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Hi Andrey, welcome to XP. As frumpy says, the controls, pitch and roll rates etc are calibrated to real world data and test flown and approved by many real world 737 pilots. Remember that a 30% yoke deflection in real is ALOT of input and requires A LOT of force to do. Don't want to start a FS/XP debate, but without going into details XP is a lot more dynamic in many ways than FS and requires more precision flying, more pilot work. So what you are experiencing is normal coming from FS pluss using a "small" joystick needs a bit of time getting used to. For a good experience in terms of "feel" and training, I recommend a using a yoke and pedals like the CH hardware M

Personally I would wait atleast a few more days than you have before I started getting angry in a forum, but thats me... Also, having bought it legal does not mean one has USED it legal and in that case the deal is off (not saying you have). If X-Aviation has to answer everyone in the forums as well, you can be assured response times will increase for the others that are waiting patiently for a response to a ticket. Now keep this topic constructive, no personal attacks etc or it will get closed or cleaned up.

We at IXEG cannot issue activations, it has to go through X-Aviation. We just make the aircraft and have nothing to do with it... Not all requests are legitimate and requests therefore needs to be reviewed manually by XA (yea, thats really annoying but necessary unfortunately) Normal response times for legitimate requests according to X-Aviation is normally less than 3 days During weekends, holidays, new big releases etc response time *might* increase somewhat Do NOT submit multiple tickets, this will bump you down to the bottom of the list again. XA is working on technical solutions to give the users more control over his/her own activations

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Hi Jon, at this point the XP11 beta is still very much a moving target, like new flight model stuff is added etc. and plenty of bugs so it is just not yet possible to support at this point. This is perfectly normal for a new XP version and we expect things to settle in a few months. Besides the aircraft with exception of a couple of very minor issues works very well atm. M

Frumpy and others - even a real B733 captain - has given you all the advice and information you need on this. Use it. Topic closed M

To us at the IXEG team having "some wing flex" is a deal breaker! We rather have no wing flex than unrealistic flex which is what you get in most cases. As an engineer, I can tell you it is very tricky to do correct. It is on the the list of to-do's and we'll do it properly when we do. M

Other variants of the aircraft are on the list. The problem is that a -400 and -500 has different aerodynamics than the -300, so we need to have separate (planemaker) aircraft for those. This is why we want to "finish" the -300 as much as possible before we make other variants or it will be an update and support nightmare for both you and us. As for a cargo version, that is more likely short term since it is basically only a 3D update. No decisions on the timetable for that has been set. But, the most likely (subject to change) progress is v.1.1 for XP10 v 1.1 for XP11 Cargo version 500/400 V 1.1 for XP10 is currently in closed beta. XP11 - as we predicted - is still a moving target. Like Austin implementing new flight model stuff still in the middle of the beta (jet engine, ground model etc), plenty of XP bugs and we expect it to be like this for a few more months.

Hi Liam, The aircraft will enter CWS mode if you accidentally bump into your controls while the AP is on. It is an indication to the aircraft you wan't to take manual control. CWS can also activate by itself if your hardware isn't very good and is "spiking" signals. Try increasing the "null zone" in the joystick options. M

We at IXEG are making aircraft and are not that into hardware (yet), so probably others here who can answer that question better than us. (Except Tom maybe) But we have developers that have our FMC ported to iPads and even some making it working well on real 737 CDU hardware, so I would assume you should get your CDU hardware to work as well. Have look around this forum

It's not that simple. 1. Slats, they tend to move the center of lift forward (chord extended forward) 2. Fowler flaps. For the first 2-3 detents they extend backwards extending the chord aft moving center of lift aft. Typically this results in a pitch down because the flaps extend more than the slat and Center of Lift moves backwards. so kind predictable stuff so far aerodynamically speaking. (but as discussed øwith a 707 pilot somewhere here slat and flap type also play a role and the 707 pitches up) However, when extending further, F15+ things get more complicated 3. Huge lift increase 4. Huge drag increase 5. Flap starts "curling forward" again, CoL forward 6. Center of gravity 7. Gear drag Is the center of flap/gear drag above or below the aircraft vertical CoG? Below -> pitch down, above -> pitch up. Soo.. when talking about flap pitching moments on aircraft, you cannot generalize. It depends on unique factors for each aircraft. Either you need to do some very hard engineering calculations with data you probably don't have, or listen to experienced in type pilots. Also, when testing this in sim you need do some very precise flying by the book, also recommended done by real pilots. M

Hi, Merry xmas and welcome to the forums The flap pitching moments have been fine tuned to our 6000 hrs in type pilot (Jan) preferences for each flap setting. Not sure what your background in the classic is, but judging by my notes on this, you two disagree on atleast parts of the behavior, also your observations are not consistent with what we have actually modeled, so please clarify your background and re-check your observations. M

This is intentional. The real yoke you cannot move nearly as fast as a joystick or most other sim hardware (except for some really expensive ones that have realistic forces)

Xp11 has bugs in the friction model. Do not be surprised when weird stuff like this happens in xp betas, this is exactly why we do not support it untill it has matured.

First time we heard about that, so need more information

No, use the recommended sensitivity settings and you'll get realistic response times.

Just copy the x-aviation folder and gizmo over to xp11. If that doesnt work, contact XA support

There is obviously something wrong on your end either with the install or the pilot. The aircraft is flown thousands of hours every day with few problems. When/if you have something more constructive to say and more specific info about your exact problems, start a new topic in the support area and we will be happy to try to help you. This is the second time you have started a topic like this, ranting without any useful information what so ever! Read the documentation on what what info we need to help you. Do one of the tutorial flights and tell us EXACTLY where your problem starts. This is your last chance... M

A CG of about 20% is normal and in the middle of the envelope. Make sure you fly at the right airspeed.

Can't answer that atm, depends on how the beta test turns out.

Strange..Sounds like maybe you entered CWS mode... or something wrong with your hardware/setup. Not a problem we have heard of before.

Not implemented yet

Ok, I guess we can see the picture already. MYTH CONFIRMED, simmers are VNAV addicts.. Here is what the real pilots say Climb 73% Descent 20% Approach 5% The reasons real pilots do not use VNAV as much on descent/approach are several, here are some below... . So, VNAV being buggy is obviously not just a sim issue. The interesting part though is that real pilots don't use it if they don't trust/like it, but simmers apparently insist on using it anyway... weird, maybe our VNAV is less buggy than the real one (unlikely) Another major issue is that ATC tends to mess up your (vertical) flightplan on arrival making it hard to keep up with the FMC.

Preflight? You using the AP on the ground? You trying to fly the plane manually while the AP is on? Sorry, but your post is very unclear and lacks vital information.

Hi fellow simmers This is just an unofficial poll to see how you as a group compare to real pilots using the autopilot when flying airliners with VNAV capabilities. As you know you have several different options choosing vertical profile in automated flight, FLCH, V/S, manual etc. This poll also was given to real pilots in a study, and I'll reveal the "real" answers in a few days after you made your votes.