QualityWings Status Update - January 2013

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Greetings to everyone
and welcome to 2013! We hope that the past few weeks of the Holiday season have
been especially warm for you and your families.

First, I just want to take an
opportunity to thank everyone for their support in previous years and
especially in 2012. We hope that our products have helped provide a high level
of entertainment for you and we’re working to ensure that it continues and gets
even better.

As we try to do periodically,
I’d like to provide an Overall Status Update for all things QualityWings. 

Ultimate 146
Collection – Stage 3 (BAe146 Variants)

We are happy to have
been able to deliver the first 2 stages of the Ultimate 146 as planned. We do
understand that Stage 3 is running a little longer than many of you may have
been expecting and we're working hard to get these variants to you as best we
can. I am happy to report that the BAe146 Variants are nicely progressing at
the moment. Nearly all the artwork is done and the GNS-XLS FMC is pretty much
finalized and ready for testing. 

Currently the main
focus is on the Sperry autopilot. This autopilot is quite different to what you
see on the Avro Variants. Vertical modes feature pitch hold, Alt Hold, VS Hold
and IAS/MACH modes which act similar to LVL CHG on the Avro. Although there is
a VNAV button on the MCP, it was never functional in the real plane (and thus it
is not in our product). The GNS-XLS helps you by giving a VNAV prediction for
every waypoint though. In terms of lateral navigation, we are investigating on
a completely reworked autopilot code which is also to be used on the upcoming
Ultimate 787. We’re tapping into some new areas with this but first tests make
us very confident we’re on a good track with this system. It will allow us much
more accuracy and customization of the lateral autopilot modes - especially in windy
conditions. With every new feature comes more development time unfortunately,
which is one of the reasons why the estimated release timeframe slipped towards
the end of the first quarter in 2013 now. This is in favor of a proper
autopilot representation which wouldn’t have been possible to this extend
otherwise.

As far as the analogue
gauges are concerned we have about 90% of all gauges done. The big remaining
tasks are the semi-automatic pressurization system, the Thrust Management
System (which is already in progress) and some pedestal differences.

On the outside, Samy
is already very busy preparing the liveries in QWHDT for FSX. The differences
on the exterior model itself are marginal and limited to different antenna
locations as well as other details. Of course everything is built in the known
accuracy that you already find on the Avro RJ variants.

We’re very happy with
what we achieved so far and will keep you in the loop of this development. It
promises to be a spectacular and unique product for an unbeatable price-quality-ratio. We've provided a few screens of the BAe146 in progress at the end of this thread. 

Ultimate 787

As many of our
Facebook fans know, the exterior model is progressing quite nicely. It is still
a work in progress, but we are very happy with the week to week progression.
I’m sure many of you want to see more about the Flightdeck. Jacob has informed me that there is a
significant preview of the flightdeck on the horizon. 

Systems are
progressing nicely albeit slowly. Once we have a handle on the testing of some
of the features we have planned – we’ll be able to provide more information on
what to expect for the 787.  As we’ve
said several times in recent updates – this product is targeted for End of
2013. This is all tentative and subject to change. For those unfamiliar
with the word tentative:

“Not certain or fixed;
provisional: "a tentative conclusion".

Ultimate 757

Service Pack 3 for the
757 is currently a lower priority item as the Ultimate 146 and 787 are
utilizing all resources at the moment. We still have plans to get that Service
Pack out when time permits – but please understand that we have higher priority
items going on at the moment. 

Communications

We invite those of you
who are on Facebook to Like our QualityWings page where you will always receive
the latest information first. Major Press Releases will still always be posted
on the Forums.  Product Support is NEVER available on Facebook!

You can find us on
Facebook at:

http://www.facebook.com/QualityWings

Beta Testing Opportunities
We continue to receive requests for Beta Testing of our upcoming Ultimate 787. Again, when we are ready to bring on additional testers, I promise that we WILL tell you. You can be sure that we will advertise for it in the form of a Press Release and on Facebook. In the meantime, auditions have been taking place for a long while now. What do I mean by that? While we want to pick a diverse group of Beta Testers that includes not only those totally unfamiliar with our products, we know that there are a group of you out there who are loyal followers. We always monitor the contributions of our forum community and social media. Having a cousin who is an Associate Director of Mechanical & Electronic Trapezoid Engineering (Really, this is an actual position ) for the Boeing 787 means nothing if you don't know how to communicate with others in a professional manner. And no, that doesn't mean that we're looking for those who sing our praises all the time - but those who know how to provide constructive criticisms as adults.
Just giving you all something to think about 
Thanks for your
patience and continued support!