Aerosim 737-200Adv
review
The Boeing 737 is a popular medium-range, narrow body commercial passenger jet aircraft. The 737-200 is an extended version of the initial version, the Boeing 737-100 which is the smallest of all 737 variants. Only 30 737-100s were ordered and delivered, none of them are in service or in airworthy condition anymore. Despite the poor fuel efficiency and high noise emissions of the Pratt & Whitney JT8D low-bypass ratio turbofan engines, many 737-200s are still in service of low cost airlines and in developing countries.
Aerosim is a Japanese developer of various MS Flight Simulator products. Many classic aircraft are available in special packages. The Boeing 737-200Adv is part of the Classic Liners Vol. 1 package. Besides the 737-200Adv, the package contains more classic aircraft: Boeing 747-100, 747-200B, 747-200C, 747-200F, 747-300, 727-100 and 727-200. Also, scenery of the old Osaka International Airport is included in this package.
The package contains four liveries for the Boeing 737-200Adv: Aloha Airlines, Piedomont Airlines, Canadian Airlines and Royal Brunei Airlines. The liveries are not the highest quality, but it's still nice. Unfortunately, there are not many 3rd party liveries available on websites like AVSIM. This might be due to the small number of people who own Aerosim aircraft or maybe because there are too many good freeware alternatives.
Like many aircraft developed by Aerosim, the virtual cockpit is quite simple. Not all buttons are clickable, 2d textures are used instead. On the other hand, a simple virtual cockpit is good news for your frame rate. And if your computer is very slow, you can use the wingview model, which is even better for your frame rate. The flight dynamics are well balanced and the aircraft is quite easy to fly too. All usual animations are present and everything works as it should. So, there really isn't much more to say about this aircraft, it looks good, it flies good, but it would be nice if more liveries were available.
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the good
the bad
License |
: | Payware |
Price Indication |
: | $35.00 |
Panel |
: | Yes |
Virtual Cockpit |
: | Yes |
Wingview |
: | Yes |
Sound |
: | Yes |
Developed for |
: | FS2004 |
Compatibility |
: | FS2004 FSX |
Wingflex |
: | No |
Landing gear |
: | Realistic |
Rudder effect |
: | Realistic |
FS2004 |
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FSX |
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notes
1. First, find the original installer. Unzip the archive to a temporary folder. The folder that contains the file 'install.exe' should also contain a sub-folder called 'CL1'. Go in that folder and you'll see the file 'Aircraft.exe' and these sub-folders: Effects, Flights, fonts, gauges, scenery and texture. First, double click (ute) on the 'Aircraft.exe' file and wait until the aircraft files are extracted. After that, you should see a new folder called 'Aircraft'.
2. Move or Copy the contents of the 'Aircraft' folder to the SimObjects\Airplanes folder of FSX (e.g. C:\Program Files\Microsoft Games\Microsoft Flight Simulator X\SimObjects\Airplanes\ ).
3. Move or Copy the contents of the 'Effects' folder to the main effects folder of FSX (e.g. C:\Program Files\Microsoft Games\Microsoft Flight Simulator X\Effects\ ).
4. Move or copy the contents of the 'Fonts' folder to the main fonts folder of FSX (e.g. C:\Program Files\Microsoft Games\Microsoft Flight Simulator X\Fonts\ ).
5. Move or copy the contents of the "Gauges" folder to the main gauges folder of FSX (e.g. C:\Program Files\Microsoft Games\Microsoft Flight Simulator X\Gauges\ ).
6. Move or copy the contents of the "Texture" folder to the main texture folder of FSX (e.g. C:\Program Files\Microsoft Games\Microsoft Flight Simulator X\Texture\
NOTE: The instructions above are for the whole package, so you don't have to do this again for the other aircraft in the package. However, the instructions below are valid for the 737-200Adv model only.
7. Since the smoke effect appears not aligned with the aircraft, it's better to disable it. Open the file 'Aircraft.cfg' of the 737-200Adv model with notepad (e.g. C:\Program Files\Microsoft Games\Microsoft Flight Simulator X\SimObjects\Airplanes\AS_B737200ADV_CL\Aircraft.cfg).
Find these lines:
[SMOKESYSTEM]
smoke.0=-10.00, -6.17, -16.5, fx_as_737_exo
smoke.1=-10.00, -6.17, 16.5, fx_as_737_exo
Place '//' for each line like this:
//[SMOKESYSTEM]
//smoke.0=-10.00, -6.17, -16.5, fx_as_737_exo
//smoke.1=-10.00, -6.17, 16.5, fx_as_737_exo
Save the file.
8. OPTIONAL: Thumbnail image for the aircraft selection list. Right-click on the images below and choose "Save Picture As..." or "Save Image As...", browse to the folder \Program Files\Microsoft Games\Microsoft Flight Simulator X\SimObjects\Airplanes\AS_B737200ADV_CL\ and choose between the texture folders. The text below the image shows you the right texture folder to save the thumbnail image in. (e.g. \AS_B737200ADV_CL\TEXTURE\ ).
Next time when you start FSX, the aircraft should be visible in the aircraft selection list and work fine. If you download additional liveries, you can make thumbnail images yourself: you need to make a screenshot of each livery of the aircraft and resize it to 256x128 pixels (use an image editor like photoshop, paintshop or whatever you prefer). Make sure the image format is JPG and name each of them "thumbnail.jpg". Then copy the image to each texture folder inside the aircraft folder.
on 02/10/2009 at 11:46:47
i dont understand why Aerosim 737-200Adv is payware. It should be freeon 05/13/2009 at 15:11:17
Are there Bahamasair textures for this aircraft????on 05/22/2009 at 10:52:30
How to get the pitch command to work with the autopilot or do i have to fly to selected altitude free handed ???on 08/25/2009 at 6:57:47
i cant find the autopilot automatic navigation, i now where to change from nav to gps but i cant fin where to engage it, help please...Add a Comment
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