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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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Manual/Checklist De Havilland DHC-6

A PDF guide covers the DHC-6 Twin Otter from cold and dark startup to securing, detailing taxi, takeoff, climb, cruise, descent, and approach. Barry Blaisdell, Jean-Pierre Brisard, Bob May, Kevin Pardy, and Werner Schott author the guide, and torque references vary above 2500 ft MSL; it comes from earlier versions, with over 8000 downloads.

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Gun Effects

Andrew Bowlby provides gun effects that can be added to any aircraft, delivering visible muzzle activity for various planes. A screenshot demonstrates an F-18 firing guns as a concrete example of the effect in action.

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Loading Screen And Aircraft Viewer

An alternate aircraft viewer and loading screen, provided by Hugo Van Pelt, offers a simple visual alongside the session. The accompanying image depicts lakes and mountains, offering a calm backdrop for the startup sequence during sessions.

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PMDG Boeing 737 NGX Interface

The driver enables GoFlight hardware to interface with the PMDG B737 NGX, authored by Stephen Munn. Running setup.exe starts the process, and an enclosed PDF accompanies the package with installation and support instructions for users.

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VC-Rain Textures

Image assets arrive in 8x8-bit, DXT3 format with alpha channels for transparency and no mip maps, ensuring streamlined rendering. The original assets accompany this work, and Claus V. Holmberg appears in credits for this work.

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Glider Towing Tutorial

Thomas Murr presents a banked-turn tow-plane technique for glider towing, detailing how to maneuver the tow plane instead of flying straight ahead. It notes a method to summon the tow aircraft with CTRL+SHIFT+Y and cites a companion file set including TUTCHTWP.ZIP and tutchtwp.zip.

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Manual/Checklist - Super Connie

PDF-format manuals and checklists cover the Lockheed Super Constellation L-1049G, tracing a complete sequence from cold start through taxi, before takeoff, climb, cruise, descent, approach, landing, and securing the aircraft. Panel credits Wayne Tudor, Dale DeLuca, Sofia Campos, Juan Velilla Morton, Joao Paz, John Howard White, Paul Strogen, and Brian C. Selb, by Werner Schott.

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Emirates Airbus A380 Flight Plans

Emirates operates 21 A380s, and current flight plans are published from the airline's website by Kevin R. Wynn. Based in Dubai, the operator serves routes to KJFK, EGLL, ZBAA, ZSPD, CYYZ, and EDDM, among others.

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Patch

Grumman Goose Realism Fix

A fix adjusts water contact points for a Grumman Goose, enabling the float system to engage earlier and allowing the hull to sit deeper in the water. It offers two variants, with Variant 1 aiming for realism and Variant 2 placing the aircraft slightly deeper to reduce tilting and ease water maneuvering; by Stefan Weiss.

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Active Radar

Air Traffic Control Radar is adapted for aircraft usage, offering three versions for diverse uses. A screenshot clearly illustrates the active radar in use, anchoring it with a clear visible visual reference for viewer context.

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FS2Crew NGX 737 PMDG Mini Tutorial

Self-explaining and step-by-step, this concise guide by Riccardo Milan covers all 737 NGX checklist events in the FS2Crew Voice Edition, delivering a compact, focused walkthrough of the entire sequence. It fits on two A4 pages.

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Solomon Islands 1943 AI Boat Traffic

Two US carrier groups, light carriers, destroyers, supply boats, PT boats, and IJN destroyer patrols form the core flotilla, with all ship models and appearance data included. Credit goes to David Wilson-Okamura, drawing on Mark Schimmer’s Solomon Islands outline and permissions from six contributing authors.

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Personal Radar

Today, a radar by Piermario Riva enables users to see other aircraft in flight and to observe their flight data, including altitude and direction, establishing a straightforward means to effectively monitor surrounding air traffic at present.

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British Airways Airbus A318 Flight Plans V2

British Airways A318 flight plans for fall 2009 draw from the carrier’s own site, with data attributed to Joseph Calleja and showing the aircraft at EGLC. The material centers on the Airbus A318 used by the airline during that period.

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Manual/Checklist - De Havilland Dash 7

Werner Schott authors a PDF guide that consolidates pre-start through warm shutdown procedures for the Dash 7, drawing on Milton Shupe, Joao Paz, and Scott Thomas. It notes editions that have logged over 8,000 downloads, including DASH7V1.ZIP and DASH7V9.ZIP.

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In Flight Entertainment

An in-flight data screen echoes international displays, running a 10-second timer for each view that shows distance to destination, estimated remaining flight time, local destination time, ground speed, altitude, and outside air temperature. A moving map with departure and destination locations remains in progress, by Adrian Zagarowski.

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Grass Strip Textures

By Brent Ludlow, five DDS-formatted files derived from FS9 assets are converted to DDS for backcountry grass airstrips in UT, ID, and WY. These files act as replacements to help rural airports resemble their real-world appearance more closely.

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Concorde Smoke Effects

Tom Tiedman provides an engine smoke effect for the Concorde compilation XCONCORDE.ZIP and its fix XCONCORDEAIR.ZIP, references the file fx_smoke_f6.fx, and supplies a [SMOKESYSTEM] with four entries (smoke.0 to smoke.3) including distinct coordinate triples for placement.

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GlobalEnvTest/Chrome

Two variants replace the defaults GlobalEnvTest.dds and GlobalEnv_AC_Chrome.dds, created from real photographs to enhance chrome reflections on aircraft surfaces and glass. A folder for the original files is included, and credit goes to Bob Rivera for the work.

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