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Finally got a chance to get back amongst it all, trying out a bit of Polish scenery first up in the Redbull L-13 Blanik. Then it was off on a lazy 500km ridge soaring session in the Alps with a Discus 2B...

Alpha....good to see you back........great screens

Gavin , hells been a while flying a sailplane on the PC , last time i recall doing it was 1995 era using Flight Unlimtied 1 , same period got quite a few hours on real ones , and this morning with my RC model out on my brothers farm out 'West Melton' , ell off a day crashed my plane so mid morning repairs done as i went to work to fix his PC , figured we would try out again in the sarvo but then my brain crashed , i should have had more PC sailplane time

Great screens! Are you using CumulusX? I went for a virtual spin around the Remarkables with itloaded up (the freeware version) the other day and I might have to get the full payware, it was so good!

Cheers

I've got CumulusX, but FSX actually does pretty well on its own as far as thermals are concerned - The best tool so far is SimProbeX, which performs a real-time scan of the mesh you are flying over and relates it to the local wind data to generate ridge lift.

Alfashark wrote:

QUOTE (Alfashark @ Nov 14 2010, 10:37 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>

Cheers

I've got CumulusX, but FSX actually does pretty well on its own as far as thermals are concerned - The best tool so far is SimProbeX, which performs a real-time scan of the mesh you are flying over and relates it to the local wind data to generate ridge lift.

Yeah, I know what you mean. Being a real-world paraglider pilot, I like the extra tweaking that can be done to enhance FSX. I have version 1.8 which incorporates SimProbeX. I haven't had too much time to play with it thus far unfortunately!

Great set of screenshots there, especially the first one. The Discus is a great add-on too, I recently added it to the collection and now have the urge to try real gliders again.

thanks for posting, how about some more?

smooth landings.