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Honestly..I feel like I've reached flight sim nirvana with XP11 VR. It is like completely rediscovering simming. I mean, I have dozens of planes and helicopters I just want to go fly because of this. Tonight, I got hung up on just two. With the caveat that not all things are working in the cockpits..but just getting the engines running and _flying_ is so, so good. I just can't stop going "whoa.."... The JRollon T-34C..a pretty old plane..but it looks fantastic in VR. Lots of smudges, scratches, and dirt on the canopy..and the whirling prop arc out front makes it really feel like a beast. And you can even slide into the rear cockpit. I tooled around the Mt. Hood area. Despite the high tree density, my FPS was fantastic. A hiccup or two here when loading new areas..but for the most part just fluid flying around some gorgeous scenery. So I did some rolls, a loop, then flew along inverted for a while...and darned if my engine didn't quit. I was at about 11,000'...and it was a flurry of hoping stuff would work. Condition lever to cut-off, prop forward, starter engage, hope for 12% or so, condition lever forward...a bit of a warmish start..but we are flying again.. Just insanely fun.. Picked out a little dirt strip to land at... Did some more flying...I tried Boeing Field, and that had too many objects. I stuck with it..and just didn't move my head for about ten seconds and everything loaded..if I moved my head to fast, objects would have to load and I'd get judder. But after taking off..and as more and more objects faded away behind me..things settled out. Not the best feeling for someone that might be prone to VR sickness..but it didn't bother me. I still haven't tired that plug-in above that limits or dials back objects to maintain a minimum FPS. With a little bit of VR compatibility tweaking (getting buttons and some knobs to work)..the T-34C could have a long X-Plane life ahead. Or at the minimum, some sort of mouse pointer will solve many of these problems... Anyway..I'm just bouncing off the walls here with excitiment. Yeah..there are challenges ahead (clouds, FPS with weather, etc..)..but man it is fun stuff. BeachAV8R

Yes, I know that many other planes have things that make it more "convenient" and "easier" for the user to fly the plane. For us it is still a design choice to not make our plane easier to fly than the real aircraft. I am sure that real pilots would love to have "pop-out" instruments that they could suspend in front of them mid-air...but they haven´t invented those yet. You have to constantly glance up and down and going from instrument flight to visual flight with a low ceiling/visibility is a skill that needs to be trained and honed. I am aware that it is a bit harder in a desktop simulator to "look around" - and thats a reason why we have the "mini-pop-up" when changing a setting on the EFIS control panel. I would also like to have some functionality that simulates a second person in the cockpit, because flying the 737 alone is a challenge. We will add some options to sync the altimeter setting, DH settings and speed bugs, for example. I also know that resolution of a typical computer screen (1920x1080) is not really helpful when reading small info on your instrument - but hardware is on the way of "curing" all those limitations (4K displays, VR). I find it not difficult at all to find a seat position that allows me to see all relevant instruments during approach. I am certain that the designers of the other aircraft have their reasons for adding features and I won´t say that that is wrong at all - it´s just that you guys are stuck with a purist like me when flying the IXEG 737 and will have to learn to cope "the real way". Sorry Cheers, Jan

I don´t have the FF320, but what I have seen in the videos is absolutely amazing. I fly the A320 family in real life (for 5 years now) and I haven´t seen anything "wrong" in those videos. I can´t comment on the flight-model, but it is certainly a day-one-buy for me! Thanks for the kind words about our 737 - I can assure you that work is ongoing. Just yesterday we have fixed a bug about the pressurization - now it won´t be possible to pressurize the aircraft if any of the cargo doors is open. And of course - if a cargo door pops open in flight (failure simulation some day...) -> rapid decompression. Also fixed the cargo door compartment only being lit if the ground service bus is carrying power... Cheers, Jan

Does this mean that IXEG team categorizes "Cockpit builder" community as not interesting customer target, and that nothing will be done concerning the possibility to have instruments on external screen? Not interested in becoming the new/better alternative to ProSim and Co? Cheers Sylvain

This project is at full... throttles!

Create a coroute folder in the main aircraft folder for IXEG.

I should of asked this question three months ago. I've been trying to save flights with no success. Thanks Sir for the information

I could - but I don´t want to to. I stand by the credo of "letting users experience what it is to fly a real 737". Mini-EHSI-popups are not part of that. Jan

the actual FM that zibo is using is by far the worst.

Yes, I totally agree with @foobar The IXEG is the best aircraft add-on for X-Plane, the level of details is amazing and the flight simulation is at the top. In my opinion there isn't any comparison with the others good add-on like A320 JAR, A320FF or B737-800 Zibo mod.. I wish to the IXEG team long life and good news about their wonderful project. I will wait with a lot of patience the next patch, hoping to have also the doors opening....

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