remove pilot seat in the NGX via FMS

[Guest cassis]

A nice option that is available in other addons is the possibility to remove the pilot seat in VC view via the FMS... that allow a better access to radio panels since it is often complicated to access some switches due to harmrest position etc. Will that option will be implemented in the NGX ?Thank you;Greg

[MrPlaneDriver]

In PMDG aircrafts, you can fold the armrests and move the seats to improve visibility. Remove the seat would be... well... unrealistic, and that's not what PMDG likes.

[FS Hub]

Flying while standing? :(- To be seriously, like Matheus said you are able to fold in/out the elbow-rest. Besides that, you always can move the seat backwards and alittle bit to the left or you give it to a passenger ...

[vscimone]

There is no need for this in the PMDG 737NGX. A properly designed VC that uses accurate measurements from a real Boeing 737NG is built in such a way that there is nothing that blocks your view (unless it does in the real cockpit)

[Guest cassis]

Then I am happy !thank youGreg

[zdp]

Hello,I have 3 monitors using Eyefinity and unless you change the Wideview parameter in the FSX.CFG file, you cannot zoom out enough to have a realistic view. You are basically with your nose up to the panels. You cannot zoom beyond 0.3 it seems.When you modify the Wideview parameter, the panels are at the correct distance but the view is very distorted at the sides. For instance the EFIS panel on the right has elongated knobs.So if I could remove the seat [like I can in the Ariane 737] then I can zoom my viewpoint a little bit further without the seat obscuring everything].I am using EZDOK.Thanks a lot,Edgard

[Turbine777]

I currently have my triple screen setup disabled, but I know what you mean. I've yet to try it with the NGX, but had issues with every aircraft. First of all, triple screening I found the best sweet spot to not have "Wideview" mode active in the cfg. Normal, zoomed all the way out was perfect. I have a thread somewhere in the MD11 area with several screenshots. Non-triple head users would argue that just can't work, but it does and works the best. In a normal one screen setup, hell no, but it gives you the POV you want and is the best you'll get. I've used my triple setup for years now and it works great in any payware and all the defaults this way. The only issue was with the 2D pop ups that was recently fixed here.Triple screening is great, but no one can understand your FOV and POV until they have it. FSX and all addons is at least one thing that doesn't need to be hacked, load it and go practically. Now, games like Assasins Creed, BF1, 2, (maybe 3), F.E.A.R, etc, all need hacking. I'll try and find that post I'm talking about a little later. Marcel once had a triple setup and he's the only one that I think can relate to such a question.

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To be honest I been flying for over 20 years and I also Enjoy fsx (only if its PMDG) BUT If you are not in the actual cockpit and with all respect to PMDG design they should of left the option in FMC to remove the seat.

Once again I only fly PMDG on fsx and what a great job

[scandinavian13]

Two and a half year dredge.

 

Gold Star!

[steve howlett]

Two and a half year dredge.

 

Gold Star!

That how long you been posting..seems longer

 

   steve

[jgoggi]

More than the seat, I would remove the yoke (rather than lowering it), option for those who have a real yoke and don't want to see a double one...

[FLEX1978]

More than the seat, I would remove the yoke (rather than lowering it), option for those who have a real yoke and don't want to see a double one...

 

 

If the viewpoint is setup correctly you shouldn't be able to see the yoke when lowered.  If you a flying from a massively zoomed out jumpseat view then that is another story...

 

edit - Is anyone still in contact with Turbine 777? He was a cool guy

[MorsAbAlto]

Nope.

 

Maybe he just moved on or became a quiet follower like several of the people that were active in the 2010-2011 era and have now all but disappeared.

 

Or he is just too busy. He revamped his website dantrix.net and is now offering computer training instead of hosting a flight sim forum.

 

I sure hope he is okay, as he was very supportive and helpful to everybody.

 

PS Sorry for thread hijacking.

[jgoggi]

If the viewpoint is setup correctly you shouldn't be able to see the yoke when lowered.  If you a flying from a massively zoomed out jumpseat view then that is another story...

 

Not zoomed out, but I use TrackIR, quite impossible to avoid seeing the yoke...

[scandinavian13]

 

 

edit - Is anyone still in contact with Turbine 777? He was a cool guy

 

From what I remember, he left here, started his own website because he was irritated at the entire community for some reason (Dan Tricks .net or something - it was very apparent that it was there in an effort to be "the new AVSIM" if you'd ever visited it), and then dropped off the face of the earth.  His profile is still here and shows a last active date of about two years ago, which fits with my mental timeline...I could be wrong, though.

 

http://forum.avsim.net/user/159055-turbine777/