What/Where did you fly today? - Part 3

[disguisedelk]

Dublin to Stockholm

EIDW28 ROTEV1B P600 TRN UM89 RIVOT UM82 NIVUN P609 ARGIB Z183 ELTOK2V ESSA26

[legoboyvdlp]

Awesome! You can use managed speed from takeoff to landing, by the way

[disguisedelk]

Yeah, I didn't remember until I was in the cruise
Planned to stay in managed mode during the approach but the STAR had a few speed restrictions that I didn't want to blast so ended up setting the speed manually again haha. Eh, maybe tomorrow night if I find the time for another flight.

[legoboyvdlp]

Okay
Enjoy your next flight!

Last night, I took the F-14B for a quick flight. Following FB327's suggestions and the F-14AAD-1 manual, I made one successful landing, and one not-so-successful landing I found out that the approach works a lot better using autothrottle to maintain a suitably high speed: 145 knots works well, and the roll control is not as "loose" as at my usual 138 knots. Or perhaps it was the alpha... I was doing 11 alpha, instead of the recommended 15 alpha, but 15 alpha and a mouse just doesn't work well! However, on my second approach I was a bit hot at 160 knots, and I just may have ripped the hook off Or maybe I retracted it by accident while hitting the "p" key to pause to take these screenshots...


A Hot Launch


A Sunny Day


Back Home


Let's Climb Again!


Squeeee... splash!
Note the retracted hook... somehow it retracted, whether I ripped it off or not, I don't know...

[J Maverick 16]

Note the retracted hook... somehow it retracted, whether I ripped it off or not, I don't know...

It always retracts when you catch the cable, just as it would do IRL.
As an example: https://youtu.be/IpOBwbwg7-s?t=43s

Cheers, Mav

[V12]

The world is so small
... or around the world with Concorde under 24 hours of airborne time

First stage 2017-11-29 :


Ready to takeoff from LZIB 31

1338Z - Takeoff from LZIB rw 31
1348Z - FL320 M1.00
1359Z - FL600 M2.06
1500Z - FL600 full power, accelerating to maximum possible speed
1506Z - FL600 M2.16
1639Z - FL600 descend on -4000 fpm to FL100, decelerating to 250 KIAS
1646Z - FL370 M1
1706Z - touchdown at KJFK 31R
1729Z - after refuel takeoff from KJFK 31R


Climbing to FL600 from KJFK 31R

1736Z - FL320 M1.00
1748Z - FL600 M2.06, climbing to FL640 for better fuel economy
1750Z - FL640 M2.11
2059Z - FL640 descend on -4000 fpm to FL100, decelerating to 250 KIAS
2105Z - FL360 M1.00


Few miles from Honolulu in nice cloudy weather

2120Z - touchdown at PHNL 26L


Honolulu terminal

Total distance 8058 miles, effective flight time 7:28, average ground speed 1074 kts, maximum altitude 65500 feets
Flight log https://fgtracker.ml/modules/fgtracker/ ... ID=6965016

Second stage 2017-11-30 :
1431Z - Takeoff from PHNL rwy 04R
1440Z - FL320 M1.00


On afterburner climbing to FL600

1455Z - FL600 M2.16, maximum possible speed
1709Z - FL550 descend on -4000 fpm to FL100, decelerating to 250 KIAS (too early, mistake in the descend calculation)
1714Z - FL420 M1.00
1734Z - touchdown at RJTT 34R
1744Z - after quick refuel take off from Haneda 34R


Rapid climb from Haneda 34R

1753Z - FL340 M1.00
1805Z - FL590 M2.10, climbing to FL640 for better fuel economy
1811Z - FL640 M2.12, maximum possible speed
2111Z - FL640 descend on -4000 fpm to FL100, decelerating to 250 KIAS
2118Z - FL380 M1
2135Z - touchdown at OMDB 30L, ILS unreliable, full manual approach and landing


Dubai terminal

Total distance 7663 miles, effective flight time 7:02, average ground speed 1094 kts, maximum altitude 64500 feets
Flight log https://fgtracker.ml/modules/fgtracker/ ... ID=6965372

Third stage 2017-12-05 :


Taxi to OMDB 30L

1556Z - Takeoff from OMDB 30L


Dubai under cloud cover

1604Z - FL340 M1.00
1614Z - FL550 M2.06, maintaining standard cruise speed


FL550 M2.06 on route to LZIB

1752Z - FL550 descend on -4000 fpm to FL100, decelerating to 200 KIAS


Final approach to LZIB 31

1809Z - touchdown at LZIB rw 31
Total distance 2266 miles, effective flight time 2:22, average ground speed 956 kts, maximum altitude 55900 feets
Flight log https://fgtracker.ml/modules/fgtracker/ ... ID=6967479

Total time airborne - 16 hours 52 minutes, total distance 17987 miles, total average speed 1066 knots
Total burned fuel : measuring instruments malfunction

Big thanks to all scene developers.

[Isaak]

Nice trip!

[nuno.seletti]

Hello! Can you give to me the link to download this new version of the Concorde, it still more realistic in the cockpit and on the exterior model

Good trip too
Kind regard
Nuno

[legoboyvdlp]

https://github.com/BAWV12/Concorde

[V12]

Thanx lego.

[nuno.seletti]

Thanks you very much!

[disguisedelk]

I'm gonna see if my machine can do long haul flights without crashing so I'll have this on in the background today. Flying the A330 from Amsterdam to Detroit.

EHAM36L BERGI3V L602 AMGOD UL602 SUPUR L602 MIMVA LIBSO L46 REMSI M148 MAGEE DIMLI KUGUR SUNOT NATB URTAK YDP YMT YVO Q820 KAPUX AXXIS SPICA KDTW

Well actually so far I have only made it to Lincolnshire There's still some ways to go

[Octal450]

Tip: pull alt knob, use OP CLB/OP DES for climbing and descending. It will get you the vest rate, and its what they do IRL. (Managed CLB is almost same as OP CLB). V/S is rarely used.

Kind Regards,
Josh

[legoboyvdlp]

Nice screenshots! Enjoy your flight

[disguisedelk]

Tip: pull alt knob, use OP CLB/OP DES for climbing and descending. It will get you the vest rate, and its what they do IRL. (Managed CLB is almost same as OP CLB). V/S is rarely used.

That's what I usually do but the SID chart explicitly says to climb to FL60 after departure so I dialled it in manually.

Nice screenshots! Enjoy your flight

Thanks. Just checked in on the progress, all looking good so far. About to enter the track so not much to see for the next hours except water and a bit of Greenland.