PMDG 737-600 Preview

[tfm 196]

4 hours ago, Lucas Gomes said:

Comparison of the new PMDG LNAV with the Fenix at Area 51 ILS DME Arc.

Both look good but do you know what AF004 and AF[cut off] represent in the PMDG version? Surely they’re not still using virtual waypoints to paint the DME curve?

[Nyxx 6,994]

1 hour ago, tfm said:

Both look good but do you know what AF004 and AF[cut off] represent in the PMDG version? Surely they’re not still using virtual waypoints to paint the DME curve?

Also I see no Mower

EDIT: it showed when I watched the full Vid.

Edited July 29, 2022 by Nyxx

[Pochi 68]

Yep, I am not so excited anymore seeing this… but is it really the LNAV 2.0 in this screenshot ?

Pierre

[tfm 196]

4 minutes ago, Pochi said:

Yep, I am not so excited anymore seeing this… but is it really the LNAV 2.0 in this screenshot ?

Pierre

I guess that’s the $49.99 question 😉

[Fiorentoni 4,417]

32 minutes ago, Pochi said:

Yep, I am not so excited anymore seeing this… but is it really the LNAV 2.0 in this screenshot ?

Pierre

It is, it's written in the video description (first page, first post here), and Emi is a beta tester so he knows what he's talking about.

 

51 minutes ago, tfm said:

Both look good but do you know what AF004 and AF[cut off] represent in the PMDG version? Surely they’re not still using virtual waypoints to paint the DME curve?

They are, apparently.

[JSmith2112 317]

1 hour ago, tfm said:

Both look good but do you know what AF004 and AF[cut off] represent in the PMDG version? Surely they’re not still using virtual waypoints to paint the DME curve?

They are. According to the video it will take a few more months before they get that sorted out.

[espent 1,439]

In the last year when Rob has talked about the new LNAV module there has never been any mention that the RF legs would not be included. Suddenly they just drop this via a tester. ‘Just a few more months” in PMDG-speak is 2023. So bloody annoying. 

Edited July 29, 2022 by espent

[VBHB 298]

Just hurry up and release the -800. This is getting more embarrassing. 

[JRBarrett 3,133]

2 hours ago, espent said:

In the last year whenRob has talked about the new LNAV module there has never been any talk about that the RF legs would not be included. Suddenly they just drop this via a tester. ‘Just a few more months” in PMDG speak is 2023. So bloody annoying. 

Robert has stated more than once that the RF legs would come after the new LNAV. I can’t point to a specific post, but I was certainly aware of it before I saw Emi’s video. Emi said “a couple of months”.

It will require a new nav database coded in ARINC 424 format, which is the database coding that real FMS systems use.

I assume this will be provided by Navigraph, and probably Aerosoft NavDataPro as well. Up until now, all PMDG aircraft have used a common database format. Going forward, Navigraph will probably offer two PMDG databases: “classic” for the older PMDG products in P3D, and the new ARINC 424 database. 

Edited July 29, 2022 by JRBarrett

[espent 1,439]

4 minutes ago, JRBarrett said:

Robert has stated more than once that the RF legs would come after the new LNAV. I can’t point to a specific post, but I was certainly aware of it before I saw Emi’s video. Emi said “a couple of months”.

Then I am sorry for the rant. I must have missed that message.

[DD_Arthur 1,106]

4 hours ago, Fiorentoni said:

Keep in mind that the pricing strategy is not directed at the AVSIM crowd, but at simmers that don't care or don't know that there are several 737 variants.

Yep, this is the essential part of the equation that PDMG have correctly identified and they’ve said as much.

The vast majority of people who buy the 737 will only buy one variant. For them the price is right and I’m one of them.

 I love my -700. It’s the first complex airliner I’ve used in any sim and I think it’s fantastic. It’s introduced me to SIDS and STARS and serious flight planning and auto landing in daft places.😎

Will I be buying any of the variants? No chance. Will I be buying the 777 and 747 when they’re released? Certainly.

 

[Drumcode 1,908]

9 hours ago, steve310002 said:

Thought you were serious. That would be too generous of PMDG.

I was trolling as that's a pretty steep pricing for a less popular variant. Really curious how this pans out in a month or two. 

[Cognita 1,116]

18 minutes ago, Drumcode said:

that's a pretty steep pricing for a less popular variant

Yes, I agree. For a variant that is virtually not used in the world $50.00 is pretty steep. It is, what, $20 less than the 700, but with 700 you get three versions, passenger, cargo and business, whereas the 600 is passenger only I think.

As there are virtually no routes I would fly the 600 on I have absolutely no interest in it -- even if thy priced it at $5 I would not get it --  but I do wonder who is interested in this version and why? Am I missing something?

Edited July 29, 2022 by Cognita

[NovemberUniform 157]

6 hours ago, tfm said:

Surely they’re not still using virtual waypoints to paint the DME curve?

LNAV 1.5? I'll wait, thank you. 

[Gilandred 726]

13 minutes ago, Cognita said:

but I do wonder who is interested in this version and why? Am I missing something?

I think they are targeting entry level simmers that would pay $50 for the -600 as their entry into a study level plane, but not the $70 for the -700 because it’s too much and more or less the same plane.  Personally I don’t think the -600 will be a big seller at all.  I wouldn’t pay $50 for it, but might be tempted at $25.  Same goes for the other variants.

Edited July 29, 2022 by Gilandred