Summary: Hosted by Eric McClintock, Nolan, Brendan, Marty, and Andrew. Listen Here: Subscribe to automatically get the latest podcast: iTunes, Zune, RSS XML, E-Mail, All Other. FSX Tweak: Fix up your FSX Water for Free! There are many programs out there to make your FSX's default water textures look good, such as payware programs like Real Environment Extreme or Flight Environment Extreme... But for simmers on a budget, you can make your water look a lot better with a freeware application called FS Water Configurator. Easy to use freeware program that lets you tweak how you want your water to look just by dragging sliders, no configuration files need to be tweaked! Comes with several presets, and you can tweak each setting such as water reflection, surface shine, and more. You can even make real time changes without having to restart FSX! You can download FS Water Configurator [Link], and be sure to check out SimTips! [Link] [nggallery id=15] Carenado Debuts PA 28 RT 201 Arrow IV On March 25th, 2009 Carenado has released one of the most successful and popular "T" tail aircraft: the PA28RT 201 ARROW IV for FSX. This aircraft is full FSX and DX10 compatible with high resolution textures and a very friendly FPS performance. It takes advantage of all the FSX features like cast shadows on VC, external dynamic cast shadows, normal mapping, specular mapping and bloom lights. The new features of the aircraft include: External Dynamic Shadows and Internal Dynamic Shadows on the VC. Interactive Virtual Cockpit Full moving parts and animated sections such as the doors, co-pilot seat, etc. Other details such as antennas, chocks, even the baggage area. Full aircraft lights, and many additional features. To add even more to the realism, the model also includes a full checklist, reference material about the flight dynamics, and a PDF manual of the Virtual cockpit. The PA28RT 201 Arrow IV from Carenado is only available for FSX, and retails for $27.95 USD. Check it out from Carenado here [Link], or view the release here. [Link] Swiss VFR Airports Part 3 Explore five more highly detailed airfields in "Swiss VFR Airports Part 3". The product series ldquo;Swiss VFR Airportsrdquo; is the brainchild of the developer of the famous Switzerland Professional X scenery. An important aspect was to make the airfields and their immediate surroundings as realistic as possible and for this reason, photorealistic textures were used. Distinctive objects around the airfield were placed as an orientation guide. Each airport also fits seamlessly into the photo realistic scenery "Switzerland Professional X" thanks to the exact ground layout. The "Swiss VFR Airports Part 3" add-on is compatible with both FS 2004 and FSX. Here are the airports included in that package: LSZL Locarno LSZS Samedan LSZE Bad Ragaz LSMF Mollis LSPA Amlikon These 5 airports will run you 29.99 Euro Plus Shipping cost, and you can find them at SimMarket. [Link] Vehicle Flight Simulator Released Vehicle Simulator is a unique simulator, combining land, underwater, sea surface, air and low orbit environments into one, the program makes it possible to drive, fly, sail, dive, and go into space in one convincing simulation environment. After more than two years of intensive development a new simulator called Vehicle Simulator finally released. The program excels especially as a flight simulator and as a naval simulator combining the powers of two previous simulators Micro Flight and Virtual Sailor into one, however the game engine was completely re written and has far greater capability and capacity than any of the previous ones it was made of. Vehicle Simulator has some unique and innovative features that stand out compared to other programs of its kind, here are some of them: Ability to see air flow visualization, allowing you to learn how to soar cleverly using the rising currents of a...
