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Hi Annick, the TOGA command is the regular, default X-Plane command TOGA. So there is no special ixeg custom command for that. Let me know how that goes! Cheers, Jan

Hi Annick, hmm, assuming that the plane runs fine (so we can safely say that the install went ok), just type ixeg into the search window after you click the "edit" button on the joystick button you want to edit. That should bring up the menu of all available ixeg commands. This is what it looks like on my screen: Hope this helps, Jan

Yes, there is quite a difference between the FMS version we model and the later (current) versions. As RNAV and RNP has gained importance, so has the ability to enter "weird" coordinates. As I said, it was possible to do so in our version as well - but you had to create a temporary waypoint (with 5 characters length) to use it in the FMS. Some pilots would enter "HOME" and then the coordinates of their house, just for kicks, for example. There is also an intricate system to enter straigth (full degrees) coordinates in the way you are trying to do, Ian. But we don´t model that. You can only enter waypoints that are published in the AIRAC. You can check the fix.dat file for available fixes, here is a snippet: 48.000000000 -10.000000000 4810N ENRT EG 48.000000000 -15.000000000 4815N ENRT EG 48.000000000 -20.000000000 4820N ENRT EG 48.000000000 -25.000000000 4825N ENRT EG 48.000000000 -30.000000000 4830N ENRT EG 49.000000000 -9.000000000 4909N ENRT EG 49.000000000 -14.000000000 4914N ENRT EG 49.000000000 -15.000000000 4915N ENRT EG 49.000000000 -20.000000000 4920N ENRT EG 49.000000000 -25.000000000 4925N ENRT EG Cheers, Jan

You "CAN" add more fuel in flight - but its a bit of a hack: During flight, go to the "preflight" menu, pick the option "ready to fly" and then set the fuel level according to your taste. Hit "apply and reset". You will now be at the altitude and speed and position you left of, with these ramifications: 1.) Gear will be down, parking brake on 2.) No autopilot or autothrottle on 3.) All information in FMS is lost 4.) Temperature in cabin is ambient (so likely very very cold) - causing a pack trip. 5.) Pressure in cabin is ambient - causing the cabin altitude alert to sound and the pax oxy masks to "drop" (you will get a warning light, but cant see them). You CAN work through these problems and get everything under control again to continue your flight, but it may be more of a hassle than you like. You may want to practice that first! Cheers, Jan

Hi Jim, 1.) as a registered user you will be notified when an update occurs. 2.) I am not an expert on importing/exporting flight plans - and I always mix up the file format letters, its .fpl or .flp - someone else with more knowledge on this will hopefully step in and give you advice. 3.) Not sure what kind of hardware works on Apple iMac, my advice would be to get a real computer! (Seriously I think the X52 should work fine for X-Plane)... Cheers, Jan

I haven´t heard of this problem before. We do allow adjusting the FOV with our "built in" view system, but it should not change the field of view just by panning around. I suspect some third party add-on controlling this (head tracking, fly-with-lua scripts, camera add-on, etc.). The built in view system is nowadays obsolete and stems from the early days of developing the 737 - when X-Plane did not yet offer custom view saving and such. I personally would recommend to not use it at all, but use the default X-Plane viewing system, it is offering more than enough options and flexibility for all your viewing needs. We may even take that system ou t in one of our future updates. Cheers, Jan

No, you can´t enter coordinates like that. Even the real FMC does not accep that, you would either have to make temporary waypoints (we don´t model that), or add them in a special format (so they only take 5 digits). We don´t model that yet. There are published coordinates for atlantic crossings, and those are supported. Cheers, Jan

No, you can´t Cheers, Jan

Hi Steve, I am not really sure what you mean with the red button autopilot error? Does the autopilot disconnect? Your route on the FMS looks good, but your descent path has two restrictions in it (230B and 100B) that our Vnav logic does not handle well (yet). So it might be possible that you run up against that. Unfortunately there is only one thing I can recommend in that case, and that is to fly the descent in an autopilot mode that is more under the pilot´s control, like FL CHG or V/S. Cheers, Jan

Without checking my wiring diagrams I would say that this is probably a bug. We fixed some stuff with regard to the standby power system, and that may have slipped under the radar! Thanks for pointing it out, I will add it to the bug base! Cheers, Jan

I have never seen this before... My guess would be that you are running some 3rd party add-on that is messing with art controls of X-Plane itself. Try to remove/disable all of those and then add back one by one to find the culprit! Cheers, Jan

For our aircraft there was the possibility to load the routing (it is called "company route") into the FMS - but no performance data or such. All that stuff had to always be entered manually - and then doublechecked by the second pilot, as putting in wrong weights is obviously pretty dangerous... Cheers, Jan

Hi sensfan, usually this is due to clickspots "overlapping" - try to move the view a bit to avoid that. Especially the TOGA button is really hard to press. I wholeheartedly recommend to map a button or key to the TOGA command (we use the default X-Plane command). Never had a problem with setting the autobrake, tough. Cheers, Jan

Hi Patrick, thanks for following up on this! I have no idea why "carb heat" would affect a jet engine...oh well. Happy that it works for you now! Cheers, Jan

Well, there is a certain fueling schedule to be adhered to (wing tanks first, then center tank) - and when fueling automatically, this is what you should see. However, we want to give people the chance to also experiment with non-standard fueling setup, or to see what happens when they don´t use the fuel in a standard way. You could theoretically use up the wing fuel (or one side of it) first. Or you may want to try to remedy an imbalance between the wing tanks, and to set that up it helps to set each level individually. Cheers, Jan

Hi Shabazza, you are right in that the fuel load does affect the CG. As does the payload. We - for the IXEG - try to simulate what the pilot does...which is regularly not determining how the payload is distributed, pax seated etc. The pilot simply gets a loadsheet which shows him the CG for takeoff (with the fuel being at take-off fuel level) and the CG for the zero-fuel-weight (which would be where the CG is after all fuel is burned). He (double-)checks wether this is "in limit", then enters the takeoff CG into the FMS and sets the trim accordingly. Thats it. So when you fly the IXEG 737, imagine that the "ground handling" guy gives you those figures (as a printed loadsheet). You simply punch in the numbers. I understand what you are saying - if you have a certain CG and NOW change the fuel, the CG should change...but think of it this way: You have an aircraft with at CG of 23% MAC at 100pax and 6.0tons fuel. Now you decide to take on another 2 tons - so now its 8.0. CG should change...but it doesn´t because suddently 20 pax from the back move to the front - voila, CG stays the same - even though fuel changed! What I am saying is that everything influences CG. Ultimately the pilot gets the CG for takeoff - and in our simulation you get to determine the CG yourself. It is not "calculated" by simulating fuel and weight distribution. Just like in X-Plane, you simply set it where you think it is. If you want to, you can use the real load+trim sheet for a 737-300 and figure the CG out for yourself, of course. Cheers, Jan

Oh, sorry - forgot that part: That is not normal - the license will need to be "refreshed" every two weeks. You can set it up to refresh "silently" every time you run the plane, so you don´t have to do anything. Check the right-side popout menu for the "Gatekeeper" settings and play with those until you like the result. We have different options because people want different ways to handle this - some want to only refresh "manually", some want a notification, etc. So you can set that up. We allow to fly for those two weeks without activating - in case you go on vacation and are offline, for example. Cheers, Jan

Hi novato, what you are seeing is correct. Oil quantity can vary wildly, depending on when it was refilled last, its temperature, if the engine has been stopped or running for a while and so on. The pressure is the same, especially when the oil is cold or warm, etc. For takeoff it needs to be in yellow band at idle, and in green with takeoff power applied. Variance between engines is perfectly normal. Cheers, Jan

I suggest to watch the tutorial videos I did - I believe this is covered in depth with my constant chatter as a backup to those with weary eyes . Cheers, Jan

In fact the fuel is getting "sucked" into the engines by the engines fuel pumps through a dedicated set of bypass lines - however, this fuel is getting sucked out of the wingtanks, only. So if you have fuel in the center tank, and BOTH of the center tanks pumps fail, you could be in a difficult situation: The center fuel becomes unusable, and you may be getting into trouble with your trim - using the fuel from the wings only will drive your CG forward, possibly out of limit. So even if your fuel remaining in the wingtanks is high enough to reach a comfortable alternate or even your destination, CG considerations may require you to land much sooner than that. Jan

Also keep in mind that depending on the camera angle the "clickspots" for the TOGA buttons can be hidden by other clickspots. So when you move the levers to get 40% N1, you usually need to move your camera up and front to get a good view of the TOGA clickspot. I absolutely recommend setting a button for it. The TOGA buttons are also needed to succesfully trigger the automatic flight system go-around functions, you don´t want to look down and try to hit the TOGA buttons with the mouse when you are trying to go-around from a low altitude situation. Cheers, Jan

You have observed the scavenger fuel pump working. Whenever you turn a center fuel pump off, you trigger this scavenge pump. Its a small electrical pump that will run for a short while and attempts to drain all remaining fuel out of the center tank into the left tank (iirc). It is possible to trigger this pump again and again (not recommended) - the last bit of fuel will slosh around the center tank and depending on the attitude the scavenge pump may not get it all... Jan

Hi, this may well be the case - the "draw vortices" was a GL hack that we tried - but while it seemed to work ok with XP10, there are problems with XP11...so we will most likely take the "draw vortices" option away in a future update. Thanks for helping to troubleshoot this, Jan

All log files can be read with a simple text viewer. There are two different log files getting saved in the main IXEG 737 folder ending with .txt and there is a GizmoLog.txt file in the main X-Plane folder. Cheers, Jan

I think we had a similiar report a while ago...and I don´t quite remember what the solution was . Either an outdated graphic driver version or some third-party plugin changing X-Plane art controls (to change the appearance of the sky, for example...). Anyone remember? For what it´s worth, "normally" this is not the case. Cheers, Jan