- May 24, 2011 I read here at HJG months ago about the Tinmouse II 737-200. I downloaded it over the weekend, it's a pretty nice package. My problem is changing the ADF1 & 2 frequencies. When I switch over to the radio panel,ADF1 is set to 353.0 and ADF2 is set to 364.0. I tried to change frequencies and the the numbers only move down.
- TinFork 737-200Adv Erick Cantu, of Vistaliners, Eastern Virtual, Kittyhawk and SGA fame once uploaded the Gmax source files for a lot of his planes. The TinMouse team, Bob Scott, Richard Probst.
- TNI Boeing 737-200 Angkatan Udara - A-7304 repaint for the TinMouse II model (TINMOUSEIIV125.ZIP).
Product information 'Boeing 737-200' The Boeing 737 is a short- to medium-range twin-engine narrow-body jet airliner. Originally developed as a shorter, lower-cost twin-engine airliner derived from Boeing's 707 and 727, the 737 has developed into a family of nine passenger models with a capacity of 85 to 215 passengers.
If you are looking for some interesting information about the 737 and the first one produced I suggest looking at this video. A great information source.
There have been a couple of models before Tinmouse's and I have tried the ffx version. A nice version but it only modeled the aircraft and not the panel and sound. The Tinmouse on the other hand is a complete package with aircraft, panel and sound. And what a package it is!Installation
Installation is pretty easy. The new 1.25 version is much easier than the earlier variants. It contains all you need and is a simple zip file that you unzip into your main fs9 library. There is one update of the gauges called 1.26 but that is pretty simple to install too, just place the .gau file in the panel folder. There are a number of different versions included, for use with the civa navigation system, with the ISG system
Panel
This is what led me to use the plane. The graphics are nice and crisp, the systems are well modeled. If any of you used the old Dreamfleet 737 which I did they remind a bit of those. If you have a pretty good understanding of the workings of the 737 the adaptation to Tinmouse's version is pretty easy. The only big difference is the Sperry autopilot system which can be a bit of a pain at first. I couldn't get the heading hold to engage but didn't switch it to the correct position.
There is a function called CWS which stands for Control Wheel Steering system and is a automatic fight system where the aircraft will hold it's bank and pitch angles. This greatly reduces the workload for the crew and this is what is used for the climb. More information can be found in this video of a flight on a 737-200 in New Zealand.
In this panel/model the autopilot system doesn't have a altitude hold so all you can do is set a warning for the correct altitude and when you reach that reduce you climb/descent rate and us the altitude hold function on the autopilot. There is also no autothrottle which means you have to set the power setting by hand according ot the charts or to the small engine computer which is on one of the sub panels. A fun way of doing things that differs significantly from the modern fly-by-wire systems with autothrottle.
Sound
The sound set is really good. Not having heard a real 737-200 anytime though it is hard for me too judge the feel of it in comparison to the real thing. I like the number of other sounds than the engine sound like the flap sound, the trim sound and such.
Flight dynamics
It is a pure pleasure to fly either with the CWS engaged or just by hand. I can't find a bad thing to say about it even though some reports in the forums complain about it being instable after disconnecting the autopilot I did not find this however. One of the great things about the dynamics is the taxi. This baby is a ease to taxi around the tarmac compared to some other models.
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Visual model
The visual model is great, the textures are nice, both the ones included in the package and the many repaints you can download.
Fuel and flap settings
The one thing I do want to mention is that you have to add the fuel through the FS9 menu. Other addons like fspassangers can not modify the amount of fuel which led me to a few occasions of fuel starvation because I though I hade added the fuel through fspassengers and I hadn't. The flaps also have to be modified using the flap lever on the panel and can't be altered with assigned keys. At first this is really annoying but you soon get the hang of it.
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Tinmouse 737-200 Fsx
I should mention one other thing and that is that the model is very accurate, I flew into Seattle and forgot to retract the flaps before I shut the aircraft down and ended up having to restart one engine to get the flaps retracted.737 200 For Sale
Overall this is a great freeware package with a large number of users and the authors do a great job keeping it up-to-date. It is a bit of a hassle at first but once you get the hang of it it is definitely worth the effort. This is a given in my hangar!