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Manual/Checklist - Default Baron 58

Authored by Werner Schott, this PDF-format booklet documents the Beechcraft Baron 58 twin-engine operations, detailing cold start through shutdown across a flight sequence and referencing manifold pressure values that vary above 2,500 ft MSL. A visual reference highlights the default cockpit layout, and the work remains freeware with thousands of downloads.

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Boat Traffic Compiler

AI boat-traffic tool enables defining schedules and routes for AI boats while adding boat models. It supports static boats, LivingWorld boats that move randomly near coasts and lakes, and AI boats guided by explicit waypoint routes where the final point can hold or circle for cargo at 300 meters.

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Saitek X52 Configuration

Ceyssens Peter creates an enhanced configuration for a flight control system, delivering many more keys under command than the default profile, extending control options beyond the stock setup, and a screenshot illustrates the configuration window.

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Black Smoke Texture

Stephen Ballard provides a BMP asset that enhances black smoke effects. It carries the file name FX_1.bmp and is described as a new visual-effects option, with the format clearly identified as BMP for distribution globally.

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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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Manual/Checklist - Airbus A340-200

In a compact PDF reference, the A340-200 guide covers engine start in cold and dark conditions, taxi, takeoff, climb, descent, approach, and shutdown, drawing on the original panel by Thomas Ruth. Authored by Thomas Ruth and organized by Werner Schott, the manual emphasizes a four-engine airliner workflow and realism.

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List of FAA Airline Callsigns

An FAA-backed compilation targets realism in flight simulation by listing callsigns alongside associated carriers and three-letter IDs, with country data for registration context. Dale Wingard authors it, and it ships in a legacy Excel 97-2003 format to assure cross-system compatibility and easy integration with traffic setups.

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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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Improved Boat Wake Effects

By Jimmy R. Martin, this wake-effects file supplies more realistic boat-induced disturbances and replaces the original wakes, delivering a noticeable improvement in surface interaction as vessels move across the water. The effort emphasizes improved wake shape, turbulence, and drift behind different speeds.

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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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ArrCab 2.6

Arrestor cables accompany a version labeled 2.6 for ArrCab, and a bottleneck from FSUIPC Simconnect disrupts ArrCab's behavior, a scenario described as daunting at first. Nevertheless, ArrCab remains tweakable and can overcome this problem, by Richard Hogen.

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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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Manual/Checklist Default Maule M7-260C Orion

Presented as a compact PDF booklet by Werner Schott, the guide covers the M7-260C Orion from cold-and-dark startup to secure shutdown, with manifold pressure and RPM data points guiding climb and cruise. It notes that at airfield elevations above 2,500 feet MSL, some references may require refinement, and the aircraft seats up to four.

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Remove Cockpit Reflections

Created by John Standard, edited default cockpit visuals remove reflections in the virtual cockpit of standard aircraft. A DDS file named Aircraftname_reflection.dds accompanies this, intended to replace the corresponding default image to produce clearer forward windows.

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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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Sun Tweak For Light-Bloom Disabled

By Dave Bolger, this sun glow tweak makes the sun appear more radiant and its glow lasts longer after sunset. It uses the suneffect.cfg file placed in the main directory, with a backup included, and restoration simply reinstates the original.

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Using The Autogen Annotator

By Luis Feliz-Tirado, the Autogen Annotator modifies autogen on default ground surfaces and adds autogen to custom ground, with the document illustrating its usage and presenting a pictorial guide to all autogen object types for researchers and enthusiasts.

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Configuration File

A configuration file for a flight simulator delivers high frame rates above 20 FPS and improves visual quality. Created by Anas Sayed, the file loads through the settings menu and saves a backup of the original settings beforehand.

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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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