Initial exterior photos of iFly 737 Max and progress update

[abrams_tank]

Steve Halpern from the iFly forum writes:

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iFly has released some development captures of the iFly 737 MAX8 for MSFS in the hangar. Note that these are work-in-progress and were captured then downsized from an ultra-widescreen monitor.

Interior model development is going well, and we have started flight testing on some of the aircraft systems (this is development testing and not yet a beta version).

The iFly 737 Max exterior photos are here:

https://galleries.flight1.net/?gallery=max-msfs-ext-1

The source for these photos and the quote above was posted by the Steve Halpern at: http://ifly.flight1.net/forums/max-for-msfs-exterior-preview_topic21266.html

So it seems like iFly is not quite at the beta version yet, but they have started flight testing and testing of the aircraft systems, and are in the middle of interior model development. I think this puts a timer on PMDG.  Now I am curious if Randazzo from PMDG will speed up the PMDG 737 Max release.

Edited February 26, 2024 by abrams_tank

[SierraDelta]

3 minutes ago, abrams_tank said:

The iFly 787 Max

That would be the 737 MAX8, right?

[abrams_tank]

1 minute ago, SierraDelta said:

That would be the 737 MAX8, right?

Sorry, typo by me. I have edited the title and my typo. It's the 737 Max.

[Ricardo41]

This is great news. The ifly 737s were my favorites. 

[ianb2469]

Although I’m a huge fan of PMDG products, I’m a bigger fan of the 737 family! (And would love even more a 737-300!).  It’ll be great to see another developers spin on things and u see good things about ifly in P3D forums that I still read sometimes.

 

exciting times!

[Vitold69]

Why this iFly name reminds me Chinese(!) developer who did 747 for FSX or FS2004 even?

[dpergau]

iFly's MAX is fantastic in P3D.  Better FMC, better LNAV and it flies RF legs on RNP approaches.  I know which MAX I'll be buying!

Dan

[jcomm]

Had it in p3d. One of my preferred!

Edited February 26, 2024 by jcomm

[Wise87]

24 minutes ago, dpergau said:

iFly's MAX is fantastic in P3D.  Better FMC, better LNAV and it flies RF legs on RNP approaches.  I know which MAX I'll be buying!

Dan

I for one hope they release there's before PMDG. Tired of waiting on them to release the Max.

[cowpatz]

27 minutes ago, dpergau said:

iFly's MAX is fantastic in P3D.  Better FMC, better LNAV and it flies RF legs on RNP approaches.  I know which MAX I'll be buying!

Dan

Absolutely. PMDG should have updated their Nav Data coding long ago.

[sdirand]

Do you know if they plan to release the MAX8 only like they did for P3D or the whole family (at least the MAX8 & MAX9)?

Interesting to see if it forces PMDG to show it's hand know that Ifly released their first preview.

 

[jon b]

Are they planning on doing their 747-400 for MSFS ?

[dpergau]

1 hour ago, sdirand said:

Do you know if they plan to release the MAX8 only like they did for P3D or the whole family (at least the MAX8 & MAX9)?

Interesting to see if it forces PMDG to show it's hand know that Ifly released their first preview.

 

A MAX 9 would be great!  I guess time will tell.

[dpergau]

55 minutes ago, jon b said:

Are they planning on doing their 747-400 for MSFS ?

That would be fantastic!

[threexgreen]

I'm most interested to see how they are simulating ground friction and engine behavior on this in MSFS. For some reason, they never simulated anything outside of P3D and as a result the P3D version still suffers from grossly unrealistic ground friction where you have to continuously keep thrust above idle to keep moving, as if you're taxiing through deep mud. The engine model is off too because it too relies on the P3D (even FSX) model with its limitations. This is one decision on their part I never understood given how well the iFly is made in other aspects.