Randazzo said the PMDG 737 Max could come as early as the PMDG 777 cycle. I think he said something like when PMDG is dropping the 777 variants, a 737 Max could possibly appear around then.  The 737 Max could also appear in the PMDG 747 cycle.  Randazzo was being a little vague on when PMDG would drop the 737 Max because I assume, he is aware of the iFly 737 Max coming to MSFS so perhaps he wants to keep iFly on their toes.

You can listen to Randazzo talk about the 737 Max in the interview with Sky Blue Radio from a few days ago.  Just go to around the 21 minute mark in the video: https://pod.co/sky-blue-radio/jt-welcomes-robert-from-pmdg-to-his-show-9-9

 

Edited September 11, 20223 yr by abrams_tank

sooner the better

2 minutes ago, micstatic said:

sooner the better

In the interview with Sky Blue Radio, Randazzo said he didn't want to drop the 737 Max earlier because he said the MSFS market may be a little "737 fatigued."  I suspect though, if iFly releases their 737 Max for P3D, and there is a race to release the first 737 Max on MSFS between iFly and PMDG, Randazzo will move up the priority of the 737 Max.

What’s the timeline on the pmdg 777 cycle? 

I want the 777 ! more than the MAX...

But I want to believe they have been able to fine tune the C*U Law simulation, because it was very far from realistic in the FSX 7 P3D versions, up to the last version I tried already in P3D v5...

41 minutes ago, jcomm said:

I want the 777 ! more than the MAX...

But I want to believe they have been able to fine tune the C*U Law simulation, because it was very far from realistic in the FSX 7 P3D versions, up to the last version I tried already in P3D v5...

I sure hope so, I think with the -200er update it finally got decent but it was awfull before that.  I remember in turns if you moved the yoke up or down slightly the airplane would "forget" that it was fbw and all of a sudden you would have to add a ton of back pressure or the nose would drop.

4 hours ago, abrams_tank said:

Randazzo said he didn't want to drop the 737 Max earlier because he said the MSFS market may be a little "737 fatigued."

Oh FFS please don't. 😄 Been waiting for it since 2018 or something...

Edited September 11, 20223 yr by threegreen

No need to rush. Look what happened to the real one when Boeing did exactly that.

18 hours ago, Christopher Low said:

No need to rush. Look what happened to the real one when Boeing did exactly that.

Real people died.  Which is a difficult scenario to imagine happening with the release of a toy plane, earlier or not.

22 hours ago, abrams_tank said:

Randazzo said the PMDG 737 Max could come as early as the PMDG 777 cycle. I think he said something like when PMDG is dropping the 777 variants, a 737 Max could possibly appear around then.  The 737 Max could also appear in the PMDG 747 cycle.  Randazzo was being a little vague on when PMDG would drop the 737 Max because I assume, he is aware of the iFly 737 Max coming to MSFS so perhaps he wants to keep iFly on their toes.

You can listen to Randazzo talk about the 737 Max in the interview with Sky Blue Radio from a few days ago.  Just go to around the 21 minute mark in the video: https://pod.co/sky-blue-radio/jt-welcomes-robert-from-pmdg-to-his-show-9-9

 

What dou you mean "keep iFly on their toes"? Make them work quicker so they release first and make all the money? I don't think so. I rather think he wants to let the customers think "It's close!", so they sit out the iFly MAX and buy his version instead. I

18 hours ago, Christopher Low said:

No need to rush. Look what happened to the real one when Boeing did exactly that.

From what I know that wasn't a in issue of "We don't have time to tell them about that new device on the wings because we have to release early", but rather a "If we tell them about that new device at all, they will have to do much more retraining for their pilots instead of enjoying the commonality to the NG, and also they might think it's not really safe".

I wouldn't mind a 777. not really interested in the 737. 

On 9/12/2022 at 2:13 PM, Fiorentoni said:

From what I know that wasn't a in issue of "We don't have time to tell them about that new device on the wings because we have to release early", but rather a "If we tell them about that new device at all, they will have to do much more retraining for their pilots instead of enjoying the commonality to the NG, and also they might think it's not really safe".

It was both. The time pressure was the A320neo that came up when Boeing hadn't started to look at a 737 replacement yet. When American Airlines then placed a huge order for the A320neo-family because Boeing took too long they lost a big deal to Airbus and the race for Boeing to catch up was on. The consequence was cutting corners both to produce an A320neo competitor fast and to make an existing airframe a suitable competitor. If the A320neo hadn't shown up or Boeing would have looked at a new single-aisle aircraft sooner the MAX may very well never have become a thing and they would have taken the time to develop a clean sheet design.

Part of this story kind of happened again recently when Boeing kept postponing making a clear decision on the NMA concept because of the MAX and 787 production troubles so long that United Airlines grew tired of it and ordered a whole bunch of A321neos instead of waiting for the NMA. Of course United still has a ton of MAXs on order, but Boeing lost out again in a similar manner to Airbus in this deal.

Edited September 15, 20223 yr by threegreen

I'd be more interested in a 737Max than the upcoming 739.

I'd like to see some images of the EFB first. It's mid-September and crickets.