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That is right, I have changed that - so that it stays nice and comfy in the plane... Cheers, Jan

No worries - it was just funny because everyone is always asking for wingflex and you said that you already had it before. Loved that!

You selected the 18.5K derate...

Can you post a Log.txt, please?

It doesn´t? Something must have gone wrong with the update!

Oh, one more thing - when you do a video like that, you can always "push forward really quick" one of your thrust levers while taxiing out to the runway (with everything set for departure). Just a quick jab won´t really accelerate the engines, but the horn would sound right away. Cheers, Jan

Thanks, Manuel! I mentioned this in my "preview video" as well, found in the first post of this thread. Did you watch that, Stratosfeerick? Cheers, Jan

Moin Till, To get rolling you will normally not need to add thrust - that is the way it is in the real aircraft, and also was that way before in our aircraft (depending on slope/weight). The "ballpark pitch+power" values for a 45t aircraft on a 3 degree glideslope at Vref+5 are: Flaps 30: 53%N1 and 3 deg nose up Flaps 40: 63%N1 and 1 deg nose up This is what I get on my computer. Are you using X-Plane 11 and the "experimental flight model ON"? Viele Grüße, Jan

Yep - and us disabling the TOWS is also not a good option: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spanair_Flight_5022 But I will check the code again with Tom and put in a little bit of "leeway" for the lever to be at zero. A lot of the controls on a joystick axis will not "jump" to the setting of that control unless it is moved in X-Plane. So it could be that - if you never thouch that knob - the position of the lever remained at "0" for the first takeoff. Only after using this lever during flght, the speedbrake maybe retracted to 0.0001... You can also doublecheck in the "DATA OUT" setting for flight controls in X-Plane to see if your axis is really commanding 0, or only close to it. Cheers, Jan

Guten Tag, I am sad that you are upset! If you want us to help you (or at least find out what is wrong) please follow this protocol: Viele Gruesse, Jan

Hi Seamaster, thanks for letting us know! We will try to replicate this crash - if this happens to you another time, please attach the Log.txt to your post, that makes it easier for us to track this down! Thanks a lot, Jan

Hmm, ok - or maybe you heard another (AI) aircraft taxiing by? The ones with FMOD support can now be heard outside, caught me off guard a few times . Cheers, Jan

Thanks for reporting back, Denn. This may prove very valuable for other people with the same problem (I know there was at least one other customer...) Happy flying, Jan

Ah, thanks for the headsup. I remember we had that problem before. Solution is to make one manually, but it should be in the installer, of course! Then again...maybe including it would overwrite everyone´s stored routes? Cheers, Jan

Not sure what you exactly mean. We have not changed anything with the sounds at all. If I choose "ready to fly" and then choose "cold and dark" I hear exactly nothing at all. Cheers, Jan

Output (DATA OUTPUT option in X-Plane) your thrust and your brake setting to screen (little green numbers). Then show us a screenshot of when you try to taxi out... Jan

Roger, lets get some more input - and I agree, the "totally unobstructed view" is probably not very realistic . Cheers, Jan

Was thinking...did you at some point install or apply a mod/tweak that changed the streetlights? There was a fairly popular mod out that tweaked these artref values to make them more bright or extend the range or such... I believe that this may cause our "lit" textures to become dim. Cheers, Jan

Oh, look at this video I made a while back - engine just spinning with the wind... FanMilling.zip

Hi Dave, Yes, the view is like that from the rear, not dependent on the angle. I ment that we are not going to add angle-dependency in the future. It would not be hard for Tom to make the N1 disk opaque from the back as well. I personally have no preference, I haven´t looked through spinning CFM65s from the rear to really form a solid opinon. The way it is now seems plausible to me, but if we get more feedback on this...sure, we could change it. I will try to get some glimpses through the engines of our A320s when I go back to work, they are not that different. Maybe there is also a youtube video that one can find to prove (or disprove) your point? Cheers, Jan

Yes, this could be the problem - although I never heard that a file in our installer causes objection by Windows Defender.

Hi Sdwr87, I totally know the feeling of "when all things don´t go as expected"...so no worries. I hope very much that we are not far away from the stable 20.xx version, Ben is working his *ss of to get to the bottom of the remaining quirk(s). A lot of users are really good about reporting bugs, posting detailed explanation and attaching the Log.txt. But we had so many frustrating queries with not much to go on for us... Rest assured - your and our ultimate goal is congruent: Having a high-performant and stable Gizmo version without any on-screen interjection for the customer. Cheers, Jan

In the real plane this depends on the angle you are viewing - the blades are "slanted", so if you look from a slanted angle you can see through the "N1 rotor disk". Add the effect of something moving too fast to see and I think this is not so far from realistic. It is a bit like a spinning propeller - you can see it really well when the engine is stopped, but you can´t see it at all when it is spinning really fast. We will not model the opacity of the spinning fan blades dependent on obliqueness of viewing angle. Cheers, Jan

It is difficult to help you, because (at least this) seems to work for everyone else and you are not providing much detail about your problem. What would you tell me if I ask you "Help, I can not fly this plane. Can you help me? " Possible reasons: Wrong ICAO code. Airport does not exist in your nav database. If you could show us some screenshots (or even better a video) of what you are trying, it would help! Another solution is to try and find help on a local language forum if you are having trouble with english. Last but not least, you can watch my tutorial videos here: https://forums.x-pilot.com/forums/topic/10746-training-videos/ Maybe they can give you a hint of what you are doing wrong. Cheers, Jan

Thanks a lot for the nice words, Carl!