[vic365]

how did you like those little tf-33 engines. were the sfx loud like the real thing. and how was the acceleration? significantly less than the larger engines (not sure what those are, but think they are CFM-56).

If your talking about the 737-200, Rob, those are Pratt & Witney JT8D-17R low-bypass engines? It was also available with -9 and -15A versions of the JT8D.

The TinmouseII freeware is one of my favorite in my hangar, free or pay. Yes, it is nice and loud and the sound set is better than (IMHO) some highly touted 737-200 add-on sounds I've tried. The performance of the JT8D is quite noticeably less than the later -300, -400 etc with CFM56 engines. Normal cruise is .74 mach instead of the .78 that the "classic" (300, 400 & 500) or NG's (600, 700, 800 & 900) provide. It did, however, have a shorter take-off run than any of the later versions at MTOW, helped by it's lower MTOW, for sure. For this reason it's still flown, with the gravel kit, in northern Canada to small fields by Canadian North and First Air (last I heard). The TMII uses a fully analog panel, Sperry 77 AP with CWS and adds a Carousel IV-A single INS navigation system.

Alas, the demise of Avsim means the support forum is gone (for now). I believe you can still find the files at Flightsim, though. This part gets a bit tricky as we were looking forward to Bob's "all in one" installer. As is you must download several versions to get the latest aircraft...7 files if I remember...and install them in order, which is a pain. You must also have the unregistered (free) version of the latest FSUIPC and, to take advantage of the INS, the latest freeware Delco Carousel IV-A INS from Simufly.com.

Vic