MartinJ

Hi, thank you for your reply. That is exactly where I expected to OBS label to be. However the functionality seems to be missing in the TBM (field is empty). The SUSP labels appears at that spot when you expect it to but after pressing the corresponding soft key the field is just empty. Is that a bug? Take care, Martin

Hi, first of all thank you for this great aircraft. I have a quick question for you: how can I activate OBS mode to temporarily disable automatic flight plan sequencing? Thank you. Take care, Martin

Hi Jad, happy new year to you too and thanks for your comment. It's a little funny that you mention SSW because I actually was one of their beta testers back then. When SSW came up with their first screenshots I was already working on my own freeware A306/A310 project for FS9 along with some friends. Our group was called HNAC and if you are old enough you might remember the awesome A306 panel which was created by Simon Toppmann. Anyway SSW had a great interior model (I still remember some of their great renderings) but was lacking an appropriate exterior model. So they eventually bought our model and added some slight improvements. However this is all a thing of the past - SSW as well as HNAC don't exist anymore. Just my little hobby project is still alive, although the overall pace is admittedly slow. Take care, Martin

Modeling and texturing of the overhead panel: done.

Thanks for your interest in my project. As you can see from the screenshots the project is still in a very early phase. The priority at the moment is getting the modelling of the 3D cockpit ready, so any decisions regarding dates or eye candies haven't even made it on my list yet.

I'm glad you like it. Parenthood is awesome actually, thanks for asking. And thanks to German law I'm at home for the next 4 months (paid ) to raise my daughter while my wife returns to her former job.

Thanks and "Besten Dank"!

Work in progress...

Hi WR269, you're absolutely right. The A310 is equipped with an alpha-floor-protection and also some other means of overstress protection such as a thrust limit protection. When I read 'Airbus fbw laws' I was thinking of features such as constant pitch and constant role, which don't apply to the classic Airbus fleet. Cheers, Martin

Hi boeingair, the A310 as well as the various A300 types aren't equipped with fly-by-wire or any form of flight-envelopement-protection. Instead they offer a classic hydro-mechanical linkage between the flight controls and the control surfaces. Fly-by-wire was first introduced with the A320 although there has been an A300 equipped with sidesticks which Airbus used as flying testbed. Take care, Martin

Thank you guys for your kind words. Fortunately my daughter is a good sleeper so after putting her to bed and spending the rest of the evening with my wife there's a daily slot of maybe 1 to 1,5 hours to work on the Airbus before I finally go to bed. There're already a few more panels ready since my last post so stay tuned for some more screenshots.

Sorry for the delayed answer. The project is definitely not dead it's just progressing at a slower pace at the moment. The reason for that is my newly born daughter who takes up nearly all of my and my wife's time. For those of you still interested in the project I attached a picture showing the current status of the overhead panel. Please feel free to leave a comment if you like. Take care Martin

First of all I want to thank IXEG for their beautiful 733. One thing I noticed on my first couple of flights is that the cockpit viewpoint has a slight offset to the left. So in order to look straight onto the control column I need to laterally shift my point of view a little bit to the right. Is it supposed to be like that or did I miss something? Thanks Martin

Hi, thank you for the update. I uninstalled both SMP and RWC and did a fresh install of SMP v3.2. After restarting X-Plane I noticed that there is still a SMP entry in the settings menu while the RWC entry disappeared which keeps me wondering if RWC installed correctly. Is there an easy way to check the installation?

Thanks for your interest in my project and sorry for the slightly delayed answer. There has been some good progress - mostly coding. That's why no new screenshots at the moment. The elec system is done, as is the fuel system. The apu system is next in line but will have to wait a few more weeks as I'm currently taking a little break from the project.

@Brad: Thanks for the tip! I'll definitely try this approach next time. Should be fun flying it with the Saab. Garmin's VNAV isn't actually VNAV but a so called advisory vertical guidance. See this page for more information. As far as I can tell X-Plane's LNAV+V mode works very good. When LNAV+V becomes active and your CDI is coupled to your GNS you should see your glide slope needle starts moving and you can follow your glide path and course just like you would do with an ordinary ILS approach. If this doesn't work you are welcome to tell me which approach you are trying and we'll figure out why it's not working. @Jim: What would be nice to have is the vertical guidance being displayed on the PFD as well as the possibility to follow the vertical guidance with the AP approach mode once LNAV+V becomes active. It's basically like flying an ILS approach but with the difference that the lateral and vertical path comes from the GNS.

Hi Jim, I can highly recommend Palm Springs' (KPSP) RNAV RWY 31L approach.

Hi, as we all know X-Plane's GNS 430/530 supports LNAV+V approaches. However when flying such an approach with the Saab there's no indication of the vertical path. Am I missing something or is the Saab not capable of indicating the vertical guidance provided by the GNS? Kind regards Martin

That's indeed great news. Thank you very much Jim and I'm looking forward to getting the update.

Thanks for the info Jim. When you're dealing with the issue please keep in mind that although it's almost 99% the right throttle which is affected there're a few situations when the left throttle jumps to full reverse. It's been just yesterday that I observed such a situation. Even though I can't reproduce it I thought it's worth mentioning...

Thanks for the info Jim. Sounds like you're making some good progress. Any news on why this issue happens?

Thank you Matthijs!

That's great news. Thanks for your efforts.

Would you mind sharing your file with the community?

Correct. By the way I'm currently flying the Saab in X-Plane. It is such a great plane! I may add that the right engine must be running. The status of the left engine is irrelevant.