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The variants I refer to are the "panel variants", not the prop; however, If you consider the 4/5-blade options, then there are actually 6 variants (3 panels x 2 prop options) and indeed their are 6 *.acf files.......or 8 if you include the GTN-750 equipped one for Windows only owners (developed after the official release). That's one of the things dragging this out a bit...each one have their own differing set of support files and of course sound files. Quality control is quite something. anyhow, the panel variants are 1) OEM Radio panel 2) Garmin GNS/GPS Radio Panel 3) Garmin G600 PFD/MDF with GNS/GPS Radio Stack. Note the 3rd option is only available for owners of the Real Sim Gear G500 /600 product from X-Aviation. Below is a screnshot from the docs regarding the panel/prop variants.

Another update. Though its been quiet here, it is still very much full speed on my end. There simply is a lot of infrastructure work and double-checks to get ready for release. One of the things I'm doing is moving the documentation to be browser based. That was a bit of a last minute decision but one I think will pay dividends moving forward. This makes the documentation searchable and navigated much more quickly and in addition, much easier to update and read IMO. I also forsee the need to facilitate tutorials and such and this format will allow the addition of such material to be added more quickly and presented more effectively. This infrastructure will also serve as a foundation for similar documentation efforts we plan to bring to the ixeg 737. We should be able to publish the docs to PDF also for those that desire such. The paint kit is also complete, which required its fair share of prep and documentation also. The documentation will probably drag on another day or two. At this stage, its looking like early June release. I will say I'm disappointed its not in the 3 week time span I had hoped and predicted, but not disappointed with why...because I simply want to refine lots of little things to ensure its a first class simming experience and its coming along very well. -tkyler

for the record.....I am absolutely willing and anxious to look at popular 3rd party products and integration with such; however, only after I get everything working smooth with default X-Plane first. So any love for these 3rd party add-ons will have to wait until after release. The G500/600 received a little extra love because a lot of MU2s have these nowadays and the integration was discussed early in the MU2 rework with the G500/600 developer. The weather radar specifically is a bit of a odd duck at the moment in that we are close to transitioning to XP12 with its completely new weather engine and possibly new weather radar....so the weather radar is not getting any love at this instant and will initially ship with default XP11 weather radar. I want a properly functioning "old school" radar for sure, but am currently in a 'wait and see' with XP12 being around the corner. I do not have visual 3D icing effects yet but intend to. I'm reluctant to quickly toss on 'stacking show/hide polygons' to simulate 3D ice buildup as I think its a bit cheesy. For myself, given the choice of "do nothing" vs. "do something, but it looks kind of cheesy to me", I'd rather do nothing until I can do it to what I feel is a quality implementation. As far as whats "planned", all I can say is "everything I can"....in due time. The Moo is really a labor of love and I have quite a long list of extras I want to add to it once this new foundation is in. Right now its 10 things at once leading up to release, but afterwards, I can begin developing high quality extra features that will really improve the Moo experience. 2022 is basically slated for IXEG and Moo improvements. -tkyler

Certainly once we get all the 3D assets converted to the new workflow, a cargo variant would not be terribly difficult. We'll put this on the wish list. -tkyler