The outside looks great looking forward to see what the 2d panles will look like.

 

percy clapp

Fantastic! Just what we've been waiting to see.

 

I have to agree with aceridgey though about the fan blades, they do really need to be jet black (pun intended).

The outside looks great looking forward to see what the 2d panles will look like.

 

percy clapp

 

2d panels? I thought pmdg stopped making those?

I got that same feeling when I worked for A'A and our first 777 came into BOS...simply awe struck. Very nice preview! Thanks as always for the update Robert!

Damn!

2d panels? I thought pmdg stopped making those?

Last word I read was the 777 would have a limited number and would be the last one with any.

percy clapp

My first thought was Weather Radar, but considering how many times they said it was impossible... Ahhh I need to know!!

Here's why I find weather radars generally not needed for FSX.

 

You can see clouds visually day and night in the sim! Lets be honest, how many of you guys actually deviate 20-100 miles of course to avoid weather that won't do anything? I do because I'm trained to avoid weather and I like to keep it as realistic as possible. I just don't see a need for it if I'm honest. The TER radar is probably the best feature to me in the NGX and can't wait to have it in the 777. I can't tell you how annoying it can be judging the terrain below without a radar and no charts with the terrain around.

 

I don't have a clue what Rob could mean besides a Taxi cam but that has been done in FSX before, I believe on a Military addon.

 

The fact he said he'll be showing us a video is pretty exciting though! Only so much you can judge from Photos, even videos.

This little nugget is why I check the forums daily. :dance:

 

Oh and Rob, way to be the only guy I would label a "tease". lol

Here's why I find weather radars generally not needed for FSX.

 

You can see clouds visually day and night in the sim! Lets be honest, how many of you guys actually deviate 20-100 miles of course to avoid weather that won't do anything? I do because I'm trained to avoid weather and I like to keep it as realistic as possible. I just don't see a need for it if I'm honest. The TER radar is probably the best feature to me in the NGX and can't wait to have it in the 777. I can't tell you how annoying it can be judging the terrain below without a radar and no charts with the terrain around.

 

I don't have a clue what Rob could mean besides a Taxi cam but that has been done in FSX before, I believe on a Military addon.

 

The fact he said he'll be showing us a video is pretty exciting though! Only so much you can judge from Photos, even videos.

 

There's not even any point deviating around clouds in FS. Turbulence is not restricted to the clouds, but an entire vertical layer. So you can be deviating 50nm away from a TCU to still get the effects of flying directly into it. I gave up bothering doing it in FS (back in the days of ASv6) as it's essentially a guessing game. Funnily enough, I've found the best avoidance technique in FS is to fly directly INTO the bad weather; I've experienced the effects of bad weather more by trying to go around it. While the terrain radar is very cool, and excellently simulated, it isn't necessary, you shouldn't be needing to judge the terrain below, it's what the airport charts are for.

RSR et al...all I can say is wow! as usual, tell me when/where to go and you can have my $$. :)

 

- short-medium airliner = check (737NGX)

- long haul airliner = check (B747 plus upcoming 777)

- short haul domestic (Dash8) = :(

 

*sigh* one day.....and no I DON'T like the other Dash8 on the market - its crap and I paid good money for it.

I use the radar in AS2012 to avoid thunder clouds at night which can tower to 40,000 feet or more (if real pilots avoid TS then I will as well). Good to see the previews rolling along and the exterior looks awesome so far but its best not to critique as it is work in progress.

I've found the best avoidance technique in FS is to fly directly INTO the bad weather; I've experienced the effects of bad weather more by trying to go around it. While the terrain radar is very cool, and excellently simulated, it isn't necessarily, you shouldn't be needing to judge the terrain below, it's what the airport charts are for.

 

By clouds I meant clouds like Cumulonimbus etc. You can get turbulence with not one cloud layer. When I get turbulence in the 763 depending on my load I generally come back to Mach.80-82 and it's generally quite stable! Unfortunately I don't subscribe to Navigraph or anything but for the AIRAC's so most charts are old and have no terrain data. At least where I fly generally! But for most Airports if you follow the STAR's altitude restrictions you're normally fine. It's also a safety factor, lets say you're flying over Greenland, it's nice to see the minimum altitude you can descend to in case of a technical error or a rapid rate of depressurisation. I done a flight into Calgary few weeks back, had to keep reminding myself on the AF Elevation ha.

Im going to be thinking about this new development all day now!

I'm a latecomer to the FSX party as I actually only just managed to put a system together that could handle the sim. Only yesterday did I complete a full flight in the NGX. Most impressive and a HUGE departure from the PMDG NG for FS9.

 

I'm the kind of simmer who prefers "as real as it gets" rather than "put the pedal to the metal and let 'er rip" and the NGX (along with RW Wx and routes) gives you just that. I do admit, however, to a decided preference towards long haul flights (having logged many, many hours in the faithful old 744) so I'm really looking forward to the T7 (and the 744v2 eventually).

 

I would much rather have a faithful replication of systems and flight model than be fixated on external details and while remarks to the tune of "the fan blades are too grey" are made in good faith and urge to design team to 'get it right', is it really that important to you? Besides, as was mentioned in a post by RSR, the model is being done as if lit head-on by the sun. Nothing, apart from, maybe, black velvet, will show up as pure black when hit by the gazillion candlepower of Sol.

 

Looking forward to adding this aircraft to my very meagre FSX collection.

 

Tony K.