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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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EMBSeries

By Bill Honcoop, a version of the EMBSeries is presented together with a rendition of WaterConstants.xml, while small tweaks are available to emphasize how the sim looks under different conditions. The arrangement centers on the EMBSeries and WaterConstants.xml, with tuning that modifies appearance under varying settings.

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Extra 300S Smoke Effect

By Jordan Neville, the smoke effect for the default Extra 300 offers a five-color trail that enhances overall visibility during flight. Five distinct hues fill the plume and create a bright, multi-colored display during flight.

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Douglas DC-10 Flight Tutorial

Commercial Level Simulations releases a DC10 flight tutorial in PDF format, guiding a complete flight for the payware variant. The document presents a structured walkthrough focused on the DC10, providing procedural guidance in a portable format.

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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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Default Airbus A321 Engine Smoke Effect

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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Airbus A380 Smoke Effect

Tom Tiedman provides an engine smoke effect for the Project Airbus A380, associated with PA380_HOUSE.ZIP, and uses the fx_smoke_f6.fx file. The setup adds four SMOKESYSTEM entries in the aircraft.cfg, labeled smoke.0 through smoke.3, each pointing to fx_smoke_f6.

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London-Melbourne Race 1934 By KLM 'Uiver'

Jaap van Hees documents the 1934 MacRobertson Air Race by KLM's DC-2 PH-AJU 'Uiver', detailing flight plans, weather conditions, and flight situation files (*.flt) for every leg. Maps of aerodromes used for stopovers and per-leg flight descriptions accompany race and competitor information, in Dutch and English.

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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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Patch

Flight Deck 3 Patch

Robert A. Baum provides a patch that enables the Abacus deck system three carriers to function within a widely used flight simulator. The update credits Baum and centers on making the carrier components operational today.

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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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Avro Vulcan Smoke Effects

Designed for the Phoenix Design Avro Vulcan, this engine smoke effect comprises four [SMOKESYSTEM] entries named Smoke.0 through Smoke.3, each tied to fx_smoke_f6 and positioned by coordinates such as -41.10, -11.80, -3.10. The fx_smoke_f6.fx file must be placed in the Effects folder and the original aircraft.cfg block is reinserted.

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Performance_textures_FSXSP2

By Claus V. Holmberg, this package includes VC-RAIN visuals, Autogen Trees all seasons, and Water and Sky visuals. It is optimized for SP2, reduces sizes and converts some items from 32-bit to DXT3 or DXT1, while Mips stay unchanged from the original.

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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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Captain Sim Tutorial

Ted Porter authors a PDF tutorial detailing the 757 cold and dark startup, version 1.04. Readers save the file to a chosen location and use Adobe Reader to view or print. It stays concise, focusing on startup steps.

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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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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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Boeing 737-200 Smoke Effects

By Tom Tiedman, Tinmouse II provides a smoke system for the 737-200ADV, version 1.25 (TINMOUSE_II_V1_25.ZIP). The archive comprises Aircraft, Docs, Effects, and Modules folders, with Docs and Effects removed; six texture folders CO, DL, LH, SN, TF, WA are included, and the fx_smoke_f6.fx effect plus SMOKESYSTEM entries are configured.

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Documentation for Deltasim Gemini Concept Motor Yacht

Two virtual cockpits with panel, gauges and switches (with click sound) appear inside a 94-foot luxury motor yacht rendered in full 3D. The three-deck model includes animated parts and crew, plus furniture and equipment, with Robert Waszkiewicz of Deltasim Studio noted as payware.

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Screen Shots Collection

Jim Dunn presents a series of screen shots focusing on the N690QX Beavers jet in flight, capturing them with a straightforward, neutral approach. The visuals capture the aircraft in motion and attribute the work to the author.

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