Hm, what variants would that be?

All of the engine variants are already in. The engines are all the CFM56-7B series, but with different thrust ratings. Airlines have a choice when they order the airplane from Boeing.

sweet pic from airliners.net

All of the engine variants are already in. The engines are all the CFM56-7B series, but with different thrust ratings. Airlines have a choice when they order the airplane from Boeing.

That is what I meant in my first post, was the different thrust ratings. Sweet to hear they are in, because I have been wanting to play around with those and see the different "feel" between the lowest thrust rated engine to the highest. Look forward to trying a flight with the NGX, put the winglets on and the high thrust engines, and hit FL410 right from takeoff.

sweet pic from airliners.net

That's gorgeous Scott, but for future ref, their pix aren't allowed to be posted or links to them. *This is their rule btw, not PMDG's or AVSIM's. They just help enforce it.

thanks, didn't know that.

Regarding the pic, It appears that the captains CDU was sourced from a clasic. My logical guess would be the Ngs one broke and the airline had no ng CDus to replace it with. I just didnt know you could do that.

Regarding the pic, It appears that the captains CDU was sourced from a clasic. My logical guess would be the Ngs one broke and the airline had no ng CDus to replace it with. I just didnt know you could do that.

The "NG CDU you refer to is actually an MCDU. It has additional optional functions, like ACARS and CPDLC, hence the "Menu" key to access systems other than the FMC. They are an option on NGs and have been retrofit to many classics. Some of the NGs have only CDUs, as their operators didn't want ACARS, etc. Look at Boeing's official 737 cockpit shot.Regarding the mixed config: that's usually a cost measure done by airlines. The FO has an MCDU on his side, as it also incorporates ACARS functions. The captain has a normal CDU, which only allows for FMC functions. Southwest has this config on many of their classics. When SWA went upgraded their classics to two FMCs, they added a CDU on the captains side, as it was cheaper than adding a second MCDU.

You do realise that they all have a MENU button, regardless of ACARS, CPDLC, etc installation? Maintenance functions and confidence tests?Cheers,Nick Jones

There's no menu button on this: http://www.b737.org.uk/images/fmc.jpgMy source for the ACARS deal works maintenance for SWA.

All of the engine variants are already in. The engines are all the CFM56-7B series, but with different thrust ratings. Airlines have a choice when they order the airplane from Boeing.

Having just read this has sparked an old question I've had since I first purchased the original NG a long time ago. When AQ was still around, my Dad would often talk about the trips he did and how on the KBUR-PHOG and KSNA-PHOG legs, for example, they would have to perform a "thrust-bump" from the standard 24K rating their NG's had to 26K thrust setting so that they could depart from such short field lengths at pretty much MGTW. I was just curious as to whether this could possibly have been modeled into the NGX as I think it's a pretty cool feature to have to play with. If not, that's fine, I'm just really excited for the NGX to be released to the Flight Sim community!!! Does anyone else happen to know of airlines that might have and still use this feature today? I am aware that CO has recently suspended their operations out of SNA to both OGG and HNL recently, I believe they were using -700's, possibly configured the same way?!?!Aloha!

Apologies, I found another source confirming your post.Cheers,Nick Jones

The fmc thing is intrestingI wasn't actualy aware of that, I'm sure every ng I've seen has had the new style.

In one of the previous replies it has been said that thrust bump has been modeled in the NGX.

All of the engine variants are already in. The engines are all the CFM56-7B series, but with different thrust ratings. Airlines have a choice when they order the airplane from Boeing.

Uh, thank you. I was really starting to wonder if I had missed something fundamental, but now I'm relieved to hear that.

In one of the previous replies it has been said that thrust bump has been modeled in the NGX.

Thanks for the confirmation, I haven't been keeping up enough with all the posts to maybe have caught it.Aloha!