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Looking at Plane Maker values tells you nothing. We use custom programming and source code that you cannot see at all.

Don't know if they are semi accurate - just a two rules of thumb I picked up If you set V/S in feet/min to be about 5 times your ground speed in knots (half the number and add a zero) you'll get an fairly nice 3 (2.8) degree descend and you more or less keep your speed when clean and idle. (e.g. if you're doing 240 knots GS select ~1200ft/m ) for each 1000 feet you want to descend you need about 3.3 miles of space with that 3 degree descend mentioned above, i.e if you need to cross a fix at 10000 and are at 30000, you need to start your descend about 66 miles out - allow some extra miles for slowing down if you need to meet speed restrictions. (feet in 1000s multiply by 3 and add 10%) I use these as guidelines to check what VNAV wants to do and plan longer descends, and for shorter legs I use 1) as starting point for my v/s and adjust according to the "green banana".

Just a quick note about the update to XP11. The update is done, but as with most add ons, some final testing remains to be done. Just last night, I got some feedback that the aircraft is oscillating at higher altitudes under autopilot control, so that will need to be looked at. This shouldn't take very long. Some small details will always be looked at prior to release, because we want it to be as complete, and bug free as possible. I'm working on it today (Christmas Eve), and I'll try to get it all done and dusted as quickly as I can. Hopefully today. All that is left, as far as we can tell, are flight model adjustments (if there are any more after this autopilot oscillation issue). I was also working on the glass yesterday, trying to get it looking more "PBR"ish. Took a few tries, but I got it to how I wanted it. Old XP10 glass was looking very frosty in XP11, and it had to be fixed. That's all for now. I'll do what I can to get the flight model fixed before tonight. Then Cameron will get it out to you all as soon as he can, so we can move forward onto the DC3 and Saab V2. Here's a few screen grabs of the cockpit showing the new glass

The light values for the landing and taxi lights are accessible in Planemaker, and you can increase and tweak them to your hearts content, I think. The engine values are a custom calculation that we do - the planemaker values have little to do with the thrust output. Jan

I hate it when that happens. Merry Christmas.

Lol, and your Captain did not hit you on the head with the weight-control folder???

Trust me, if you fly real passengers around you sometimes start wishing for a plane that has no doors! Cheers, Jan