No HUD - but wind indication?

[Duesselwings]

Hi pilots!

After a couple of hours with Flight, I´ve turned to fly without the destinationmarker - it´s more fun and more exciting to surch the destination via VORs and charts. Additional to that I turned off the HUD, BUT:
No I have no longer a wind indication, which I need to choose the right rwy.
Is it possible to turn off the HUD, but still have this windinformation? Or is it possible to make a change in the cfg-file to realize that?

Thanks.

If not, would it be a very good idea - to show wind and, especially for the upcoming Alaskapack, a functionally temperature information, but with the possibility to turn off the HUD.

[J van E]

For now it's not possible to find out the wind without the HUD... I also do jobs without the destination marker and I simply land on the runway that's in my direction, no matter where the wind comes from. Simple as that. ;)

[Heimi77]

..I simply land on the runway that's in my direction, no matter where the wind comes from. Simple as that. ;)

In strong tail or crosswinds you will not be able to land.
Anyhow you should always land against the wind!! That is basic aviation rule.

I also miss an on/off switchable HUD.
Or even better a GPS system with wind direction indicator.

[lgrochal]

Is it possible to turn off the HUD, but still have this windinformation?

Only the old, Stearman-era pre-radio way, I guess. If the wind is strong enough, you can judge its direction by aircraft drift. If your destination airport has a windsock, you can check it when joining circuit. If it doesn't, you'll have to rely on the windsock at the airport of departure or pretend you've received a weather briefing by switching the HUD on and off before takeoff. If you take off from a big airport like Honolulu and fly to another big airport, you'll have to guess the runway - they have ATIS, but you have no way to receive it.

I believe a way to receive ATIS is high on a "wanted" list. What the authors will do with that is yet to be seen, however.

[J van E]

In strong tail or crosswinds you will not be able to land.
Anyhow you should always land against the wind!! That is basic aviation rule.

I know, but I almost only fly with the Low and threatening theme and up to now I had no problem landing on any runway. ;)

Obviously I'd also prefer ATIS too...!!! Heck, I'd already be happy with a popup showing the runway in use! (An actual voice would be nicer, of course: the closer to real life, the better!)
I prefer ATIS above a wind indicator, because then you still have to fly over the airport the check the actual wind over there and to figure out where to land. They didn't invent ATIS for nothing... ;)

[RoboRay]

For now it's not possible to find out the wind without the HUD... I also do jobs without the destination marker and I simply land on the runway that's in my direction, no matter where the wind comes from. Simple as that. ;)

This is one of the reasons I pretty much always use the Low & Threatening weather theme. The winds are very close to the normal tropical trade-winds in Hawaii (out of the north-east). The trades are why most of the airports have their only or longest runway pointed that direction. If I land with the compass on N, E, or somewhere in between, I'm good.

But yes, there needs to be a way to get wind indications other than the HUD. Wind socks do work, but are virtually invisible from the air. I would love to see a text-scroll of current Wx conditions by tuning ATIS freqs.