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Windshield wipers?

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I'm looking for aircraft which has functional windshield wipers. Are there any?

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Hardware: i7-8700k, GTX 1070-ti, 32GB ram, NVMe/SSD drives with lots of free space.
Software: latest Windows 10 Pro, P3Dv4.5+, FSX Steam, and lots of addons (100+ mostly Orbx stuff).

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Yes! The Black Square Starship has functional wipers - don't run them on dry windscreens though lol!

 

 

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The iFly Max has functional wipers as well.  I found that they make more of a visibility difference in 2020 than they do in 2024, but if the weather is right at mins, they're still good enough in 24 to make the difference between getting in and a missed.

Andrew Crowley

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Unfortunately, these planes that I thought should have functional wipers as high fidelity aircraft don't have them: the TBM 850, Dukes, FSR500, C414, and Arrows.

Hardware: i7-8700k, GTX 1070-ti, 32GB ram, NVMe/SSD drives with lots of free space.
Software: latest Windows 10 Pro, P3Dv4.5+, FSX Steam, and lots of addons (100+ mostly Orbx stuff).

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8 hours ago, bofhlusr said:

Unfortunately, these planes that I thought should have functional wipers as high fidelity aircraft don't have them: the TBM 850, Dukes, FSR500, C414, and Arrows.

I don't  think these planes have them IRL - I'm sure they'd be modelled if they did

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On 8/20/2025 at 4:44 PM, MorrisMinor said:

I don't  think these planes have them IRL - I'm sure they'd be modelled if they did

I always feel that small details like wipers add so much to the immersion of flying simulations. Do you think developers should prioritize modeling these features even if the real aircraft may not always include them?

The wiper effect should be redone by asobo, the effects is very simple. 

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