PMDG's 737 extension package - to buy or not buy?

Skybird · 01-16-13, 12:23 PM

No wonder my fuel calcs were so terribly messed up - I forgot to switch the new planes' computers from lbs to kg.

I also found that I had a minor callibration problem, with my throttle showing the symptom. To correct what I said on the new planes: they roll easier indeed since they are lighter, but not that spectacularly easy as previously described. Indeed taxiing is a pleasure now.

Herr-Berbunch · 01-16-13, 12:55 PM

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Originally Posted by Skybird

No wonder my fuel calcs were so terribly messed up - I forgot to switch the new planes' computers from lbs to kg.

All very well in a sim, but numerous aircraft have fallen foul of just that error.

Skybird · 01-16-13, 06:09 PM

Really!?

Well, I feel better now.

Sailor Steve · 01-16-13, 07:48 PM

Looks gorgeous! I've loved the 737 ever since they first came out. The first time I saw one in the air I thought that if any airliner could look like a fighter, this was it. Beautiful.

Skybird · 01-16-13, 08:44 PM

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Originally Posted by Sailor Steve

Looks gorgeous! I've loved the 737 ever since they first came out. The first time I saw one in the air I thought that if any airliner could look like a fighter, this was it. Beautiful.

Check the thread that I had set up few days ago, with the reposting of Nick's videos. One of them is 20 minutes just about the outside model. It should give you a sweet death watching it.

Whenever I launch this addon, I am always, every single time, totally stunned and blown away by the beauty and visual excellence in this. Today, I had a nightflight in a ruby-red Sterling.eu aircraft. The colours were awesome.

I could spend the whole day posting pictures of this addon. I have them by the hundreds now, literally. Well - many many dozens.

Sailor Steve · 01-16-13, 09:51 PM

NO! Too much of a good thing! Besides, you might 'splode the system.

Arclight · 01-17-13, 03:32 PM

Down with the system! Bwa? Oh...

I think I need this. Even the stock 737 in FSX was by far my favourite. Just need an excuse to blow $70,- on a single aircraft (well, I guess 2, technically).

Oberon · 01-16-13, 07:53 PM

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Originally Posted by Herr-Berbunch

All very well in a sim, but numerous aircraft have fallen foul of just that error.

Heck, a space probe fell foul of a similar error once!
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mars_Cl...use_of_failure

01-16-13, 12:23 PM	#1
Skybird Soaring Join Date: Sep 2001 Location: the mental asylum named Germany Posts: 42,816 Downloads: 10 Uploads: 0	No wonder my fuel calcs were so terribly messed up - I forgot to switch the new planes' computers from lbs to kg. I also found that I had a minor callibration problem, with my throttle showing the symptom. To correct what I said on the new planes: they roll easier indeed since they are lighter, but not that spectacularly easy as previously described. Indeed taxiing is a pleasure now. __________________ If you feel nuts, consult an expert.

01-16-13, 06:09 PM	#3
Skybird Soaring Join Date: Sep 2001 Location: the mental asylum named Germany Posts: 42,816 Downloads: 10 Uploads: 0	Really!? Well, I feel better now. __________________ If you feel nuts, consult an expert.

01-16-13, 07:48 PM	#4
Sailor Steve Eternal Patrol Join Date: Nov 2002 Location: High in the mountains of Utah Posts: 50,369 Downloads: 745 Uploads: 249	Looks gorgeous! I've loved the 737 ever since they first came out. The first time I saw one in the air I thought that if any airliner could look like a fighter, this was it. Beautiful. __________________ “Never do anything you can't take back.” —Rocky Russo

01-16-13, 09:51 PM	#6
Sailor Steve Eternal Patrol Join Date: Nov 2002 Location: High in the mountains of Utah Posts: 50,369 Downloads: 745 Uploads: 249	NO! Too much of a good thing! Besides, you might 'splode the system. __________________ “Never do anything you can't take back.” —Rocky Russo

01-17-13, 03:32 PM	#7
Arclight Navy Seal Join Date: Jun 2008 Location: Land of windmills, tulips, wooden shoes and cheese. Lots of cheese. Posts: 8,467 Downloads: 53 Uploads: 10	Down with the system! Bwa? Oh... I think I need this. Even the stock 737 in FSX was by far my favourite. Just need an excuse to blow $70,- on a single aircraft (well, I guess 2, technically). __________________ Contritium praecedit superbia.