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FSXA Autogen trees missing under runway approach

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I'm using some photoscenery to create an airfield. I'm using ADE to make the airfield itself and Autogen Annotator to add trees etc. in the surrounding area.

At the real airfield trees (albeit short ones) are present right under the approach to one of the runways. The threshold of this runway is very close to the boundary fence and the trees are the other side of the fence. This sounds very dangerous, but in reality the airfield is on top of a hill and at the boundary fence there is a sharp drop-off and the trees are on the slopes of the hillside.

I've managed to model the hill and the slopes very closely using Global Mapper with a high resolution DEM (even though the screenshot doesn't show it well). Using Autogen Annotator I've placed trees under the approach. However in FSX the trees fail to appear in an avenue right under this approach... as if FSX is too clever for its own good!! Circled in red is where the trees have somehow been excluded:

treesappro.jpg


Does anyone know of a fix for this? It really spoils the look and feel of landing at this airfield.

Many thanks

Andy
 
Hi,
There is no known workaround !
The issue is caused by the PAPI activated for the runway end (or the ILS may be, I don't remember :confused:)
All you can do is to add 3D trees or remove the afcad PAPI.
Hope it helps
 
Hi,

As already said, this is intended. Runways automatically remove the autogen that is close to it (on the approach path).

You could use library objects to fill the gap, but they will not follow the seasons of the autogen trees.
 
I believe the runway type water does not exclude the trees... but folks in the ADE forum will tell you of the dangers of using water as a runway type.

Dick
 
arno said:
Hi,

As already said, this is intended. Runways automatically remove the autogen that is close to it (on the approach path).

You could use library objects to fill the gap, but they will not follow the seasons of the autogen trees.
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You sure? I have seen a couple of default airports in my region that have tall autogen trees right on the approach, sometimes to the point that you have to clear them and then drop to idle or you would eat the whole runway. One of those is MPLP approaching from the river side. Many more I have seen with this problem.
 
A mentionned above, approach path is "cleared" only when runway is PAPI and/or ILS equiped..
 
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