Here are 13 shots of what Wellington is looking like after I’ve processed it. I know some shots are quite dark, but I really like the night lighting in X-Plane! I’ve also turned on the frame rate, so you can… Read More ›
Flight Simulation
Before & After – low quality ortho
A quick shot to highlight some of the ortho photography that comes down the line. It’s generally very good quality, but here you can see a seam that’s washed out and very brown. It’s pretty bad quality, so will take… Read More ›
Progress – Ortho NZ
Some good news. I’ve managed to source new Manawatu ortho-photos that match the surrounding areas, ie. not in drought! You can see the change basically below. Looking down to Palmerston North. Before: After: Currently I’m just folding Rotorua into the mix…. Read More ›
Manawatu – seasonal colours
So another day and little more work done on my X-Plane Ortho set for New Zealand. I’ve done the area around Palmerston North, it’s looking like this right now: Unfortunately, this has left me with the most severe colour changes between… Read More ›
Side project: X-Plane New Zealand Ortho
A couple of weeks ago I got interested in working Ortho-photographs into X-Plane 11. Here’s where I’m up to. Mission statement: To create and share a seamless, high quality set of X-Plane tiles covering all of New Zealand. Process: Working… Read More ›
SkyMAXX Pro v2: A quick look
Here’s a video I put together yesterday. Unfortunately the YouTube uploader has had some major issues and finally after 5 re-renders and re-uploads that all resulted in video conversion errors Google appear to have fixed the issue. So with that out… Read More ›
DCS: Mountain Rescue
One of the default missions bundled with the DCS: Huey module offers an interesting high altitude challenge. If you’re looking to do the same or a similar flight here are some tips to help you get through in one piece…. Read More ›
DCS Huey: Sling Loading in 1.2.8 BETA
New to DCS is the ability to sling load realistically in the UH-1H Huey. Here’s a video of me giving it a go for the first time. It’s been a while since I’ve flown the Huey so it took a… Read More ›
Christchurch to Wellington in the Saab 340a Link
To accompany my review of the Saab 340a recently I conducted a trip from Christchurch to Wellington. Here’s a look at one of my first flights in the Saab.
The Saab 340a for X-Plane 10 by Leading Edge Simulations
X-Aviation recently ran a special which enticed me to add the Saab 340a and MaxxFX to my X-Plane collection. I’ll talk about MaxxFX seperately. Let’s take a look at the Saab 340a, you might like what you see here… Carrying… Read More ›
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