want the PMDG Model!!! i would so buy it if you sold it!

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+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1EDIT: did Robert say anything about the EFB??? Thanks in advance an PMDG foreva!!!

+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1EDIT: did Robert say anything about the EFB???Thanks in advance an PMDG foreva!!!

i believe RSR said a EFB is in there long term plan but will not be release with the T7William Coade

You mean like this? :(

Not to try and suggest what PMDG should and shouldn't do, why not throw some sort of online NGX party and random draw out a winner from the attendees. Some sort of group flight between a couple of points say a couple of hours apart. At least that'll give one lucky person what they want because otherwise you'll have a queue a mile long for these things...

Did I hear him say the initial package would be the 200LR and the 300LR? I'm assuming he meant the 300ER as I don't think they ever did a 300LR.

He actually mangled that explanation a bit haha. The NGX has geometric VNAV, which means essentially that it goes at a constant descent angle in a straight line between all restrictions. The 777 is going to have non-geometric or idle-path VNAV, which means it will actually fly level for a while after the previous restriction altitude and then commence an idle descent once closer to the next waypoint rather than going down at a constant shallow rate the whole way. Straight line descent with power on vs. a stairstep type thing using level segments followed by idle path segments to get down further. The vast majority of airlines have the non-geometric option.

Just wondering, does that mean that the MD11 has a non-geomteric VNAV (profile)?

Did I hear him say the initial package would be the 200LR and the 300LR? I'm assuming he meant the 300ER as I don't think they ever did a 300LR.

Yes, he meant 300ER - there's no such thing as a 300LR...

Ryan,Robert mentioned that later after the NGX development was well underway, you'all found out there were only 3 or 4 airlines that actually use the geometric VNAV profile. Has there been any discussion within the team to possibly apply the non-gemetric VNAV profile developed for the 777, as a follow-on option to the NGX? Perhaps as a later SP or something? I'm just curious as I'm sure that was quite disheartening news to the team after modeling so many other 'Boeing standards'. I would think the enormous effort put into the SDK and framework would allow a retrofit from one project to another without a great deal effort, would it not? Although, I would not be surprised if such an effort was really out-of-scope at this time - with everything else on the PMDG plate. Thanks for sharing your thoughts.

I'm not sure - we'll have to look at it for SP2. That's not just a straight up code-paste, there's a lot of hand tuning that goes into it.

Just wondering, does that mean that the MD11 has a non-geomteric VNAV (profile)?

Yes, it does. (though it goes into a geometric-esque mode closer in toward the approach) The 777 will do that as well.

cool, 200lr and 300er in one package :-) looking forward to it!

cool, 200lr and 300er in one package :-) looking forward to it!

That's not what he meant - the base package is the 200LR, the first expansion is the 300ER. Like how the NGX was 800/900 first and 600/700 second.

Ryan, I know it may still be too early to tell, but do you expect the price of the base and expansion packs to be anywhere close the NGX?

Ok yeah this is pretty hysterical how his humor apparently doesn't reach non-native English speakers.

Trust me, it reached me even though I'm not a native speaker. Of course one needs to have a good grasp on the (colloquial) English language to catch all the little jokes he's strewn in there, which probably wasn't the case for everyone in the audience. I thought it was funny, though.Besides: the audience seemed to loosen up a bit later on. He certainly was getting a few more laughs in the second video. Contrary to popular believe us Germans do have a sense of humour. :biggrin:p.s.: I love Top Gear. I don't miss an episode!

Ryan, I know it may still be too early to tell, but do you expect the price of the base and expansion packs to be anywhere close the NGX?

I have no information on pricing at this time, sorry. We're still quite a ways from determining that.

Ryan, Can you at least tell us what Rob was about to announce?

That's not what he meant - the base package is the 200LR, the first expansion is the 300ER. Like how the NGX was 800/900 first and 600/700 second.

Does that mean each 777 model would be sold individually? There are 6 different models in RL, and with a release of a new model every few months It will be a while before we have all of them. Is this PMDG's plan? Or are not all of the models going to be made?