In all PMDG's efforts creating the ultimate airliner experience, I can't hardly imagine they didn't get this covered, but I can not recall reading about this previously (though with all the activity on this forum, I might have missed one or two posts :( ).In real life, most (all?) airliners only need some additional thrust to get rolling, but during taxi idle thrust is sufficient to keep rolling. In fact, with some aircraft, they need to additionally brake from time to time, since idle thrust already generates to much speed (Fokker 70 and some biz jets have this "problem").From countless jumpseat rides in a real NG, I know the NG pilots only move the throttles a little bit forward during initial taxi and after some sharp turns (where braking was required).As far as I know, the ground friction model in FSX is terrible and the only FS aircraft I know to taxi with idle thrust is the Level-D 767. Al others need a constant "playing" with the throttles to keep rolling.How will the NGX behave during taxi? I just read PMDG solved the ground effect limitations of FSX, so maybe also the ground friction?

I remember reading that they did a bunch of work on the ground handling. Now whether that means it will taxi at idle I obviously have no idea, but they've said they worked on it.

It's as close as we can possibly get it within the confines of FSX's ground friction stuff - I think it's better than almost any other FSX airliner.

^ good enough for me haha

does the real 747 require the constant adjusting of thrust? In the pmdg 747 I kind of have to do it. In the real 747 from time to time I hear that really nice whine of the engines

It's as close as we can possibly get it within the confines of FSX's ground friction stuff - I think it's better than almost any other FSX airliner.

Great! Thanks for the swift response (don't you sleep? :( )