Some posts mentioned that if we want to see wing flex while using opusfsx as weather engine, we should leave the option in fsx "DISABLE turbulence and thermal effects on the aircraft" UNTICKED, while the other posts also claimed that we should tick it to disable the effects from FSX as opusfsx can create its own wing flex and turbulence effects if opusfsx is set to INCLUDE WING FLEX DATA.

 

just want to ensure if opusfsx can work on wing flex effect itself while the option in fsx "DISABLE turbulence and thermal effects on the aircraft" TICKED. I tried to TICKED it IN FSX and SET OPUSFSX TO INCLUDE WING FLEX DATA, but it seemed that the plane is not at all affected by strong wind (～20knots) including no basic shaking, no effect for speed and VS. However, if I leave the FSX option UNTICKED, that mean the turbulence and thermal effects on the aircraft BY FSX IS APPLIED, and also SET OPUSFSX TO INCLUDE WING FLEX DATA, the plane is affected by the wind too much, a little bit over the top, even the wind is only about 8knots. 

 

In fact, what should I set for both FSX effect and OPUSFSX option?

The internal FSX effects, enabled with the FSX Turbulence and Thermal Effects option, are required if you have enabled Wing Flex data in the Opus Weather Preferences. This is because it is the simulator that actually flexes the wings in response to this injected turbulence data. You will also need to enable the FSX effects if you wish to see the ASI jump about in turbulence, once again because its the simulator that does this in response to the injected turbulence data.

 

So it is up to you. Enable the FSX effects if you want to see either of the above effects, otherwise it is not essential.

 

It also depends on whether you are using the Opus Bump Aircraft effects associated with the DHM accelerometer data. If you are not using Bump Aircraft then you may want to enable the FSX effects to get some aircraft movements. If you are using the Opus effects then its down to personal preference. The FSX effects will not really interfere with the Opus effects.

 

Stephen :-)