Turbulence in XP10

[scubajuan_new]

I posted this in another thread but decided to create a new one since the other thread seemed a bit outdated:

Now that XP10 is out and even though the weather has some significant changes in reference to XP9 (I think mostly visual stuff), I would like to share my experience in the 2012 FS Lan Part in Belgium organised by the IVAO Belgian Division: http://www.fslanparty.be

First of all it was a memorable event for me since is the first of this kind of events that I attend. there were over 50 pilots and a good and sufficient number of ATC covering the main positions for the scheduled flights. This weekend the location for all the flight was the caribbean and it happen to be really stormy in some of the locations (TFFR and TNCM). Also I would like to mention that I was the only pilot flying on X-Plane. For the event I chose the CRJ200 with a free FWI (Air Caraibes, French West) livery. I wanted to do all flights in sequence based on TFFR (home of Air Caraibes).

I arrived a bit late to the event (during the welcoming briefing) and by the time i got set up and ready to file my first flight plan, most of the planes departing from TFFR were either taxiing or taking off, so I sat and watched the Boeing 737's, Avros, ATR's, Airbuses and the like take off in the heavy rain with no problems and I thought to my self "courage you can do this too Juan"

So I got everything ready and begin my procedures to start, taxi and line up, looking really nice with the JRollon's great rain drops and wipers effect, everything so far with no problems other than the drop in frame rate do to the intensive traffic and significant weather. I got clearance, lined up and push the throttle, having some difficulties to stayed on the center of the runway (I don't have rodder pedals) but not too bad, got positive rate of climb, gear up and start to gain altitude and speed, but as soon as I reached the first layer of clouds between 180 and 220 KIAS climbing on RWY HDG, the turbulence was so intense that busted my airframe and went down in flames as I was being watch over my shoulder by a few visitors and other members. Oops, lets try again... and this happen to me 3 times in a row and I was forced to change my departure point to a location without the severe weather. As i was approaching TNCM where the weather was no so bad ( still rainy and with poor visibility but at least the weather radar on my instruments was not ALL RED like in TFFR, boom first bit of turbulence encountered at about FL080 descending at 240 KIAS and there goes the airframe again. This was starting to be really annoying. It got to the point when I switched the IVAO WX Off after an initial download ad disabled the turbulence off so I could complete a flight at least.

Bottom line is the turbulance in X-Plane is just too unrealistic cuz I know airplanes are designed to fly trough turbulence specially at low speeds without breaking up in mid air, and another thing I would like to see improvement in XP is the representation of other traffics (none of the other planes looked like they were supposed to be).

Is there a way to tune real weather turbulence to a more realistic level? is there a library of generic planes without the complex 3d models to use just as either AI traffic or online traffic?

Thanks to Aerosoft and Peters Aircraft for donating great products for X-Plane for prices (A full X-Plane 10 Global, Toulouse Scenery and a the new A321)

I am the happy winer of the Airbus, just waiting for instructions of where to download and how to install form Peter. Yuhoo!

Thanks for reading

Juan.

[Ntr09]

This sounds like more of a CRJ-200 problem than X-Plane to me. Try and see if this happens with similar WX in a different craft such as the x737. Staying under Maneuvering Speed in the turbulence of course.

-NR

[Goran_M]

Screenshot below is of the Saab. On takeoff, and a few miles out, it doesn't have adjustments I made to compensate for turbulence (which is set at 3). Note the rough flight path just after takeoff. After I adjusted the flight model for turbulence, the ride is a lot smoother.

IMO, it's not X Planes turbulence that is too strong. The adjustments need to be made in the flight model.

Edited October 2, 2012 by Goran_M

[scubajuan_new]

I will redirect this in the CRJ support section.

Thanks guys.

PS. That looks like a bumpy ride, but not as bumpy as falling spiralling down hehe.