>(p.s. how well does FSX run on that MacBook?)It runs good enough to be able to take the PMDG MD-11 with me for checking in the Level-D sim :)>also, the perspective of the MCP (or its Douglas equivalent)>seems like an interesting solution, but i hope it can be made>smaller by the end userNo need to make the FCP smaller, this is as real as it can be done in 2D. The default view is visible in the first picture, the others show the pop-up FCP.Regards,Markus

>It runs good enough to be able to take the PMDG MD-11 with me>for checking in the Level-D sim :)That would be so cool I wouldn't know what to do with myself.

Markus,I hope you also check the systems operations and related things in the real plane as well. From what I know and have experienced the real Level C and D type simulators often still have their own little quirks that depart from the reality as seen in the real aircraft. I have often said that if one is to make a good flight simulator of an aircraft, it's done to simulate the aircraft itself, not to simulate the simulator of an aircraft.There is a difference there. Subtle yes, but it exists :).Tero

Hey GuysLook at that crazy man left beside Markus! ;)Thanks again to you two for the wonderful demonstration flight. And once again to everyone: Wait for the MD-11, it will set new standards! It really is a big step ahead of the Queen.CheersMartin

Tero,sure thing! We notice differences and inaccuracies between real and level-D all the time...However checking system failures on the real aircraft would be quite difficult, also trying to record all TCAS RA callouts on the real MD-11 would get some people quite upset ;)Regards,Markus

Sure Markus. The simulator has its benefits :D.Tero

Great shots Michael...how are the frame-rates in FSX if you can release that information?Btw

>Tero,>>sure thing! We notice differences and inaccuracies between>real and level-D all the time...>However checking system failures on the real aircraft would be>quite difficult, also trying to record all TCAS RA callouts on>the real MD-11 would get some people quite upset ;)>>Regards,>MarkusSo you aren't gonna include real MD-11 sounds?? #####?

>So you aren't gonna include real MD-11 sounds?? #####?What gave you that idea?

He said they would have trouble getting all the TCAS RA callouts. I realize he meant flying the real plane and getting them in the air as a joke, but it made it sound like they wouldn't have any way to include those sounds. Follow? I know people hate that "female" robot voice, but I happen to like it, especially since it's something new from the same ole GPWS call out. I don't know if the MD-11 TCAS RAs are different though. Just saying...

Chris,I was refering to the advantages that a simulator bring you compared to the actual airplane. You can't in any way record TCAS RA callouts on the real MD-11 so you need a simulator for that. Don't worry, the sounds in there are the real thing and will all be included...Markus

Sorry to disappoint you but GPWS sounds on the MD-11 are all male ;) But everything else has that female voice, from TCAS to Tyre Failure...Regards,Markus

"We'll update the site when we're ready guys, cool it..."I'm not one to be confrontational, but the above statement by Ryan seems... I don't know what the right word is, but it just doesn't seem right to me. Not something I would call professional. In my opinion, I would've said something like we will have some new screenshots soon and we're working hard to get the product out there for you all to enjoy, so please have a little patience. Seems better than something along the lines of we'll do it when we're ready...Whoever posted first about there being no new pics on the MD-11 for a year or so has a good point, I must say. On the flip side of the coin, I'm sure we'd all rather have the finished product in our "hangar" sooner instead of the PMDG team stopping production to take screenshots.So with that, I would say to both sides of the equation - you all need to cool off a bit and show some basic courtesy to each other.Regards,

looks like the overhead panel is "flat" and not a little angled like on the 737 and 747 ? i hope im wrong :/

http://forums.avsim.net/user_files/161923.jpgThink I prefer the flat panel for 2D.Paul