut down.

I notice Duct Temp reads zero in the far right position until clicked, and this leaves it in #3 duct but then registers a temp.  After this, it doesn't show 0 again during normal situation.

I notice fuel dump door can be closed with switches in the "on" position, notice inside the door the 3 blocks mounted to the door, this prevents door from being closed if fuel dump any switch enabled.  Should maybe change door open animation to "bounce open" if one tries to close it with those switches "on".

I concur on cabin temps panel, clicking knobs gets a "double click" sound and my pax and crew are freezing to death at 0C and nothing I can do for them.

I can connect ext power, both in Shift-1 button panel and in FE's ground power switch.

Trim wheels do seem to turn microscopic amounts, instead of seeing the white mark come around several times like one might think.  Pitch trim is a little touchy after further time spent, but if one is patient, the plane will trim out.

I'll be happy for the sounds when they come, but for now I won't gripe about something as simple when the rest are so great.

Only 727's I've flew in sim are freeware variants that left far more to be desired, and I drool over CS' level of detail inside and out.

I can't wait for several things to be improved, but I can keep flying as-is until they are, the only thing aggrivating me most right now is the VSI condition. 

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