GridNorth Posted March 8, 2015 Share Posted March 8, 2015 I've got to grips with GA, more or less, in that I can take off navigate and land using GPS. Thanks to everyone on here who has helped me. Just for a change I would like to fly something like the 737 but I'm struggling to get started. I would like to start at the beginning with a cold and dark cockpit, at a gate and follow the procedures to get airborne. Tutorial 8 starts you on the active runway with the engines already running and I get some issues mid flight. Approaching Glasgow, at one point it tells me to set the throttles to idle and then as I approach the runway it tells me to throttle back. Doesn't seem logical. Is there a good tutorial anywhere that I can watch? The ones I've seen seem to go from very simple to way too complicated for a novice. Alan Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mrzippy Posted March 8, 2015 Share Posted March 8, 2015 May be more fun after flying the Transitioning to Jets Mission to go ahead and fly the Secret Shuttle Mission in the 737. I think it goes from engine start up to taxi to the appropriate runway, takeoff, climb-out and fly on to Area51 for a visual approach and landing, taxiing to gate and engine shutdown. Watch out for the UFO! Still thinking about a new flightsim only computer! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chrisjfinlay Posted March 9, 2015 Share Posted March 9, 2015 I've got to grips with GA, more or less, in that I can take off navigate and land using GPS. Thanks to everyone on here who has helped me. Just for a change I would like to fly something like the 737 but I'm struggling to get started. I would like to start at the beginning with a cold and dark cockpit, at a gate and follow the procedures to get airborne. Tutorial 8 starts you on the active runway with the engines already running and I get some issues mid flight. Approaching Glasgow, at one point it tells me to set the throttles to idle and then as I approach the runway it tells me to throttle back. Doesn't seem logical. Is there a good tutorial anywhere that I can watch? The ones I've seen seem to go from very simple to way too complicated for a novice. Alan The throttle directions are all over the place in FSX missions, I've found - especially for jets. I find it better to rely mainly on my intuition for some of them when being told to throttle back and I'm already at idle. A little more flaps, a little nose up to wash off some speed etc - or if I've still got some serious legs, a little speedbrake. Regarding what you want in terms of starting etc, I don't recall any missions that really take you through the startup procedure - although I think the Secret Shuttle Mission..mission.. that zippy mentioned actually does have you sitting on the apron with the engines off, but it's been a while since I flew it. You may have more luck just going to free flight and using the planner to come up with your own, e.g. Glasgow to London Gatwick etc, and set yourself as starting at a gate. Though you'll start with the systems on.... you may be able to turn them off (there's an auto-shutdown key that's mappable in the options) and save a default flight. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GridNorth Posted March 9, 2015 Author Share Posted March 9, 2015 I don't have a problem making my cockpit cold and dark. I see some videos of 737's etc at Gates as you would expect to see them in reality. Does this require add on airports? My "gates" are always out on the tarmac rather than positioned next to the terminal building. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
beany_bot Posted March 9, 2015 Share Posted March 9, 2015 why not put in a middle man so to speak, instead of jumping straight from GA to 737 why not hop into a larger turboprop for a while? A Dash 8 would seem like the natural progression. Thats what I did. Plenty freeware Dash 8 and there is a very nice Majestic Dash 8. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chrisjfinlay Posted March 9, 2015 Share Posted March 9, 2015 I don't have a problem making my cockpit cold and dark. I see some videos of 737's etc at Gates as you would expect to see them in reality. Does this require add on airports? My "gates" are always out on the tarmac rather than positioned next to the terminal building. Some airports are more detailed than others and may have the gates in the right place. My home airport is Ronaldsway on the Isle of Man and before I downloaded an add on, it was as you described. But other airports I've started at the terminal. Just depends, really. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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