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Postby WandererSailor » Mon Apr 30, 2007 11:42 pm

I flew out of Deadhorse, Alaska (PASC) today, heading more or less due north only to discover that I could not circumnavigate the Earth across the poles!  To make matters weirder, I noticed that my plane displayed odd physics and I felt almost like I was playing the dreaded X-Plane (ver 7) martian scenerio.  Anyone else experience this arctic madness?
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Re: End of the Earth?

Postby justpassingthrough » Tue May 01, 2007 1:46 am

Yes, the FS9 3D world is a cylinder and not a sphere, therefore the north and south poles do not exist in FS9 and the sim stops far short of the poles.


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Re: End of the Earth?

Postby JBaymore » Tue May 01, 2007 8:49 am

This is one thing that FSX supposedly fixed.

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Re: End of the Earth?

Postby dcunning30 » Tue May 01, 2007 9:00 am

Blah!  Don't listen to them!  You just discovered what mariners have known for a thousand years.  You've reached the edge!  

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Re: End of the Earth?

Postby oscarfourzero » Tue May 01, 2007 11:12 am

Hi dcunning,

               What an answer!  Oh i love some of these replies,

               Cheers,

                Roger.
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Re: End of the Earth?

Postby Alonso » Tue May 01, 2007 12:05 pm

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Re: End of the Earth?

Postby Isak922 » Tue May 01, 2007 3:31 pm


Yes, the FS9 3D world is a cylinder and not a sphere, therefore the north and south poles do not exist in FS9 and the sim stops far short of the poles.


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Well... That explains why I could never fly from the US to Russia in an SR-71  :o

It also explains the very... odd... flight planning for hops across the "pond" in the default flight planner  :o
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Re: End of the Earth?

Postby WandererSailor » Wed May 02, 2007 12:16 am

sweet, I can't wait to get my new PC to play FSX, even though I love the Lovecraftian effect of the madness @ the poles.  w00t
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Re: End of the Earth?

Postby rootbeer » Wed May 02, 2007 4:35 pm

Lots of crazy things can happen when you get way up there. I advise that you tread carefully when in unknown waters. You might get bitten by a dragon or something...
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Re: End of the Earth?

Postby CAFedm » Wed May 02, 2007 6:34 pm

One thing - the fact that your gauges go nuts is adds a nice bit of realism, even if it's not for the same reason (because of the cylinder effect) as it is in real life (magnetic anomalies). It is a lot of fun trying to navigate your way around, and something to attempt especially if getting bored with FS9. Crossing Antarctica took me a week, following Google Earth images to compare to what was seen from the cockpit, kind of like feeling your way down a dark staircase while holding the railing. A rough idea of how the flightplan ended up looking like is below, and was the only occasion where I had to cheat to refuel.

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Re: End of the Earth?

Postby rootbeer » Thu May 03, 2007 7:30 am

In what airplane did you make the trip, CAFedm?
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Re: End of the Earth?

Postby Mobius » Thu May 03, 2007 11:23 am

I have proof of the existence of the north pole!  In FSX...

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Re: End of the Earth?

Postby ashaman » Thu May 03, 2007 11:51 am

I have proof of the existence of the north pole!  In FSX...


There was not really a need for you to prove it. One of the very few innovations of "the cross" is finally a spherical geography. Shame it's paid so dearly. :-? ;)
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Re: End of the Earth?

Postby Mobius » Thu May 03, 2007 12:46 pm

I have proof of the existence of the north pole!  In FSX...

There was not really a need for you to prove it. One of the very few innovations of "the cross" is finally a spherical geography. Shame it's paid so dearly. :-? ;)


This is one thing that FSX supposedly fixed.

It sounded as if there was doubt, so I offered proof of one of the many great new features in FSX. ;)
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Re: End of the Earth?

Postby ashaman » Thu May 03, 2007 7:42 pm

It sounded as if there was doubt, so I offered proof of one of the many great new features in FSX. ;)


One of the many... :o

...oh for Pete's sake. I Am Not Going There... ::)


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