Captain Sim 757-200 Base Package

Introduction (Aircraft Tested On FSX)

Well what can I say, WOW! Every aspect of the aircraft is amazing, from the virtual cockpit to the texture of the exterior model. Personally myself, I do not purchase many payware aircraft but this is worth its money and I would definitely recomend it. One problem I have seen mentioned around forums is that it knocks a few frame rates off using this aircraft, BUT; I don't recognize that on my computer.

The Model

The exterior model is a well developed and realistic model with two types, these including the Boeing 757-200 Pratt & Whitney engines and the Boeing 757-200 Rolls Royce engines. There are approximately one hundred animations included with this aircraft on the exterior only! Those animations include things such as the RAT prop that drops next to the gear, the engine covers, 'Remove Before Flight' covers flapping in the wind and many more.There are 37 textures included ranging from several British Airways to Jet2 to the Royal Navy. The textures have several layers, these include the aircraft details (i.e. doors, windows), the wear and tear (to make the plane look used). With all of the several layers put together and the realistic model makes one amazing aircraft.

 

The Sounds

The Captain Sim 757 Family comes with their custom sounds which are excellent compared to anything I have heard so far! I have always liked downloading aircraft to see the custom panel (If it has one) and to hear the custom sounds (If it has them), but disappointingly the aircraft hardly ever have them so it is a nice addition to the software that instead of just shoving on the default B738, B744 or A321.

The Panel

Well, like I said in 'The Sound', I like an aircraft with a custom panel, and you can't get much more than this! This panel includes numerous secondary panels including a full screen overhead panel, with hundreds of pushable buttons, a full FMC and many more custom popups. Another excellent feature of this panel is the Autoland. I have only ever seen one aircraft on FS with autoland and that was another payware 757. The panel bitmap is a very detailed photorealistic bitmap (That I have never seen before) used to add to the realism and home the gauges professionaly.

The Virtual Cockpit

The Virtual Cockpit is a well developed area expanding all the way down through the passenger cabin and into the toilets. The virtual cockpit includes final touches to finish off the completely realistic look to it, these are: a few books in acase that move according to attitude and G-force, a pilot's jacket hung up that swings according to attitude and G-force aswell, just under one thousand clickable switches and tons more! The other places in the virtual cockpit include the doorways, the toilets and most of the passenger cabin, to access these area you can either go there using the view menu or using different key combinations with the 'ctrl', 'shift', 'enter' and backspace.

This picture below shows the possible areas to visit in the VC. (This picture may look stupid but once inside, with a roof over your head, the realism really sets in!)

 

The cockpit is not the only place with many animations, animations included in the passenger cabing include things such as the safety video being played, the food trolleys able to pull out, the window covers able to slide down and a few more.

757F Freighter Expansion

The freighter expansion pack only includes two liveries... but are they excellent! The two liveries included are the UPS (United Parcel Service, the VA I am a member of www.upsvac.com) and the DHL (Dalsey Hillblom Lynn) The special feature that comes with this expansion is the cargo loading tool, this tool alows you to visually load cargo onto the main deck and lower deck controlling it with the popup managers. These include the moving in and out of the vehicle, the rasing and lowering of the load vehicle, the inserting and unloading of cargo and the animated cargo pods on the manager.

 

757-300 Variant Expansion

Again, a very well detailed model with all the animations from the existing base package. All you need is included to fly your realistic flight as you like in the extended body length of the 300 variant. All panels, virtual cockpit etc are kept the same on the expansion but why would you want any different? There are around 10 new liveries used in the two models (Rolls Royce model and Pratt & Whitney model) ranging from Condor to Continental. Still as usual is the FMC included which most flight sim pilots want these days in payware aircraft.

 

ACE - Aircraft Configuration Utility

The aircraft configuration utility is a seperate program for sell from Captain Sim. This program alows you to obviously configure your aircraft, in detail it allows you to select the aircraft you want to configure using the aircraft type (75F 752 RR PW) and then selecting the livery of that type. You then move on to say whether your aircraft has wing views, winglets, virtual cockpit and virtual cabin. The next page, 'Preflight' allows you to load up your aircraft with the default payload you will have whenever you fly that aircraft. It alos allows you to create your own. The pictures below explain it all.

 

Conclusion

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Everything, especially the virtual cockpit and virtual cabin.

 

 

Credits

File Owner: Captain Sim

Review Author: Kurtis Green