Hello team,Question for you guys. Will the new Verstical Situation Display (VSD for short) be incorporated in a future PMDG 737? I am sure Robert and some others on the team have heard of this. It sits in the NAV display in the bottom. I believe another program had this in there software so I am pretty sure it is doable under msfs parameters.

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Hey ! That's cool !anthony Anthony MertonPrecision Manuals Developmenthttp://www.precisionmanuals.com

Wallace,That is exaclty what I am talking about. That program I was referring to was FSFlightmax. I know the PMDG team has the talent to put this in a future upgrade!

Wallace (or resident experts)... Do you know if the situation display is based on current track alone (say 042 degrees as in the display) for its entire length (in this case 10nm), or is the data based on the heights of terrain between the individual LNAV legs (say ALKIA, ELLIY, ELL01, ELL02, etc)?Can't say I've noticed the two blue vertical lines before. I assume the terrain profile is based on the highest point within the two blue lines (1nm(?) either side of the track?). Or is the distance between the blue lines based on Actual Nav Performance?Thanks.Cheers.Ian.P.S. Is the normal EGPWS Terrain display available on the ND with this display in view?

Yes current track Ian ,the terrain data is based on what is between the blue dashed lines along the route.When I get a little spare time I will give a more detailed explanation of what it all means.

Boeing Delivers Copa Airlines Its First Next-Generation 737 Equipped with Vertical Situation Displayhttp://www.boeing.com/news/releases/2003/p...pr_030924g.html

Well the picture doesn't show most of what the VSD can do since the aircraft was not in flight and no waypoints where on the enroute swath, here are most of the things it will do for you-- Waypoint ID and Anchor LineDisplayed with any altitude constraint directly beneath. Dashed vertical line depicts lateral position. Conditional waypoints are depicted as a dashed vertical line only.(a dashed line extending from the bottom of the display upward toward the waypoint name)- Altitude Constraint SymbolDisplayed as triangle(s) on waypoint anchor line.(the triangle will change to pointing up or down depicting a waypoint that will be passed at or above or at and below ect...)- FMC Approach Glidepath Angle LineDisplayed for approaches that include a designated approach angle.

Crikey! It would take the PMDG a whole lunchbreak to program all of this :-)Thanks for the info, WallaceCheers.Ian

Hi Wallace,my apologies for replying late and bringing this topic up again. The photo is just excellent and I really enjoyed it - there are hardly any images of the Vertical Situation Display around on the internet. Unfortunately, there is also little documentation, except for the article in Boeing's Aero Magazine available so far. One of the things I wondered about most is whether the VSD can be selected on/off or is it a "permanent" display, e.g. once enabled by the customer, it cannot be switched off by the pilots?Yet another question if you don't mind. I wonder whether the vertical scale of the VSD varies with ND range? The photos released by Boeing so far seem to suggest so, e.g. all small range photos (e.g. 5 or 10 miles) have a small vertical range only. The 24.000 ft vertical range can only be seen on ND/VSD displays which have a 80 nm display range selected. Can you possible enlighten me? ;-)Thanks a lot, Markus