FSX / P3D

FSX Handley Page Hermes Engine Smoke

Handley Page HP81 Hermes flights gain authentic piston-era atmosphere with a three-pack of engine smoke effects tuned for the Jens B. Kristensen Hermes, offering selectable thin or thick trails across all eight exhaust ports, including a four-trail option. Built for FSX and requires HERMES_V20X.ZIP for matching visuals in the virtual cockpit.

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Images & Screenshots

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A four-engine propeller aircraft with a green nose section leaves dark exhaust trails against a clear blue sky.

A white and green four-engine airliner with "Airport 1951 London" on the fuselage climbs against a clear blue sky.

A four-engine propeller aircraft with a green nose climbs against a clear blue sky, leaving dark smoke trails behind each engine.

A four-engine jet aircraft leaves four distinct black smoke trails as it climbs against a clear blue sky.

FSX compatible engine smoke effects 3-pack for the Jens B. Kristensen FSX Handley Page HP81 Hermes (HERMES_V20X.ZIP). With eight exhaust ports total, you have your choice of eight thin smoke trails (two per engine), eight thick smoke trails (two per engine), or simply four thick smoke trails (one per engine). Tested in FSX-SP2 with good results. Easy Installation. By Tom Tiedman.

Screenshot of engine smoke trails.

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fsx_hp81_hermes_engine_smoke.zip

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Requires dependencies

This add-on may require the following files to function properly. If this is a repaint, the dependency below is likely the base aircraft package.

hermes_v20x.zip

How to install this mod

FSX / P3D add-on

Extract the downloaded archive

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Place files per the readme

Most FSX add-ons go into one of: SimObjects\Airplanes\, Addon Scenery\, Effects\, or Gauges\.
Always read the included readme

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What’s inside this archive

The archive fsx_hp81_hermes_engine_smoke.zip has 10 files and directories contained within it.

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Filename/Directory	File Date	File Size
file_id.diz	01.27.11	436 B
fx_enginesmoke.fx	05.12.10	1.33 kB
fx_smoke_f6.fx	04.19.04	1.17 kB
Hermes_Smoke.jpg	01.27.11	88.49 kB
READ ME and INSTALLATION.txt	01.27.11	2.51 kB
Thick Smoke 4 Trails.jpg	01.27.11	58.03 kB
Thick Smoke 8 Trails.jpg	01.27.11	52.36 kB
Thin Smoke 8 Trails.jpg	01.27.11	65.91 kB
flyawaysimulation.txt	10.29.13	959 B
Go to Fly Away Simulation.url	01.22.16	52 B