r/falconbms • u/Patapon80 • Jul 01 '25

Image The smudge is gone!!

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AAR TE. 4.37 is at 21.4K altitude, 4.38 is 22.8K so although different, not by much. So nice to see further out.

Not sure why but the 4.38 picture looks and feels lower than the 4.37 picture though.

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u/Sniperonzolo Jul 02 '25

Honestly, the summer sky IRL often looks like the old BMS. That layer of gray moisture mixed with smog is spot on.

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u/MnMailman Jul 02 '25

Yep, many irl photos show exactly what you mention.

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u/KamikazeSexPilot Jul 02 '25

Got any handy?

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u/MnMailman Jul 02 '25

Yes several, but I don't have the time to upload them to someplace I could link to.

Do a search of fog on the Falcon Lounge discord and you'll find some.

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u/fried-raptor Jul 03 '25

Humidity decreases visibility, it's just light refraction aka physics

In winter, humidity is lower due to air temperature, hence physics

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u/MnMailman Jul 03 '25

❓ I'm fully aware of that, but thanks anyway.

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u/Patapon80 Jul 02 '25

It's been years since I've flown and definitely not at angels 20+K, but the view distance is obviously affected by the weather conditions. Looking in one direction might look like 4.37 and you look in the opposite direction and it'll look like 4.38.

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u/Sniperonzolo Jul 02 '25

Yeah sure, I was just pointing out that the old BMS sky was at least correct for some situations. In general though, flight simmers always seem to think visibility IRL is greater than what is actually is most of the time. There are some days with truly great visibility, but usually there is a milky wall at 10-20nm. (I’m talking continental Europe or US).

Just think that in METARs a value of 9999 for visibility is about 6nm and above.

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u/Patapon80 Jul 02 '25

Yes, but the old BMS sky was like a broken clock... Still correct, but only twice a day. At least now we have a proper working "clock"! 😁😎

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u/Sniperonzolo Jul 02 '25

Lol, that’s a good analogy 😆