Mine always said DA40NGX. I believe it comes from (for example) en-US.locPak:
"AIRCRAFT.UI_MODEL": "DA40NGX"
Ah I see. I mention this because the DA62X mod displays DA62 (no X) as expected…
No worries, I’ve edited the locpak file for DA40 NG as follows:
Which aligns with default. If the same edit could be made for the next DA40 NGX update that would be great. Thanks for the locpak file reference!
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Yeah, I was also confused by this as I expected that both mods would have the X added after seeing the NGX name. I think there might be some issue with changing this that was discovered after one or the other.
Confirming the mod is installed can best be done by looking for the gray triangle on the default livery image. This works for the DA40NG and the DA62X.
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Exactly. IMO changing the name is a little much… that different thumbnail is perfect. Not intrusive, but still lets you know the mod is active.
Yup im removing the X next update. Im a dumb dumb and couldn’t figure out why it still said “DA40NGX”
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thanks for the clarification
Ah yeah me neither… thanks to davux it’s in the locpak files
Changes:
- Changed name to DA40NG, removed the X
- Powerplant:
- Fadec controls torque and not directly power. Less overshooting and smoother control.
- Under -10°C the engine becomes torque limited. Max power ~98%
- ECU Test RPM fixed
- ECU Test behavior improved.
- ECU test no longer moves the throttle lever(thanks Abdullah), and moving it above 5% will cancel the test
- Tool tips for ECU test added and removed incorrect throttle % indication.
- ECU voters are inop, because you guys cant stop playing around
- Engine will sputter when overloaded for too long and if the fuel is too cold (-42°C)
- ECUs will fail when the engine is failed.
- Inverted flight will cause oil and fuel starvation
- Fuel temperature is simulated using simplified physics
Lower fuel quanitiy will cause higher fuel temps.
Transfering fuel will cause temperatures to equalise
- Flightmodel:
- Increased adverse yaw
- Increased aileron effectiveness
- Increased control athourity all around.
- Dihedral stability increased.
- Tweeked ground effect
- Better nosewheel control at higher speeds
- Less dampening on the suspension.
- Low power cruise speeds are more accurate
- Landing flaps more draggy, approach is better
- Systems:
- ELT resets fuel totaliser
- Fuel totaliser stops counting when unlimted fuel is selected
- Added rudder trim for and for those who like to hand fly
- Added “Debugging” CAS messages to G1000. (“incompatible Livery”, FADEC) to help debug
- Autopilot PIDs improved. hopefully no endless climb anymore
- Autopilot no longer controls rudder (yes it did that)
- Removed ground tug
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Probbaly also some tiny things that i forgot to mention, its been a while
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Nice work! Thank you 
The rest of us had been wondering what kind of wizard can change the aircraft names…
Thanks for this update. Lots of real nice detail work you’re doing here.
A big thank you !
Hello! Is there any need to start tinkering in the flight_model.cfg file, to counter the post-update flight dynamics bug?
The lift_coef_flaps value thing?
Good job Mr. Tommy, enjoying all your mods. Thanks for your all your time and efforts to make our sim-life so much better.
Its weird. I initially finished the flightmodel before the update.
But i did verify the performance again after the update.
It kinda seemed alright.
Im honestly not sure. I need to test and see
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Many thanks for this great mod! This is fantastic! One little thing I noticed is that the fuel gauge on the MFD only shows 14 gal max instead of 20.5.
That’s apparently how it is in the real plane - if you look below the right hand side of the PFD got can see printed information on the fuel tanks and display including “max. indicated fuel Qty.: 2 x 14 US gal” and you can also see the same thing on a real aircraft.
It’s definitely weird but presumable Diamond have a good reason for doing this.
Thank you for the Information. It’s definitly weird. If you didn’t show me that picture, I would not believe it. I’ll check the POH to find out, what’s the reason for this.