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Hi All, We've posted another video demonstrating some of the VNAV features during the climb phase. There are many different ways to control/affect the aircraft's vertical progress, including flaps, restrictions on speed and/or altitude and the MCP altitude knob. Follow along with Jan as he explains some of the features of the climb phase.

This has been in development for 5-years and I believe we are at the end-game. The IXEG team has been honest and forthright the whole time - giving no promises, stating their desires, even posting a list a items that WILL NOT be in version 1.0 (truly refreshing!), including what they hope to have in future versions after user feedback. Still post after post we have the "are we there yet"- kids in the back-seat. Will it have this or that? I can understand the curiosity, and for sure, I want to fly the bird as soon as possible, but some of these posts recently are truly "eye-rolling" material. Most of us want you guys to keep your eyes on the goal line, and appreciate you want to deliver a product you are proud of. I will be ready when you are, with credit card in hand. And if you need to spend some time with family over the holidays I am cool with that too. All the best, WR

Hey...no promises. I quit all my other jobs with X savings in the bank in order to finish this thing...and I'll give you a little hint...I run out of savings in about 90 days I am working almost 10 hours a day on the FMS and addressing bugs left and right. If we take a bit longer and yield an aircraft/FMS/AP that is duly stable..I guarantee that will be worth it! We are flying many test routes every day and the things we are trying to 'break' is mind-boggling. Imaging taking off with an active route.....then altering a speed restriction...changing the cruise alt.....dropping the flaps (which has limits associated with them)...and then cancelling/erasing the whole route modification with nary a change in performance! its a lot of work We really want for you to be able to operate this thing in a realistic manner. -tkyler

I've spent weeks and weeks on ground textures. Edges, stains, skid marks, oil slick, puddles, broken ground, cracks, super hi def weathered taxi lines and ground markings, with multiple concrete and asphalt variations...As soon as I get the focal points done, i.e. Terminals, Bridges/tunnels, etc. I will start showcasing the lovely "colorful" airport terrain...

I would certainly encourage everyone to also get the new 767. It looks to be an amazing piece of work, and why restrict yourself to just one aircraft (other than monetary reasons?). Remember, the one who dies with the most aircraft in his virtual hangar, wins! Jan

It's here...

Time to start saving!

Really looking forward to ground textures!

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This is a discrepancy that is easily explained. When Boeing initially rolled out the 737 to customers, some female testpilot where offended and felt threatened by the very virile angle of the gear-lever in the up position. Therefore they made it a customer option, and only the most machoist airlines opted for the "steep" angle, while the more politically correct airlines opted for the more docile version. We might make it an option (or change the angle!) Jan

It's more or less buffeting and does not come into play until necessary. TrackIR works great with it.

Also, I think the delay would be quite frustrating in some situations, because in real life you get physical feedback of actually pressing a button, whereas in the sim you wouldn't know it it's the FMC doing some calculations or if you just misclicked the key with your mouse, then you would click again and in the end it would show something like EEEDDFFF.

There are also different processors in use in real life - we got an upgrade in hardware once, and it was like night and day. Then I transferred to the 747, they had the old processors and it was like a trip to the past! Jan

We're using a INTEL i7 based FMS. Seriously, the FMS and CDUs are always being upgraded and do have 'software revisions'. There are some features in later model FMSs than earlier ones. We did have latency, but for testing, its a real PITA...we don't have that kind of time to wait. Our flap extension is instantaneous too for testing. I'm not 100% convinced I want the latency in there, no matter how "real" it is for older units. I'd rather 'believe' that our 737 has a much upgraded hardware and software and I don't have to wait for those pesky calculations. -tkyler

Delta Maintenance, almost finished, need technician equipment, ladders and lifts to complete...Now you get to work on your bird at home...

Well, I know what RNP is, but it´s a requirement for navigational accuracy (Required Navigational Performance) and not per se any aircraft equipment. The aircraft equipment on the other hand determines the ANP (Actual Navigational Performance). This in turn determines if an aircraft is certified to be satisfiying certain RNP´s. The 737´s I flew (and the one we model), satisfy RNP 1 for terminal procedures (P-RNAV), and also the RNP for GPS standalone non-precision approaches. It can not fly the new RNP AR approaches with GBAS (comparable to CAT II/III approaches), because it only has a single FMS and a single GPS receiver. It would also require an onboard receiver for GPS correction data, and an upgrade to the FMS. I don´t really want to add this to the list, though, because it is not something we ever set out to model - this technology is now just slowly starting to get into service, and I doubt that many Classics will receive the necessary upgrades to be able to fly those (if it´s even possible at all). Jan

Well that is quite a statement! Thank you!

Don't release it at the end of january when I have exams to do like linear algebra, calculus, differential equations, aerodynamics! I need to pass these courses, you know Jan!

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Why did you not set the vibes so folk believed the release would be in the end of 2016, and then just release 1 year earlier? I cannot stand the urge to press F5 1440 times per day on your website, waiting for a shortcoming release. Anyway, can't you postpone your release in about 2-3 years to really make it teensy-weensy close to the realistic machine?

We are not going to rush it. It will be done when we feel that we can release it without being ashamed. We are not going to release without our internal minimum feature set. We have never promised that it would be before Christmas, 2015, or even this century, if you read all the statements we have made precisely. No one is entitled to a release at or before a certain time, and if the release date does not fit your schedule, you are more than welcome to pass on this product. . The team has - over the development timeframe - faced many unforeseen events and unplanned obstacles. Several babies were born, family members have been severely sick or even died, jobs have been lost, the team has had personal changes, development goals have changed... I know that everyone is excited to see this plane out, and so are we! Please realize that we are not taking this long to piss anyone off. I know many of you say "just release it, I don´t care if stuff is missing!" But please take a look into the support forums of recently released planes - people are NOT content with the "just release it". They will say so, but then bitch about every rivet or seam that is not exactly like they saw on airliners.net. In conclusion: We will release when ready. It might even take another 5 years, if WE feel that we need the time. Oh, and don´t cancel your skiing vacation to play the 737 just yet. No amount of moaning will change that, except maybe for the worse, as our motivation to finish it suffers. I know it´s hard to stand the wait, but even if you throw yourself on the floor and thrash about with arms and legs, this will not go any faster...(though maybe it will releave the frustration, so maybe give it a try!) Cheers, Jan

Hi all, A new video, where I'm examining the new New York City scenery from Drzewiecki Design Enjoy! https://youtu.be/NrjagniviEk

No, we haven´t. I plan to make a quick video soon, it will be boring and nerdy, however. It will be showing how to add/edit/fly an SID, FMS behaviour, VNAV editing (adding/deleting speed and altitude restrictions), T/C calculation change, CLB page behaviour, etc. This will be a milestone video, showing what Tom has accomplished these last few weeks. Once the plane is feature-complete and we are satisfied that we have reached a "releasable" status, we are going to have a countdown to release, with periodic releases of the 6 tutorial videos I have prepared (to go along with the written tutorials). At least thats the plan! Jan

Yes, full support, including editing, adding or deleting restrictions, changing runways, adding transitions, etc. Also correct "magenta" including turn-radii, bypass behaviour, etc. Also conditional waypoints like "when passing 800..." or "fly until intercepting radial..." Correct fly-by and fly-over waypoint behaviour, etc. Jan

That's really the beauty of this product. It truly is study sim level in every way, even with these small left out portions Tom speaks of. And, the reason why I can justify this is because Jan has thousands of Captain seat time in the real 737-300. These items left out, in his own words, are things he rarely/almost never ended up utilizing in real day-to-day tasks flying this bird in the real world. It was imperative to achieve every aspect of the simulation/FMC that he did use, and do it with great accuracy. Even better is the commitment to finish these items in a later update, even if they will essentially rarely (if ever) get used by the masses. Bottom line: What you will get with this product is what real 737 Classic pilots would use on a daily basis, and simulated as they would see it in the real world. That's pretty darn cool!

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Your last interpretation is correct. Consider the province of Quebec. Being a Francophone province, they tend to speak French, and ATC will be provided in French - but they are required to speak English as required (then again they don't like it but that is another story).

wheres the download link