A stiff Phoenix breeze ...

[shanemarsh28 11]

How realistic do you guys find the wind speed settings in Phoenix v4??

 

I've been practicing quite a lot recently, with varying wind speeds/cross winds and setups (getting quite good too ). When the wind speed is above 10-12 mph on the Sim, it seems soo strong that it practically blows the model off the runway!

 

In real life, 12 mph winds don't seem to affect 40 size trainers anything like that ..

 

Shane

[arun 0]

I think the simulator doesn't correctly simulate model mass/surface area vs wind. I've noticed this even on bigger planes in the sim.

 

Overall with Sims I've found the best thing is to tweak it until it flies like the real thing (which requires a bit of actual experience) and take it from there.