Litjan

I would just like to add that the use of the adjective "broken" in connection with the current state of the 737 makes me question the validity of the other arguments that were brought forward as it made me assume that there is a fundamental misunderstanding about how this airplane works and a fruitful discussion about it´s shortcomings (that are openly and for everyone to read in this thread https://forums.x-pilot.com/forums/topic/8526-things-that-are-not-going-to-be-in-v15/ would be very difficult to have.

Nope. I meant all the - vaguely concealed - attempts to lure out information that have been posted by various users every few weeks. Which have all been replied to with the same: There is currently nothing to report. I am here to provide support for users with problems/questions and so is the customer support of X-Aviation. So the support for the plane is alive and well.

You can read the recent posts regarding your question.

The gross weight can be entered on the approach page to check "in advance" what kind of approach speeds you would expect (like when you do the approach in one hour or so) - accounting for burnt fuel until you actually will fly the approach. This is rarely used, but the way it works in reality. Normally you are not supposed to EVER enter the gross weight or zero-fuel-weight after the initial setup. The fuel totalizer will add the current weight of the fuel to the zero-fuel weight (as entered by the pilot) and thus your gross weight will always show the correct, current value.

It sounds like you are doing everything right - there is really not much to it. There are several tutorial videos here: https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLGRsg_6rB1D6f7lKjdw5r9P99swJtryhQ&si=t3vEGmLMysqJ3zHE If you "lose" your tracking, it could be that your joystick is noisy or spiky, deflecting the joystick carries the risk of disengaging the autopilot. It should come with aural and visual warnings, though. If that happens, you can increase your Joystick Deadzone in the preferences, so that a slight "jitter" will not disconnect the AP.

Is the autopilot you are using on the same side as the ILS receiver you have set up? The 737 distinguishes between "masters" for the autopilot and flight-director system, you will see a small MA light up on the side that is "master". The "master" side has to be the one that has the ILS tuned - for example if autopilot A is on, but the ILS is set up on the first officers side, it won´t "capture" (but it also won´t capture the LOC, so this is probably not your problem).

No you don´t.

Not a bad idea - maybe it should not even depend on the livery (as for example Lufthansa had both options for autopilot engagement), but a user could set up a combination of preferences including the livery and then save them under a unique name...

Yes, Cameron is correct - when the plane calculates that it won´t be able to reach it´s cruise altitude and then descend again in time for the landing, this message will appear. It can also happen that a different STAR or SID has an altitude restriction on it, that makes it impossible to reach the cruising altitude. When you change a SID or STAR while you are already flying another one, VNAV can get confused about the phase of flight it is on (climb, cruise, approach)

Hi Stephan, I can confirm that behavior! Thanks for finding this bug - I will alert @tkyler to this, it is probably just an oversight - you are the first to mention it! Thanks for the profound and well researched report, Jan

That is correct - if you purchased after the 6th of 2022 (the X-Plane 11 version) then the upgrade to the X-Plane 12 version should be free. Pils is correct, though - you will have to go through the support of X-Aviation to clarify your situation, provide a proof of purchase probably and then wait until support answers. Note that each new question you add to your support request will reset your position in the queue to the very end again. So impatient users that ask "hey, did you read my message?" every second day will never get an answer. Occasionally the person handling support requests also goes on vacation and does not work support during that time, so especially during vacation times it can take quite a while to get an answer.

The offer for the discounted upgrade was temporary and has long since expired. If you did not receive a notification email, chances are that you have elected to not receive marketing emails from X-Aviation.

Maybe try to remove those two plugins (move them out of the plugin folder, not just "disable") just to test if that is the problem?

I have never heard something like this and there is no aircraft system that would affect the aileron that could cause this. Does this happen every time? Or did it only happen one time? Check if you have random failures in X-Plane on. Also check if you have other add-ons (flywithlua, etc.) that could influece flightcontrol deflection.

Your rudder is deflected to the left - this makes the plane want to roll left. Make sure the rudder is not deflected during flight.

Hello, There is no FSX/P3D version of this aircraft, we only made one for X-Plane. The FMS knows all of the transitions and approach transitions (you call them VIA, but that is an Airbus FMS term) and the FMS can not yet handle complex altitude restrictions and speed restrictions on descent - that is a known problem, discussed in this post: https://forums.x-pilot.com/forums/topic/8526-things-that-are-not-going-to-be-in-v15/ As you can see, we are trying to be very open about the shortcomings and not-yet-implemented features for prospective customers. I have not seen the plane plan a T/D that is too early, unless the waypoints contain altitude restrictions that forced the plane to leave the cruising altitude prematurely. I am not sure why it does not work with your SimBrief flightplan, but we did not explicitly code SimBrief compatibility into it - I know others are using it with that and it seems to work fine for them. Cheers, Jan

Awesome news, good job, thanks, Ramon!

There is an older version of XPUIPC that works - it is just the last version that does not...but I don´t remember the exact version number.

Just got home - this is the cockpit with all lights turned down (except for the EFIS screens and CDUs):

TCAS works - if it does not work with a third-party program (like live traffic or Traffic Global, please contact the vendor of those programs). The weather radar showing weather may be the tilt being too low, the beam will hit the ground and you will see ground returns.

...and while this is not meant to belittle the need to actually implement the HOLD mode, you can pretty easily fly holds with the autopilot fairly accurately and easily if you use the FIX page together with the RADIAL feature, and then use the map mode and HDG SEL and the stopwatch to fly the patterns.

Take a look at the big round white light fixtures behind the copilots seat - are they lit?

Hi Scott, The down lights are probably the map lights - you can turn those buttons all the way to off (in reality you push them in to turn them off, then turn them left-right to adjust intensity). I am not sure about the panel being always lit, some ideas are the "emergency exit lights" or the "cockpit dome light" being on?

It is still alive, but I can not make any predictions as to when the hold feature will be implemented.