Boeing 737 900er Fsx Download Aircraft

Patience is a virtue and I am not a terribly virtuous fellow. I have no previous experience with Ariane, the publisher of this software and have no axe to grind with them. I was very interested in their new Boeing 737-900 product for FSX, not only because it is among the new crop of complex and tremendously realistic flight simulator aircraft but also because I saw a negative comment left by someone who must have had a bad experience with them. So, I started off with a clean slate and mild curiosity about the publisher and their products.

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Let me begin by stating this is an extraordinary aircraft from both a graphical and performance standpoint. The documentation that comes with the airplane is the best I have yet seen. The flight reference guide is a 40 page (non-printable) PDF file jam packed with detailed information of every switch and function in the cockpit. The flight crew training manual is 117 very readable pages of information right out of Boeing's Operations Manual. Again in a non-printable PDF file. Additionally the training manual includes a tutorial flight taking you from Seattle Tacoma to San Francisco with SIDs and STARs and step-by-step programming of the complete and accurate FMC. Even if you are an experienced commercial pilot, you are strongly encouraged to read the documentation from cover to cover. While it has been printer disabled, you may purchase the documentation at what the publisher claims is a very reasonable price.

Before you get so excited you start drooling, remember I started this off with a comment about patience. After you receive the software and load it onto your computer which by the way, better be robust with lots of speed, RAM, and video processing capability; you must send Ariane an email message with a paragraph of characters copied from the activation request screen. The publisher will respond within 48 hours of your request with an email message and you must copy this into the activation menu to complete the process. I sent my request on December 29th and received my response at 6:55 AM on December 31st. So all I could do was sit in the cockpit and look around until the activation was processed and I could begin setting the switches in the overhead panel to fire things up.

This is a very effective way to make sure you read the supplied material and I encourage you to do that. The first time you have the capability of pre-flight operations you will perform a warm start of the flight deck and from time to time you will have to restart the engines. Ariane has made this process easier by adding some dynamic functions to the menu bar. While I'm glowing about their documentation effort, I can't help but point out the tutorial explains how to obtain the correct ILS frequency for runway 28R in San Francisco. Unfortunately, the documentation says it's 110.9. If you really follow the instructions however, you will program the correct frequency of 111.7.

Since I had plenty of time to burn, I thought I would visit Ariane's user forum to see what other customers had to say. Unfortunately, you are not allowed to logon to the user's forum until you request permission to use the forum; which also requires a waiting period. Once I got to the site and logged on with my approved user name and password, I found that for the most part their customers are very fond of Ariane and its products.

On to the business of flying the 737-900

Once activated and depending on your experience in the 737, you will spend some time familiarizing yourself and enabling the overhead panel, IRS panel and the FMC. After getting the power, fuel, and hydraulic settings correct you will be able to start the engines. This can be done with the help of the ground crew via the additional dynamic menus or by pushing a call button from the captain's seat in the overhead panel. The IRS must be aligned and this requires FMC initialization. After that you will have to program the FMC with departure and arrival airports, waypoints, SIDs, STARs, runways, gross weight, temperature, V1, V2, and VR settings. This process can be simplified somewhat by 'reading' your flight simulator flight plan data directly into the FMC.

The aft electronic panel controls have to be set and minor settings on the throttle control stand like setting the trim and arming the speed brakes before setting up the MCP with the cruise altitude. After setting the auto brake to RTO and setting the flaps, you should make the final adjustments to the PFD ND display so you can see the map for about 20 miles ahead.

If you really want to make things realistic you can contact the tower and get the FTC involved in your flight. I flew with and without them wanting to determine how well the FMC would work without the flight controller giving me directions. When following the FTC commands you will most likely bail out of your LNAV and FMC waypoint settings in order to comply with the tower. While on the subject of how much guidance you want to have, I found it interesting the documentation points out twice, 'an FAA survey among pilots found 90% flew the descent manually to the FAF or approach..' While I was successful in performing fully automated landings, it was not from information found in the documentation but from the user's forum. I did plenty of manual landings where I bounced the landing gear hard and veered off the runway a couple of times. I like how it looks when the 737 flares and touches down gracefully on autopilot. I'll have to practice a while before I have that kind of control.

I also downloaded Ariane's free X2 service pack which fixes an FMC Hold problem and includes some additional audio. The engine sound of the Ariane 737-900 is incredible and very realistic. I found the sound of the air rushing by at 300 knots to be quite vivid and the ambient sounds of switches clicking, brakes releasing and flaps lowering is very good as well. Eight flight attendant announcements as well as music can be called up from the galley panel and are audible in the cockpit.

Some pretty unique views of this aircraft are provided by Ariane's designers. The galley may be hidden leaving a jump seat view of the flight deck as well as a couple of different wing views; two including the engines. The 3D graphics are delightful and the views spectacular. The designers have taken special care to simulate the actual performance of the Boeing 737. You will notice, especially on take offs and landings, this baby handles very realistically. Your first attempt to jerk her into flight will undoubtedly cause a tail dragging experience. Smooth and delicate handling of the yoke and throttle are mandatory.

Installation

Activation process aside, the installation consists of one .exe file that stores everything in its proper place. The 737-900ER comes in two liveries, Boeing and generic. After staring at the generic tail artwork, it occurred to me that it is partly Continental and part something else, KLM maybe. You may purchase an additional 10 liveries directly from Ariane and this seems to be a hot topic on the user's forum. The repaints were subcontracted to McPhat whose repaints are exquisite. As of this writing, Ariane isn't providing them free but separate in add-on packs.

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A couple of things make this package remarkable. The illustrations and diagrams in the documentation are a dream come true. Download infinite stratos season 2 episode 2 sub indo eng. With 40 pages of explanation, even the novice will get the hang of the FMC and its precise control capabilities. I suspect the target audience for Ariane's 737 offerings, like the Level-D 767, is commercial pilots in training. While a joy to fly for hobbyists, you can easily get yourself in a corner trying to get the airplane configured correctly. I floundered for a half hour trying to get the IRSs aligned. I finally opened and closed the baggage compartments and main exit door and that cleared up the problem. This aircraft with its long haul capability makes a real-world simulator an affordable experience for the average Joe, taking it completely out of the game category.

Conclusion

When the price of one airplane exceeds the cost of the simulator itself, you have to ask yourself why. Compared to the standard aircraft that come with Flight Simulator the Ariane 737-900 ER exceeded my expectations. This is a real learning opportunity and a joy to fly. The software is memory and speed hungry but the payoff is eye pleasing visuals and realistic sounds that make you feel like you're really there. Thumbs up is my vote and I hope you enjoy every minute flying yours as much as I did.

Test System

Processor: Intel® Core™2 Quad CPU Q6600 @ 2.4 GHz
Memory (RAM): 3.00 GB
Graphics: ATI Radeon HD 2400 PRO
Gaming Graphics: 1406 MB Total Available Graphics Memory
System Type: 32-bit operating system Vista Home
Number of processor cores: 4
Total size of hard drive: 931 GB
Primary monitor resolution: 1680x1050

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