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  2. ice-accumulation and impossible to take off

    in 737-300 Aircraft Systems and Operation

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    34 minutes ago, Litjan said:

    Yep, tried on the latest beta 1...or maybe it was actually beta 2 when I tried today. B)

    And yes, it completely set all icing to zero and prevented any further buildup. I used the DATA OUT values that you can find with "ice" in the search box and also the "weights" field (it shows how much ice weight the plane has).

    Thank you. That's weird....i'm using the DATA OUT "ice accretion 2" and made a quick movie to show you. You will see that after applying the function, both the lwing and rwing start increasing again and also the weight of the B733:


    At the start there is already some amount having built up, you can see this in the last line on the top-left corner. Do you think this could be something I should report to Laminar?

  3. ice-accumulation and impossible to take off

    in 737-300 Aircraft Systems and Operation

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    7 hours ago, Litjan said:

    I just tried and adding a hold-over time totally and completely stops (and removes existing) all ice accumulation on my aircraft.

    Hmmm...does it really completely stop? What i saw is that it resets the actual ice (based on the value lwing and rwing) but then it starts building up again immediately after having applied it. Perhaps it is possible that it builds up slowlier but it doesn't stop. Are you sure that on your side it does completely stop buidling-up during the time you entered? Which dataset do you use to check that? But if that was really the case, I would have to fill a bug-report to Laminar. I am just surprised why it works differently on your side. I'm using the latest beta 12.0.8b1. Thanks again.

  4. ice-accumulation and impossible to take off

    in 737-300 Aircraft Systems and Operation

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    On 11/12/2023 at 1:22 PM, Litjan said:

    You can use the default X-Plane option to "spray" ant-ice fluid onto your aircraft to protect it from icing while on the ground.

    Hi again. I tried that function (under "weight & balance") and gave 20 minutes under "Holdover Time (Ground de-icing)" and clicked "done". But unfortunately it had no impact...the weight of the aircraft kept increasing right after applying that function. I also tried the flywithLua-script "icing simulator" that should work with XP12 but that didn't work as well.

    The only way i could get rid of that ice/snow was to press a few times the "GRD TEST" of the wing-anti-ice until the datarefs "lwing/rwing" went back to zero.

    Do you think you could explain a bit much in depth what we have to do exactly? Perhaps demonstrating it in a short video?

  6. New preflight during "winter operations"

    in Bug Reports

    Posted · Edited by frankbyte

    1 hour ago, Litjan said:

    An interesting question. The ZFW displayed shows the "REAL" weight of the aircraft, a luxury that real pilot do not have. I do not know if X-Plane provides a dataref to show the "pilots think this is right" ZFW... one way to prevent this is to use the default X-Plane "anti icing" function to keep the plane free of snow and ice until you take off (this should be done both in the real world but also in the simulator).

    Thank you for your feedback. But as far as I know, there is no default anti-ice function that will remove the snow from the wings when on ground...or perhaps i missed that? B)

    EDIT: ok solved (see my other question and your answer. Looks like i learned something new)

  7. ice-accumulation and impossible to take off

    in 737-300 Aircraft Systems and Operation

    Posted · Edited by frankbyte

    Hi there

    I wanted to take off during snowy/icy conditions and there seems to be a problem. Because of the ice-accumulation, the weight of the aircraft was so high, that it was impossible to lift off. And as far as i know there is no option to de-ice the acf before take off? So my question is: what can we do to take off safely during such conditions?

    I saw that this was already an issue years ago:


     

  8. New preflight during "winter operations"

    in Bug Reports

    Posted

    Hi there

    Many thanks for the newest update. My first flight was departing from ENGM during snowy-conditions. And i observed that during loading the aircraft via the new menu, the ZFW started to increase and never end. It stopped as soon as i put the weather to normal conditions again. It may be because of ice/snow-accumulation. Would it be possible to prevent the preflight-menu to be affected by the increasing ZFW due to the accumulation of ice/snow? That would help catching the right ZFW as desired :) But of course i don't know if in real life it would be the same, in which case this wouldn't be a "bug" of course. So more a request if something can be done here, although XP simulates the increase of weight during snow.

    Thank you.

  10. Download-Link missing

    in Bug Reports

    Posted · Edited by Pils
    Censored for privacy

    Hi there

    First time that happens...i just wanted to download the newest version. But there is simply no download-link (anymore) in my account. It has disappeared. Even when i click on "details" there is no download-link. Tried it with MS Edge as well to be sure. Same problem: no clickable Link to download the IXEG. I would appreciate if you could take a look at my account. Thank you very much.

     

     

  11. TOGA power and go-around

    in Flight Procedures and Techniques

    Posted · Edited by frankbyte

    Hi there

    With the newest version for XP12 i cannot assign a go-around to any of my yoke-buttons. I cannot find the related dataref "ixeg/733/autopilot/TOGA" as mentionned in the documentation. I tried to assign "N1...something" but nothing happened when i pressed it during a go-around procedure, although i can press it at take off and the throttle will go to take-off-power. I am quite confused and would very much appreciate any help. Thank you.

  13. Review from a professional pilot

    in Bug Reports

    Posted

    36 minutes ago, Litjan said:

    This is what the FMC defaults to. The pilot has to enter the correct values. You can see the actual trim setting in %MAC in the default X-Plane weight and balance gui. Set this value into the FMC and then set the resulting value on the trim wheel prior to takeoff.

    Ah...makes sense. I wasn't sure if we could use that CG. But great, thanks so much!

  17. Review from a professional pilot

    in Bug Reports

    Posted

    Thanks for your feedback. The settings of the yoke must have a very big impact for sure. BB711 was thinking that it was more related to something that -according to him- Laminar doesn’t seem to simulate accurately (seems to have to do with the winds).

    Perhaps it would be great to know which settings we have to use when using the most comon yokes/joysticks? What i did notice what something reslly strange at take off, that i never had with any other plane or irl (GA’s): when pulling to rotate the aircraft then seems to dive nose down back to the RWY. This also happened to BB711 and he retouched the RWY after the first lift. Or is it a trim-setting?

    Anyway, Jan and BB711 know each others and perhaps they can discuss the best settings? That would be great for the whole community.

    I very much appreciate that this great plane made its was to XP12 and looking forward to all improvements coming. But do you think the flightmodel is not worth looking at for now? Or perhaps showing BB’s video to Jan and see what he says and if he can recommand better settings :-)

  18. Review from a professional pilot

    in Bug Reports

    Posted

    Hi there

    I was watching Cpt.Blackbox’s stream yesterday, a pilot who also flew the B733. He was trying to adjust the sensitivity of his yoke but couldn’t do it in a satisfactory way. He thought that something was way off in the way the plane behaves. It may also be an issue with XP12 itself as he mentionned.

    Could you take a look at his review and explain how we can set up our input-settings? Or is that an issue that you are aware of?

    https://www.twitch.tv/videos/1926356103

    Starting at 1h47min30sec.

    Thank you very much guys.

  25. Take Command! IXEG 737 Classic v1.3 Update Released!

    in General Discussion

    Posted · Edited by frankbyte

    18 hours ago, Litjan said:

    The whole concept of lateral and vertical navigation ties into the Progress page. The 4-dimensional position of the aircraft, environment, weight and operational parameters will all affect what is shown on that page. It is not simple, unfortunately.

    The ground speed is the basis for the progression of the aircraft along the lateral path. This will determine the time estimates along the route to the destination.

    The ground speed for each segment of the flight is dependent on aircraft speed (operational), aircraft altitude, temperature and wind. It may be changing at several points along the route.

    The fuel flow for each segment also changes with altitude, airspeed, temperature and weight.

    Of course this is just the "planning progress". Now, as the plane advances along the route, you have to recalculate (every few seconds), because now the actual airspeed and actual wind have to be factored in (and faded out along the route towards the planned value).

    So we have plans to implement all of that - we believe in getting a feature right instead of somehow approximating it - wherever possible.

    Cheers, Jan

     

    OK, yeah I see...its always much more complicated than we may imagine. I prefectly understand. At least its fantastic how accurate you want to have it simulated. That's really great. Thumbs up :)

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