coastaldriver

followed this one for awhile. My go to for a DC10 is actually the Rotate MD11P, which is a good substitute. The differences are the DC10 has the old fashioned analogue cockpit not the digital. Seems it might have been pulled by the maker for obvious reasons - shame lot of effort goes into this stuff.

Yep well stocked with Tolis Airbuses - A319, A320, A320NEO and the A321. The A340 is a legacy bird. Found the Tolis interview interesting how often do you get Phds in Aeronautical Engineering who worked with Airbus making models of depth and detail for XPlane? Does me.

The Cargo Conversion is a bust - of Asian Origins - requires a password to unlock files, They then cannot display correctly suspect it is a Windows only effort not for Linux - the secret password thing is also suspect and best avoided.

Ouch! and if you really want to mess things up there is a cargo mod for the LU 737 available. Not been down that torturous road yet, LU it seems just rolls along - amazing, now one day just one day I will get a 737 to start in my sim - sigh operator error alas!

Seems the issue of plugins is a perenial - I removed Live Traffic not because it did no work but the overhead and basic demand of the lua script to be running and halt everything else. Given the quality and availability of 3rd Party Connections to populate the AI this could result in wait out times of 90 secs or more. Until this completed you could no nothing with the sim. Some of the logic was askew as well - by that I mean aircraft displayed could change direction eratically in a distorted way. Some places the feed was excellent but if it was an out of the way GA airport - forget it. The performance increase and flexibility now is excellent. Do not miss the traffic experience - there are alternatives - depends on if it is necessary for your sim experience I Guess. Anyhow now see why the first thing the bug hunters go after is Lua scripts. The only issue I have with off the shelf AI programs is they cater very well for big city heavy metal worlds but what is lacking is AI for GA - that is small aeroplanes doing stuff at out of the way airports.

Interesting issue - you need an accurage magnetic variation value for non precision approaches - it is the 1 in 60 rule at play here so the error is magnified accordingly. Who is going to update not sure - seems the out of date AIRAC as well is something that LR just let go after XP11

I will not labour issues here re LR and Searches- Learnt out of this and for others that Linux installs of X{12 - well behave like Linux installs in general - even LR's version still follows the Linux logic and hence search functions. Sheesh!

Hmmm interesting problem for me then - Little Navmap finds the airport and logs it in as part of XP12, but not Laminars internal change location dialogue - curious Navmap describes YCWB or Winnepeg as being a VFR airport?

Caught my attention so had to go and have a look at CYWG (Winnepeg) - to discover that it is not included in the default airports. Curious omission by Laminar.

They must have done something I have not noticed AA issues for a long time, always crisp and sharp. Couple of other Beta changes bit more problematic.

Well so far quite happy with the FF757, A really interesting Boeing being that first iteration of the NG aicraft by Boeing. As I understand it the 757 was positioned as a 727 replacement - same seat capacity, range and general performance but with the NG systems and layout, Two engines as opposed to 3 but hey it is too the high Flight Factor standards Sure someone will want to disagree. Did not get many out the door to regular operators but I am sure Boeing leant on a few to tickle the order book. Not sure about the Trump skin but hey the Trump has stuck with his 757 for a long time, so it must work, be cheap to operate and a reliable ride.

Thought about it in the meantime as one cannot get enough Boeings so decided to get the FF Boeing 757 as it was the NG replacement for the 727 in its day. FJS will have to wait awhile maybe about 3 months before I think about it again.

Think we might agree, probably not, that the way Boeing designate the aircraft they have built over the years is at times peculiar. So lets agree that Boeing have shortened and lengthened the 73 airframe to provide, 150, 180, 190 and 200 seats. Either way it is a long way from the original 737 concept that produced the 100-200 series. After all what is a 707 - a 100/200 or 138 or 300 depending on how they pitched the product to the buyers. What do you want short or long, big or little, way it goes. Have fun

Bumping this - I have amassed a collection of aircraft models for the sim to suit any taste I guess - complicated to austere. Old to New. Heavy to Light. So on interation 12.4.3. b there is a lot more Internal AI generated activity, background on apron and if you have Live Traffic in the skies. The environment is dynamic with shifting winds and trees - I can run max clouds effortlessly. So I set up a flight plan to do xyz pick a suitable ride and load up. - BOOM everytime lately I then sit back look at what is on screen - and go wow! You cannot help but just to sit back and watch events unfold it is truly an amazing experience - and XP12s treatment of night lights is second to none. So you sit and watch the show but as for that sim flying proposed not a finger was had

Indeed - I have Boeings going back to the B314, then on via time - 707, 720, 747 200 and 400. Then onto to the 738s and 737s and I include the MD hiccup or the MD80. So in time naturally we shall round off with the 737-200 frm FJS. As for the 300-400 NGs maybe in time So if it is not Boeing I am not going LOL. And if it is not Linux then we will not be going anywheres either. Yeah got the same Airbus bug so pretty widepread!

That is true three time more 738's - however the 737-800 is classed as a B738 not A B737 which is what the designator for the Boeing 700. Then there is the 900 or B739. Splitting hairs. We shall see where they go with the Boeing . As for the freeware 400 needs a lot more work and some XP12 atttention. Looked allright but functionally a bust on 12.4.3

Alas the IXEG 737 400 was not a Linux Bird and relied upon the dreaded Gizmo plugin. Nice model etc but strictly MS Windows. Had it and lost it going over to XP Linux. ☹️

Never quite sure about the Max as a viable Aerodynamic structure. End of the 737 line engines too big, wing completely redesigned and relying on hydraulic digital operated control for longitudinal stability. Not something that takes my fancy at all I am afraid. Can undestand the interest though. Think I go enough 737s now - whew!

Considering we have the Laminar B737-800, then the Efforts of the ZIBO team to take the 737 to another level of realism and functionality - It was a curious effort by the LeveUP team to then modify a variety of the 737;s to cover the variants of the 600, 700, 800 and 900 series Boeing 737's. Given the 737-700 is in fact the definitive B737 (as per Boeing) and the most widely manufactured. I mention this on the bass the FJS now propose an XP12 version of the B737-100/200 aircraft. I think the LevelUP project is now moribund or stopped. The outcome was to provide XP12 with a complete coverage of the Boeing 737 Does one really want yet another Boeing 737 in XP12?

Seems Q8 got himself an advance copy to do a promo. 737-100/200 conceptualised 1964 out the door to the customers in 67-68. You can move 100 sods 1500nm, Still

AH the Tin Mouse now there is a whole set of old sim memories. The 737-100 was a real pocket rocket with the gravel kit so originally Boeings version of a small heavy capable of going in and out of dirt runways around the globe hence the stone guards - no doors for the UC etc. 200 just got a bi fatter.

Taking their time as usual - 🤨

This has been around for quite a bit and I recall similar efforts to get the Google scenery into FSX and P3D. Not such a bad idea but the Google world is limited - to start with Googles fantastic planet coverage is day only. Some aspects does not seem any better visually than what Asobo achieved with PetaBytes of data on MSFS. Think best to wait out what is happening with Laminar - think they are on the right track - that is Laminar's secret - their ability to handle scale or scale down to points without losing clarity and shape.

Not sure where the XP13 mime comes from. I think XP12 is reasonably stable and I would presume will thus remain the Laminar Simulator standard- it has been enhanced considerably with light, weather, graphics upgrades not to mention continuous improvement in the scenery via the Gateway. They might run on with more beta updates close to say 12.8 or something - who knows? The program runs pretty strongly with a Linux dist - cinammon mint. So I find that it Will load from start of the program exec to menu in 30 secs - and then set up a situation (model. location, time) within 2 mins or 120 secs. Very impressive! If you were after a core simulator point then stable and fast is it. All break events are a result of dodgy plugins not Laminar. The Icon-texture preferences engine is still a WIP! I would just call it XP12 - Done Might take a bit for some who like to do stuff to only work with XP12.