FSX / P3D aircraft

FSX Glider Towing Tutorial

Glider towing becomes far more true to life with guidance on flying banked turns and steering the towplane like real-world operations, helping keep the launch clear of terrain and position the tow toward lift. Designed for Microsoft Flight Simulator X, the tutorial explains practical techniques for controlled towing and smoother soaring departures.

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Flight Simulator X Prepar3D

Tutorial on flying banked turns with tow plane in FSX. This tutorial makes things more realistic and you will be able to cause the tow plane to fly banked turns as it does in real life. See also the tutorial "Change Tow-Plane in FSX" (TUTCHTWP.ZIP). By Thomas Murr.

Screenshot of a glider being towed.

Screenshot of a glider being towed.

Since the FSX-distribution it's possible to call for a towplane that will get the glider pilot in the air (hold CTRL and SHIFT and press Y).

Although this feature is great - unfortunately it is not very realistic because the towplane is always flying straight ahead and at first view it's neither possible to stick around the airfield nor to navigate the towplane directly into the thermals or to avoid crashing in an obstacle (e.g. in the mountains).

With this tutorial I will put things right.

The next thing is that a change of the Tow-Plane is not featured with 'One-Button-Click' but it is possible to do this. It's an own tutorial, see 'Change Tow-Plane in FSX' (tutchtwp.zip).

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tut_twpl.zip
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FSX / P3D aircraft

  1. Extract the downloaded archive

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  2. Copy aircraft files into SimObjects

    Place the aircraft folder inside FSX\SimObjects\Airplanes\. The folder must contain an aircraft.cfg file. Effects go into FSX\Effects\; gauges go into FSX\Gauges\.

  3. Verify in FSX

    Launch FSX, go to Free Flight → Select Aircraft and find your new aircraft under its manufacturer.

  4. Always read the included readme

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What’s inside this archive

The archive tut_twpl.zip has 11 files and directories contained within it.

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Filename/Directory File Date File Size
bank_towplane_english.pdf03.07.07465.53 kB
bank_towplane_deutsch.pdf03.07.07467.61 kB
readme_de.txt03.07.07965 B
readme.txt03.07.07983 B
flight4.jpg03.06.07132.66 kB
flight3.jpg03.06.07127.96 kB
flight2.jpg03.06.07132.64 kB
flight1.jpg03.06.07159.54 kB
FILE_ID.DIZ03.07.07259 B
flyawaysimulation.txt10.29.13959 B
Go to Fly Away Simulation.url01.22.1652 B

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