January 11, 201412 yr This is almost certainly not an OpusFSX issue, but I'm asking here because folks here are knowledgeable about (and care about) weather effects. When flying an autopilot-coupled ILS Rwy 19R approach into KSNA (John Wayne Airport, in Southern California, which is sort of my "home" airport when I fly on the PilotEdge network), I hit a pocket of heavy turbulence at almost exactly the same place every single time I fly the approach, irrespective of what weather is current. The characteristics of the turbulence are identical every time -- a severe updraft of about 2000 FPM at 3-4 DME from the airport, followed by a severe downdraft of about the same magnitude at about 1-1.5 DME. It's sometimes bad enough to cause the autopilot to decouple. Even when it stays coupled, the GS deviation is almost two full "dots" on the CDI. What's really strange to me is that is happens in both FSX and P3Dv2 at the same place. Doesn't matter what aircraft I'm flying, doesn't matter whether OpusFSX weather is enabled or not, and doesn't matter which simulator I'm flying. Does anybody have even the slightest thought about what might be going on? I'd also love to hear if anybody else sees the same issue -- just fly the ILS Rwy 19R approach from, say, SNAKE intersection, capture the GS at LEMON, and see what happens. -M.
January 11, 201412 yr Commercial Member KSNA isn't listed as one of our standard site effects so we don't induce that extra turbulence on the approach. As you say if you get the same effect with or without OpusFSX then it isn't down to the weather engine. If it is happening with all aircraft then I'm not sure what else would cause it apart from something in the sim and since P3D is based on FSX it is not surprising it happens in both sims. Cheryl
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