Soar_NZ.zip is a scenery archive for FS98 that adds
scattered thermals for soaring in the mountains near
Queenstown, New Zealand.
The thermals are marked by simulated cumulus clouds.
Only the thermals and clouds are added to your existing
scenery, so the files are quite small and should not
burden your system unnecessarily.
Files Included:
readme.txt this file
soarnz1.bgl scenery file that generates the
thermals and clouds.
PW-5 Soaring ....STN a situation file that puts you
in a thermal in the mountains
west of Queenstown.
FILE_ID.DIZ a brief description of the archive
Soarnz.gif a screenshot showing clouds
that mark the thermals
Installation:
Unzip the Soar_nz.zip file into a temporary folder.
Copy the soarnz1.bgl file into your FS98 Scenery folder.
If you have the PW-5 sailplane installed, copy the STN
file into the FS98 Pilots folder. The STN file will
give you a flight starting in a thermal near the middle
of the group of thermals.
If you do not have the PW-5 installed, do not use the
STN file. Pick your choice of sailplanes and go to the
World menu of FS98 and pick "go to exact location". Put
in the coordinates S45 05.0 and E168 33.0. Put in an
altitude of about 6000 ft, an airspeed of 51 kts, and a
heading of 090. This will get you started.
The airport close by at Queenstown is in the large flat
area just to the northeast. It has a nice grass runway
crossing the main runway which is great for glider
landings.
Some Soaring Hints:
Be sure to set the time of day to early afternoon for the best soaring
conditions. By late afternoon you won't find good lift.
Look for lift below the cumulus clouds. The lift will be strong near
the center. Slow down in lift to just above the stall speed to maximize
your climb rate and circle to stay centered in the lift. If you do not
use autocoordination, you need to be well coordinated in the turns to get
the best performance.
Cross Country Flying:
Fly from thermal to thermal to go cross country. Climb slowly in the
thermals to gain enough altitude to get to the next thermal. Speed up
between thermals. Remember to SLOW DOWN IN LIFT AND SPEED UP IN SINK.
There are 16 thermals in the group. You should be able to fly from
thermal to thermal easily. Simulated soaring can be made more exciting
by using the multiplayer mode and flying with a companion. It is fun
to fly with another glider in the same thermal.
Copyright and Distribution:
This scenery is released as Freeware.
Copyright (C) Edward J. Dumas Sr. As freeware you are permitted to
distribute this archive subject to the following conditions:
(1) The archive must be distributed without modification. Do not
distribute it with any files added, removed, or modified.
(2) Do not include any file from this archive in another archive
without prior permission of the author.
(3) No charge may be made for this archive other than a modest
charge to cover the actual cost of distribution. If a charge
is made it must be made clear that the archive is freeware and
the fee is to cover distribution costs.
(4) The author's rights and wishes concerning this archive must be
respected.
Acknowledgements:
This soaring scenery was prompted by a friend from downunder who
questioned whether thermals would work in the southern hemisphere.
They seem to work just fine with FS98, FS6, and FS5.1 If you have
difficulty with the thermals, it might be good to see if add-on
scenery is interfering.
This scenery file was done using SCASM 1.7 by Manfred Moldenhauer
with necessary fine tuning of the file using Microsoft's MSDOS
program DEBUG. The Microsoft FS98 SDK was an essential reference
for manually adding thermals to the scenery file. If you are
interested in making scenery for thermal soaring, the file
fstherm.zip available at SurClaro gives detailed instructions
for how to do it.
THE USUAL CATCH:
These files are provided as Freeware for your soaring fun. Every effort
has been made to make the software trouble-free and easy to use. It has
been fully tested. Use it at your own risk. The author accepts no
responsibility for any damage, real or imagined, to your system.
You may contact me by e-mail at edumas1@bellsouth.net.
My mail address is: Ed Dumas Sr
3220 Boomerang Lane
Knoxville, TN 37931
