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Terrain Editing Tutorial

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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8.04 MB
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919
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Boeing 737-800 Engine Smoke

A subtle engine smoke display appears on the default 737-800, implemented with the fx_smoke_f6.fx effect and two SMOKESYSTEM lines in the aircraft.cfg. The SMOKESYSTEM entries specify smoke.0 as -1.232, -15.416, -3.801 and smoke.1 as -1.232, 15.506, -3.801, both referencing fx_smoke_f6, with Tom Tiedman listed as the author.

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400.8 KB
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866
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'Person' Ground Vehicle

An 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.

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1.75 MB
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812
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Aircraft Background Viewer Images

Real-world photographs by Ian Salter capture locations across the world and serve as replacement backgrounds for a background viewer. The collection emphasizes geographic variety and presents images with neutral colors, expanding the viewer's visual options.

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467.74 KB
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Airport Design Editor Tutorial 3

An 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.

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751.91 KB
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737
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Tutorial - Reducing Traffic Speed

An illustrated tutorial explains how to lower the speed of highway vehicle traffic observed around larger cities and airports, highlighting that speeds are perceived as too fast for realistic flight. David 'Opa' Marshall compiles the guide in DOC and PDF formats.

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623.43 KB
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725
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Manual/Checklist Learjet 60

A PDF-format booklet presents a Learjet 60 workflow from dark cockpit start to shutdown, covering pre-start, engine initiation, taxi, takeoff, climb, descent, and landing. Werner Schott writes the guide, drawing on Blaisdell, Brisard, May, and Pardy’s Learjet 60 project, whose panel and aircraft design mirror real-world procedures.

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557.57 KB
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718
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Aircraft Fuel Dump Effects

It should work with any aircraft, providing a fuel-dump capability and leaving a standard fuel vapor trail behind the aircraft. A cockpit warning sounds and changes as the valves close, clearly attributed to Carl Vokes.

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188.79 KB
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705
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Airports Merged With ICAO Data Bases - Update 2

The 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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2.73 MB
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699
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Kenmore Air De Havilland Beaver DHC-2

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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325.46 KB
Total Downloads
688
Star Rating
4/5
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Tutorial - Creating VIP Parking In FSX

An illustrated guide shows how to reserve a parking gate at any airport and have ATC direct you to that spot, a concept usable for a specific aircraft of your choice. The technique relies on investigations by Jim Vile and Reggie Fields and is compiled in Doc and PDF formats by David "Opa" Marshall.

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769.83 KB
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615
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Default Douglas DC-3 Engine Smoke Effect

Tom Tiedman delivers a smoke effect for the default Douglas DC-3, adding an fx_smoke_f6.fx in the Effects folder and configuring the airframe with two SMOKESYSTEM entries. The lines place smoke.0 at -20.232, -10.906, -4.601 and smoke.1 at -20.232, 10.906, -4.601, both referencing fx_smoke_f6.

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152.86 KB
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580
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Tips And Tricks

After the death of David "Opa" Marshall, no one picks up the long-running guidance line, and Marshall stops releasing further numbers years before his passing. This marks the start of a new tips-focused sequence, continuing his work, authored by Ronald L. Falzon.

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92.8 KB
Total Downloads
551
Star Rating
5/5
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Modified Water Environment

The daytime water appearance adjusts under 1X mid and 1X high settings, tempering blue to a more realistic shade. Three BMP files—env_highnoon.bmp, env_lowsun.bmp, and env_midsun.bmp—constitute the update, and the effects remain unchanged in 2X mode, by Martin Oldridge.

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3.12 MB
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544
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AI Traffic For Copa Airlines

Rhett Browning presents an AI traffic file for Copa Airlines, adapting Narvaez Diaz’s earlier flight plans to three variants: AIA Boeing 737 Copa with eyebrow windows, AIA Boeing 738 Copa with eyebrow windows, and E190 COPA. It uses traffic_cmp_v1.bgl and MPTO Tocumen International Airport assets MPTO_V1.ZIP, with MPTO_v1_rb.zip or MPTO_v1.zip recommended for parking capacity.

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156.17 KB
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539
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Tutorial - Customize Tow-Plane

By Thomas Murr, the guide adjusts tow plane behavior to correct an unrealistic climb rate and straight-ahead flight during glider launches. It notes a call mechanism via CTRL+SHIFT+Y and points to related tutorials TUT_TWPL.ZIP and TUTCHTWP.ZIP by name.

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1.49 MB
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530
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Tutorial - Exhaust Flame Effects

Mike Basford presents Part Two on exhaust flames from engines, examining how flame visuals accompany a prop-driven flight in steady detail. A screenshot captures World Travel Airlines' prop in flight, linking the approach to a real-world operator.

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700.07 KB
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514
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FSX09 Background Music

Tim Rigter provides a freeware air traffic control audio track captured from a JFK airport tower session in New York. The single WAV file FSX09.wav sits in the Sound/UIMusic folder, offering ambient background audio with a clearly identified source.

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20.78 MB
Total Downloads
474
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Suggested Settings

An Excel spreadsheet and a PDF version compile most of the essential options, totaling about 49 significant adjustments to guide frame-rate tuning, By Roger L. Deal. The material prints on two pages, and users can circle adjustments or enter them in Excel and save or share.

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34.81 KB
Total Downloads
470
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Airport Baggage Cart Fix

Two 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.

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2.26 KB
Total Downloads
459

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