Just had an insane experience. At 10000 feet crawling towards Typhoon Haishen, got caught in an air pocket and was absolutely gobsmacked. My Sr22 lost 2000 feet in a matter of few seconds. I literally had my jaw on the floor. Didn’t know that air pockets were being simulated. Anyone else experienced this ?
Do you mean turbulence is simulated? There is no such thing as an air pocket
Not to that extent! But many glorious buffets around mountains in even light winds… love how it will drop a wing on you requiring control inputs. Very realistic!
I’ve experienced it a few times myself. Even though the wind is broken in the game for most places. Who knows what it’ll be like once it’s fixed. Probably worse… and I can’t wait!
I was flying the SR22 in Norway and the wind flowing around and over the mountainous terrain was pretty spot on. I got reminded of my glider days when I was watching my altitude skyrocket and plummet without a single change in pitch. Some people were doing an unofficial challenge where they would cut the engine and use the updrafts on the wind-facing side of mountains to glide powerlessly for insane distances.
I experienced it many times, even just a few hours ago in Seattle. Plane was on autopilot and I was not paying attention when all of a sudden a sudden downdraft followed by an updraft almost caused a stall and spin. Things like this are really exciting, specially when they catch you off-guard.
Have also experienced this… OH SHHHH moment, lots of fun and totally caught me off guard.