Fsbuild-2 Flight Planner

Hi to all..

Forgive me if i'm being as thick as Baldrick, but I am new to FSBuild, and have not had much use with PMDG 737 either. But, want I would like to know is, how do you fly the flight plan you have created? I chose a plan that was already in FSBuild, (Aberdeen to Paris). Selected to export it to the PMDG 737, which it seemed to do just fine. It told me the file (.rte) was saved in my PMDG Flightplans folder. Now, how do I fly it? I can't see anywhere in FS2004 that lets you import/select a custom flight plan.

P.S Are all the flight Plan details automatically entered into the planes FMC, or does it have to entered manually?

As I say, sorry if this wins the award for Mr Thick B***tard of 2006. (Although at least that gives me some achievement in life. More than I can say for my FS knowledge, which is advancing no further than an asthmatic ant with some heavy shopping).

Thanks a million...........egll

Hi Egll,
If you have set up the export options correctly, fsbuild will export the built flightplan to both fs2004 and your PMDG 737 flight plan folders. To load the flightplan into FS2004 so you can use the default ATC just start FS2004 go to the flightplanner and use the load button. This will give you the list of saved flightplans, you then select the one you have just created and click ok. this will load it into fs2004. For example, if you built a route from EGLL to EGNT fsbuild will export it to FS2004 and call it EGLL-EGNT. Just select that route and you're good to go. The same applies to your 737. The route will be created and given the name EGLLEGNT. you just have to type that into the FMC and upshift it to the CO Route field on your FMC then activate it as normal. The route will then be programmed into the FMC.
One caveat when using FS2004 ATC I would exclude SIDS and STARS when buiding your fsbuild flight plan. I'm not to sure how the default atc handles them although you could always experiment .I use Radar Contact 4 and it handles them fine.

Hope I've been some help and not confused you further

Steve