This tutorial demonstrates terrain data modification to achieve a more realistic look, concentrating on the Canary Islands off Africa and two small northern islands. It relies on Shuttle Radar Topography Mission data products, supplied free of charge, with the author credited as Gerhard Scheuerecker.
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David Robles reconfigures the lights and provides sound effects and WAV files to accompany the freeware B-1B Lancer from Alpha Simulations. Robles notes three additional files, with links in the readme, and weapon systems tie into panel lights for conventional use and strobe lights for nuclear weapons.
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4Cory Rees frames Delta Airlines within a USA Traffic context, aligning the operator with a domestic scope and presenting the work under his byline. The designation identifies the operator and geographic scope, and Cory Rees signs the work.
4.39 KB842A Word .doc checklist accompanies the payware Wilco E-Jets Embraer 170/190, presenting a compact reference for two variants. By Louis Hermsen, the file aligns with the Embraer E-Jets 170 and 190 variants, offering a concise note.
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Base ModelAn improvised ground vehicle uses stock gauges and CFG files from content bundled with the simulator, and is GPS and autopilot ready for guided movement. The creator Frankensteines panels and CFG values from various other machines, tweaking the wing, motor, and autopilot to keep the craft on terra firma and reach a practical pace.
1.75 MB8121You wrap renamed wavs into a file named soundai after renaming sound.cfg to soundai.cfg, then create a cab file and place it under Traffic_Sounds\Jets. In the A321’s default folder, the cfg sets an alias to ..\Traffic_Sounds\Jets\AI_Airbus_321\soundai, and you rename the folder to AI_B777 to match your chosen variant.
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For the Beechcraft Model 17 Staggerwing, a PDF-format step-by-step checklist covers cold-and-dark to secure shutdown, with manifold pressure guidance for standard airports up to 2,500 feet and adjustability for higher elevations. Werner Schott authors the freeware, drawing on simTECH Flight Design Ltd. and Mark Rooks contributions.
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A new background image for the free flight setup interface appears, with photographer notes in readme.txt by David Ranieri, and it accompanies a visual demonstration. An accompanying screenshot shows the Freeflight menu, and the filename Free-Flight-UI-Background-fsx-1.jpg serves as reference.
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An ultra-brief guide shows how to toggle taxi lights on aircraft, presenting the on or off states for ground operations, by Joost Visser, and relies on Shockwave 3D Redux lights to demonstrate a straightforward adjustment on the ground.
1022.34 KB7585/53An illustrated guide demonstrates the use of background images within the airport design workflow and ships as a PDF file. The tutorial by bob Keeshan for The ScruffyDuck Software Company follows a step-by-step process to integrate imagery into project layouts.
751.91 KB738The compilation, by Gary McDonald, presents a complete list of all airports in the airports file, augmented with data from ICAO databases. The compilation records airport names, cities, states, and countries for each record and aligns information across jurisdictions.
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Kenmore Air operates a DHC-2 Beaver with two variations, floats and wheels, and the aircraft bears registration N9766Z. Production totals reach about 1,657 units, underscoring the model’s popularity for remote lake service near Seattle, with artwork by Victor Vu.
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PatchFive default airport vehicle models undergo fixes for transparency issues and related defects. The work uses Arno's ModelconverterX development release and applies only to models that import without warnings. For Russian airport vehicles, ensure proper copies into VEH_air_RU_bagcart1 and VEH_air_RU_bagcart_FlatNose folders.
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Tom Tiedman provides an Airbus A321 smoke effect, including a fx_smoke_f6.fx and two SMOKESYSTEM lines, smoke.0 and smoke.1, with coordinates -8.232, -18.606, -3.301 and -8.232, 18.506, -3.301, documenting a compact setup for visual cues, visible.
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An FDC profile provides performance data and checklists for two variants, the 320 and 321. It links practical procedures to the specified aircraft, delivering concise guidance on operation while staying focused on the published metrics and workflows.
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By Tom Tiedman, this smoke effect adds to the default Bombardier CRJ-700, using the fx_smoke_f6.fx file and a SMOKESYSTEM block that creates two entries, smoke.0 and smoke.1, with coordinates -86.490, -7.751, 3.401 and -86.490, 7.751, 3.401.
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An illustrated guide outlines terrain concepts and how to change them with SBuilder, a tool used to shape island terrain. It covers creating water bodies, roads, vehicle traffic, airport flattening, removing autogen, and adding more detail, and notes that anybody can do it easily and quickly.
3.55 MB48960+Clear guidance explains how to enable PAI traffic within a flight simulator, outlining practical steps to copy, move, and edit several essential files. Bruno van Mulken authors this guidance for use with the described steps.
2.65 KB476PatchTwo baggage cart variants receive a fix by Stefan Weiss, adjusting contact points to avert sinking into the ground by about 1–2 feet. Backups reside in VEH_air_bagcart_blue_sm and VEH_air_bagcart_FlatNose_Grey_sm, with the corresponding sim.cfg-files copied from a zip-file into the same locations.
2.26 KB460The catalog displays stars down to magnitude 5.50, trimming the total to about 2900 entries and adding planetary data for Mars, Mercury, Jupiter, Saturn, and Venus, with stars arranged by increasing brightness. The concept originates with J. Chuang and is authored by F. Ronchi.
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