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So on another note, quite a bit of a milestone. All the code for the VNAV 1.0 feature list is in place as of today and we are beginning flight testing and debugging of the full route LNAV / VNAV capability within a few days (our main tester seems to be a real airline pilot away at work....slacker). After our internal debugging checks and fixes, we'll engage a relatively quick beta test with some selected newbies (already selected)...and then we will mop and sweep, spit and polish and release. No date given. -tkyler

No its not...but this one is!

Unfortunately we won´t be able to feature the "database" holds for the many enroute holdings published, though.The holds that we have are part of procedures, for example at the end of most missed approaches. But we don´t do (YET!) the enroute holdings where you click on HOLD, enter the relevant fix, and then the database "suggests" the correct holding with inbound course, turn direction, etc. We definitely want that - if the database supports it - but for now you would just have to hold "manually", using the EHSI map. Of course you can use the FIX page already to draw the fix to hold at and the inbound radial, that helps a lot with situational awareness. The holding function is on the very top of the list for stuff post 1.0, so I expect us to tackle that right after the worst glitches you guys will certainly find are fixed. Jan

Ixeg & valentine

What's next?... I think is not the time to talk about the next project when this one is still latest stage of development. But on the other hand, and while we impatiently wait for the release, it is OK to dream about what bird these guys can make. But for now I think the next will be that IXEG take a deserved rest and a deep breath before starting to deal with all the questions and posts, and for sure a huge number of people asking for help, once is finally released !!!!

Amazing how good, realistic sounds can beef up the quality of an aircraft add on.

I took a video about a year ago of a local Cessna 525 CJ1 starting up at my local airport. I edited the audio and got rid of the background noise in the raw footage. Might be worth checking out... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M8z9onuLBPc

That is noted. Thanks for the feedback! Jan

Really looking forward to this aircraft. Ive been a fsx/p3d user for many years and latly started to try out x-plane. One thing I discovered after bying aircrafts to x-plane is that they often are buggy or lack of features. And they are charged at full price and updates are comming slowly or not at all. So Im glad you putted this list out so I know what to expect. Pilot entered HOLDS. While we have database-inherent holds (like at the end of a missed approach), we won´t feature the HOLD page where you could enter all sorts of HOLDS. Omitted due to time constraints, definitely planning to add later. If I could vote for one thing that i want in version 1.0, it have to be the "Hold" function. I do all my flights online on Vatsim. And with heavy traffic events you are often told to hold. So that is a feature I personaly would love to see in the first release. Im not demanding anything, its only my feedback on the list. Keep up the good work.

Sometimes I wish I could agree with this statement, but I cannot. There have now been numerous releases across several platforms which have somehow convinced people products are "study sim" and majority of people are none the wiser. They will literally fight to the death to defend their purchase after the fact too if anyone dare point out deficiencies. One man's study level sim is another man's piece of garbage. In other words, Tom is absolutely right in saying the term is subjective, and as someone who deals with customers on and off these forums more than anyone, I say such with great certainty and confidence. In the end this aircraft is summed up simply for me: Even as a version 1.0 release it is the most immersive, fun, detailed, and truthfully simulated product ever put out for X-Plane. It would remain that way for quite a while if IXEG chose to never touch it again after release. Luckily, the drive is there to continue forward beyond 1.0.

Of course. They deserve to do whatever they want and need. Indeed, I think this topic is just a little bit of fun. Indeed dreaming about what they could turn their abilities to. Neither of us is in a position to demand anything

At first i thought, i am watching a video and started wondering, why they where starting the engines with their doors still open. I am not very bright... But nice sounds!

Might work for Jan

Oh, NOW you are telling us... We actually came up with a solution quite similiar - we will allow entry at all enroute waypoints, but based on total distance along the route we will assume they are "climb" or "descent" restrictions. There is the chance that you ment a restriction to be a "climb" one, and we interpret it as a "descent" one (based on proximity to T/D), but then there is only so much mind-reading that the FMS is able to do. Some pilot sanity is required ;-) Jan

Yes that is the main focus of this product, to put it simply......It reads the METAR and places clouds according to the data, weather fronts will be properly displayed in the distance...

The thing is, people try to argue semantics using their own, subjective dictionaries. It's silly. It's a colloquial term, created by us, the simming community, to distinguish between very complex and those less complex addons. More or less, the general consensus can be made between the simmers of what is and what isn't a "study sim", but there will be obviously some differences here and there. What I find crazy though, is that looking at some posts in this thread, NOTHING is a study sim, and nothing EVER will be. If you are looking for 1:1 simulation, then go ahead and pay $550/hr for a Boeing simulator and then you will have an actual experience. PMGD is regarded as study sim by the majoriy of the community, and yet it's missing quite a lot of features of the real thing. Maybe some people should just accept it's a game, and that "study sim" means something different in PC simulation games than they think it means. So tl;dr (as some people seem to get lost in posts): "Study sim" is a term colloquially used by specific community, which isn't to be taken literally. It has its own meaning given by that community. While everyone has right to their own opinion, arguing with semantics widely spread in the community is rather silly. Cheers.

Boeing 737-236/Adv, reg. G-BGDJ, above Swiss Alps during British Airways' advertisement photo shoot in 1993.