Preparing for Alaska, and after reading the announcement regarding updates/additional features at MS FLIGHT's site, I noticed no mention to a couple of features I had requested, namely those related to weather modeliing.

 

In Hawaii we have ISA atmosphere. I was never able to find out what temperature we get during day/dusk/night/dawn or between Seasons or Weather themes, but the pressure is ISA.

 

If this is mantained in Alaska, which at least regarding temperature I don't believe it will because they may include low temperatures together with snow precipitation, there is really no big problem with it because the truth is that while many simulators do allow for temp/pressure/visibility and in some cases even dew point (fs9, fsx) configuration, none have humidity, and there is really no relationship being used between these variables to determine if clouds form, what type of clouds, visibility, precipitation as a function of temp, pressure and dew point, etc... so, the truth is that we can still live with ISA pressure, although it would be great to have icing in Alaska :-)

I wonder if they will model icing for Alaska!

I wonder if they will model icing for Alaska!

 

Yes, this would be... N Ice :-)

You can find the ambient temp by checking your oil temp and cylinder head temp gauges with the aircraft cold and dark.

 

You can find the ambient temp by checking your oil temp and cylinder head temp gauges with the aircraft cold and dark.

 

True, but too difficult, and I really can't glimpse any differences other than those caused by altitude...

Too difficult? How were you wanting to find the temperature, other than looking at a gauge?

 

But anyway, for now, the temp doesn't vary except with altitude.

Too difficult?

 

It's rounded... I would prefer to have a thermometer :-)

The Maule's are more squarish!

It's rounded... I would prefer to have a thermometer :-)

 

I wish the thermometer in the Maule's right door would work. :mad:

I wish the thermometer in the Maule's right door would work. :mad:

 

It probably doesn't work now because it would never move, except to drop slowly as you climb.

 

If they ever move away from "standard atmosphere" then it might get fixed.

I believe they will, at least to be consistent with some of the Weather themes for Alaska....

 

The messages issued while we wait for a flight to load also mention operations at higher temperatures/altitudes, so, I believe sooner or later, maybe now for the low temps, and when some AFRICA DLC get's released for the higher ones, we will get non-ISA temperatures ;-)