Simviation Forum - Approaching Princess Juliana

Sep 4^th, 2003 at 10:17pm

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Saw some shots of a similar approach at the freeware section, so I decide to give it a go with the PMDG 737. The Rwy choice was off course the challenging 09. Too bad I can't have a good scenery installed..screws my frame rate Embarrassed

The livery I choose for the flight...America West don't fly here in real life, but I love those paint jobs of theirs

Approaching St. Maartens at around 4200 feet AGL. The wheather is a pleasant view, as always in the Caribbean

Making final approach preparations. The front cruise value is abit off, but since I can't and wont use autoland it doesn't matter

A light crosswind from the left is what welcomes me to the Netherlands Antilles

Passing the treshold going a little bit too fast I later found out.

Touch down, some feet to the right of the centerline, but I'm satisfied...even though I missed the touchdown markers by some hundred feet Grin

That's it, all in all a very good flight. Departed out of Miami Int. using the POTTR2.PADUS STAR for 09R, if somebody wants to know.

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Reply #1 - Sep 4^th, 2003 at 11:09pm

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Hey, nice shots. Awsome plane. Payware?What is the little cool device thingy with the letters and all... Wink

Anyone, good looking panel too.

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Reply #2 - Sep 5^th, 2003 at 4:38am

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very nice!

and euh...that little thingie with all the letters...that's probably the FMC Wink

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Reply #3 - Sep 10^th, 2003 at 10:11pm

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Definitely the Flight Management Computer. (FMC)

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Reply #4 - Sep 10^th, 2003 at 11:24pm

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Fine, fine... Grin

If your so smart, then tell me where to get the plane. Wink

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Reply #5 - Sep 11^th, 2003 at 8:01pm

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Fine, fine... Grin

If your so smart, then tell me where to get the plane. Wink

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Be prepared tho, the aircraft is not for the average simmer, expect many hours of manual reading

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Reply #6 - Sep 11^th, 2003 at 9:34pm

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Thanks, would you say it's worth the money. The Overhead looks pretty good. And do you use it for 2004? If so, is the overhead in VC mode workable?

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Reply #7 - Sep 12^th, 2003 at 8:24am

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Thanks, would you say it's worth the money. The Overhead looks pretty good. And do you use it for 2004? If so, is the overhead in VC mode workable?

Is it worth the money???

OH YES!
I could go on forever raving about this faboulous aircraft.
It handles like a dream when you fly it, the FMC is fully working, you can do basically the same programming as real 737 pilots.
Almost every knob and switch is working, both in 2d mode and in the VC (FS2004 only).
You also get the new version of FSUIPC, it is included with the aircraft.

Simply put, this aircraft makes the default 737 look really bad and unrealistic.

I just love it Grin

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Reply #8 - Sep 12^th, 2003 at 5:34pm

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Heh heh, ok ok. Grin

I'll check into it, thx nexus.

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Reply #9 - Sep 12^th, 2003 at 5:39pm

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P.S.
I've tried the MelJet 777, and that thing killed my framerates. What are your specs and does this affect your framerate?

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Reply #10 - Sep 12^th, 2003 at 8:57pm

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Well, to be honest, the PMDG 737NG is an FPS hog. It requires a very good CPU and GPU and MEMORY!
I runt the plane on a Athlon XP2100, Gforce 4 ti4600 and 512mb ddr-ram. On ground the FPS is about 15, in the air about 30.

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Reply #11 - Sep 13^th, 2003 at 1:10pm

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Thx Nexus,
I guess I'll wait for an upgrade before thinking about payware.

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Reply #12 - Sep 14^th, 2003 at 4:04pm

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Love those PICs. I work for AWA an I can go look out the window right now an it looks like I'm looking at your plane. That is just sweet looking. Cheesy

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Reply #13 - Sep 15^th, 2003 at 6:25pm

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Love those PICs. I work for AWA an I can go look out the window right now an it looks like I'm looking at your plane. That is just sweet looking. Cheesy

Hehe, you guys rock!
I love AWA and NWA, easily the nicest looking paintjobs in the US Grin

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