FMC

[gilesh]

Hi, Do you know of any place where I can get a working 737NG fmc other than PMDG. Thanks.

[Gary R.]

There is none.  Nobody as yet has done any freeware FMC that can be just dropped into any plane.  It is possible technically, it's just that nobody has considered it worthwhile to invest the amount of coding necessary to do that for a freeware release.  Now, here is a basic external FMC programme that will drive any aircraft using the heading bug. http://simplefmc.sourceforge.net/  It is a rather ingeneous little application but it ISN'T a gauge and it doesn't operate out of your modules folder either so it's very cumbersome to access during flight with-in the sim unless you fly in windowed mode and most of us prefer to set full screen.  The developer of this program doesn't know XML but he says he would like to make it a regular gauge eventually.  I have made a plea to a well known gauge designer, a certain man who has done a number of enhanced avionics gauges, most notably Garmin 430/530 and GTX 330 and quite recently a low cost payware KLN-90.  He has not replied to the proposal I made on his site's forum as yet but since he has crossed into payware I made the proposition that assisting the simplfmc developer in making a guage out of simple fmc might be good for his payware activities also because a free drop-in FMC is something most simmers would like to have.  And, he could also link his site in the gauge's zip in the documentation.