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For all you nosegear-door lovers out there: And for all the night-owls: Cheers, Jan

XP10 as well, I believe. Jan

Drive generator temperatures have been slated for improvement for a while now - not sure when we will get to that. Known issue, but thanks for reporting it anyway! Cheers, Jan

Airline pilots are pretty much the same...

It is hard to understand pilot's intentions especially with limited capabilities of scripting. That's why I want to clarify the trigger logic of announcements. Most of the announcements are played with random delays for better realism. Script also prevents playing several announcements layered. Most of inflight announcements require properly setup pressurization: flight level and destination airport elevation. "Welcome on board" is played when cargo doors are closed (no cabin doors in IXEG 737 yet) and seat belt sign is turned on. "Doors on automatic" is played when anti collision light is turned on. "Safety instructions" are played as soon as you start pushing or starting engines or taxing. "Prepare to takeoff" is played when you turn on landing lights. "Seat belts on" and "seat belts off" are played inflight when you turn them on and off (that simple). "Drinks and meals" is played just before you reach cruise altitude. "Start of descend" is played when you are 1000 ft below your cruise altitude. "Before landing" is played when you pass 4000 ft altitude for destination airport or extract gear or set flaps 10 or more. "Landing command" is played when you pass 3000 ft altitude for destination airport or set flaps 30 or more. "Arrival (after landing)" is played when ground speed is bellow 40 kts. "Doors on manual" is played when engines turned off, parking brake set. Any advice or suggestions are welcome.

The inner nose gear door is of utmost importance to the whole IXEG team, and especially to me. It is without argument probably the most pivotal area of the whole airplane - and we had to hold off until now to really texture it well and do it justice. Thanks for your patience! I have spent way too many minutes lingering near the inner nosegear door during my outside checks... one time the First Officer came down to look if anything was wrong, just to find me staring at the inner nosegear door with that dreamy smile on my face. Needless to say, we left late that flight. He also stood, admiring the beauty of it, until the ramp agent walked over to ask if we could finally get going. After we explained sheepishly, he couldn´t help but see our point, so the three of us stood and stared for a few more minutes. I later asked my employer if I could go ahead and launch my own (pay to visit!) website of "www.nosegeardoorsinside.xxx.com", with some really juicy pictures of that looker of a nosegeardoor, but they said no . I am happy that someone else is sharing my affection with this - often overlooked - very special area of the aircraft. Jan PS: I can´t believe that the 737.org is not even featuring a section about the nosegear doors!! Slackers!

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