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[bradogilvie]

Hey Guys,

I am working on a Project for school and I am using my Flight Simulator for a part of it. I am trying to see how different Weather Conditions affect VFR & IFR Aircraft. I need someone to help come up with a way to log it in a Spreadsheet or a Word Document. Thanks!

[Travis]

2 columns? Vfr restrictions on one side and ifr restrictions on the other side. I personally would use real life applications rather than FSX. You will probably find more and better information, and real life sounds better on a report than a sim/game.

[Wingman]

Hi Brad,

What class is this for? You may wish to focus on differences that are relevant to the class. For example:
- A weather/meteorology class may be more interested in altitude assignments as a result of severe weather
- An ATC class may be more focused on number of assigned holds and re-routes as a result of severe weather
- A learn-to-fly type class may care most about the weather's impact on the ability to simply aviate, navigate, and communicate

How does FSX come into play? You can watch AI traffic, but weather doesn't affect it (other than AI ATC runway assignment). You can watch online multiplayer traffic but... well... you know. You can measure stuff from the cockpit of various aircraft, but what's the tie-in to VFR/IFR (the same aircraft can be flown under either rule-set).

[bradogilvie]

It is for a English/Science Project.

[Cube]

If it is for English too, You should use this photo.

[Wingman]

As Shakespeare once wrote, there are those of us who would "rather bear ills we have, than fly to others that we know not of. Thus conscience does make cowards of us all... and enterprise of great pitch and moment, with this regard their currents turn awry, and lose the name of action."

That was clearly his (Hamlet's) warning to VFR pilots to trust their fear of currents turn awry (severe winds), stick to the dangers they're trained to handle, and stay away from those they haven't yet experienced. Otherwise, there will be great pitch and moment of their aircraft, disrupting their control.

...right?

[Storm]

Wingman, you have just won the Internet.:applouse: