Boeing 757 Professional has been updated to version 1.1

[HarryCYUL]

FlightFactor team Ramzzess and Philipp Münzel are pleased to announce that their Boeing 757 Professional has been updated to version 1.1 and that the PW (Pratt & Whitney) engine model is added to it.

This update means that a lot of fixes as well as new features have been added to the 757 Professional. Is it possible to offer you the complete change log? Why not! Attention … as soon as we can, we’ll inform you about other details regarding this update but most likely you can find it at X-Plane.Org!

Find below the complete change log of the 757 version 1.1 including the PW variant.
Added Pratt & Whitney PW2037 engine variant. This variant comes as an additional aircraft file that can be used with any of the liveries. Simply select the desired engine variant as the aircraft, then choose from any of the installed liveries. You can combine them as you please. The new engine variant has distinct characteristics of:
- performance and fuel consumption
- sound set
- EPR instead of IEPR primary parameter for electronic engine control
- EICAS differences
- overhead panel differences
- bleed air configuration and bleed pressure characteristic
- checklists and procedures
- failures

Related bug fixes and others to the 757 Professional:
- fixed a bug in the rain on cockpit windows animation
- fixed several small spelling bugs in the cockpit
- fixed hydraulic fluid consumption to be less extreme and more realistic
- fixed thrust reverser availability in flight

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- improved the thrust reverser sound
- fixed the reversed rudder animation on the EICAS STATUS display
- corrected nosewheel vs pushback logic
- improved automatic (tutorial) engine start
- fixed automatic check bug in checklist
- made RR IEPR engine controller react faster, as per real pilot request
- changed relative volumes of sounds to make announcements better understandable over engine sounds
- added shortcut to sync altimeter settings between pilot and copilot:
- “1-sim/gauges/altimeterLR_comm” to sync left-to-right and
- “1-sim/gauges/altimeterRL_comm” to sync right-to-left altimeter settings

- added hidden screw clickspot shortcuts for menu and altimeter sync
- corrected Vmo needle that didn’t move with Mmo
- fixed a “LOW FUEL” warning that occurred too early
- various fixes in the passenger, fuel and cargo menu
- disabled tire temperature calculation in replay, so your tires don’t catch fire when you watch your landing in replay
- added logic to suppress amber engine limit exceedance warnings when in 5 minute TOGA power
- fixed second RMI needle to be sometimes stuck when plane was not initialized correctly
- fixed interaction of the transponder panel with the X-Plane transponder, which is read by xsquawkbox
- when the VOR receiver is tuned to a standalone DME (which the FMC in AUTO mode does quite often) the RDMI now correctly displays a failure flag for the respective bearing pointer
- fixed a bug that caused the autopilot speed bug to become stuck
- corrected the idle descend performance of the flight model
- fixed FMS VNAV SPD descend to better capture the calculated descend path
- corrected EICAS display for EPR numbers below 1.0
- corrected EPR display for autothrottle speed descends
- corrected flaps lift settings to cause less ballooning effect with flaps 15
- improved the EPR calculation for both Rolls-Royce and Pratt&Whitney engines
- corrected takeoff performance characteristic: the aircraft used too much runway length before
- changed the autopilot logic to allow for alt excursions in VS mode.
- changed the autopilot logic to not go into VNAV ALT with MCP level-off.
- improved computational performance of the ND. Now having both NDs show different maps causes less CPU load
- fixed several bugs related to flightplan saving and loading.
- improved the calculation of turn radius in holdings. The predicted holding patterns will now match the real performance more closely
- fixed a bug that could cause indefinitely small holdings to be generated
- fixed LNAV ignoring the first waypoint of the flightplan if no departure runway was selected
- improved generating fix-to-DME-distance legs from Aerosoft navdata
- corrected autopilot bank limits in LNAV mode
- improved prediction of the turn radius in LNAV mode, generating much smoother interceptions to next leg
- fixed a bug in turn radius calculation that caused the aircraft to jiggle in procedure turns when flying very slow
- greatly improved interception of legs at high speeds, i.e. large course changes in the cruise portion of the flightplan will be much smoother
- fixed a bug in the IRS implementation that made IRS jitter predictable: e.g. the left IRS would always drift to the right on flights in the northern hemisphere.
- corrected symbol generator logic to take the correct position based on the availability of IRS and radio sources
- corrected the autopilot flying LNAV based on input of left IRS only. Now it can be correctly switched over in case of left IRS failure
- improved smoothness of position mixing from IRS and radio sources. You will especially notice this when flying over large areas without DME coverage (e.g. atlantic crossing).
- fixed a bug that could cause X-Plane to crash when trying to engage LNAV on an incomplete flight plan
- corrected FMC-internal flap limit speeds
- fixed a bug that caused TCAS symbols on the ND to be only displayed with the weather radar. Now TFC works correctly also when WXR is not displayed
- added absolute altitude labels to TCAS display
- corrected TCAS symbol colors and shapes as per TCAS 7.1 specification
- added DMOD and ZTHR logic to displayed TCAS threats
- fixed a bug that caused the NAV2 receiver to not work correctly with standalone DME radio stations
- fixed a bug in the optimum altitude calculation
- fixed a bug in max continuous thrust calculation
- improved FMC climb predictions especially for long climbs
- fixed a bug in the autopilot that could cause it to stay in LNAV arm but never engage it even close to the calculated route
- corrected APU cooldown and shutdown logic
- corrected duct pressure indication and bleed valve logic for external bleed air from ground start unit
- fixed a bug in the decision height implementation that could cause the DH display loose sync with the DH rotary
- corrected fuel tank numbering to be less confusing in the X-Plane menu
- fixed a bug in the descend speed logic that would override descend speed transitions with higher restriction speeds from previous waypoints
- improved the response of the MCP altitude dial to accelerate to 1000-foot increments when clicked-and-held for a prolonged time
- several enhancements to the remote CDU, including a working EXEC light
- implemented a simple update-check that will notify you upon loading the plane whether a new version is available for download

[HarryCYUL]

I just posted this at the .org and received a warning       from Nicolas..lol WTF these guys need to get out sometimes and get some action

 

"DO NOT MAKE AN UPDATE NEWS (757 1.10) when you do not know what the story is
 
The developers will announce it, not you
 

Warning issued by nicolas for Trolling.
Given 2 points - expire on Jun 01 2014 02:14 PM."

Edited March 3, 2014 by HarryCYUL

[tkyler]

We call that "stealing thunder" Harry.  People love being the first to break news.   The general rule though would be to respect the developers and let them  have the thunder as a reward for their hard work.  That's probably why Nicolas was defensive.

 

TomK

[HarryCYUL]

We call that "stealing thunder" Harry.  People love being the first to break news.   The general rule though would be to respect the developers and let them  have the thunder as a reward for their hard work.  That's probably why Nicolas was defensive.

 

TomK

Aerosoft stole the thunder, not me      I found the news at Aerosoft but they also removed the article........too much thunder theft going on

[Ben Russell]

Last minute bugs or packaging errors is a more likely explanation.

 

Leaving it up to the developers to do their own announcements places less stress on both the developer and their customers.

 

Customer irritation on the internet grows exponentially... it can very very quickly spiral way out of proportion.

 

There is no award for "FIRST!!!!!!!1111111111 one one one."

[Norman]

These guys have their reward in form of 60 USD per sold copy.

[alexcolka]

And now they released the 1.1.1 version. Am I stealing a thunder? I guess is a little thunder anyway.

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[Jakob Ludwig]

The 757 has an internal update notification service since version 1.1. So any user who has it installed, will be notified on an update by the next time he loads the aircraft... So no thunder... For nobody...