October 9, 201213 yr Can this be done in X-Plane10? I tried, but didn't have the time to continue flying and the aircraft was placed at an aerodrome that was still far from the North Pole, but, as I was approaching I believe I saw a rather unplausible piramid-like shape (?) Also, apparently there is no ice cover there. Comments / suggestions welcome :-) And no suggestion like: what the &u$k do you want to get your airplane there ?! please... If I had the 777 it would be great to try a polar route, but I'm affraid of what I may find there... :-/ Flying gliders since 1980 Flightsimming since 1992 AMD Ryzen 5600x, 32GB RAM, GPU Nvidia RTX 3060 Ti 8 GB, 1 TB and 500 GB nvme2 SSD drives, HP 27" 60Hz LED monitor @ 1920x1080, T16000, Hotas from old X52 Pro, Saitek Combat Rudder Pro (2010 model)
October 9, 201213 yr I don't believe it's possible - X-Plane only covers to 74 degrees north and 64 degrees south. Polar flight is not in the cards. Given the lack of seasonal textures, you'll also see no snow and ice up there - Alaska is a beatiful perma-green! (*This scenery limitation is also observed when you install X-Plane from the DVD's - there aren't any "checkboxes" for the polar regions to install) {Shrug}, -Greg
October 9, 201213 yr I think he's not talking about scenery, but about the physics model. "Society has become so fake that the truth actually bothers people".
October 9, 201213 yr Author Both :-/ Thks for your replies ;-) Flying gliders since 1980 Flightsimming since 1992 AMD Ryzen 5600x, 32GB RAM, GPU Nvidia RTX 3060 Ti 8 GB, 1 TB and 500 GB nvme2 SSD drives, HP 27" 60Hz LED monitor @ 1920x1080, T16000, Hotas from old X52 Pro, Saitek Combat Rudder Pro (2010 model)
October 10, 201213 yr Antarctica is not a simple place to build. The SRTM elevation data is available but the publicly available shoreline data is very poor. GSHHS polygon data is not great, but it is at least the most complete and gives your a good starting point -- however there is still a lot of hand editing involved. Here is an example of what I've done so far around Anverse Island where Palmer Station is located. As for what happens when you fly near the poles. Well, from the program's view a singularity exists at the poles, where you essentially have 180 tiles converging on a single point in space. If you fly to this point X-Plane will crash. However you should be ok if you fly around this point.
October 10, 201213 yr Author Thx for the post Carrotroot! Looking great Antartida.... Flying gliders since 1980 Flightsimming since 1992 AMD Ryzen 5600x, 32GB RAM, GPU Nvidia RTX 3060 Ti 8 GB, 1 TB and 500 GB nvme2 SSD drives, HP 27" 60Hz LED monitor @ 1920x1080, T16000, Hotas from old X52 Pro, Saitek Combat Rudder Pro (2010 model)
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