January 10, 20233 yr If I was not impressed by XPlane 12 before now, I was after this little flight. Thought I would do the Mach Loop out of RAF Valley in the C172 just to get used to more stuff like the aeroplanes themselves. (Other stuff like getting a flight plan preprepared into the GPS not the UMS, charts onto the Tablet etc - lot of prep required sometimes in XPlane) Flight started and it was raining but low cloud and looking decidedly non VFR to the South where I had to go.Had a go only got to about 30 nm south of EGOV before deciding to call it a day and go back. Heavy rain pounded the aeroplane, turbulence and thunderstorms. Vis deteriorating to less than 1000m at times. Eventually dropped down to 500 to scud run the last 5nm to EGOV. Point of all this is that the immersive realism was simply the best I have ever experienced in any sim. You could hear the heavy rain pounding on the aircraft as you flew through it, the water streaming of the windscreen. Thunderstorms and lightning everywhere and gives you one hell of a surprise when it goes off right beside you. The AP did not do a bad job of holding the aeroplane on course but it had to hunt altitude with the updrafts and downdrafts. Here is how it looked: Outbound Rain rain rain Heading back tail between my legs for a bumpy and hair raising approach and landing safe at EGOV. An amazing flight simulation that was for sure.
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