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Please do feel free to contact me at nick@flyaoamedia.com with any questions or comments. I am targeting a career in commercial aviation and would be grateful to hear from you.

Nick Collett, UK.

Now on with the show:

There is a core belief we have here at Angle of Attack: an external model is useless without the ‘real deal’ on the inside. Unfortunately, there is a lot of eye candy out there in the FS World, but not a lot of outstanding cockpits that are not only modeled to the gills, but almost 100% functional.

Although Nick’s 737NGX Walk-Around shows the level of detail PMDG goes to with their external models, honestly, that’s not where their products TRULY shine. We know it’s awesome, but wait until you watch this video of the 737NGX Virtual Cockpit.

The depth of systems detail PMDG puts into their aircraft is truly impressive as current PMDG owners know, but this is the latest and greatest from PMDG. It’s a whole new ballgame now. As you’ll see, the cockpit, controls, visuals, systems, and everything else to accompany it has set the bar very high for future virtual airliners.

And we haven’t even got into the air yet!

In this video Nick will take you through yet another casual look at what PMDG is offering. Nothing too complex here, no real formal training like what you’ll get with our 737 Training videos, but simply initial thoughts and reactions to how the real aircraft operates.

All that said, this is a partner video to Nick’s 737NGX Walk-Around, and was specifically made at the same time to give a complete overlook of the aircraft.

Consider this Angle of Attack’s delivery inspection.

Nick also wanted to leave this disclaimer, because it is not the type of video we generally produce:

  • I made this video to show the aircraft to another member of the AOA team who is entitled to the wide beta but has had computer troubles and is not yet able to use it. It was intended to show him the aircraft so that he could get an idea of the equipment simulated. It was therefore entirely off the cuff, unscripted and not intended to be instructional in any way.
  • This video therefore does not reflect the standard of our final training product. It is rough, and my informal, off the cuff explanations may at times be inaccurate.
    Our final product is meticulously scripted and structured so as to provide the best learning experience.
  • This video was intended solely to put across my initial thoughts and a quick look at the incredible depth to which PMDG have simulated the 737NG.

We hope you enjoyed this candid look at the beautiful rendition of the 737NG’s Cockpit.

Checkout Nick’s 737NGX Walk-Around to see what’s on the outside.

Throttle On!

Angle of Attack Crew

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Discussion:

 

What did you notice that really impressed you about the PMDG 737NGX’s virtual flight deck?


  • Brad Rich

    Does the 737NGX simulate RNP approaches?

    • http://www.flyaoamedia.com Chris Palmer

      From what I understand they are simulated to a certain extent, but the issues is that generally it’s individual airlines that control their approach data. Not sure what PMDG can/will/is doing about that.

  • pierre savary

    Congratulations about your videos and training stuff avaliable clear and precise. Concerning the PMDG 737NGX cockpit that’s the first time I see a running 100 percent one. The FMC seems to use Navigraph last AIRAC data. Does the PMDG have a weather radar display ?
    I am waiting for your 737NGX videos and the plane from PMDG. I think my favourite plane iFLY 737NG completly out of order in front of such a plane.
    What are the PC requirements in front of such a plane !!!

  • Swanny

    Great videos, but could you post your EZCA settings so i could fly around in the cockpit like that aswell? Thanks

  • http://www.facebook.com/peter.m.hughes2 Peter M Hughes

    Excellent ‘walk through’ as Nick calls it but in some ways it is very instructional as I have flown the original 737NG in FS2004 and I can see it is going to be a whole new learning experience for me. Hope I can cope!!

  • http://www.facebook.com/peter.m.hughes2 Peter M Hughes

    Excellent ‘walk through’ as Nick calls it but in some ways it is very instructional as I have flown the original 737NG in FS2004 and I can see it is going to be a whole new learning experience for me. Hope I can cope!!

  • Nelsonvt

    Unbelievable. It´s the real panel of the reeal B737. I want to by it…Very nice. Nelson

  • Nelsonvt

    Unbelievable. It´s the real panel of the reeal B737. I want to by it…Very nice. Nelson

  • Dannielmach

    beautiful

  • mattS

    I would like to know how to turn on or activate the PMDG 737 NGX weather radar

    • Jim

      Push the “‘TERR” button on the EFIS panel to view the Terrain Radar.

  • Xclt3

    Hi AoA Crew,
    just wanted to say well done on the NGX vids! The vids sold me on the product. Just wanted to aks Nick what his EZCA settings were for the NGX?

  • Xclt3

    Hi AoA Crew,
    just wanted to say well done on the NGX vids! The vids sold me on the product. Just wanted to aks Nick what his EZCA settings were for the NGX?

    • http://www.flyaoamedia.com Chris Palmer

      If you click ‘blog’ at the top of the page, you’ll find a recent post having to do with the 737 EZCA files! Easy to install ;)

  • Raymond K

    I have finally managed to see the video after previous attempts ended in stuttering and stopping. Now that I have seen it I can only say, “breath-taking”, and even this is an understatement. This video has to be seen to be believed!
    Everything about it is so impressive that I feel I must buy the training video, even though I am virtually deaf and have tremendous trouble trying to understand the narration. It is so good that I will enrol for the training and try and sort out my problem after enrolling. I will even try and subtitle the video by begging a relative to aid me. This training is a must! The cockpit, etc., is so realistic that, together with Nick’s thoughts and narration, it feels as if one is on the flight deck in reality.
    Congratulations to both of you, Chris and Nick, for bringing this video to us.
    I, for one, am looking forward to seeing and learning more.

  • Vincent_lherbier

    is there any way I can dl this so as to watch on my tv

    • http://www.flyaoamedia.com Chris Palmer

      This is going to be provided to our 737 Members as a bonus. There are other round about ways of getting it done, none of which I know of.

  • John

    I hate to say it, but this aircraft is one of the worst fps hogs I’ve ever owned. If they had the guts to have a policy like Flight1′s, I would be done with it. This is with a new sandy, set up only for FSX. If I only flew default scenery and litttle to no ai than it would not be the major issue it is. I’m not willing to overclock to that level to be happy with it.

    • Eric

      Well John, there is definitly something wrong with your setup. I have a sandy bridge, use REX, UT, nl2004, and I get (sliders all to the right) 25/35 fps on the ground in a heavy ad on environment (schiphol) and 40-50 in the air. May be you have a slow HD or old RAM?

      Eric

  • Aivan

    Hi Nick, great job on the video, my question to you is, how can I turn on the weather radar, I found the weather panel but the bottoms just dont seem to work? why is that? something wrong with my pmdg?

  • Dale J F

    As an aspiring airline pilot, realism is very important and only the best will do. But judging from Nicks video, I can certainly say there is no worries on compromises in realism. I don’t have the pmdg 737 yet, because, first I want to finish the aviator 90 and go through the aviator pro training. But I can’t wait.

    dale

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