Shanwick

Great news. This is still my favorite sim Boeing. Its flight model is unmatched by any other 737 available.

Same here. This IXEG Boeing is something special.

Hold would be nice, but it's a lot of fun flying a nice holding after a go around via HDG SEL, having dialed in the needed VOR/s, courses, the chronograph ready if needed. You can even fly it manually. It's a excellent brain exercise plus, you gain some pretty good IFR skills. One shouldn't become a child of the Magenta line anyway. As long as you fly it correctly, there is nothing wrong with flying a holding with minimal automation like in the old days. The progress in aviation is of course welcome and important as it has made aviation much saver and more efficient.

This is normally done with the mouse by simply turning the knobs. I doubt that anyone uses keys to change MCP speed and radio frequencies.

The calculated TD by the FMC must not be blindly trusted in any plane, sim or real world aircaft . Sometimes it's spot on and sometimes the FMC is far off. One has to double check even in a real 737. The accuracy also depends on the waypoints and if they have above, below or at altitudes restrictions. Use whatever mode you like in order to keep your speed and profile within the box and/or ATC instructions. Level change and V/S mode, both have their advantages and disadvantages in a given situation. I like using both and there are many things one should know about these modes. What and how the speed is controlled, what the throttles do, kicking in of speed protections and so much more. There is plenty of quality info about these mode available on the web. Here is some quick info on how to quickly calculate your TD. Every pilot should know this anyway. Even if you have VNAV. http://thinkaviation.net/top-of-descent-calculation/

Visual Approach into Las Vegas runway 08L with IXEG B737-300.

No worries. I just don't think that there is something to mask. Check out the landing below. 140 knots approach speed calculated by the FMC with plenty of elevator throw/authority left. Latest x plane and IXEG 737 release. Video was recorded a little over two weeks ago. https://youtu.be/cN0zAk66GbQ?t=22m24s

Yes there was some diving involved plus a bit too fast (6 knots too fast), but not a problem since it was visual. Speed was just right before touch down. ZFW was 104.9k lbs + 8.2K lbs of fuel, which gave me an approach speed of 139 knots (+5 knots included). I see all kinds of airliners diving a bit on approach almost on a daily basis when they approach visually. Not a good idea on an precision approach of course.

No problems with touch downs here either. I can grease every landing if runway length and exits allow. Landing in New York: https://youtu.be/hEtzHV3Upyo?t=20m50s Here are some touch and go: https://youtu.be/cN0zAk66GbQ?t=6m50s

I have that artifact in the left window too. It appeared when I updated x plane with the latest VR release a few weeks back. I am sure this artifact has something to do with VR.

VNAV on the SID/climb all the way up to cruise alt works flawlessly. It also calculates top of descent correctly as long as there are waypoints that have hard altitudes. Descending correctly is pretty easy via V/S and calculating top of descent in your head with a simple formula and you will hit every waypoint at the correct alt. The green energy arc/ green banana on the nav display helps too. Once you know your top of descents you can set up the green range rings in the FMC's FIX page. I personally rarely use VNAV, even if it was working. It's just too easy for me. But I still look forward to a fully working VNAV update because the real one has it working, for the most part...

Will do. Thanks Jan.

Are these digits showing up in 11.20.r2?

I conducted two flights today with 1.21. Love the reflections. Adds even more greatness to this plane. I have not seen any FPS losses so far, but that might due to my 8GB GTX 1070 & i5-7600K @ 4.8Ghz, win10. Running it at 4K medium and some high graphics settings + ortho4xp tiles in ZL17.

^ Agreed. The IXEGs flight model is still unmatched. The flight model is for me personally the most important part of a sim aircraft.

Thanks guys! Yep I knew 737's can be found on Atlantic routes and that they refuel along the way. No big deal. I was just wondering if I can cheat as I was planning to fly the exact same route as the Austrian Airlines B777 I flew in from LAX to Vienna.

I wanna take this beauty on an transatlantic flight from the U.S. west coast over to Europe. I know this is unrealistic but I don't want to fly anything else. Is there way to refuel the plane in the air? I tried x planes fuel sliders but that didn't work. If I change something in the ground service settings the plane would reset. Thanks.

There is a logic in the real plane that limits bank angle at higher altitudes. Would be great if this gets implemented in the IXEG one day.

I just don't think it will ever stop. One must constantly compromise something. By the time everything works works well, x plane 12 will probably be available and it starts all over again Love the IXEG 737. I also want to thank you Jan. Your dedication and expertise is highly appreciated here!

It's caused by the XP11.20vr1 update. You have to roll back to 11.11 if you want the engine digits. With every new XP update, something in the sim will stop working correctly. It's frustrating.

That is good to know that I was wrong. I was unreasonably worried then.

I guess some of us are a little worried that your marvel of a sim aircraft is not being further developed due to loss of interest, moving on to different projects, lack of customers/a lot of people fly the zibo mod these days, etc. I personally hope you guys keep on working on this plane a little more because those who have some real world flying experience highly appreciate the excellent flight model and the many other accurately simulated systems of this aircraft, plus all the small details like the eyebrow windows, amazing looking cockpit, cargo doors, GPU, etc. All those things are unmatched of any other B737 currently available for x plane. It's the only Boeing I really enjoy flying in x plane. It is of course none of my business on how you should run your business, but I still would like to leave my thoughts here. If you'd lower the price some and put out updates a little more frequently, you would make even more money, especially in times where the zibo mod gains more and more attention. I tried the zibo mod and wasn't thrilled at all by it. The flight model of it is just horrible. Many people seem not to care or don't know any better. I guess they just like that it's a -800 with less scary and complicated looking analog instruments and more iPad like LCD screens lol. It's still incredible what this guy does though.

By far the best 737 available for x plane when it comes to engine and flight model realism and many other important things. Vnav on climb works extremely well. On descent not quite yet, but once you learn how to calculate your own descents with a simple formula you wont need a vnav for descending till it's improved by the ixeg team.

Throttles will retard when you press LVL CHG to descent. The plane will take the speed that it's currently flying at and will try its best to hold that speed by pitching up and down the nose. You will have still full control over the speed by changing the speed via the MCP speed dial but doing that doesn't increase or decrease engine thrust. The plane will manage your desired the speed by pitching the nose up or down. LVL CHG works very well in the IXEG. But if you wanna meet waypoints at a certain alt V/S or VNAV is a more suitable descent mode.