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Hello all. Those who have followed know that the IXEG 737 develoment has been stagnant for a long time while I've worked on my MU-2 project and stabilize it after the release. That stabilization phase is nearly done. XP12 is imminent and I'll be porting the MU2 to XP12 beginning next week...and it should not be terribly long (I hope). After that, the 733 will move back into rotation as the primary focus of development with the port to v12 being the first priority. The IXEG is minimally operable in V12, but that's all we can say. We obviously had to make it baseline flyable in order to test/develop it with all the XP12 changes, which have yet to be addressed. As such, our official position for those who wish to try the V11 IXEG in V12 is "VFR joyriding only". I expect we'll set up a 'volunteer forum' where folks can give feedback as to their V12 observations as its better to have more eyes on this stuff; however, we request that nobody report any shortcomings of the V11 733 in V12. We are keenly aware of a lot of things that have to be changed....so we'll want to wait until we believe we've caught all we can find before other folks chime in; otherwise we'll end up with a massive stack of the same reports. So, certainly keep XP11 around if you wish to fly the IXEG seriously until we get it ported over. I've always kept "old version / new versions" side by side on my computer for these transitions. Long-time XP users know that after a major release to X-Plane, there is an inevitable debug period that goes on for some time, though many other devs have begun already, we're behind. ....but nice to have the process underway.....Below screenshot shows what the cockpit looks like in V12 daytime. -TomK

I have not officially begun to test / port the MU-2 to X-Plane 12; HOWEVER, I have been testing it regularly in X-Plane 12 and the good news is that it seems at first glance....to be mostly functional....FOR.....daytime flight. I say this because the biggest change in X-Plane 12 is the new atmospheric and lighting engine..and this requires new "directive commands" for lighting that were not present in X-Plane 11. The nightlighting is practically non-existent until I make the required changes. Also I have to make some notable changes to take advantage of the rain effects....so the V11 version "in V12" will not have the new windshield effects. So....daytime and dry seems to be mostly OK using the V11 version in V12. I know there are some turbine engine changes also I have yet to test...so unsure what their effect will be. The plan is to get the next release patch, 2.0.3 out for V11 (relatively imminent), and then begin the official port / testing process for V12. Probably will begin the work next Monday. I do not expect it to be terribly long. Chances are XP12 will go through some growing pains anyhow and I'll be right there alongside the process testing/tweaking the Moo. Experienced XP users should know to keep their XP11 versions around until they're fully happy with V12. Here's a few screenshots of the Moo in V12. Not terribly bad, but I may tweak it after I get going. Things tend to look a little bit shinier in V12...but also brighter, which is good.

Thx Pils, that's a good list, will definitely give those procedures a try..

I don’t know if we can say when but it is on the plan.

On business jets, you will typically climb and descend at a specific speed schedule. Example, 250/300/M0.78 means you start your climb at constant 250 KIAS until reaching 10000 ft (speed limited to 250 KIAS below 10000 ft), then pitch nose down to accelerate to 300 KIAS, then hold 300 KIAS until you reach the crossover altitude where 300 KIAS matches Mach 0.78 (high 20s, low 30s altitude, depending on the speed pair). At that point, you toggle to Mach hold and climb a constant Mach to your cruise altitude. You can achieve this by using the FLCH (Flight Level Change), which should hold you selected speed using pitch at whatever thrust setting you have set (typically you would set CL (Climb) thrust. Descent is the same, but in reverse (0.78/300/250)