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Hi newbie here
just brought FSX and love the glider, would really like to have ago at flying around with them but here doesnt seem to be any thermals etc within the standard sim are there any missions that can be downloaded have only found Austria, would love to fly NZ Southern Alps as one of the best places in the world in real life, U2 spyplane recorded lift at 100,000 feet plus, Steve Fosit did world record atempts there as well as world championships held there
ta cruiza

Hi Cruiza,

I'm also one of the biggest FSX glider fans here
I do not know if they are glider misions available for downloads, however there are a couple of freeware utilities that will be VERY interesting for you:
- SimProbe and CumulusX!: two modules that work together in order to dynamically create "thermals" (for ridge soaring) alongside the mountains, depending on the wind direction !
- AeroTow: a little module that will let you choose the plane that tows you, and also let you choose the path this plane should follow.

More infos here:
http://www.simviation.com/cgi-bin/yabb2 ... 1211989440
and here:
http://www.simviation.com/cgi-bin/yabb2 ... 1225281864

Your gliding experience is going to radically change

Last point, concerning the default thermals in FSX: they do not appear if you set the "clear weather" meteo theme. You have to choose one of the other themes, for example "Fair weather" (I'm not sure about the exact english name sorry, but this is just the second one on the list). Also, the more you go toward the poles, the less the thermals. The closer you get from the equator, the more the thermals. If you want to find them more easilly, you should set the thermal visualization to "Schematic" in the game options. "Natural" visualization will place a couple of eagles soaring in the thermal, sa that you can spot them like in real life, more or less...

Hi Folks

Cruiza -
Ian Forster-Lewis, (aka B21) the creator of SimProbe
has also created a number of FSX Glider/Soaring missions,
including a Miflin 5 day competition series.

See Ian's Missions page.

Also worth taking a look at - Flight Simulator X Missions Site

HTH
ATB
Paul

Hey thanks guys really apprieciate this, I had no idea there was so much out there I started looking, mesh and secenery update etc but the gliders stuff hasn't been so easy to find thanks again
Cruiza