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Spotterboy From , joined Dec 1969, posts, RR:
Posted (10 years 2 months 1 week 6 days 9 hours ago) and read 4024 times:

Hey!

I've got another question for all the Fligh Simulator freaks:

I've seen lots of screenshots with planes with have huge contrails. I've never seen any contrails in my FS2002!

Any special conditions need for those nice effects???

Thanks so far!

Florian Trojer - Austrian Spotters

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DC-10 Levo From United Kingdom, joined Nov 2001, 3432 posts, RR: 5
Reply 1, posted (10 years 2 months 1 week 6 days 9 hours ago) and read 3972 times:

No special conditions needed, just take your jet above 30,000ft and there you have it.

DC-10

Manzoori From UK - England, joined Sep 2002, 1516 posts, RR: 37
Reply 2, posted (10 years 2 months 1 week 5 days 20 hours ago) and read 3317 times:

Hi Florian,

DC-10 is right, just take the aircraft above 30kft and the engine contrails will appear.

Some aircraft also have vapour trails built into their code so that in low level flight you get some lovely thin vapour trails off the wingtips. 4 aircraft with this feature spring immediately to mind:

DSB Designs BAe Systems Hawk Mk3
Lago Panavia Tornado
I3D Boeing B1-B
MelJet Boeing 777

I'm sure there are plenty of others but since I'm at work those are the only ones that I can remember.

Hope that helps

Cheers

Rez
Wink/being sarcastic

Flightlineimages DOT Com Photographer & Web Editor. RR Turbines Specialist

Dragon-wings From United States of America, joined Apr 2001, 3920 posts, RR: 0
Reply 3, posted (10 years 2 months 1 week 5 days 19 hours ago) and read 3319 times:

Project Airbus A320's and POSKY's 747-400 v3's also have the vapor trails Manzoori mentioned.

Don't give up don't ever give up - Jim Valvano

Luxair From Luxembourg, joined Jan 2001, 743 posts, RR: 2
Reply 4, posted (10 years 2 months 1 week 5 days 15 hours ago) and read 3291 times:

Hi Spotterboy, just a hind, go to flightsim.com and try to find jettrail.zip and download it.
I did it a few weeks ago and it is an amazing new file who completely changes your jettrails from
the boring standard ones!!! They are much more realistic and stays longer in the sky and when
using real weather (I'm using FS Meteo) than you can even see that they deviate in the wind
direction and deform when turbulences are present!!! You will also see other aircrafts jettrails in the
sky when flying, believe me it is amazing and unbelievable how a little file can change the realism
of flying in FS!!!

Have fun

Ps: if you get a problem finding the file than contact me via mail and I will then send it to you!

Markie Mark

Jwenting From Netherlands, joined Apr 2001, 10213 posts, RR: 21
Reply 5, posted (10 years 2 months 1 week 5 days 15 hours ago) and read 3296 times:

The PSS 747-400 has it too in FS2002, but not in all liveries (or maybe it's dependent on factors I haven't seen with all liveries I have).

I wish I were flying

Dragon-wings From United States of America, joined Apr 2001, 3920 posts, RR: 0
Reply 6, posted (10 years 2 months 1 week 5 days 8 hours ago) and read 3267 times:

Luxair....Can you post a screenshot or two of the new contrails?

Don't give up don't ever give up - Jim Valvano

Dragon-wings From United States of America, joined Apr 2001, 3920 posts, RR: 0
Reply 7, posted (10 years 2 months 1 week 5 days 8 hours ago) and read 3261 times:

Also will the new contrails work on all planes in FS2002? Or just some of them?

Don't give up don't ever give up - Jim Valvano

EAC_732 From , joined Dec 1969, posts, RR:
Reply 8, posted (10 years 2 months 1 week 5 days 5 hours ago) and read 3240 times:

Hello,

Dragon-wings, Contrails will work on all Boeing aircraft above 30,000ft but I'm not sure if it'll work on the Learjet 45 as the model hasn't changed from FS2000. Contrails will not work on all prop aircraft, Hope that helps Smile

.

Regards
EAC_732

Luxair From Luxembourg, joined Jan 2001, 743 posts, RR: 2
Reply 9, posted (10 years 2 months 1 week 4 days 19 hours ago) and read 3229 times:

Hi Dragon-wings, for the screenshots, I have then first to read how to make them and how to post them here
in the forum!!! But I can answer your 2nd question with Yes, it works on all the other aircrafts (jets, for the props I donno) for so far as I could see. It works well even when using 3rd part aircrafts as AI traffic. I'm remember, I flew yesterday from Kandahar to Tehran with my RAF VC10 and I was at around fl 360 and a few minutes before starting my descend I encountered over Iran an Iran air Airbus A310 and one A330 they where also descending for Tehran airport (Meharabat) but where still above fl 300 so I could cleary see the amazing jettrails of the aircrafts and how they stay in the air for a long time ! Very nice to see Smile/happy/getting dizzy

Markie Mark

CPH-R From Denmark, joined May 2001, 5745 posts, RR: 4
Reply 10, posted (10 years 2 months 1 week 4 days 14 hours ago) and read 3204 times:

Just to make it clear: The contrails will appear on all aircraft no matter what version of FS it was developed for. Some addon aircrafts also have built-in vortices and the likes.

DC-10 Levo From United Kingdom, joined Nov 2001, 3432 posts, RR: 5
Reply 11, posted (10 years 2 months 1 week 4 days 10 hours ago) and read 3281 times:

On some aircraft, if you press the letter 'I' the contrails will appear even if you're below FL300.

DC-10

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