Solved Need help creating really poor IFR conditions
-
Hi everyone,
I used to be able to set up really bad IFR conditions very easily in BMS - has something changed with 4.37/36?I am trying to set conditions to be close to 0 feet of vis pretty much down to about 500 above the runway.
I have set the weather settings in the weather editor as would be sensible for such conditions, but it seems the weather editor now seems to have on limited relation to the weather actually in the sim.
I have used the following settings (being sure to ensure sim time and weather times are compatible and listed as inclement).
However, despite this set up, this is what I am seeing in game:
Hardly the taxing IFR conditions i was hoping for/expected from the above set up . There always appears to be a ‘zone’ around my A/C that has good vis unless I happen to pop into a (rare, and small) area of lower cloud.
Can anyone help as this is not really helpful the for IFR training I would like to do.
Thanks in advance.
-S -
@MaxWaldorf Thanks, I missed that.
Fog does not have “low layer” and “high layer” like clouds, through which you can set up a range. I assume the value for fog is from the ground up to that elevation?
-
Put fog higher…
-
@Sharpe I don’t know if you noticed this recent topic, they discuss something similar:
-
Thanks @jayb
Have read the thread - looks like it is my issue, but might as well be written in Klingon - no idea what is being said ️
-
@MaxWaldorf said in Need help creating really poor IFR conditions:
Put fog higher…
Can that be done in the BMS UI or does that require Weather Commander ?
-
@jayb check the picture in first post…
-
In the fog layer box in the BMS weather UI you just click and type in the new fog altitude?
-
Should be this yes…
-
@MaxWaldorf Thanks, I missed that.
Fog does not have “low layer” and “high layer” like clouds, through which you can set up a range. I assume the value for fog is from the ground up to that elevation?
-
@jayb said in Need help creating really poor IFR conditions:
I assume the value for fog is from the ground up to that elevation?
Yep!
-
-
Many thanks eveyone.
Solution was to recognise that the height of fog was causing this effect.
To solve, put fog height to the level you want ‘thick’ IFR conditions (I use 5000’) and have cloud layers above that level.
Thanks to all who helped