It was only in late January that the Rotate team gave us a pretty serious update for their highly acclaimed MD-80 aircraft. They’ve now gone and improved on that with the release of the v1.41 update just a couple of months later.
This update sees a list of changes to the jet, including new sounds, bugfixes and improvements to the aircraft systems, giving an overall improvement to the flying experience. You can find the full changelog below this story.
Rotate’s customers can download the update from their point of purchase, and those wishing to take their first flight in this excellent MD-80 simulation can head to the Rotate website for the listing of available retailers.
Full changelog:
– Improved AP armed modes.
– Added Stabilizer Motion alert.
– Fixed ILS availability during LNAV operation.
– Fixed bug in ap_toggle command.
– Fixed a bug in FD availability logic.
– Fixed a bug in ATS FMA display.
– Adjusted threshold of oil pressure alerts.
– New altitude callout sounds.
– Fixed a bug in trajectory speed evaluation.
– Fixed out of trim situation with extreme forward CG.
– Adjusted Vref speeds for high GW.
– Fixed a bug in array datarefs return value.
– Changed EPR Lim and fuel flow digits.
– Fixed a bug in minimums annunciation.
– Fixed a bug in TAKE OFF mode logic.
– Fixed a bug in burned fuel reset command.
– Fixed a bug in VNAV SPEED DEScent throttle override.
– Fixed a bug in fuel load calculation.
– Fixed a bug in overhead knob sounds.
– Fine tuned minimum value for AAI.
