David TRIGGS 0 Posted December 17, 2013 Report Share Posted December 17, 2013 Hello, I seem to remember in FS9 that the default Hawaii (big island) had volcanic activity (moving lava flows/steam,etc) but only at a certain date! Can anyone confirm what date this was ... and if is still there in FSX ... ?? Thanks ... David Quote Link to post Share on other sites
stu7708 244 Posted December 17, 2013 Report Share Posted December 17, 2013 I can confirm it's still in place in FSX.. It's not an exact date, all you need to do is set the year to 1983. A guide on how to find it can be found here Quote Link to post Share on other sites
mutley 4,464 Posted December 17, 2013 Report Share Posted December 17, 2013 Was that where we flew Micke? It was very impressive! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
allardjd 1,853 Posted December 17, 2013 Report Share Posted December 17, 2013 Kilauea Map is an active vulcano the islands. In 1983 one of the eruptions started an you will only see the volcano in eruption in Flight Simulator on that year. Change the time to a night of year 1983. Takeoff from Hilo Intl airport (PHTO), climb and maintain 5000 ft, and fly heading 204 for 23 nm. Return to PHTO on VOR 116.90. From the SimTours site... John Quote Link to post Share on other sites
stu7708 244 Posted December 17, 2013 Report Share Posted December 17, 2013 It's the same one Joe, and it is indeed impressive... Quote Link to post Share on other sites
allardjd 1,853 Posted December 17, 2013 Report Share Posted December 17, 2013 Ooops - I quoted the same site Micke linked. John Quote Link to post Share on other sites
hifly 925 Posted December 17, 2013 Report Share Posted December 17, 2013 Thanks Mikael & John, took a look there tonight and will post some screenies soon. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
David TRIGGS 0 Posted December 21, 2013 Author Report Share Posted December 21, 2013 Thanks for the info ... I'll go see soon! ... FSX default volcanic activity is any date/time in 1983 ... ??? David Quote Link to post Share on other sites
brett 2,253 Posted December 21, 2013 Report Share Posted December 21, 2013 Thanks for the info ... I'll go see soon! ... FSX default volcanic activity is any date/time in 1983 ... ??? David Yeppers Quote Link to post Share on other sites
hifly 925 Posted December 23, 2013 Report Share Posted December 23, 2013 Here it is. A bit close for comfort. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
brett 2,253 Posted December 23, 2013 Report Share Posted December 23, 2013 Nice shots Geoff. With crash detection on, you will get burned if you get to close. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Quickmarch 488 Posted December 24, 2013 Report Share Posted December 24, 2013 I flew over that thing real world - "doors off" in Hughes 500 (air tour). You could feel the heat at 500 ft. It wasn't erupting then (call it 2004), but there was lava flowing down and into the ocean. There was a housing development, streets mostly, but a few houses that was cut in half by the lava flow. What were they thinking? Sort of like those folks who buy cheap real estate around the ends of runways then complain about the noise. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
David TRIGGS 0 Posted December 25, 2013 Author Report Share Posted December 25, 2013 Genial mes amis ... merci beaucoup!! David Quote Link to post Share on other sites
hifly 925 Posted December 25, 2013 Report Share Posted December 25, 2013 Mon pleasure. Je s'amuser le vol. Pardon my French. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
David TRIGGS 0 Posted January 16, 2014 Author Report Share Posted January 16, 2014 Mais oui, mes amis ...... but I haven't in fact yet been able to see in FSX the volvanic activity that I remember in previous MSFS! ... what could I be doing wrong? I'm in 1983 summer-dusk ... should I be at a more specific date/time (January 3rd for example), or is the spectacle there all (this) year round?? Can anyone confirm the position (on the big island, flying south out of HILO and tracking the coast line one should see something surely?!?!) Thanks guys ...... David Quote Link to post Share on other sites
stu7708 244 Posted January 16, 2014 Report Share Posted January 16, 2014 As far as I know no specific date is needed, it's active the whole year round and regardless of the time of day. You need to get fairly close before you can see it though, and I suspect the coast is to far away. Set up a flight plan from HILO to HI28, adding HI23 as a waypoint along the way and you should pass more or less straight over it on the leg from HI23 to HI28. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
David TRIGGS 0 Posted January 24, 2014 Author Report Share Posted January 24, 2014 Right! ... thanks, stu7708 ... I'll give it a go, but I seem to remember in FS5 that red hot molten lava was to be seen on the coast with a rather impressive vertical smoke do-da in to the see. This as well as more conventional smoke out of the active volcano inland coming out of its red hot core ...... exciting times; David Quote Link to post Share on other sites
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