Hi PMDG (and anyone else reading this),thanks for the stunning NGX, I really love all the never before seen/rare to see features like RNP support and fully implemented EGPWS respectively, just so interesting to learn about... Anyway, as the title says, do you plan to model the alternate gear extension system, I ask partly because it's relatively important, but also since a system similar in functionality has been beautifully modelled on the MD-11.Thanks,Charlie

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Thanks for the support ;)

It's been mentioned somewhere around the posts that the manual gear extension hatch would be modeled in SP2. That of course is subject to change...

That would be great. In continuation of this topic, do you guys foresee modelling a few flight control failures pertaining to LE and TE devices. Things like Asymmetry, skew, etc..Or is this beyond the realm of the already "stretched" FS capability ?Thanks a lot if you could shed some light on this :)Regards,Dinshaw Parakh.

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Count me in.Just curious, and sorry for going a little off topic but has anyone that has the MD-11 and FSPassengers, been able to use the alternate in a gear failure situation? I know FSP isn't modeled to interact with specifics like that (meaning it stops the gear from working and don't think an alternate would matter in this case), but just curious to whether or not it would work.

About asimmetry, it is simple to simulate, in a random failure it is sufficient that flaps stop to work and this indicates a possible asimmetry condition. It will need only a failure simulation and no visual effect.I've not checked, but it is possible that is already simulated in the failures... isn't it?About the other flight controls, there is something to adjust wit stby rudder and with manual reversion, so, a bad day is something dangerous for the NGX right now.

About asimmetry, it is simple to simulate, in a random failure it is sufficient that flaps stop to work and this indicates a possible asimmetry condition. It will need only a failure simulation and no visual effect.I've not checked, but it is possible that is already simulated in the failures... isn't it?About the other flight controls, there is something to adjust wit stby rudder and with manual reversion, so, a bad day is something dangerous for the NGX right now.

Simply failing the flaps isn't going to simulate a flap asymmetry. Just a flaps failure...But this was mentioned for a future SP, as Martin mentioned.

If skew or asymmetry are detected by skew sensors te flap bypass valve shut down normal flap operation.The difference in cockpit between flap motor failure and skew/asym is only the flap indication in cockpit.