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DVA5627
Captain, B757-200
OLP

Joined on March 01 2008
50 State Club
Globetrotter
US Capital Club
Million Mile Club
Everett 500 Club
Millennium Club
Online Six Century Club
DVA Fifteen-Year Anniversary

Northeastern United States

1,109 legs, 2,998.4 hours
652 legs, 1,569.9 hours online
1,100 legs, 2,964.1 hours ACARS
27 legs, 55.6 hours event

Posted onPost created on December 28 2010 16:25 ET by Matthew King

I'm not a big fan of freeware aircraft, but I know we have a number of young flyers at DeltaVA who frequently use them. During some mindless browsing today, I came across one of the best freeware Aircraft I've seen to date. I thought I'd share it with you:

Movie: http://simviation.com/fsnd/menu.html

Download Link: http://simviation.com/fsnd/Downloads.htm
Note: it's the second link from the top, but I recommend taking a glance at the Citation X (first link) too.

Also, I found this handy little auto-land gauge for those of you flying the default aircraft: http://www.fs2000.org/index.php/news/product-review/6-review/133-autoland-gauge-version-21-for-fsx-and-fs2004

Matthew King

Captain, B757-200

DVA085
Senior Captain, MD-88

Joined on July 05 2001
Online Quadruple Century Club
Six Century Club

""This is the way we ride" "Worldwide"
Oak Ridge, TN USA

619 legs, 1,144.2 hours
529 legs, 971.2 hours online
251 legs, 478.7 hours ACARS
39 legs, 86.2 hours event

Posted onPost created on December 28 2010 16:47 ET by Tyrone Weston

Pretty good looking for F/W

DVA5212
Captain, B757-200

Joined on June 05 2007
Century Club

"Flaps? 25. Gear? Down and Locked? Coffee? Hot."
Brooklyn, NY USA

118 legs, 200.1 hours
36 legs, 72.4 hours online
116 legs, 197.2 hours ACARS
1 legs, 10.0 hours event
713 legs, 1,390.5 hours total

Posted onPost created on December 28 2010 18:52 ET by James Lightbody

Thank you very much for sharing!
I only use freeware but I hope to get some pay ware soon, once I find an A/C that I know I'll fly ALOT.

James Lightbody (DVA5212)

DVA7343
Captain, B777-200
OLP

Joined on May 16 2009
50 State Club
Globetrotter
Triple Century Club

"It's not a job but an adventure "
Lugoff, SC USA

368 legs, 798.4 hours
39 legs, 73.8 hours online
358 legs, 777.7 hours ACARS
1 legs, 2.9 hours event

Posted onPost created on December 28 2010 20:52 ET by John Morris

Matt you might want to get with Luke to have these links added to the resources page

John Morris

Captain, B777-200

Posted onPost created on December 28 2010 21:30 ET by Matthew King

John, good idea

Matthew King

Captain, B757-200

Posted onPost created on December 28 2010 21:30 ET by Matthew King

Moderator...could you please move to the cooler?

Matthew King

Captain, B757-200

DVA8622
First Officer, B777-200

Joined on April 14 2010
Century Club

"We're off, like a heard of turtles."
Commack, NY USA

189 legs, 783.0 hours
182 legs, 751.4 hours ACARS

Posted onPost created on December 28 2010 21:53 ET by Ethan Olshever

How do I install the Autoland gauge?

Ethan Olshever

First Officer, B777-200

DVA8622
First Officer, B777-200

Joined on April 14 2010
Century Club

"We're off, like a heard of turtles."
Commack, NY USA

189 legs, 783.0 hours
182 legs, 751.4 hours ACARS

Posted onPost created on December 28 2010 22:48 ET by Ethan Olshever

Never mind I'm testing it now!

Ethan Olshever

First Officer, B777-200

DVA7620
First Officer, B777-200
OLP

Joined on July 21 2009

"Dream"
NJ USA

66 legs, 105.0 hours
55 legs, 89.5 hours online
63 legs, 99.1 hours ACARS
16 legs, 31.4 hours event

Posted onPost created on December 29 2010 00:03 ET by Neil Sarna

awwwww wish this was for fs2004 also frown

Posted onPost created on December 29 2010 08:43 ET by Matthew King

Ethan,

Let us know how the autoland gauage works.

Matthew King

Captain, B757-200

DVA8622
First Officer, B777-200

Joined on April 14 2010
Century Club

"We're off, like a heard of turtles."
Commack, NY USA

189 legs, 783.0 hours
182 legs, 751.4 hours ACARS

Posted onPost created on December 29 2010 11:40 ET by Ethan Olshever

I tested it in the default FSX B7837-800 at LGA, and it was very good (it calculates a speed and does pretty much everything). It flared about 90 feet above the runway and then stayed about 4 degrees pitched up until about 20 feet and then went flat for a pretty rough looking landing. It put up the spoilers (I didn't have them armed) and the autobrake (which I didnt have set) and put the reverse thrust on until 55 KIAS, and then turned off all of the autopilot and itself at 55 KIAS so I had control. The gauge is good (it says it will even put the gear down in you forget), but the landing was rough. Just get it and test it for yourself! **I only tested it once, so something might have gone wrong (my error) (it says that the CG MUST be right, or else the autoland will not work).

PS- I downloaded the MD-83 for FSX and when I was on the wing view I got a CTD. I don't know what the problem was.

Ethan Olshever

First Officer, B777-200

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