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Uh huh.

The Avionics switch on this DC-3 is on the roof of the cockpit, right above the pilot.

I hope you guys can simulate this http://youtu.be/Te7031hMjds

I was cleaning up a few files on my computer and came across this older pic of the cockpit with some more 3D in it than we've shown before...but untextured. I just like it for some reason. It's not the most current though We're still working on the FMS, we had a bit of a slow down with the transition into the fall and general family thing for each of us to deal with but we are still moving forward. Here is another development snapshot of the LNAV testing. As you can see, so far so good on LNAV tracking. The waypoint locations shown on the EHSI are inconsequential in this screenshot, they are not part of the final code obviously...this was just a route draw / AP track test. Tom Kyler Laminar / IXEG

Hi everyone, we are still deep into the FMS and it´s implementation - but we feel that we are over the hump and will have this section wrapped up within a few weeks. Tom, who is in charge of generating the lateral navigation (LNAV), has posted a new blog over at our website: http://www.ixeg.net/...ve-lnav-routing I just want to share this screenshot I took yesterday night when testing the path-drawing algorithm on an approach to EDDV (Hannover, Germany). It shows me coming in from the north towards the Celle NDB (CEL), followed by the RNAV transition to runway 27R. I named the screenshot "Childrenofthemagenta" as a reference to the excellent video that was linked to in THIS post by Andy Goldstein. This guy has it perfectly straight: http://forums.x-plan...11 Jan

Hi everyone, the last weeks have been more busy than ever - we are grinding through that big heap of coding mess called the FMS - flight management system. At it´s core is the FMC, and we know that this piece of hardware is very important to all of you. And it should be, because it is an integral part of "managing" your flight. While the FMS does more than just providing a nice curved magenta line to follow, this is propably the visually most appealing aspect. Therefore we want to share some of the pics we are getting during this stage of development. When we draw closer to release, we will get you more frequent updates and the occasional video. We have chosen these departures because they are quite complex - with a lot of conditional waypoints that are not simply a combination of latitude and longitude. If you look at the the DEGES1W departure in LSZH, the conventional description calls for a straight segment until you hit 2.1 DME from KLO. The FMS calculates this waypoint in dependence on the KLO VOR - it knows where KLO is, where the runway is and what the initial track will be - now it needs to find the point where this track intersects the 2.1DME "ring" around KLO. This is SO not trivial... Then it get´s worse. Turn left on a certain track to intercept the 255 radial. How large is your turn radius? How much do you need to lead the turn onto the radial? Where is the radial? Thank god I only fly those things ;-) Jan