ClimaDrive - Advance Weather for use with ActiveSky

[ywg256 75]

I noticed there is a new advance weather tool for use with ActiveSky available in simmarket today called ClimaDrive.  I am unsure what this can possibly add to ActiveSky so I guess my question is does anyone out there have it for P3D and provide info for what this really does? They certainly have a well produced video up but is there any substance to this software?

[DChockey08 299]

https://hifisimtech.com/climadrive-now-available/

Looks like some type of historical weather database?

I wonder though how this is any different from using historical weather in ActiveSky the way it works right now. Will be curious to hear more about this too. 

 

[Ray Proudfoot 8,945]

“...from a database that contains terabytes of historical weather products published by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) from Feb 2015 to present for the continental United States.”

That’s 6 years of data for the US. No mention of Europe or the rest of the world. I would have expected it to go back further.

How far back does ASP3D go for historical weather?

[ywg256 75]

Thats exactly it. For 29.99 euro what exactly are we buying that we dont already have in activesky? I am curious to know more and after looking through the hifi forums at first glance I didnt see any posts on the product. I am definitely interested if it adds to the immersion with activesky.

[F737MAX 5,583]

5 minutes ago, Ray Proudfoot said:

How far back does ASP3D go for historical weather?

The calendar in ASP3D goes as far back as 1st August 2014, although it doesn't seem to download anything from 2014.
From 1/1/2015, in Europe, no problem it seems though.

Don't understand what ClimaDrive's advantage over ASP3D is here.
Perhaps @Daveo or @Damian Clark can chime in?

 

[DChockey08 299]

Looks like some neat charts and all that for historical weather in the US. You can check it out on the simmarket video. 

Their website also speaks of a 30 day free trial. Might be worth trying out if most of your flight are within the USA. 

[netshadoe 144]

On 1/18/2022 at 8:03 PM, Ray Proudfoot said:

How far back does ASP3D go for historical weather?

IIRC, it's two years. It's in the manual, but I'm not at home at the moment.

[Ray Proudfoot 8,945]

1 hour ago, netshadoe said:

IIRC, it's two years. It's in the manual, but I'm not at home at the moment.

That’s enough for me. Rarely go back further than a week for historical weather.

[ClimaDrive 0]

Hello, and please pardon the delay. Here are some answers to your questions about ClimaDrive:

1) Yes, we offer a free 30-day trial at www.ClimaDrive.com and welcome your feedback.
2) ClimaDrive currently works with ActiveSky 2016 and P3D, and we offer a more extensive pre-flight weather briefing. The weather briefing we offer is aviation standard, and although our market research indicates that some hobbyist simmers would be interested in the product, ClimaDrive is geared more toward actual flight training to provide a more comprehensive weather experience to fill gaps associated with inadequate simulation and lack of exposure to challenging weather.

Here is a demo video: https://www.climadrive.app/videos/climadrive-user-guide.mp4

 

[ClimaDrive 0]

...I forgot to add...

3) We currently only support aviation-standard weather briefings for the continental US, but we do plan to expand internationally as the market calls for it.

[DChockey08 299]

22 minutes ago, ClimaDrive said:

...I forgot to add...

3) We currently only support aviation-standard weather briefings for the continental US, but we do plan to expand internationally as the market calls for it.

Thanks for the clarification.  
 

Count me in if this starts including trans-Atlantic operations.