Ultimate 787
After a bit of a ‘slow’ phase at the beginning of 2016, the 787 has seen a lot of progress in the last couple of months. But as always when you wrap things up and start to finalize a project…it’s those last percentage points of completion that take a LOT of work on the inside without any visible impact on the outside. We’re in exactly that phase right now.
We did some performance tuning and made significant stability and VAS usage improvements.
Due to issues we experienced with the TCAS system we used for the 757 and 146, we decided to build one from scratch for this product. We’re currently in the process of finalizing up this other puzzle piece. In addition we have been working on finalizing the FMC pages, including optimum flight levels, step climbs, etc.
Another big thing has been the implementation of compacted displays. If one of the Multi Function Displays (MFDs) fails, our product gives the user the ability to show all the information on the remaining MFD. While we don’t go deep into failure simulation, this was a necessary feature for a proper Cold & Dark power up sequence.
We have worked a lot on the correct power up sequence and how the displays come to life. We’re currently implementing all the associated sounds such as recirc / avionic fans powering up and down when the airplane goes through the startup sequence. It’s incredible how sophisticated the 787 is…it really seems to have a mind of it’s own with all the stuff that’s going on without any pilot input.
Overall the plane is shaping up nicely and starts to feel more and more complete. We anticipate to be able to start into some real beta testing soon.
Of course we’ll let you know when this milestone has been achieved. Keep in mind that we still have to do the cosmetic finetuning, so when looking at the screenshots you will probably spot some items being slightly out of position here and there.
Ultimate 737
This project is deferred until after the 787 is released.
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