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Can I get a invite for the hot start discord
stefans85 replied to mike10's topic in General Discussion
That is the link I could get. It's valid 7 days: https://discord.gg/S74jmTD9 Maybe a mod of the server might create an link which is not timing out? -
Any chance to get back those egg clockwork in the cockpit?
stefans85 replied to stefans85's topic in General Discussion
Oh OK. Where to open them? I haven't a IXEG menu at the menu bar? Edit. Nevermind I found it: calling ground crew. Many thanks :-) -
Hey guys, in the real 737 classic the APU is fed from left tank via an DC pump. To lower maintenance on it we switched on an AC fuel pump so the pressure triggered the DC pump to go off. If there was an imbalance we could switch on an right hand AC pump and opened cross feed valve so it drains from right fuel tank. The fuel feed system does not simulate this as it even drains from left tank. Not yet simulated? Are fuel feed lines simulated at all? Kind regards Stefan
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Hey guys. My arm is coming out of plaster tomorrow and I like to fly the plus version. But as it is years ago where I flew the IXEG last time I have some qustions: 1. Is ground service bus simulated? On the real 737 you have a switch on the 1L cabin light you can switch and hold while another switches off the GPU from cockpit so only cabin is lightened. The only thing working in cockpit is the dome light. But cleaning crew can make the work. Is this simulated? 2. I don't remember if this was in the original IXEG but is real time refueling simulated? 3. Is there an EFB for navigraph to minimize paper work? 4. Is there a weather radar? Years ago we prepared the aircraft for the cockpit crew, init the IRS, made coffee and oh... 5. Is the coffee machine simulated? 6. Do the brakes suffer brake fading because of temperatures? 7. Oh and is the hydraulic system simulated realistically? We regularily pumped hyd fluid from L to R or vice versa following the procedures. The PMDG 737 won hyd fluids out of nowhere so it is not a real simulation of the cycle which I was really not amused of. Can't wait until flying again this lady.
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Hey guys, just wanted to say thanks for this fair and impressive offer to upgrade to new XP12 version with cool new features. Other developers are not so customer-friendly. My right arm is broken and in plaster but looking forward to fly this wonderful bird again. Have worked on the 735 for LH Technik back in 2003 so my heart is on this lady. Keep going!
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When in RTO mode the autobrake disarm's itself when you manually brake. It's a new bug with 1.0.4 The autobrake should only get in disarm state when it is active and you brake manually. To reproduce: Just do you preflight stuff, roll to a runway and brake when autobrake in RTO i.e. to hold on a taxiway. Before takeoff you have to switch it to off and then RTO again to be active for a aborted t-o.
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How to make a kiss landing like Jan
stefans85 replied to cmbaviator's topic in Flight Procedures and Techniques
I rounded the values a bit. Before flare you won't trim right. But at 200ft you have plenty room and can make it. -
I have to correct myself. Only the later 500 (and all NG were I worked on) has had this DC pump. The 300 and 400 models does not have an DC pump and the AC pump is required to have enough fuel in the lane. But you won't connect a GPU when you're on an small airport. You'll start the APU right way and see.
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How to quickly change altitude in VNav approach?
stefans85 replied to kneighbour's topic in Flight Procedures and Techniques
Indeed. Normally you get speed constraints or get adviced to not descent this fast and you increase the throttle (in VNAV descent or FLCH it is in thrust hold with AT in sleep state) a bit so you mostly are in flight change or even VS mode. On most flights I was inside cockpit they began descent with VS -1000fpm to get the engines to idle slowly to extend their life a bit and switched then to Flight Change. VNAV is used pretty rare in europe especially on busy airports I was said. Some years ago I was on jumpseat on a night flight on a 757 with only some cargo and parcels and no passengers. The captain asked for landing (way above G/S because late descent). Tower "You're pretty high" "We'll made it". Engines Idle, Spoiler deployed -3800fpm and gear out and flaps on shedule. We descended until some seconds after radio altimeter come to life with -3800 on VS. -
APU Cooldown Time?
stefans85 replied to Marder1986's topic in 737-300 Aircraft Systems and Operation
1 Minute running with no air in use to extend lifetime (but elec is OK). -
How real are the systems of the Jetstream?
stefans85 replied to stefans85's topic in General Discussion
Yes maybe we system guys are only 0,01%. But hey... I asked, got an answer and didn't buy it. That's the free market. I love the IXEG and when PMDG releases it's DC6 I'm going to trash my FSX I think. -
How to make a kiss landing like Jan
stefans85 replied to cmbaviator's topic in Flight Procedures and Techniques
Your landing looks good but: your speed was at VREF+5 I think. Don't let it go unter VREF+5 on final. It can be more, but not slower (because of some wind change). I'll target at VREF+10 normally. Also you were too high over threshold (100ft so double as high as you should have been) and you ditch down the nose at <100ft. Don't do that! The Pax would be screaming. Trim down a bit for let's say 1second at 200ft and "hold the plane on the yoke" so you can counteract the ground effect and winds on short final. Saw it on a maintenance flight and love it in the sim since then. -
How to make a kiss landing like Jan
stefans85 replied to cmbaviator's topic in Flight Procedures and Techniques
What I meant is the real rate. Even 150fpm are pretty hard on a 737 because of the much lesser suspension travelrange when comparing to i.e. A320 while it's ok on a A320. A smooth landing has a real rate of let's say 50-100fpm. That's atleast what I feel when flying up in front. 150+ are firm landings and anything above 500fpm is pretty hard. I don't know the real value but 800+ fpm on touchdown and you get printed a hard landing sheet and the technical guy's will check the pressure bulkhead. I know an Air Berlin landing where a panel on the wing came up. One word about smooth landings: You don't want to be as smooth as possible but safe! First if there's crosswind you won't flare too much. Also you won't miss the touchdown zone. But if the safe landing is also smooth, it's ok. -
How real are the systems of the Jetstream?
stefans85 replied to stefans85's topic in General Discussion
Thanks for your answer. So no other plane of the complexity like the IXEG -
That's the prcedure done with GE engines on 747. The RR enginges are started outboard-inboard 2 at same time while the P&W engines needed to be started one by one normalle 3-4-2-1. The APU of the classic might be able to start the engines but you'll barely come to 25+% N2 so you risk a hot start as Jan said. Normally you'd inject fuel at 26 or more N2 or when the N2 doesn't rise anymore.
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How to make a kiss landing like Jan
stefans85 replied to cmbaviator's topic in Flight Procedures and Techniques
The VSI is a iVSI and does not show current vertical speed but with a delay of about 2-3seconds. A 200fps touchdown will be a very hard one. Normally you are at about 50fpm on touchdown. You should begin to flare at 20feet and use your "popo meter". It is also harder to land on a slope up runway than on slope down. -
The APU has it's own DC fuel pump which get's in a sleep mode after you enable the AC pump. Normally no crew would jump into a C&D cockpit. The maintenance crew will power up the aircraft, make the first coffee and sometimes align the IRU for you. Then the aircraft is handled from one crew to the other in the powered state. The DC pump is pretty nasty to change on failure so you won't use it and use AC pump's instead to length it's livetime. You can also (currently not possible in IXEG) switch on right AC pump and open crossfeed valvue to balance fuel. Normally it is not neccecary as the scavange pump should pump fuel from center to left fuel bay after switching off center fuel pumps.
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Real world fueling question (Southwest)
stefans85 replied to leinsters's topic in Flight Procedures and Techniques
In europe you have expensive fuel prices on the isles so mostly you'll fill up for the backflight but rarely on short flights or within cities. -
SOP: - Navigation light on all times if crew is on board and aircraft powered - Logolights on when applicable (dark) and <10.000 feet - Turn on Anti collision as a warning for ground personell before spooling engines - Taxi light on all times when taxiing and switching off before turnin into parking position (thats nice for the ground persons) - Runway Turnoff everytime when needed (dark and not an apron where you don't have airport lights) - Strobe and Landinglight on before starting takeoff roll (doing lights and chronometer to run the same time while wating for spoolup to 40% N1) Do NOT use turnoff and landing light the same time for more than 5 minutes or you'll light up the bulbs. - Turn off Taxi light after gear up - Switch off all lights but strobe, nav and collision when reaching 10.000 feet. Wheel well is used only for ground check or by maintenance personell. The outboard landing lights are only used at night.
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questions regarding initial climb
stefans85 replied to cmbaviator's topic in Flight Procedures and Techniques
It's 800 AGL not 1500. -
Yes I like it too. Great done guy's! I like the steam gauges. Now only the overhead needs to have inverted switch knob's and I can simulate a real lufthansa flight.
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APU EGT influencing factors?
stefans85 replied to daemotron's topic in 737-300 Aircraft Systems and Operation
That's right. The EGT rises when air is consumed. That's why we are adviced to wait 1 min with elec on before activating bleed air especially on cold day's.- 5 replies
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Hello there, I came along the BAe Jetstream and am thinking to buy it. Unfortunately I am very disappointed with the system simulation of the CRJ 200 so I am afraid the product do not satisfy my personell requirements. It is stated the pressurisation system is modelled and the air conditioning. What's with hyd's fuel, IRS? Aren't they simulated or just a simple logic like the CRJ 200 has? Is the product of a system sim level like PMDG, Majestics or IXEG products are? My main point is system simulation and not easyness. Thanks in advance, Stefan PS: It would be really good if X-Aviation would have a trial for addons like flight1 has so you can give back products.