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    FS2004 Weather Tutorial

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    The document provides a tutorial on adjusting weather settings when flying the Concorde simulation in Microsoft Flight Simulator 2004. It discusses issues with abrupt weather changes at area transitions in the default FS2004 weather. It recommends setting the dynamic weather rate of change to none, and describes additional paid weather applications and settings that can provide smoother weather transitions.

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    FS2004 Weather Tutorial

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    The document provides a tutorial on adjusting weather settings when flying the Concorde simulation in Microsoft Flight Simulator 2004. It discusses issues with abrupt weather changes at area transitions in the default FS2004 weather. It recommends setting the dynamic weather rate of change to none, and describes additional paid weather applications and settings that can provide smoother weather transitions.

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    The document provides a tutorial on adjusting weather settings when flying the Concorde simulation in Microsoft Flight Simulator 2004. It discusses issues with abrupt weather changes at area transitions in the default FS2004 weather. It recommends setting the dynamic weather rate of change to none, and describes additional paid weather applications and settings that can provide smoother weather transitions.

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    FS2004 Weather Tutorial

    Uploaded by

    Matias
    The document provides a tutorial on adjusting weather settings when flying the Concorde simulation in Microsoft Flight Simulator 2004. It discusses issues with abrupt weather changes at area transitions in the default FS2004 weather. It recommends setting the dynamic weather rate of change to none, and describes additional paid weather applications and settings that can provide smoother weather transitions.

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    CONCORDE WEATHER SETTINGS

    TUTORIAL

    CONCORDE
    WEATHER SETTINGS
    FOR FS2004

    For Use with Microsoft Flight Simulator 2004 Only Page 1


    CONCORDE WEATHER SETTINGS
    TUTORIAL

    Contents
    General...........................................................................................................................2

    FS2004 Default Weather................................................................................................3

    FSUIPC ..........................................................................................................................4

    Additional Weather Applications ..................................................................................5

    General

    The new weather engine in Microsoft Flight Simulator 2004 imposes some issues
    when flying this aircraft if certain settings are not adjusted for the supersonic cruise.
    These issues occur when the aircraft transitions between two weather areas; The
    weather transitions in FS2004 will be applied quite abruptly. Thus causing at times,
    significant changes in flight path and velocity.

    Unlike other conventional airliners, Concorde is very susceptible to abrupt weather


    changes due to the speed at which the aircraft flies. A change in pitch attitude, merely
    by a few degrees, can cause the aircraft to climb or descend at alarming rates. For this
    reason, flying this Concorde simulation in FS2004 requires some compensation
    regarding the default weather settings, or the use of additional weather applications
    discussed in this tutorial.

    The following chapters will explain how such abrupt weather changes may be
    avoided, so that the pilot can experience a smooth flight.

    For Use with Microsoft Flight Simulator 2004 Only Page 2


    CONCORDE WEATHER SETTINGS
    TUTORIAL

    FS2004 Default Weather


    Flight Simulator 2004 presents a variety of weather scenarios to choose from.
    Unfortunately, as already described, the transition between two weather areas will
    likely affect the aircraft stability in flight. In order to prevent this when flying with the
    use of default weather, the following slider under the FS2004 World Weather menu
    must be adjusted:

    When the Rate of Change under the Dynamic Weather box is reduced to None, the
    weather will not change, Thus not applying any abrupt weather transitions.

    It is not recommended to use the online weather facility when flying in the supersonic
    cruise. For online weather, additional programs are recommended.

    For Use with Microsoft Flight Simulator 2004 Only Page 3


    CONCORDE WEATHER SETTINGS
    TUTORIAL

    FSUIPC
    FSUIPC is designed to allow external (i.e. separate) programs to communicate with
    and perhaps control Microsoft Flight Simulator.

    Should other external weather programs (such as FSMeteo or ActiveSky described


    below) be in use, it is advisable to check that the Prevent external option control
    option is ticked, located under the Technical tab.

    Note: This selection can only be made with a registered version of FSUIPC. For
    further information please visit http://www.schiratti.com/dowson.html

    For Use with Microsoft Flight Simulator 2004 Only Page 4


    CONCORDE WEATHER SETTINGS
    TUTORIAL

    Additional Weather Applications


    There are a number of weather applications on the Internet that will provide real time
    weather and apply this to Flight Simulator. Unfortunately these too also implement
    stability issues when flying through weather transitions, though development is now
    in progress to correct these occurrences and the transitions between two weather areas
    are becoming less abrupt as further investigation and testing is made into the FS2004
    weather engine.

    The first recommendation is a payware program; FS Meteo.


    http://www.fsmeteo.com/

    The second is another payware application; ActiveSky.


    http://www.hifisim.com/

    Both utilise areas of the FSUIPC module to write real time weather data to the
    simulator.

    It is recommended for ActiveSky users to enable Route-Based Wind Smoothing and


    to use the Concorde flight plan files provided. This feature ensures that the weather
    transitions will be smooth and should not affect the flight path or velocity of the
    aircraft in the supercruise.

    More details are provided with both applications depicting settings that will aid in
    weather smoothening.

    For Use with Microsoft Flight Simulator 2004 Only Page 5

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