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48 CHAPTER 5. FLIGHT IN X-PLANE Figure 5.3: Selecting the Weather option from the Environment menu [Full size →] end up on a runway which is hovering above the ocean down below. This is referred to as “water world” and it is covered in detail in Appendix F, Water World. For a full explanation of the airport identifiers used in X-Plane, see the X-Plane Airport and Navigation Data site’s FAQ for X-Plane Users. 5.3.1 Other Ways to Choose a Location You do not have to choose a location for your flight using the list of world airports. You can have X-Plane choose a random location near you by moving the mouse to the top of the screen, clicking Location, and selecting Get Me Lost. You can also choose a location visually from the 3-D globe by selecting the Planet Map from the Location menu. The controls in the bottom right corner of this dialog box move your view of the globe as follows. The large round button spins the globe up, down, left, or right, depending on where along its edge the button is clicked. The buttons below this each have two small triangles. On the left is the button to zoom out, and next to it (labeled with two larger triangles) is the one to zoom in. Below the zoom buttons is the center on acft button, which, when clicked, centers the map view on the aircraft. Clicking a location on the planet map will transport the aircraft to the airport nearest where the map was clicked. To close the window without relocating the craft, click one of the Xs in the top corners or press the Enter key. 5.4 Changing the Environment The X-Plane environment consists of weather, time of day, and date, each of which can be modified at will. 5.4.1 Setting the Weather X-Plane’s weather simulation is highly configurable and remarkably realistic. Weather in X-Plane can be set in four ways. The first, and most complicated, is to simply set the weather uniformly (and statically) for the whole world. This is the way most people set the weather in older versions of X-Plane. New in Version 10 is the ability to set randomly generated, highly plausible weather patterns based on a few parameters such as cloud coverage, intensity, and temperature. Using a similar system, you can manually “paint” weather patterns using the mouse, indicating where you want cloud systems to be. Finally, you can download the real-world weather from the Internet and have X-Plane reproduce it. To edit the weather settings, bring down the menu by moving the mouse to the top of the screen. Click Environment, then click Weather, as in Figure 5.3.
5.4. CHANGING THE ENVIRONMENT 49 Figure 5.4: Setting the cloud coverage for the whole world [Full size →] 5.4.1.1 Setting Uniform, Static Weather for the Whole World To set static weather for the world, first open the Weather dialog box from the Environment menu. There, select the large radio button at the top of the window labeled “set weather uniformly for the whole world.” Here, there are portions of the window devoted to clouds, wind, precipitation, thermals, and water conditions. In the upper left of the window, cloud types as well as the top and base levels for three different cloud layers can be set (as seen in Figure 5.4). These heights are measured in feet above mean sea level (MSL). The pane below the basic cloud configuration has a number of buttons, labeled cat-III, cat-II, cat-I, n-prec, and so on. These are quick-set buttons, and pressing them will automatically set some general weather conditions. • Cat-III sets the weather up for a Category-III ILS approach. These are extremely low instrument conditions, with basically zero ceiling and visibility. • Cat-II sets the weather up for a Category-II ILS approach, with terribly poor ceiling and visibility. • Cat-I sets the weather up for a Category-I ILS approach, with poor ceiling and visibility. • N-prec sets the weather for a non-precision approach, with a 3 mile visibility and a 400 foot ceiling. • MVFR sets the weather marginal VFR flying conditions, with about four miles of visibility and a 1,500 foot ceiling. • VFR sets the weather to good visual flight rule conditions—clear, sunny skies. • CAVOK sets the weather to clear and visibility OK. Typically pilots refer to this as “CAVU”— Clear And Visibility Unlimited. Below the quick-set buttons is a set of sliders. Click these and drag them to change their setting. The visibility slider adjusts what its name suggests, measured in statute miles.
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