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Weather Radar

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N330DG    44

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Lately I was playing around with a weather radar extension for my moving map. After some headaches, doubts, sleepless nights etc, I came to a solution that - within the limitations of FSX - correctly depicts both precipitation and convective cells. Here's a couple of shots:

 

Gray and rainy:

 

 

 

Major thunderstorm:

 

 

 

Heavy snow:

 

 

 

Now, I'm really no expert on weather radar and wondering which features/limitations of real world weather radar you would like to see in the sim. A classification in must have / should have / could have would be nice too.

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SierraHotel    989

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If it works with Opus, I'll buy it.

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Nuno Pinto    1,414

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This looks awesome. I still don't know why developers don't do this...

 

Yeah it's not COMPLETELY accurate, but you're not flying anyway, are you?

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N330DG    44

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If it works with Opus, I'll buy it.

 

I see no reason why it shouldn't work with any weather program. Weather programs inject weather into FSX and the WX radar reads it from there. So, it should work fine.

 

 

This looks awesome. I still don't know why developers don't do this...

 

Yeah it's not COMPLETELY accurate, but you're not flying anyway, are you?

 

It's already very accurate. Rain and convective cells are displayed accurately.

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SierraHotel    989

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I see no reason why it shouldn't work with any weather program. Weather programs inject weather into FSX and the WX radar reads it from there. So, it should work fine.

 

 

In that case I'm in B)

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sidh    29

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Which weather radar are u using? will it work with any FSX aircraft or addon?

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JB3DG    225

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Way to go Gottfried. You have just done what i have been saying for some time now is possible.

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OmniAtlas    93

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Now, I'm really no expert on weather radar and wondering which features/limitations of real world weather radar you would like to see in the sim. A classification in must have / should have / could have would be nice too.

 

Can you make it overlay with an existing ND (PMDG NGX/777) and make the functions on the EFIS, weather panel work?  

 

There was a previous hack to make reality xp radar work with the PMDG NG (FS9) http://www.mythicalireland.com/other/planes/flight-simulator/PMDG-737-weather-radar/PMDG-737-weather-radar.php

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