[hajatc]

After some flights with the 737 under Fs9 I want to share my impressions about this Product.

First of all it must be said that in my opinion there was never such a sophisticated realistic addon-package for a new-released version of
Microsoft FS in such a short time after release.

This helps a lot because the default passenger jets in MSFS everytime are just a case for the trashbin regarding the panel part.

The goodies of PMDG :

- most realistic ground roll behavior I ever saw on MSFS addons without disturbing the inflight-performance (e.g. fuel consumption/climb rate)

- nice choice of free liverys at no extra charge

- realistic VNAV with the limitation of missing Airports (e.g. PHNL) and a known bug in the SID/STARS on the first release wich causes errors in fuel prediction.

- realistic climb/descent rates

- good panel switching by mouse (better than e.g. PSS)

- no dummy switches in the overhead panel

- nice sounds in and out

- Airways and fixes in Nav-data seems to be OK

- Framerates and memory probs good however 1 GB RAM helps alot

- excellent autopilot behaviour and autoland (good as 767PIC in my opinion)


The odds I found maybe patched later (hope):

- electric bug (maybe MSFS fault) however I didn´t found any electrical section in the aircraft.cfg -on APU ops the battery discharged faster than hell wich is disturbing the flight-preps
I inserted the [Electrical] part from the default 737-400 as a workaround and modified the values:


[electrical]
;BusType, MaxAmpLoad, MinVoltage BusTypes:0=MainBus,1=AvionicsBus,2=BatteryBus,3=Ho tBatteryBus,4-7=Generator/AlternatorBus(1-4)
flap_motor = 0, 5 , 17.0
gear_motor = 0, 5 , 17.0
autopilot = 0, 5 , 17.0
avionics_bus = 0, 1, 17.0
avionics = 1, 1 , 17.0
pitot_heat = 0, 2 , 17.0
additional_system = 0, 2, 17.0
marker_beacon = 1, 2 , 17.0
gear_warning = 0, 2 , 17.0
fuel_pump = 0, 5 , 17.0
starter1 = 0, 20, 17.0
light_nav = 0, 1 , 17.0
light_beacon = 0, 5 , 17.0
light_landing = 0, 5 , 17.0
light_taxi = 0, 5 , 17.0
light_strobe = 0, 5 , 17.0
light_panel = 0, 1 , 17.0

so if all sources except position lights are switched off the battery-drain is reduced to a minimum (more than 30 minutes to 17Volts) .

- the SID/STAR-database is actually poor (the only addon wich has a perfect database in my opinion is PSS A32x) with RNAV SID´s for almost everywhere

- Fuel bug wich prevents me sometimes to fill the left tank to 100%

- Clickspots on MCP are to small on my sys and Display fonts on PFD hardly readable without zoom-mode (17´ Monitor 1024*768)

- registrating the PMDG 737NG is a little difficult and unfortunately it is not possible to pay once and get it running on my desktop and laptop without paying for a second license

Unknow things:

- (minor) in the overhead for the electrical section the blue lights showing source available.
However with engines not running they always lit. In the real plane shouldn´t the lights going on only when the relevant EDG generator is running and ready to be connected same as the ground power available light?

All in all a superb package after the patch !!


Keep flying

Mischa

EDDV TWR