Laminar Research has released X-Plane 11.36 – the build is now final. According to the official release announcement:
X-Plane 11.36 is a minor patch that includes a pretty phenomenal improvement: bungee steering for the default Cessna 172. We worked with a few real world pilots on this change, and they confirm it truly captures the feel of steering a real C172 around an airport. The wheel can be steered through rudder linkage up to a small deflection angle, and by using differential brakes, the plane can turn tighter. You can try it for yourself because X-Plane 11.36 has been released for everyone!
Please see below for an update changelog covering both release candidates.
Release Candidate 2
- XPD-10241 Restored airways when using FAA CIFP.
- XPD-10268 Fix for beacon.obj typo.
- XPD-10272 Fix plugin-commanded steering not working.
- Updated C172.acf and C172_G1000.acf with new nosewheel steering parameters.
Release Candidate 1
- Honeycomb & Betop MVP joystick files added.
- Bumped max number of texture atlases from 64 to 128.
- XPD-10246 Fixed missing layers for .lin files with layers out of order.
- XPD-10253 Fixed crash if speech engine fails to init.
The original release announcement is available via the X-Plane blog. Alternatively, for more information about X-Plane 11, visit the official platform website.
Keep in mind, X-Plane 11.40 is also currently in the works – the update will feature significant enhancements to flight modeling.