As a VFR pilot, I often overfly the small airfields at 1500 above ground and check the wind direction by looking at the windsock. But the windsock doesn’t seem to render until you’re very low. Is it possible to have the windsocks render from a lot further out?
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I’d say, no. It would be worth adding to zendesk as a bug because it pops in at a particular distance. I didn’t notice before because I am typically over the airfield before looking at the sock anyway and it is visible then. But if I am not familiar with the airfield and I’m looking for the sock it is a bit of a pain that it is invisible until you hit the magic distance.
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@CaptainSMan This is an excellent suggestion. Please submit it to ZenDesk under the “Feedback & Feature Requests” category and be sure to provide as much detail as you can. This is the best, more direct way to share your suggestion with the developers.
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In fact it’s worse than that. At initial overflight the windsock shows horizontal, i.e. strong wind. Then on short final, it drops to show a weak wind. Very misleading and important for all serious GA pilots.
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Done @Yuudai5178 & @tamalien 
Yes, I also noticed on final, the sock is horizontal and from the left. Get to short finals and it drops to indicate the actual wind.
This is from the windsock sim.cfg in Microsoft Flight Simulator\Official\OneStore\asobo-simobjects-landmarks\SimObjects\Landmarks\Windsock\model
[fltsim.0]
title=Windsock
model=
texture=
[General]
category=StaticObject
DistanceToNotAnimate=500
You could try to edit the distance and make a small patched version.
Edit: Tested this just to be sure if it works and used DistanceToNotAnimate=2000 and seems to work fine. (no LOD popup)
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Maybe a non-issue, just been flying over various fields trying to replicate and a couple short navs and the wind socks draw ok from about 2000 to 3000ft AGL.
Checked the request on Zendesk and status is Solved. 
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Lowering the value seemed to make the windsock animate further out so I could see it move as soon as it was being drawn. But it did nothing for the draw distance for me.
Still a worthwhile change though. Thanks.
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