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Developer Magknight has updated the community, over on the X-Plane forum, with progress to the 787’s FMS and EFB.

Magknight has shared some previews of how their new coding incorporates performance and weight/balance calculations through the use of the EFB.

Large changes to the EFB are being made, including new aircraft config system, allowing you to manage all the important aircraft loadout features from the galley to the cargo. As stated above, this update also features takeoff and landing performance calculations. Its simplicity allows the user to select their runway of choice with an intersection departure if desired. Runway conditions, winds, and automatic flap settings for flaps 5, 10, 15, 17, 18, and 20 (for some airports only) are all incorporated into the system for accurate performance calculations from within the simulator.

Drzewiecki Design has released version 3 of their popular Polish Airports Volume 1 series. Volume 1 contains Gdańsk, Katowice, Rzeszów and Lublin airport. Version 3 comes with some significant updates over the previous version, with notable features such as SAM jetways support at all airports (including marshaller and VGDS), new terminals with interiors for some airports and up-to-date PBR textures, layouts, markings and more. But perhaps most significant is that the entire scenery is now fully functional under Vulcan, which has recently been added to X-Plane 11 as new rendering engine.

Polish Airports Vol. 1 Version 3 is available on SimMarket for €28,46. Customers that have previously purchased version 1 or version 2 of this scenery package, are entitled to a discount which will make the upgrade price €19,92. Another special discount applies for customers of Drzewiecki Design’s Chicago Airports XP.