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My favorite gliderport to fly from in real life (79N, Ridge Soaring in
Unionville, Pennsylvania, USA) is incorrectly located in FSX. The gliderport is placed about 300 yds too far NW. This puts the whole thing on the wrong side of the adjacent highway, and projects the airport part way into some nearby small hills. As a result, FSX incorrectly shows substantial cliffs at the NW airport boundary. It's starting to bug me. Is this something that's easily fixed (at least, in my copy of FSX)? |
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On Jul 2, 10:04 pm, "Ray" wrote:
My favorite gliderport to fly from in real life (79N, Ridge Soaring in Unionville, Pennsylvania, USA) is incorrectly located in FSX. The gliderport is placed about 300 yds too far NW. This puts the whole thing on the wrong side of the adjacent highway, and projects the airport part way into some nearby small hills. As a result, FSX incorrectly shows substantial cliffs at the NW airport boundary. It's starting to bug me. Is this something that's easily fixed (at least, in my copy of FSX)? If you are only flying gliders, have you tried Condor? It's easier to make your own scenery and the physics, towing, and weather (thermals) are better, not to mention the frame rates... and of course it's geared towards multiplayer racing which is fun. I used to fly in FSX but got frustrated with it's slowness and unrealistic weather patterns. Sure does look nice though, and good practice for instrument flying, etc. I may install it again and give it another chance. |
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On Jul 2, 11:07*pm, vic20owner wrote:
On Jul 2, 10:04 pm, "Ray" wrote: My favorite gliderport to fly from in real life (79N, Ridge Soaring in Unionville, Pennsylvania, USA) is incorrectly located in FSX. The gliderport is placed about 300 yds too far NW. This puts the whole thing on the wrong side of the adjacent highway, and projects the airport part way into some nearby small hills. As a result, FSX incorrectly shows substantial cliffs at the NW airport boundary. It's starting to bug me. Is this something that's easily fixed (at least, in my copy of FSX)? If you are only flying gliders, have you tried Condor? *It's easier to make your own scenery and the physics, towing, and weather (thermals) are better, not to mention the frame rates... and of course it's geared towards multiplayer racing which is fun. *I used to fly in FSX but got frustrated with it's slowness and unrealistic weather patterns. *Sure does look nice though, and good practice for instrument flying, etc. *I may install it again and give it another chance. I think the same bug exists in the db of my Garmin Pilot III. The reference point is on the other side of PA Rt.220. Uli Neumann Libelle 'GM' |
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On Jul 3, 10:04*am, "Ray" wrote:
My favorite gliderport to fly from in real life (79N, Ridge Soaring in Unionville, Pennsylvania, USA) is incorrectly located in FSX. The gliderport is placed about 300 yds too far NW. This puts the whole thing on the wrong side of the adjacent highway, and projects the airport part way into some nearby small hills. As a result, FSX incorrectly shows substantial cliffs at the NW airport boundary. It's starting to bug me. Is this something that's easily fixed (at least, in my copy of FSX)? Hi Ray - two good places to ask that question would be he http://www.virtualsoaring.org/ and he http://carrier.csi.cam.ac.uk/forster...fsx/index.html Forster Lewis is active both places and is a bit of an FSX soaring guru (being involved in development of a new glider by Aerosoft, though it seems to have fallen off the radar a bit with flight model issues I understand). I don't doubt he could help you get it right. regards smithcorp |
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Wow, out of curiosity I just re-installed all 15 GB of FSX and after
setting the realism to the max, getting 50FPS+, I was sorely disappointed with the physics. I completed an entire tow without ever touching the ailerons, and despite trying to stall the glider I could not do it. I could keep the nose above the horizon with full elevator and the speed never dropped below 40knts, the plane never stalled, I just flew happily along with full elevator. I am presently freeing up that 15GB and continuing to fly in condor. Condor is far better, slips show the airspeed going crazy, airspeed sounds are correct, stalls happen, and VNE actually has an effect, there is a GPS, and thermals and ridge lift actually work. In fact the scenery is also better too. Maybe I'll use it some day for instrument and airport communications practice when I learn to fly a cesna, but for flying gliders it's pretty much useless. If you are using FSX, I definitely recommend trying Condor. Going back to FSX after flying in Condor the the past year (sadly) was an eye opener! Oops there we go, uninstall complete, 17GB now freed. -tom |
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