Galls & Guys,

 

further to some of the posts where I previously mentioned the notorious update to the Real World Weather in RC2 and RC3, making the translation of METAR strings into X-Plane10 internal weather rather plausible, I should add that, after having run various tests with custom set weather, at various turbulence levels, it is evident that LR retouched the turbulence and made it very acceptable, at least in my eyes :-)

 

I have raised it to level 5, and using a good add-on GA, like X-Aviation's Sundowner, or the Carenado Seneca, as well as the default Baron58 an C-90, it looks / feels just right :-)

 

Thumbs Up!

 

Try it!

I was just doing a flight in the 777 from KATL to TNCM and flying towards the Bahamas and had RW weather turned on. Conditions were good until I saw a VERY LARGE area of red come up on the weather radar, I wasn't really able to avoid it so just thought I'd get through it. I then entered the storm at FL370 and things started to get a bit scary...I had lightning strikes all around me then all of a sudden I think one hit me but X-Plane kind of froze for a bit and I thought that it was about to crash. This lasted for about 30 secs then all of a sudden I reappeared back on the runway at KATL!! This lead to believe that my plane actually 'crashed' rather than the application itself.

 

Can such severe weather in X-Plane really end your flight like that?

I dont't know if this is the 'common' behaviour in X-plane but I do know that in the real world no pilot would enter such a huge red area displayed on the weather radar. They will request for a route around it.

I'm often flying while listening to realATC through the internet and when I'm seeing those kind of Red areas on the map I hear the real world pilots constantly requesting for vectors around it. :rolleyes:

It seems that you crashed your aircraft by entering this severe weather.......

I believe you might have experienced the same type of weather that was responsible for the AF447 crash :-/

 

Never experienced such a "crash" in X-Plane10 though...

 

Anyway, allways try to avoid, at all cost, convective clouds... They kill in RL, and apparently they crash in the virtual world :-)

I'm often flying while listening to realATC through the internet and when I'm seeing those kind of Red areas on the map I hear the real world pilots constantly requesting for vectors around it.

 

I wasn't flying with any ATC at the time, normally I would be on VATSIM. I did consider changing the route but realising how massive an area the storm was covering I found the deviation from my route would be very large. I figured I could get through so I turned on the seat belt sign and went for it.

 

Anyway, allways try to avoid, at all cost, convective clouds... They kill in RL, and apparently they crash in the virtual world :-)

 

I'll keep that in mind! I'm still fairly new to X-Plane and never experienced such a crash in FSX even when running RW weather and AS2012. Also, weather radar is something that isn't simulated in most aircraft including complex add-ons in FSX. I must say that X-Plane does a fairly good job of simulating severe storms, the lightning and thunder effects in close range make them seem quite scary!

Also, weather radar is something that isn't simulated in most aircraft including complex add-ons in FSX

 

And... even when simulated it is simply fake and based on the present weather situation, not on real echoes from convective water droplets, ice / crystals present on generated clouds, specially if convective... In X-Plane you have the simulation of a real "radar return"!

 

:-)

I am having an issue with X-Plane real world weather. I live in Western Canada and for the past week we have had a massive cold front with some snow. Every time I fly between YEG and YYC my plane spirals out of control when I enter the storm. This is very un-realistic. I am a real life pilot and fly through these cold fronts bearing snow all the time, if we didn't we would not get anywhere in the region.

 

When I open the weather generator it is always interpreting these storms to be severe, even though the wind displayed on the ND is around 8 knots. Anyone else having these issues?

 

Yes, I do have pitot tube heat and anti-ice controls placed in the on position. Doesn't matter if I fly the 787 or the 747 or a Baron 58 all end up with the same results.

The icing in Xplane is grossly exagerated / flawed as was the turbulence. It needs to be fixed, ruins every flight for me as well. Totally agree, if real life were as depicted in XPX icing, nobody would be flying anywhere, at least in a Canadian winter.