SXM Pre Release discussion

So what’s this I see that it will be tougher when a plane lands, you need to manage your planes to the gate or is this done automatically?

There was an image posted months ago about wind direction and lining planes.

I couldn’t find the image but someone posted a quote…

“ Seems like it’s pretty much confirmed that the airport will have backtrack (and that the airport is Saint Maarten)”

I am thinking wind change or lining up for take offs.

You assign gate before landing so it’s done automatically.

MY LORD THIS IS OUT OF THE BLUE
Now x size is the only size to have ALL ADVANCED model aircraft

When are you adding ATL- Hartsfield & CVG airports on the page?

Windchange - No.
Lineup is Active from MCT implementation.

B744 is L sized…or at least it’s irl. (If we assume category E sized planes are L planes)

You mean this one?

https://www.instagram.com/p/CeWQvK1MCoS/?igshid=YmMyMTA2M2Y%3D

Yeah considering that the 747-400 is

  • shorter than 777-300ER
  • bit less wingspan than 777-300ER

Then the 747-400 should be L, only the 747-8 should be X
At least that’s what I hope. Not sure about devs.

I’ve noticed in game only X planes use both jetbridges when there is a double jet bridge on a stand. Therefore if the 747-400 uses both airbridges as it tended to do IRL (where it could) then it will probably be X.

L planes also use both jetbridges irl. But it is true that if we find a screenshot of the 744 using both jetbridges it’s most likely X.

I want b747 - 400 be X size,too.
Because she have double floors and she can load many passengers.
And I looking forward to B777-300ER is added long distance route like IAD to ICN.

I mean if the 744 is advanced the 748 will be made too, most likely, so my point still stands

It can be problem to hold 747 as XL plane - please compare wingspan to other L planes.

What aircraft do you think will be given as reward at SXM?

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I don’t quite understand this argument. If it were down to the size of the plane, the E190 and the Comet would have to be S planes and the Concorde just about an M plane (aside from the fact that the game squeezes 350 people into it)

Well it’s just the numbers really, I just measure length and wingspan

  1. The Comet 4 in game is 33.99m long and 35m wide so it’s wider than the A320-200 (34.10m). So M is fine.

  2. The E190 is tricky as it’s somewhere in the middle as wingspan is small (28.72m) but it’s 36.24m long, which is longer than A319 at 33.84m, so arguable, but I think M is fine

  3. The Concord is 62.17m long, longer than the A330-200 (59m) so I don’t know how you would fit that plane into M stands, even with only 25.56m wingspan.

So my argument being the 747-400 can fit L stands for the 777-300ER prove that it doesn’t really need to be X. Just my 2 cents really.

The concorde is cateory E irl (same category as B777,A330,etc) so it makes sense that it’s a L plane. All E-Jets are cateory C (same category as A320) so actually the E170 and E175 should be M planes. I don’t know anything about Comet but I would think it’s category C too.


New paint and new destinations

Pakistan International Airlines (PIA)
Aso Kumamoto Airport

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