FS2004: Project Canarias 2006 - Screenshots

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For those who dont know about this great addon: http://www.canarysim.com/

Basicaly its a Mesh (which is alt data for hills etc) and scenery which makes the islands look what they look like in real life!



Ive posted a quick website, with a "picture review" of some areas. Ive compared them to Google Earth images, as well as real life images.

http://www.ajwebb.eclipse.co.uk/

Currently 1 page uploaded of Tenerife. Page 2 tomorrow. Other islands soon.

Well worth the download! :D
 
Overlag said:
For those who dont know about this great addon: http://www.canarysim.com/

Basicaly its a Mesh (which is alt data for hills etc) and scenery which makes the islands look what they look like in real life!



Ive posted a quick website, with a "picture review" of some areas. Ive compared them to Google Earth images, as well as real life images.

http://www.ajwebb.eclipse.co.uk/

Currently 1 page uploaded of Tenerife. Page 2 tomorrow. Other islands soon.

Well worth the download! :D
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Great stuff! Thanks for this. As a frequent visitor to the canaries it's nice to see some realistic add-ons for this oft neglected set of islands. :)

Simon.
 
S_D said:
Great stuff! Thanks for this. As a frequent visitor to the canaries it's nice to see some realistic add-ons for this oft neglected set of islands. :)

Simon.
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Wow, is most of the earth on that game done to the same detail?

Is it just the mods which make it that acurate?
 
Yewen said:
Wow, is most of the earth on that game done to the same detail?

Is it just the mods which make it that acurate?
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It's the mods Yewen. Unfortunately the standard mesh and scenery isn't half as good. :(

Simon
 
Im still playing Flight Sim 98 as I have never found reason bar improved graphics to upgrade, im not a serious flight sim junkie so it does me, however flight sim X does look nice :)
 
Yewen said:
Wow, is most of the earth on that game done to the same detail?

Is it just the mods which make it that acurate?
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standard, out of the box FS2004 is really poor when it comes to mesh (hills) and scenery (textures/buildings)

ive brought FSglobalSE which is a mesh package, and it makes the world much more realistic... I mean by default the UK is pretty flat, and mountain ranges are just slopes and hills. Once FSglobal is added, or any kind of mesh it all gets better.

Scenery wise, i havnt got anything other than this,

Project Canarias is both mesh and scenery, and its amazing to see how well this matches to real life. :D
 
Surely IFR flights are dependant upon ILS to land safely along with the FMC, but in the image, it appears to be off (ie a manual VFR landing :confused: ) which i'm sure don't often happen in commercial jets? :o
 
OzZie said:
Surely IFR flights are dependant upon ILS to land safely along with the FMC, but in the image, it appears to be off (ie a manual VFR landing :confused: ) which i'm sure don't often happen in commercial jets? :o
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Tune what? No no, I know where the airport is, we'll be fine.

(You sure it's turned off? It looks armed and you can just about see the values in the readout)
 
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OzZie said:
Why have they turned off their NAV/ILS systems? :confused:
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you can turn the screens off without turning the systems off... they probably did that because they didnt want the camera taking pictures of it?

or maybe because the flash/angle you cant see it? I dunno

VFR does happen in commercial jets all the time though.
 
I fly that plane and I can (far too frequently!) be found down in Terryrife.

When I first saw that picture I thought it was fake - a picture taken on the ground with the outside superimposed. However...

Whilst the screens can be dimmed, this isn't the case in the photo. The majority of photos that you take of the cockpit result in the displays being black like that - don't ask me why, but is almost always the case in bright conditions.

You can see from the MCP (autopilot panel) that the aircraft is configured for the ILS (get the chart here - http://homepages.nildram.co.uk/~chrismox/GCTS.pdf) although whether or not the autopilot is engaged or whether they're just using the flight directors and flying manually isn't initially obvious...

The far-left and far-right displays would be the only way of telling if the autopilot was active once on a glideslope, and they obviously can't be seen.

The MCP shows both course indicators and the heading bug aligned to the ILS. It also has the go-around altitude in the altitude window which is standard after glideslope capture. Finally, the speed is set at 145 which is a fairly usual speed for an '800 - landing speeds are artificially high to prevent tail-strikes due to the long body length.

So, the one giveaway that they're hand-flying rather than using the automatics is that the autothrottle is disengaged (little switch on the autopilot panel). Whilst the autopilot can be engaged without using autothrottle, it's very rare - I've only ever not used it in gusty conditions when the autothrottle has a habit of violently chasing the speed and is therefore not very comfortable.

Finally, VFR flight in jets is fairly common, although almost always within controlled airspace. It's a common option to cancel IFR and continue with a visual approach - often saves a lot of time and, above all, is far more fun!
 
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