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Space Shuttle

Ron Jeffers provides an animated shuttle view that performs a roll and booster-fuel tank separation on ascent, with a simulated liftoff over Cape Canaveral. Orbit height surpasses 600,000 feet, then Slew mode activates via Y and arrow-key steering is possible, with control from Houston Control or a cfg file.

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Modified Touchdown Effects For AI V2

Two files, fx_tchdwn.fx and fx_tchdwn_s.fx, replace the earlier TD_EFX.ZIP components to soften tire burn smoke, reducing darkness and increasing transparency with a stronger vortex swirl. It also introduces tire screech sounds audible within 100 meters of a landing AI aircraft, via ai_touchdown and ai_touchdown2 in the Sound folder.

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Xenon Lights 3.0

By Dirk Kurze, the third iteration of Xenon Lights delivers four grades of detail and brightness, replacing default lighting with a modern xenon appearance across light configurations. Previous Xenon editions exceed 13,000 downloads, highlighting continued user interest.

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Improved Strobe Effect

The strobe effect adds a more realistic silhouette by using five reflectors, with creator credit going to Jose Rafael Navarro. Two color options appear as bitmaps, fx_2B.bmp for Blue Strobe and fx_2W.bmp for White Strobe.

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Water Fix

By Tom Knudsen, this work provides resized ocean image data for a flight simulator, tightening file size while preserving visual quality. It reduces data from 1394 KB to 341 KB to boost performance without changing the water’s appearance.

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QuickGOTO for FSX

QuickGOTO maintains a database of the most frequently used departure locations, including gates, parking spots, and runways, enabling the airplane to be moved instantly to a chosen point. Disabling the opening screen in the general settings improves performance.

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Auto-Hover For R22, JetRanger And EH101

A console program provides a three-axis autopilot that controls the cyclic and rudder for three rotorcraft variants. The period key toggles two submodes, Hover Mode (default) and Forward Mode with joystick-adjusted pitch, while beyond 4x simulation time acceleration the autopilot may destabilize and dampen after a few seconds.

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F-111 AI Aircraft For Australia

Eleven F-111s enter Australian skies, eight at RAAF Amberley (YAMB) and three at RAAF East Sale (YMES). Units 4-1SQN, 4-6SQN, and 3-ARDU operate, some AI travel along the eastern seaboard, an AI timetable accompanies this setup, and the arrangement complements OZx ADF AI, by Karol Chlebowski.

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Gmax Model Tutorial

An introductory tutorial serves as a simple beginner's guide to creating a first model, outlining a clear path for newcomers as they begin using the tool. It helps people take their first step, and is presented by Neil Birch.

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: Bomb_C - Droppable payload An Alternative to flour bombs

An attached object named bomb_c sits in SimObjects/Misc, while the mission SDK effect for it goes in the effects folder. Any .mdl file can be dropped if converted into a simpleobject, and Bruce Fitzgerald, N322DW, contributes the approach.

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Optimizing Your Computer For Flight Simulator (Final)

Four-page tutorial outlines steps to optimize and accelerate any PC, drawing on free software and revised operating system settings. It adds guidance on preventing the blue screen of death and carries final credit to Vince McCoy.

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Bomber Goes in

Bruce.Fitzgerald updates an older Peleliu to Koror bombing run, reworking the sequence to affect flour bombs differently. The change makes flour bombs explode in all such uses and leaves a crater without destroying targets yet, while the developer notes ongoing progress with the SDK.

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Glider Towing Tutorial - Change TOW Plane

By Thomas Murr, the guide shows how to swap the tow plane in the simulator so any desired aircraft can haul a glider aloft, with a Falke tow plane pictured. A hotkey sequence—hold CTRL and SHIFT and press Y—calls the tow aircraft, and references TUT_TWPL.ZIP and tut_twpl.zip for related material.

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Nuke And Missile Effects

Nor-Cal Prop Club provides nuclear bomb and missile effects for use with any aircraft, compiled by Alex Chadney. The two effects are fx_Nukem and Fx_95missile, and they link visuals to a nuclear event and a missile launch.

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Guide For Free Photoscenery Of Spain

A 39-page PDF presents maps and step-by-step instructions, with links to download compressed files. The project, developed by a group of Spanish fans, covers the entire country at a 1 meter per pixel resolution and uses free imagery under a free-use arrangement, authored by Francisco Garcia Garrido.

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More Waves III

An enhanced surf effect introduces more than a single line of breakers and a balanced flow along shallow water, improving movement of the surf. Files fx_waves.fx belong in the Effects directory and fx_swoosh.bmp and fx_swoosh2.bmp sit in Effects/Texture, with an Originals folder to restore originals.

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Spotlight

Tom Knudsen offers a lighting tweak that alters how runway and taxiway illumination appears. The approach centers on the spotlight.bmp file, and users back up the existing version before replacing it with the new one to apply the change.

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FSX/Acceleration Working Nuclear Bomb

Original model by V. Zhyhulskiy, enhanced by Greg Schneider, delivers nuclear bomb effects. A screenshot illustrates a nuclear bomb drop, and the array centers on large visual effects that appear in the scene for various pilots.

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Complete with Base Model

Iran Air Tours Traffic

By Peyman Badri, the feature focuses on a ground-view screenshot of the airline’s fleet, and aircraft are visible on the tarmac. The image shows the machines gathered together, and it gives a straightforward, factual snapshot of the operator’s grounded assets.

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Tutorial How To Add An Afterburner

A practical tutorial on adding and editing afterburner effects for a single or twin-engine jet project, featuring a step-by-step approach and clear illustrations. The author, Mark Rooks of RSDG, guides users through adjusting location, dimensions, and intensity to achieve realistic dynamics.

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