kneighbour

I have been watching this space for several months now. I saw an earlier post where this was supposed to be released in January, but obviously this has slipped a little. Any better estimate for when it might be released?

In his defence, I did watch the video, and he has 'Flight Simulator FSX' plastered all over it. Bit confusing at times. But to answer the question. The plane does NOT do procedures, SIDS, STARs, etc.

I am looking forward to this more than the IXEG Classic. I would rather fly the -800 than the -300, so this looks like the perfect answer. Will have to get x737FMC just to be ready.

yes, not 30 minutes ago

what is UWXP?

It will have a SayIt function. This brings up a text line of what you are supposed to say to ATC. You can either read that back, or let the computer SayIt for you. This is just what I want - I am trying to learn the proper ATC communications, and if nothing else, this is teaching the user what to say. Seems a top feature.

I did - way back. I see that a new V2 is about to be released. It is pretty expensive, but it does look pretty good. I understood that you also had to generate taxi ways? This is the same problem that World Traffic has - and it is just not practical unless you just happen to fly in a very popular area. But since Sydney is out - that does make it more interesting for me. I will certainly check it out. I tried to go to the purchase page on the website - but it does not seem to be active just yet. Are they putting the paid version on hold for the time being?

The SayIt function looks perfect!! Apart from the actual speech part, it also teaches you the correct readback - one of the things I would like to learn - and this seems a brilliant way to learn. Am keenly looking forward to the actual release.

I downloaded V1 ages ago, but never got around to trying it out. Now that V2 is almost out, I am more interested. I was wondering if you can set the pilot->ATC communications to text only? I am not that confident that I can do the voice commands. But of course I still want the ATC to talk back to me. All the other features (moving map, flight planner, etc) look very impressive and might be worth it just for those features.

I agree. I bought it, and still cannot set it up. Well, I went to great effort to setup 2 airports, but even there it is marginal at best. Like many, I surmise, I just gave up. If this system can generate traffic ANYWHERE, it will be a winner for sure. But while traffic is a nice plus, what I am really looking for is a halfway decent ATC system. As everyone knows, the X-Plane ATC is not even worth considering. I have been looking at EasyATC (my current favourite) or 124thATC64. It is still early days for both of these systems, but I am hopeful.

Well, if it only works for a limited and specific range of airports, then for me at least, it is totally useless. It has to work at ANY airport. I fly a lot in Australia and SE Asia - unless it works in these locations, then it is useless (to me). But since this is the development phase, I am watching it with great anticipation.

This is still a bit confusing to me. Does this only work at a handful of airports in Europe?

I am a programmer myself - so I do understand some of their issues. But I am thinking that the bugs in the FMS would have been simple to discover. I have not done one single flight where the FMS has worked. Even the tutorial flight that they provide will not work (on my system, at least). I think the Xmas rush was the problem - and getting it out when they did was probably a good move commercially. As long as the x-plane community can see updates in the near future (within a week or so), then no harm done. None of us expects a flawless and bug free system. Hell, even X-Plane itself is rife with problems. For me it is my first aircraft with a working FMS that I have actually flown much at all (I have the CRJ-200 but I never fly it). I am guessing it will take me a week or so to get to learn how to fly the plane in all other respects, so I do not mind waiting for some patches for the FMS to come out. One problem is that the IXEG will be coming out very soon, and it has a fully working FMS. The MD80 is somewhat limited in comparison as far as I can see. If patches to the MD80 are not out by the time the IXEG comes out, there is a fair bet that I will relegate the MD80 to history. One very big saving grace is that the MD80 is a weird aircraft to fly. Not at all like a Boeing or Airbus, so that adds a lot of points for me. It also flies very well - as smooth as the 732 I think. Apart from the FMS it is a very nice plane. I like the look of the 767. The few Youtube videos I have seen of it seem promising. But I am not sure if I want yet another aircraft of around the same vintage. I am guessing it is around the same age as the 733 roughly, and perhaps much like the MD80 in technology as well. I would rather go to a newer aircraft like the 737-800 I am thinking. Anyway, no more flying for me today - too much food! Edit : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kTvmHKVh9A4&feature=youtu.be Just found this excellent youtube video by Frooglesim. He took up a real MD80 captain and his comments are instructive.

I was wondering the same thing - was trying to hold off for the IXEG, but gave up and bought the MD80. I am more into the short haul than long, so was not that keen on the 767. The MD80 has been a bit of a disappointment. My FPS has taken a bit of a hit, even with 2K textures, so is barely usable. But the big problem is the FMS - it has a lot of bugs which the developers are working on. But in the meantime it can be challenging to fly because of the FMS problems. In fact, was looking at the online videos of the 767 with a bit more interest - just because I want an FMS that actually works. A few of us are also getting random CTD when editing the FMS in flight. VERY annoying as you can imagine. It does not seem that they had a very good beta test program, or were rushed to release a bit early. I am thinking that if they fix the FMS problems, it will be a great aircraft. But until then I would hold off for the IXEG.

Pardon my ignorance - what is 'PFE' ?