Litjan
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Well, you learn something new every day! Thanks for the information! Jan
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Hi Torsten, I did not include this in the list, because I don´t think this is "common practice" for add-on aircraft these days. Am I wrong? That being said, Tom is very big on homecockpit building and has said several times that we will publish a list for ixeg datarefs later on. I am not a programmer, but afaik you could probably get those with dataref editor, right? Cheers, Jan
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My apologies, I am the one that is old and crumbly! I didn´t read your intial post carefully enough - no, the primary flightinstruments are - to my knowledge - always CRT displays on the 737-300. They were mechanical on the 737-100 and -200, but not any more after that. Cheers, Jan
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Boy, you are late to the party, aren´t you?
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Boeing likes it...the pilots don´t always. There are times when VNAV is great, other times when VNAV isn´t. Nowadays it is about the OPTIMUM use of automation, not the MAXIMUM use (anymore...). Jan
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This is not a discussion forum for other add-ons, as great as they may be . Jan
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We are in favor of adding pilots to see from the external view (at a later time). It´s not so up close and personal, so you can get away with guys (or gals) that just sit there. Thanks for the offer, we might pick you up on that! Jan
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Not a silly question at all. I would say that every hardware that you can get working with X-Plane in the "primary" flightcontrols will work. Anything that tries to access other stuff, like assigning an axis to the speedbrake or the flaps, will likely not work, or only with limitations. Same goes for the engine start levers. We provide many controls that can be mapped to buttons, so if the hardware supports that, then it might work. Again, nothing tested beyond the primary flightcontrols and the thrustlever (just a single one, not dual ones) for V1.0 Jan
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The trick is to dial in the new altitude on the MCP ALT window and punch FL CHG! No one really uses VNAV, we just put it in for the flight-simulator crowd. Jan
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Alright, looks like I will have to look into using X-Camera myself, then! After we get this plane done... Thanks for everyone´s input, Jan
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Well, you will get the "TRAFFIC, TRAFFIC" warning sound when in proximity, so I guess you can´t say it´s missing 100% . Jan
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Try this: B733/M-SDIPRWY/S RVR/200 RMK/TCAS Jan
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Hi ixam, We are not modeling the old MCP with the paddles. One reason is that we´d also have to model the annyong "click" every time you move your yoke from neutral (the solenoid-lock-out for the autopilot engage paddles). While this would be easy to do, I don´t think most people would care for that,even thoughI do miss that...in a way. We will also most likely not do the ALT and SPD INTV buttons and function, not even later on and not even as an option. There are many 737s out there without them, and they are probably the least ever used buttons in the whole aircraft. I would be willing to bet that over 90% of all active Classic-pilots could not tell you what these buttons do exactly. I have (out of curiosity) pushed them once in over ten years... They clear out the next limiting altitude or speed restriction, something that can also be done fairly easy on the LEGS page. I am not familiar with the option to switch nav source to ANS L/R, and I fear the unknown! So most likely no . Cheers, Jan
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I have no idea. I have never used X-Camera, nor have I ever felt the need for an extra camera plugin. I think that the X-Plane view system leaves nothing to be desired, but of course that might be due to me never having tried something else. Cheers, Jan
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It´s really not about who is making the most sales on the first day. I can assure you that even if you take one year to learn and fly all these planes to your hearts content, we will still be there when you are ready for a new experience. (Maybe even with wing-flex then! ) These are happy times for X-Planers, and I am happy for every high-quality plane that is available for our platform. Competition yes, but in an invigorating and welcome way. You know you have to have them "ALL" eventually . Jan
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IXEG 737 Progress Update - December 12th FMS VNAV
Litjan replied to tkyler's topic in General Discussion
And those modes are not what you see when you do a go-around, and much less so when doing an automatic go-around from a dual-channel approach. Especially not the speed trim system with autopilots engaged... But this will be a lesson for another time. Jan -
I would think that Southwest does not care much about EASA, they are rarely seen here in Europe. The big difference for the 0.1RNP is that you have to have a physical receiver in the aircraft to get the correction signal to the GPS, without that it´s not going to work, and someone has to pay for those and install them. So unless that is done, an aircraft will be unable to fly it, even though other aircraft of the same type would be able to (after the modification).
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This is a discrepancy that is easily explained. When Boeing initially rolled out the 737 to customers, some female testpilot where offended and felt threatened by the very virile angle of the gear-lever in the up position. Therefore they made it a customer option, and only the most machoist airlines opted for the "steep" angle, while the more politically correct airlines opted for the more docile version. We might make it an option (or change the angle!) Jan
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...AND it is a user preference that you can totally disable. Jan
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I would certainly encourage everyone to also get the new 767. It looks to be an amazing piece of work, and why restrict yourself to just one aircraft (other than monetary reasons?). Remember, the one who dies with the most aircraft in his virtual hangar, wins! Jan
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There are also different processors in use in real life - we got an upgrade in hardware once, and it was like night and day. Then I transferred to the 747, they had the old processors and it was like a trip to the past! Jan
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That is correct. We also have a few in Europe (I know of some in EDDF and I think also LSZH). No way of knowing if those will get more numerous (remember the MLS disaster?). It requires the airlines to invest money, something that they REALLY don´t like... Jan
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It is. These are "normal" standalone GPS/GNSS approaches, down to a non-precision descision altitude and RVR. This is an example for that type of approach: https://skyvector.com/files/tpp/1513/pdf/00237RRZ6L.PDF The GBAS approaches are to CAT I and better minima, they are precision approaches. Jan
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Well, I know what RNP is, but it´s a requirement for navigational accuracy (Required Navigational Performance) and not per se any aircraft equipment. The aircraft equipment on the other hand determines the ANP (Actual Navigational Performance). This in turn determines if an aircraft is certified to be satisfiying certain RNP´s. The 737´s I flew (and the one we model), satisfy RNP 1 for terminal procedures (P-RNAV), and also the RNP for GPS standalone non-precision approaches. It can not fly the new RNP AR approaches with GBAS (comparable to CAT II/III approaches), because it only has a single FMS and a single GPS receiver. It would also require an onboard receiver for GPS correction data, and an upgrade to the FMS. I don´t really want to add this to the list, though, because it is not something we ever set out to model - this technology is now just slowly starting to get into service, and I doubt that many Classics will receive the necessary upgrades to be able to fly those (if it´s even possible at all). Jan
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What is RNP equipment?
