Weta43 Posted January 15, 2006 Posted January 15, 2006 Following on from that wind thread I bumped, Don't you think working windsocks on the runway would both be handy & make them a bit more immersive - especially if they bobbed about relative to how turbulent it is in the air. Cheers.
Guest Cali Posted January 15, 2006 Posted January 15, 2006 Following on from that wind thread I bumped, Don't you think working windsocks on the runway would both be handy & make them a bit more immersive - especially if they bobbed about relative to how turbulent it is in the air. That would be very nice to have, so you know what direction and how strong it is blowing before taking off/landing.
Weta43 Posted January 15, 2006 Author Posted January 15, 2006 Exactly !!! You could even chose which runway to use at an AF on the basis of which way you see the sock blowing. Cheers.
Kula66 Posted January 15, 2006 Posted January 15, 2006 I think LO could do with a whole load of airport signs/socks/more lights etc ... but improved weather would certainly be good - more cloud types!
MBot Posted January 15, 2006 Posted January 15, 2006 Nice idea :) The smoke of smokestacks already turns into the wind, so this one might not be too hard to do. Perhaps a ED coder can spare some coffee barkes ;)
Guest IguanaKing Posted January 15, 2006 Posted January 15, 2006 Windsocks would definitely be cool, but its ATC that determines the runway you take off from. Let's make ATC a lot more intelligent in this sim first, then add windsocks. ;)
Weta43 Posted January 16, 2006 Author Posted January 16, 2006 Yep improved ATC would be cool, but in the mean time I've yet to be told to use one of those secondary runways at an angle to the main, so I would like to be able to work it out myself. This would help. Cheers.
Guest IguanaKing Posted January 16, 2006 Posted January 16, 2006 True, but you're not allowed that latitude IRL. Improved ATC would solve quite a few problems though, as would correcting how the ILS works. Windsocks would help though just so you know exactly how your aircraft will behave when it leaves the ground. ATIS would also be a cool addition...it would make the baro setting on your altimeter actually have a purpose. :D
rasputin Posted January 16, 2006 Posted January 16, 2006 Windsocks are cool.....I remember them in Eurofighter. ----------------------------- AMD Athlon 64 3800+ Asrock 939 Dual SATA 2 mobo 1024 Corsair PC3200 XFX 7800GT Antec True Blue 480 Samsung 940B Track IR4 Saitek X-45 HOTAS Win XP Pro
MBot Posted January 16, 2006 Posted January 16, 2006 One thing that might be doable would be to inculde wind info just prior the "cleard for take-off/landing" call from tower, as they do in real life. Something like: "Springflield 1-1, Wind 160°, 5kts, you are cleared for take-off". That would be the first good reason to actualy request take-off clearence form the tower guy in LOMAC, to get the wind info.
Prophet_169th Posted January 16, 2006 Posted January 16, 2006 You can add the static object 'Workshop A', at the bottom of the list. It has a smoke stack.
Weta43 Posted January 16, 2006 Author Posted January 16, 2006 The call from the tower is a good idea (captioned for the Russian ATC) + a sock Cheers.
Witchking Posted January 17, 2006 Posted January 17, 2006 a sock would definately be kewl. imagine flying past and a sock is blowing in the air depending on wind speed. :D WHISPR | Intel I7 5930K | Nvidia GTX980 4GB GDDR5 | 16GB DDR4 | Intel 730 series 512GB SSD | Thrustmaster WARTHOG | CH Pro Pedals | TrackIR4 pro | |A-10C|BS2 |CA|P-51 MUSTANG|UH-1H HUEY|MI-8 MTV2 |FC3|F5E|M2000C|AJS-37|FW190|BF 109K|Mig21|A-10:SSC,EWC|L-39|NEVADA|
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