What payware airliner to choose..?

[aristoteles]

Hello All.First post in the forum and first of all thanx Dan for this great add-on, what a great piece of software !!. Now,...on to the
question:

I have been fliyng general aviation aircraft for a long time, but I want to give the heavies a try, (yep, I am scared... ).
Looking for a good payware heavy I found many really good options to choose from ,really eye-candy and reallistic, but I wonder, which is
the one that should give me a non brutally steep learning curve?

PMDGs look gorgeous but, well, you know, I guess they are beyond my skills(someday maybe), but what about Captain Sims Legendary
707? Or Iron Knuckles from Flight1? Any ideas?

Sorry for my English ( I am Spanish after all).

[Nasder]

I highly recomend the PMDG 737.

BUT... It's a matter of personal taste, the 737 is rather computer controlled, it can fly the entire route for you more or less, while let's say a 727
require a bit more attention...

The payware addons I got in "heavy" planes..

PMDG 737-6/7/8/900
PMDG 747-400
Captain Sim's Legendary 727
Flight 1 Super 80 yesterday

I recommend them all, but like I said, it's a matter of taste... I wouldn't fully recomend the 747 though, it's too heavy and can't take of from as
many places as a 737 can.

PS, If I can fly a PMDG 737, so can you! All though it's not just jump in and fly, check out a thread, named something like "PMDG 737/747 and FsP",
there's a tutorial on how to fly it. It might look scary, but it's not after a while....

[pegase]

The first question is "what plane do I like ?"

The captainsim 707 is now "my" plane understand I love it. I made until now 16 flights in 63 hours with her. but, out of the box, it can be
frustrating. poor documentation make the start up and electric power management a bit tricky, the original auto pilot is simply buggy but
there is a fix on CS support website. It is quite an heavy bird and the inertia is very nicly reproduced in the model; added with the roaring
sounds, the result is a totally immersive and adictive plane, but it can be difficult for who comes directly out from a GA aircraft.

I have also the DreamFleet 727 and made some 40 flights in100 hours with her and I really recomand it.
The start up and power management is acurately reproduced. Then, a bit complicated at first but the very good and complete
documentation is a big help. the flight model is very friendly, purists would tell "too easy". I think it is a good choice to start with airliners.

Both planes 707 and 727 are old irons and you won't find sophisticated planes with FMC, no autoland, no speed hold. The Sperry
autopilot on both is very basic: current altitude hold, heading acquisition and hold, pitch hold, VOR, LOC/GS hold for ILS approach. It
changes from the usual altitude acquisition mode at given vertical speed.

If you wish something more up to date with FMC and automatisation almost able to handle it for you from gate to gate, I think that the
PMDG 737 or may be the Flight 1 MD 80 would be a better choice.

I just bought the MD 80. It is not my favorite plane but I am curious how it is flying a more sophisticated way and think this new idea
of "training center" can learn me a lot. Also an IMPRESSIVE documentation (some 300 pages) is provided.

Last but not least, the default FS2004 737 and Rod Machado's lessons, despite their bugs and weak points are really the best, almost
mandatory start in the world of jetliners.

Good luck