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Hi Oliver, the T/C is calculated when you press the EXEC button - and then it remains static, even if the airplane climbs much better (or worse) than expected. It is rare to reach the top of climb at exactly the precalculated point in the real airplane. Whenever you do a recalculation (like flying direct to a waypoint, entering a new climb speed, etc.) that requires you to hit the EXEC button, the T/C will be recalculated. In the real plane the T/C symbol will also disappear as you fly past it, this does not happen (yet) on our model. Cheers Jan

Thanks for the info - the PROGRESS page is pretty much a work in progress and will be improved and finalized in a future FMS overhaul. Cheers, Jan

The flight dynamics for the 733 is not correct also due to the changes that came with X-Plane 11. So that will also make you reach T/C earlier when using XP11.

The T/C is an estimation based on no winds, standard temperatures. Under these scenarios you will reach T/C quite sooner than anticipated: -Having colder temperatures than standard (more climb ratio) -Having head wind component (moving upwards not forward as much as expected relative to the ground/distance) As per your screen capture it seems you have been experiencing quite strong head wind components. Look at your GS is quite low actually. When having head wind airspeed will look the same, but the aircraft is actually not moving forward that much in relation to distance traveled TC/ground. The aircraft is basically climbing but not moving forward that much as expected during planning.

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

Progress...

Mornings are definitely no good time to fly into Dubai... Some planes have been in that holding pattern for over 40 minutes!!