Aerosim Boeing 777-200

The Boeing 777 is a long haul wide-body commercial passenger jet aircraft. It can carry between 301 and 550 passengers over a distance of max. 17,446 Km. The 777 was launched to fill the gap between the 767-300ER and the 747-400. The first 777 entered service with United Airlines in 1995.

Aerosim is a Japanese developer of various MS Flight Simulator products. Their Boeing 777-200 is part of the FSX Real Add-on Series No.1 "First step for FSX" package. The package contains the 777-200 model (only Pratt & Whitney power model), panel and virtual cockpit, engine sounds, training missions and Shimojishima Airport scenery.

The exterior of this 777 model is very detailed, beautifully designed. Flaps and especially the landing gear are very detailed. The main landing gear animation is very realistic, the wheels are even steering when taxiing! There are 3 detailed liveries included: Aerosim house colors, Boeing dreamliner livery and bare metal. The panel looks nice, but don't expect realistic systems programming, its functionality is more like the default panels. Some buttons and switches are not clickable. Still, it looks nice and everything works fine. Same for the virtual cockpit, it looks nice, but limited functionality. There is no FMC, fs flightplans are automatically loaded in the navigation system.

The flight dynamics are well balanced, you get the feel of flying a heavy. The rudder moves in two parts like the real 777 and the effect is realistic. The lift based wingflex can be seen from one of the wingviews. Both the exterior and interior sounds are not bad, it resembles the P&W4000; engines quite well. A few training adventures are included and take place at the Shimojishima Airport. Too bad that there aren't many liveries included, but there already a few repaints available in the AVSIM Library.


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