IMC Conditions

[bluepilot76]

Good morning!

Last night I wanted to do some instrument approach practice, so I wanted a low cloud base so I might or might not see the runway at about 200 feet / 60m.

 

I was using standard weather.

The lowest I could make the cloudbase was 300m

So I set the fog to 310m so there was overlap and made visibility 800m.

 

But whenever I broke cloudbase at 300m, the visibility was probably about 3k. Also the sky under the cloud was bright, as if sunshine was getting through, which spoilst things somewhat.

 

Can we not set hardcore IMC conditions?

 

I take it the cloudbase setting is above sea level? I suppose I could fly out of a higher airfield?

[Eddie]

I take it the cloudbase setting is above sea level? I suppose I could fly out of a higher airfield?

 

Set a 300m cloud deck and try flying from/to Vaziani, see how you get on. ;)

[GripenNG]

You can also adjust the thickness of the clouds, to prevent light from coming in. Add some rain and some fog if you want - and of course low clouds. And if you try to land at Vaziani as Eddie says during these IMC I wish you all the luck! ;)

[bluepilot76]

So 300m IS the limit, bit dissapointing if you want to use any of the main airfields down at the coast. Vaziani it is then!

 

Cloud density I had set to 10 which was I presume the worst. Thickness I cant remember but certainly didnt get to the top but I only went up to 4500feet.

 

What about the fog though - surely that should be an effective way of making IMC conditions?

[msalama]

surely that should be an effective way of making IMC conditions?

 

I guess so. Fog & cloud overlap for IFR conditions worked like a charm in BS v1.02 at least (haven't tested the recent sims in this respect so cannot comment on them).

[Username455]

I have an ILS landing mission at batumi set up just fine. Maybe I dont know exactly what you are trying to do, but set fog visibility to whatever you want (I used 100m) and then thickness to max. You wont see much!

 

also, I think clouds were at 300m, with max thickness (which doesnt affect the mission since thickness of clouds goes upwards), and density was 9 or 10. But fog is the setting you want to adjust.

[bluepilot76]

Maybe I had set the fog up wrong, I thought I had set it to 800 maybe I screwed up somewhere. Vis was definately over 800m.

 

Username 455 can you post your Batumi ILS mission just in case I dont get it figured out?

[Username455]

sure thing, I will post 2. One you cant see your wings, the other is considerably easier, but still need to use instruments most of the way :)

 

They are both pretty simple, you start pretty much on the glide slope about 10miles away so its good practice of watching the instruments. you can move the start location in the ME if you want to practice finding the glide slope though.

Landing bad weather.miz

Landing bad weather EASY.miz

[WildFire]

Fog thickness set to max, visibility set to 20m.

 

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RhbT58fiSu8

[bluepilot76]

U455 thanks for the mission, I see now that you certainly can set hardcore IMC conditions! I must have set the vis wrong, maybe put an extra '0' on it by accident.

[Username455]

You're welcome :) happy landings!!

[Greygoose]

Thanks for the missions Username... great practice

 

I was shredded when I got it on the deck in the tough one... brilliant.