About what can be expected in the PMDG NGX

In the last poll, some readers requested more news about the B-737 NGX project. Here enclosed is a list of the most important functions already announced by the staff. According to their recent posts, the NGX architecture overtakes what they have ever been able to program in FSX. This architecture will be used for the B-777 project.


Onboard systems and aircraft configuration ;
Air conditioning works and provide air to the mix manifold - Change of zone temperature are simulated - Doors are controlled from the options page of the FMC - Multiple configurations of antennas and probes - Winglets and non winglets configuration have their own flight model - Outflow valve and pressurization models take into account fuselage volumetrics & air flux - Two brakes type selectable ( steel or carbon] with appropriate heat and rate of deceleration - Gas & fluid dynamics - Two different avionics available ; Collins (for CAT.III.b autolands) and Honeywell - Complete start engine simulation, from animations (fan blades..) to EICAS datas, (the amont of air pressure provided for an engine start will vary with atmospheric conditions and airport elevation),
In the cockpit ;HUD (HGS) maintains optical collimation and properties of the projected informations - 2D cockpit panel (and of course VC panel) - Side and frontal glass textures - Fully implemented EGPWS (a GPS based terrain imaging),

From external views ;
Doors handle and handle grip are modeled - Fan blades rotating freely in the wind (if engines stop for instance), 3D passengers windows showing inner edges - 3D cabin seen behind windows - Ground air conditioning unit - Ground power unit, Connectors hoses visible - Fully operable angle of attack indexers - 95 % of moving parts along the fuselage are simulated -
Under flaps, actuators and jackscrews are animated