Captain Sim 777-200 Base Pack Review FSX

Welcome to another Flight Simulator Review Review's.

Today I am going to talk about some of the features that are going to appear on the 777-200 from Captain sim when it is released and have another in depth review on the exterior model currently available on their site for 9.99 Euros.

The Roots of the 777.

The Boeing 777 is a long-range, wide-body twin-engine jet airliner manufactured by Boeing Commercial Airplanes. It is the world's largest twinjet and is commonly referred to as the "Triple Seven". The aircraft has seating for over 300 passengers and has a range from 5,235 to 9,380 nautical miles (9,695 to 17,370 km), depending on model. Its distinguishing features include the largest-diameter turbofan engines of any aircraft, six wheels on each main landing gear, a circular fuselage cross-section, and blade-shaped tail cone. Developed in consultation with eight major airlines, the 777 was designed to replace older wide-body airliners and bridge the capacity difference between the 767 and 747. As Boeing's first fly-by-wire airliner, it has computer mediated controls; it is also the first entirely computer-designed commercial aircraft.

The 777 is produced in two fuselage lengths. The original 777-200 model first entered service in 1995, followed by the extended-range 777-200ER in 1997; the stretched 777-300, which is 33.3 ft (10.1 m) longer, began service in 1998. The longer-range 777-300ER and 777-200LR variants entered service in 2004 and 2006, respectively, while a freighter version, the 777F, debuted in 2009. Both longer-range versions and the freighter feature General Electric GE90 engines, as well as extended and raked wingtips. Other models are equipped with either the GE90, Pratt & Whitney PW4000, or Rolls-Royce Trent 800 engines. The 777-200LR ranks as the world's longest-range airliner and holds the record for longest distance flown by an unrefueled commercial aircraft, with the demonstrated capability to fly more than halfway around the world.

United Airlines first placed the 777 into commercial airline service in 1995. As of March 2011, 60 customers have placed orders for 1,209 aircraft of all variants, with 923 delivered. The most common variant used worldwide is the 777-200ER, with 415 aircraft delivered, and Emirates operates the largest 777 fleet, with 86 aircraft. The airliner has had one hull-loss accident, attributed to a Trent 800 engine fuel component, with no passenger fatalities as of 2011.

Through the 2000s, the 777 has emerged as one of its manufacturer's best-selling models. Because of rising fuel costs, airlines have acquired the type as a comparatively fuel-efficient alternative to other wide-body jets and have increasingly used the aircraft on long-haul, transoceanic routes. Direct market competitors include the Airbus A330-300 and the A340, with the upcoming A350 XWB and Boeing 787 Dreamliner programs currently in development.

Cockpit

As stated earlier in this review the cockpit isnt as you would expect for any Captain Sim product. It is just simply the default cockpit and sounds for the 747. So for this part of the review it is very basic cockpit but it works at the end of the day and you can actually fly this model if you wanted to.

Exterior Model

So what do you get for your 9.99. You get an amazingly detailed model of the 777-200 and some nice features that you could find on the Captain Sim products for example the panel that allows you to open windows, APU door's and all that are all included. This is topped off with some of the nicest liveries that I have seen.

I'll start by showing you this one of JAL with the panel showing the different options you can choose.

As you can see its a very well detailed exterior model even when you are zoomed quite far in.

Someone call a MAYDAY - this model even comes with slides.

The above photo shows the model with all the external viewing features in the ON/GREEN position. To be honest I think when Captain Sim have conquered the cockpit and tweaked the flight dynamics they will have one of the best add-on's for FSX.

Here is a photo list of all the liveries that come with the package:

American Airline's

Air France

British Airways

United Airlines

KLM

JAL - Japan Airlines

Singapore Airlines - Star Alliance Livery

As you can see from the above phots the amount of detail that has been put into these liveires is high quality.

Test Flight

 You are probably thinking - what's the point in a test flight right?

Well although the flight dynamics are perfect and theres not systems or cockpit to test out on long endurance flight's. I decided to do a flight from Osaka, Japan to Changi, Singapore - in the Singapore Airlines Livery.

    Please not that this flight test will be mostly shots of the flight and not actual written text as there is nothing to review but animations.

Left PAX View

Right PAX View

V1.... Rotate!

Gear Up - Departure out of Osaka

Reverse Thrust and Spoliers up at WSSS :)

Overall, this aircraft is flyable and despite having the default 747 cockpit and 737 sounds it is quite a nice aircraft to fly and feels - which has no bugs or glitches on the main animations which is a reason why, I think this could be the best 777 product and one of the best overall add-on's when it's finished at an undisclosed date.

I rate this aircrafr 9/10 due to simplicity at this stage, and the face that you get a 9.99 discount on the product when it is being released.

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